¡Viva!, the only festival of Spanish and Latin American cinema in the UK, begins its three week residency at Cornerhouse this Saturday. In a departure from previous years’ programming, thematic strands have been abandoned, after parties jettisoned in favour of Spanish-language cafe discussions and emphasis firmly placed on the new. The results look promising.
Four years ago, a video of British soldiers beating Iraqi youths was released to The News of the World. The footage, filmed by Corporal Martin Webster, sparked international outrage. Webster, his voice clearly heard mocking the victims, became an instant media hate figure. In 2007 he left the army in disgrace and set about trying […]
In a taster event for the upcoming KINOFILM festival (28 April- 2 May), the controversial Diary of a Disgraced Soldier is screening at greenroom arts centre on Wednesday 10 February, along with a programme of short films. This is only the second screening for a documentary that is relevant and hard-hitting, raising questions over military […]
In six short years, the Salford Film Festival has lodged itself firmly in Greater Manchester’s cultural calendar. The festival premiered in 2003 at the Red Cinema on Salford Quays. It celebrated the city’s celluloid tradition with screenings of 1960s kitchen-sink drama A Taste of Honey right up to 1999’s East is East, while laying foundations […]
Manchester’s drizzling winter evenings are quickly closing in and luring people towards the sofa for lazy hours of low budget television. While adverts blare out beaming Coca-Cola logos on to the pallid complexions of blank faces, the good people down at Manchester Film Co-operative are offering up an alternative, non-commercial viewing schedule: more conscientious cultural […]
exposures, the UK’s leading student film and moving image festival, will be spicing up Manchester’s autumn cultural calendar from 17-19 November. Over fifteen years, exposures has become the only regular UK-wide competitive festival of its kind, showcasing budding talent.
Wed 4 – Sun 8 November: The largest and most imaginative documentary festival in the UK returns to the Steel City this Wednesday. Organisers have been building on the successes of previous years with one eye on social interest and the other on participation and education.
