Welcome to the North West Film Archive, the professionally recognised public home for the moving image heritage of the North West of England.
Set up in 1977, the Archive preserves moving images made in or about Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and Cumbria and offers a variety of access services to users in the public, academic and commercial sectors.
You can search the NWFA online catalogue of over 5,800 titles.
Search Your Film Archives allows you to search across film archives throughout the UK.
See the programme of NWFA public
screenings for 2012.
Check out the What's On page for the latest news and events.
Watch the 1915 film of the Accrington Pals here.
The NWFA is part of Library Special Collections at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Supported by the National Lottery through the BFI and Creative England