Branchage, Jersey International Film Festival runs from the 1st till 4th October 2009. .

Branchage is a lively boutique film festival on the island of Jersey, dotted in the waves of the English Channel. Annually, Branchage hosts an array of diverse and raucously entertaining films, dazzling special events, talks, exhibitions, training and education. The festival gathers films by some of the worlds most talented directors and hunts out the freshest new talent to bring a selection of now and then, long and short, true and false.

This is the biggest cultural event of its kind to hit the island of Jersey, with a positively bursting-at-the-seams programme of exciting new feature films, stunning documentaries and short films from new talent, alongside live performances, bands and music.

Highlights for Branchage 2009 include British Sea Power performing their soundtrack to Man of Aran, renowned documentary filmmaker Andrew Kotting launches his 2010 film project Jersey Jape, a classic Drive-In, 100% Dynamite Reggae Party, a top night of live music and retro entertainment at La Bordée dBranchage, a magical evening of animation featuring Icelandic string quartet Amiina performing an original soundtrack to the animations of Lotte Reiniger and the enchanting live marionette projections of Paper Cinema. Plus a jam-packed programme of films including Moon and Encounters at the End of the World in the majestic Opera House, Sleep Furiosuly in a rural barn and many more...

All of this just an hours flight away from London