Belfast Film Festival. Bloomsbury, London, 2010. Yelverton case The Yelverton case was a famous 19th-century Irish law case, which eventually resulted in a change to the law on mixed religion marriages in Ireland. Under a Statute of King George II (19 Geo. 2. c. 13), any marriage between a Catholic (Popish) and a Protestant or a marriage between two Protestants celebrated by a Catholic priest was null and void. Theresa Longworth, an English Catholic, and Major The Hon. William Charles Yelverton (who later became, in 1870, The 4th Viscount Avonmore), an Irish Protestant, met in 1852. They became involved, but Charles insisted 	Yelverton case
5884892	Belfast Film Festival Belfast Film Festival The Belfast Film Festival is Northern Ireland's largest film festival with an annual audience in excess of 25,000. The festival runs Docs Ireland international documentary festival, a series of Inclusion projects, and year round events. History. Founded in 1995 by writer Laurence McKeown, in its early stages of development the film festival was a subset of Féile an Phobail, and operated as the West Belfast Film Festival between 1995 and 2000. In its third and fourth year WBFF ran as independent event and included venues throughout the city. Under the stewardship of Michele Devlin and Laurence 	Belfast Film Festival
5884893	McKeown, it became the Belfast Film Festival in the year 2000 and ran as a citywide event, including venues in the North, South, East and West of Belfast. In 2004 event, the festival's offices in the Art Deco North Street Arcade were completely destroyed by fire. Despite losing their base and all their records, the festival recovered, relocated to Donegall St, and staged the event again the following year. The 2005 festival was launched by award-winning actor Stephen Rea. Site-specific and Summer Programme. The inclusion of people and the fabric of the city in the programme is 	Belfast Film Festival
5884894	an important aspect of the BFF's work. In 2004 they hosted the first ever drive-in movie event in the city in Talbot St car park screening The Shining. They have screened films in used and disused swimming pools including Jaws" and "Session 9"; on a boat in the River Lagan ("Piranha"); with live piano accompaniment in St Anne's Cathedral (16mm original version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame") and shown Carol Reed's "Odd Man Out" beside the Albert Clock, which featured heavily in the film. They have profiled unique architectural sites by hosting screenings inside  the buildings, including the US political drama "The West Wing" at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, "Oh, Mr Porter!" at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, "The Warriors" in a dystopian landscape beneath a city centre motorway flyover, and Stanley Kubrick's cult sci-fi epic "" in the historic dry dock in the city's old shipyards where the RMS "Titanic" last sat on dry ground. Music has also featured strongly in their programming; some highlights include the collaborations with local talent such as Duke Special and David Holmes on audio visual performances, hosting the band Goblin to perform a live  score to Dawn of the Dead, Cercueil (Coffin) the fantastic French duo performing to David Lynch's "Eraserhead" and a synchronised swim team (Aquabatix) performing live in a pool to alongside a compilation of aquatic and swim themed films and music. The Belfast Film Festival Board & Team. Festival Director: Michele Devlin Programmer: Stephen Hackett Documentary Programmer: Stuart Sloan Shorts Programmer: Rose Baker Marketing Manager: Mary Lindsay Inclusion / Audience Development Co-ordinator: Sara Morrison Technician: Jason Mills Board of directors: Mark Cousins (Chair), Nisha Tandon, Lisa Barros D' Sa, Laurence McKeown, Louise O'Meara, Kevin Jackson & Lucy Baxter. Patrons: Terry George, David  Holmes, Pat Murphy, William Crawley and Stephen Rea. Sponsorship. Key funders are Belfast City Council, Northern Ireland Screen and the British Film Institute. 2013: Peroni & Selective Travel 2014: Peroni & 02 International Sim 2015: O2 International Sim, DCAL and Tourism NI 2016: Peroni, Tourism NI and DCAL 2017: The Irish News, Tourism NI and Tourism Ireland Belfast Film Festival The Belfast Film Festival is Northern Ireland's largest film festival with an annual audience in excess of 25,000. The festival runs Docs Ireland international documentary festival, a series of Inclusion projects, and year round events. History. Founded in 1995 by writer