SALFORD IS SOUND

Manchester gets all the attention, but all the talent comes to Salford.

 

This year sees a retrospective to celebrate ten years of SOUP COLLECTIVE and the world premiere of DIRTY OLD TOWN, a specially-commissioned multimedia piece built around the work of Ewan MacColl. Broadcaster and author STUART MACONIE will be introducing a screening of Tony Palmer's classic Granada TV "This England" documentary on WIGAN CASINO and MADE IN SHEFFIELD, Eve Wood's acclaimed study of the steel town's unique musical culture. We'll also have a preview screening of Eve's follow-up film, THE BEAT IS THE LAW, Douglas Arrowsmith's lyrical portrait of Stephen Duffy, MEMORY AND DESIRE, and to celebrate the publication of his book MANCHESTER: LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT THROUGH THE POURING RAIN, a selection of the film work of legendary photographer Kevin Cummins.

STARRING…THE PEOPLE OF SALFORD

Born in 2003 the Salford Film Festival paid special attention to the huge variety that Salford communities are famous for, and in encouraging their involvement in film-making both on screen and behind the camera, paved the way for five more seriously succ

STEVE BALSHAW INTERVIEW

My primary role is to select, source and secure the films, and to build these into a programme of screenings and related events that will hopefully attract an audience - so I deal with filmmakers and producers, and often with the various screening venues,

INNOVATE, DON’T IMITATE!

Manchester prides itself on being “The City of Innovation”. Benjamin Disraeli famously stated that “What Manchester does today, the rest of the world will do tomorrow

THE ORSON WELLES OF SALFORD

He was Salford's Welles and King of Manchester Exploitation movies. He was a pioneer of independent filmmaking in the region. And now there's a book. You should own it.

UNDERSTANDING THE PAST

In our past is our future. Understand one, and you can better visualise the other. This selection of films from the North West Film Archive offers a glimpse of the world that was, here in Salford - some of it now lost forever, some of it simply altered be