Bath Film Festival

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| location = Bath, England

| founded = 1991

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| website = https://filmbath.org.uk/

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Bath Film Festival, known as FilmBath, is an annual film festival held in Bath, England.{{Cite web |title=British Council Film: Bath Film Festival |url=http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/bath-film-festival |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=British Council}} It was established in 1991 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 yearsChristopher Hansford, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025747/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-33859242.html "An All-Star Cast for This Year's Fabulous Film Fest"], Bath Chronicle, 8 November 2012. 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.[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/23/this-weeks-new-film-festivals "Bath, Nordic, Assembly: film festival previews"], The Guardian, 22 November 2013.

Nicolas Roeg's 2007 film Puffball had its UK premiere at the festival.Charlotte Cripps, [https://archive.today/20140127164053/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9674507.html "Something Wicked This Way Comes"], The Independent. 30 October 2007. In January 2014, a special screening of Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ at Wells Cathedral (along with a companion screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc at Bath Abbey) provoked some controversy; the church defended its decision to allow the screening.Michael Trimmer, [http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wells.cathedral.defends.decision.to.screen.the.last.temptation.of.christ/35330.htm "Wells Cathedral defends decision to screen 'The Last Temptation of Christ'"], Christian Today, 10 January 2014.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025750/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-35588484.html "Cathedral Supports Showing of Last Temptation of Christ"], Wells Journal, 16 January 2014.

In 2014, the festival's executive director, Holly Tarquini, founded the F-Rating which is awarded to films directed and/or written by women.{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Stories Shape Us {{!}} Holly Tarquini {{!}} TEDxYouth@Bath|date=2016-12-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMEajG_cvC0|accessdate=2018-02-26}} The F-Rating has been adopted by dozens of independent film festivals and cinemas,{{Cite news|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/film-rating-that-highlights-role-of-women-gains-support/5112571.article|title=Film rating that highlights role of women gains support|work=Screen|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en}} including the Barbican Centre. In 2017, the keyword 'F-Rated' was added to over 22,000 titles on IMDb.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-39132867|title=F-Rating added to online film site|date=2017-03-05|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-02-26|language=en-GB}}