Caught Short Two: Shots From The North West Underground

An edgy and uncompromising selection of shorts from the region’s New Wave of independent talents which suggests we’re not adverse to punching above our weight.

Soldiers home on leave find themselves unable to pay tribute to a fallen comrade in BROKEN BRITAIN, there’s gritty uplifting social realism in GRACE UNDER PRESSURE,and outrageous supernatural slasher shenanigans in MARK MCREADY AND THE ARCHANGEL MURDERS, already a cult hit with a hard-to-beat five-star rating from Gorezone Magazine. Plus there’s a chance to gain some insight into the tragic downward spiral experienced by a discarded PLACKY BAG.

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