‘Planning starts now!’: MANIFF organisers say expect bigger, greater things in 12 months after 2017 success
Manchester Film Festival organisers, fresh off the success of the third edition last weekend, say the event will return with a bang in 2018.
‘We must learn from history’: Gurinder Chadha discusses film, family and ancestry during Q&A @ HOME
Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House is an ambitious project to say the least.
Manchester movie-makers producing short film to combat stigma of men’s mental health issues
Two Manchester film-makers are producing a short feature based around the stigma of mental health.
Danny Boyle: ‘At least it’s not sh*te’ – Trainspotting director Q&A @ HOME
“At least it’s not shite!” Danny Boyle laughs, with a mixture of joy, relief, and pride evident from his characterful face.
People’s History Museum invites people to loiter with intent at new exhibition exploring space of city
Loitering with Intent is a new exhibition at the People’s History Museum which celebrates the Manchester-based collective of artists and activists interested in psychogeography and public space.
‘Competition is fiercer and fiercer’: Manchester indie film scene growing increasingly reliant on crowdfunding
Manchester is renowned for its film making, but the lack of funding for independent film-makers and an increasing reliance on Crowdfunding could create difficulties for potential directors.
‘Both beautiful and horrible’: Zombies come to Manchester in short film – but with a twist
Zombies are amongst us in Manchester in an apocalyptic short film which tackles a father-daughter relationship between the undead.
Manchester duo hope black comedy will change opinion student films are ‘horribly acted and horribly made’
Two student filmmakers are crowdfunding to create Grim Preacher, a black comedy about the bubonic plague.
Let’s be better than Buffy! Salford Uni supernatural thriller sets eyes on TV slot
Staff and students from the University of Salford are hoping to turn their home-made supernatural thriller into a UK Television series.
‘In their hearts they’re good people’: Director with new film to support Moss Side’s ‘victims of circumstance’
A local film director is making a movie based in Moss Side to show how people who find themselves in unfortunate circumstances are ‘victims of their upbringings’, and not intrinsically bad.
‘How true are true feelings?’: Director explains challenging concept after Manchester Film Festival première
Audition is billed as a cautionary tale of how a one night stand can evolve from sizzling to tragic.