North West Film Archive

The professionally recognised public home for the moving image heritage of the North West of England.

You can search the online catalogue of over 5,230 titles from the North West Film Archive's moving image collection.

Programme of NWFA public screenings for 2009/10. 

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Funding Boosts NWFA Projects in Moss Side/Hulme and Burnley

Moving Memories - Tales from Moss Side and Hulme, the NWFA project that was chosen as one of the MMU's Public Engagement Fellowships last year, premiered at Afewe in Hulme on October 23rd.

The new film, directed by Karen Gabay, is the result of taking BBC regional films - about the experiences of the first West Indian and Sikh families to come to Manchester in the 1960s to 1980s – back to the neighbourhoods where they were filmed, and recording interviews with people from different communities whose memories were sparked by the stories. The film will be screened in schools and colleges, libraries, community groups and to the general public to share the stories as widely as possible.

Next screening: 1pm on Friday November 27th at Manchester Central Reference Library (Reception Room)

More to come! A successful funding application for £60,000 to the MLA’s Learning Revolutions Festival means that the PEF has secured the support to develop the idea with two more films. 

Sam Joins the Revolution

A second strand of this ‘Reel Revolutions’ project is happening in the Burnley area, building on the Archive’s ‘Sam Hanna Online’ project.  Partnering with Lancashire’s heritage sector and the WFA in Hulme, adult learners will receive training to make new films in response to this fascinating film collection, creating contemporary reflections of life and work in Pennine Lancashire today.

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The Story of Things

A new exhibition at MMU Special Collections by Jonathan Carson and Rosie Miller

14 September 2009 - 29 January 2010

In a museum ‘things’ sit beside one another in sometimes unlikely combinations. They tell something of their own story but also produce new narratives, just by being together.
Working with MMU Special Collections, including the North West Film Archive, artists Carson & Miller have curated a visually-playful and intriguing exhibition that explores ideas of narrative, memory and collections.

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BBC North West Regional News and Documentary Film 1966-1986: Preservation and Research Access - the project is now complete! Try the BBC Collection online catalogues containing 16,000 items and sample clips. See an article on the project on the Critical Studies in Television website, featuring the showreel.

'LIVERPOOL ON FILM 1897 - 1967' DVD available from 22 August 2007 celebrating Liverpool's 800th birthday - only £9.99. See list of stockists

 The NWFA is part of Library Special Collections at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Welcome About the Archive Collections Using the Collections Public Screenings Merchandise Contacts and Staff Related Sources BBC project Merseyside Survey Sam Hanna Collection Past News	Search the Online Catalogue You can search the catalogue of over 5,230 titles from the North West Film Archive's moving image collection.   Can I Hear That In Colour? World first research - read about the NWFA's ground-breaking work with visually and hearing impaired people. PLUS Action research towards the design and delivery of inclusive access to the collection of the North West Film Archive - led by people with a visual or hearing impairment