The independent film – punsomely entitled Shooting on the Rim – was completed on a shoestring budget and shot over a 14-day-schedule across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Google have honoured iconic Manchester-born Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in their doodle in celebration of her birthday.

MM caught up with Colin Connor, Nick Birchill and Lisa Connor – creators of Len Johnson – Fighter. A tale about a Salford boxer who was denied the chance to be British champion because of his race.

Manchester bike enthusiasts are being urged to capture and share footage of this weekend’s historic Tour de France for a unique film.

3 in a Bed will premiere at Manchester’s AMC cinema on Monday June, 30

British nuclear veterans are taking their fight for a ‘thank you’ to the silver screen – and have launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring it to a theatre near you.

Carl Whiteley, 33, from Scunthorpe, wrote the script for The Empire, a comedy mash-up of Star Wars and The Office three years ago

Manchester will play host to a brand new immersive pop-up cinema with an exclusive preview of independent thriller Keeping Rosy, starring Shameless actress Maxine Peake and Inbetweeners’ star Blake Harrison.

Rachel Leathley, 53, from Manchester, died last year after fighting a crippling illness for ten years, leaving behind her five children, whom she had brought up as a single parent for almost 15 years

White Settlers, starring Pollyanna McIntosh and Lee Williams, is a nightmarish story of a couple who escape from city life to live in an isolated Scottish cottage

Luke Hupton has written, directed and produced 27 Memory Lane, a ‘whimsical but dark northern fairy-tale’, thanks to backing from Kickstarter and Mark Dunnett, song-writer for the Oprah Winfrey Show.