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Film Review: El Premio and Tambien la Iluva at the Cornerhouse’s Spanish and...
The Cornerhouse’s annual Spanish and Latin American film festival has returned with a selection of films, documentaries, art, and live events aimed at showcasing the interesting work being produced by...
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The first ever Afflecks Fringe Festival
This Sunday saw the launch of the very first Afflecks Fringe Festival. Hosted mainly by the purpose-built Three Minute Theatre, the extensive programme of events also covers Matt and Phreds, The Frog...
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Film Review: Michael
Markus Schleinzer’s debut film Michael depicts the dull and monotonous daily routine of an insurance broker, Michael, who has a 10-year-old boy locked in the basement of his house. Bearing a...
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Afflecks Fringe Festival Reviews – Week One
Sunday 1 April saw the launch of the very first Afflecks Fringe Festival. Hosted mainly by the purpose-built Three Minute Theatre, the extensive programme of events also covers Matt and Phreds, The...
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Interview: Chorlton Arts Festival 2012
As Chorlton Arts Festival enters its second week there’s plenty to see, as the festival director Philip Hannaway tells Ian Pennington. MULE: Last year Badly Drawn Boy opened the festival from the...
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Manchester Film Co-op returns
A local film co-op is to make a comeback with a screening of Patricio Guzman’s award winning documentary Salvador Allende, 42 years after Chilie’s democratic leader was deposed in a coup. Manchester...
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‘Spooky Caravan’ nominated for a brace of music video awards
Manchester filmmaker Joe Broady will today discover the result of the first of two nominations for his music video. Dubbul O (right) in the video for ‘Spooky Caravan’ Today’s Screen Stockport event is...
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Moston takes cinema back to its roots
An old miners washhouse in north Manchester has been transformed into a permanent 70-seat cinema by local volunteers and will open this Saturday with a nine day film festival. Outside the cinema...
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Video Jam returns
The not-for-profit event curator Video Jam is set to assemble another eclectic mix of audio and visual artists for their next Antwerp Mansion showcase later this month. After a short hiatus, Video Jam...
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Film on Manchester’s DIY music scene to hold premiere
Not-for-profit film group Castles Built in Sand announce the public screening of a new documentary looking at some of Manchester’s DIY musicians. The film depicts the comradeship and shared creativity...
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Video Jam to feature at new “Rule of 3″ event
The next Video Jam event will feature as part of Islington Mill’s “Rule of 3″ series exploring new ways to further creative expression at a time of austerity. The Video Jam audience looks on...
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Musicians celebrate electronic pioneer Delia Derbyshire at Band On The Wall
The original Doctor Who theme composer and electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire is to be celebrated at an event conceived by local electronic musicians. Band On The Wall will host the event which...
View ArticleVideo: guerrilla filmmakers go Gangnam Style in Media City
Local filmmakers have gone guerrilla style with a parody video of South Korean pop star PSY’s global hit Gangham Style. Made in just four days, the video is part of the Filmonik Mini Kabaret and has...
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Film season review: Anguish and Enthusiasm
What do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it? This is the question that the Cornerhouse’s latest art exhibition and film season attempts to grapple with. A man at a 2009 San Francisco protest...
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The UK Arab Film Festival at Cornerhouse
Cornerhouse’s Arab Film Festival continues this summer’s Anguish and Enthusiasm exhibition and film season. In the wake of two years of social upheaval and revolutions (both seemingly successful and...
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Documentary film festival in Salford remembers the miners’ strike
The Working Class Movement Library (WCML) in Salford hosts a free mini film festival to mark the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike. ‘Last Cage Down’ consists of three documentaries themed around...
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Review: We Are Many
“The rallies followed the sun – from the South Pacific and beyond.” Director Amir Amirani’s stirring documentary We Are Many (2014) about February 15th 2003, the day that the world joined hands and...
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