The Newcastle Film Festival has been launched to an international audience at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
The first ever event will take place across four days in March and April 2018.
The festival has already secured sponsorship from within the UK film industry as well as Gateshead College and Newcastle City Council the first to support the annual international film event.
Organisers have announced awards and prizes across a wide range of categories, including: Features; Foreign Language; Animation; Shorts; Documentaries; LGBT; Student; Bollywood; Regional Schools (North East England exclusively); Writers; VFX; Music Videos; People’s Choice.