Bath Film Festival, known as FilmBath,[1] is a film festival established in 1991, in Bath, England, by members of the Bath Film Society. The organisation has expanded in duration, venues, and titles. In 1997, it was registered as a non profit-distributing company and, in 2000, as a charitable organisation. The festival has also expanded its programme over the years[2] to include workshops for festival-goers, live music accompaniments to silent cinema, and more recently, open-air cinema, starting in 2003 with a screening of E.T. in partnership with the Holburne Museum of Art. Since its foundation, the festival has screened over 1000 films.
IMDb is a co-sponsor of the festival and of several festival awards.[3]
In 2014, Bath Film Festival's executive director Holly Tarquini, founded the F-Rating which is awarded to films directed and/or written by women. In 2015, the F-Rating was adopted by dozens of independent film festivals and cinemas,[7] including the Barbican Centre. In 2016, Holly Tarquini delivered a TEDx talk about the rating.[8] In 2017, the keyword 'F-rated' was added to over 22,000 titles on IMDb.[9]
