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News and Events
The latest news and events, including upcoming public screenings
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Fabled folklore, fantastical footage and legendary music: filmmaking lecturer’s exhibition to launch at HOME
An ambitious archive film installation using 70 films from our collection explores strange small-town myths, rituals and folklore, set to a new electronic score.![LGBT+ NWFA film still image](https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column/public/2023-02/LGBT%20History%20Month%20NWFA-1.jpeg?h=d1cb525d&itok=CZSsboPg)
LGBT+ History Month ‘Behind the Lens’ — A North West Film Archive Call Out
This LGBT+ History month Una Phillips, Curator of the North West Film Archive joins Sian A. Williams, PhD Filmmaking researcher based at SODA, to draw attention to the need for more queer audio visual archive to be collected.![Marion Hewitt pictured next to a Steenbeck](https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column/public/2022-02/Marion-650.jpg?h=c1cdbc5c&itok=EoupypA2)
Marion Hewitt Interview
Jane Jarvis from Film Archives UK (FAUK) has conducted an interview with the recently-retired Manager of the North West Film Archive, Marion Hewitt. In this fascinating piece, Marion reflects on 40 years in the archive film business.![Lost Connections by Megan Turner](https://www.mmu.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_two_column/public/2021-10/GetImage.png?h=527bed2d&itok=lcwiqM4u)
New archive collaboration connects Manchester Met film maker and the North West Film Archive
MA Filmmaking student, Megan Turner and the NWFA have contributed to a new archive-based film that launched in September. Lost Connections is a unique collaboration between the UK’s regional and national moving image archives.Upcoming events and screenings
Bolton On Film (Afternoon Screening)
Tue 08 Oct 2024
14:00-16:00
Bolton Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, BL1 1SB, Bolton
Bolton On Film (Evening Screening)
Tue 08 Oct 2024
19:30-21:30
Bolton Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, BL1 1SB, Bolton