Northwest Vision and Media, create the bigger picture
HAFAD 2008 Funding Recipients
The
three
organisations
receiving
HAFAD
funding
for
the
first
time
in
2008
include:
Moves 08: Movement On Screen, a Greater Manchester organisation which has been offered £5,000. Moves is the largest platform in the UK for screen-based work exploiting choreographed movement in the form of experimental shots, dance films and interactive installations. (April 22-26).
Also new to Vision and Media is Manchester’s Breaking Cycles, which will receive £5,000 towards its Process 08 Hip Hop Film Festival, exhibiting work inspired by and representative of the global Hip Hop culture. Each day of the festival will present a different focus, with an original, innovative and diverse programme of screenings. (11-16 August).
And Liverpool-based Bluecoats-Arabic Arts Festival will receive funding for the first time from HAFAD, with an award of £7,000 to help in its work aiding the understanding and enjoyment of contemporary Arab cinema. (10-27 July).
Also receiving HAFAD awards in 2008 are:
Manchester’s Cornerhouse, which has been offered £110,000 to continue its ongoing schedule of specialised film screenings and film education programmes for diverse audiences in Greater Manchester and the Northwest.
The Northwest Film Archive has been offered a Film Heritage award of £40,000. As a public, moving image archive, NWFA’s purpose is to rescue and ensure the survival of moving images about the Northwest for reference purposes, serving the interests and enjoyment of the region’s people.
Liverpool-based North West Disability Arts Forum has been offered £7,000 towards its first film festival, working in conjunction with Oska Bright and Prism Arts. The Forum plans to develop a film festival targeted at the Learning Difficulties community. (2-5 September).
An offer of £18,000 has been made to Lancaster’s Dukes Cinema to help continue its regular screenings, events, festivals and educational activities, which engage, inform, promote and entertain Northwest audiences.
FACT in Liverpool has received increased funding this year, with £15,000 being allocated towards its programme of film exhibition and educational activity during Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year, adding a new level of ambition and scale to its programme. The 2008 celebrations have given FACT the opportunity to raise its profile enormously via its film education programmes, which in turn is developing a legacy for film in the city.
Liverpool-based First Take Video has been offered £15,000 for its work developing the artistic and technical skills of disadvantaged and socially excluded groups from the Northwest, helping them to promote themselves as writers and directors of the future.
An award of £12,000 goes to Cumbria’s Kendal Brewery Arts Centre, helping it to provide audiences of all ages with access to a diverse range of specialised and international art-house film, with at least 100 screenings per year.
The world’s leading high-octane film event, the Kendal Mountain Film Festival has also been granted a further £15,000, providing a showcase for films dealing with mountain culture, including documentary, animation and feature films on the environment. In 2008 Festival organisers hope to increase the event’s cultural value with new initiatives like the Adventure Film Academy. (11-24 November).
An increased award of £11,000 has been offered to ensure that Liverpool’s Lesbian and Gay Film Festival has a successful 5th year, delivering at least twenty screenings during its Outsiders Film Festival in October, as its contribution to the Capital of Culture celebrations. (20 Oct-1 Nov).
Northern Film Network Limited has been granted £10,000 for its development programme supporting new and emerging talent in the region by increasingly their awareness of, and access to, the film and media industry.
Community Arts North West’s Exodus Shorts will enter its fourth annual project of screening short films by filmmakers from refugee communities based in the Northwest. The Greater Manchester project has been given £5,000, allowing for a platform on which filmmakers from refugee communities can showcase their work, in addition to offering a fresh perspective on the lives of refugees and asylum seekers. (16-22 June).
WFA’s Access to Film Project 4 has been offered increased funding of £15,000 to meet existing and emerging skills shortages with a new media access and training project, supporting the professional development of new talent and creativity.
Also receiving funding from HAFAD is the Kurdish Creative Film Centre, which will receive £5,000 towards its third film festival, which will be held across Manchester, highlighting the work of national and international Kurdish filmmakers. (20-27 September).
Moves 08: Movement On Screen, a Greater Manchester organisation which has been offered £5,000. Moves is the largest platform in the UK for screen-based work exploiting choreographed movement in the form of experimental shots, dance films and interactive installations. (April 22-26).
Also new to Vision and Media is Manchester’s Breaking Cycles, which will receive £5,000 towards its Process 08 Hip Hop Film Festival, exhibiting work inspired by and representative of the global Hip Hop culture. Each day of the festival will present a different focus, with an original, innovative and diverse programme of screenings. (11-16 August).
And Liverpool-based Bluecoats-Arabic Arts Festival will receive funding for the first time from HAFAD, with an award of £7,000 to help in its work aiding the understanding and enjoyment of contemporary Arab cinema. (10-27 July).
Also receiving HAFAD awards in 2008 are:
Manchester’s Cornerhouse, which has been offered £110,000 to continue its ongoing schedule of specialised film screenings and film education programmes for diverse audiences in Greater Manchester and the Northwest.
The Northwest Film Archive has been offered a Film Heritage award of £40,000. As a public, moving image archive, NWFA’s purpose is to rescue and ensure the survival of moving images about the Northwest for reference purposes, serving the interests and enjoyment of the region’s people.
Liverpool-based North West Disability Arts Forum has been offered £7,000 towards its first film festival, working in conjunction with Oska Bright and Prism Arts. The Forum plans to develop a film festival targeted at the Learning Difficulties community. (2-5 September).
An offer of £18,000 has been made to Lancaster’s Dukes Cinema to help continue its regular screenings, events, festivals and educational activities, which engage, inform, promote and entertain Northwest audiences.
FACT in Liverpool has received increased funding this year, with £15,000 being allocated towards its programme of film exhibition and educational activity during Liverpool’s Capital of Culture year, adding a new level of ambition and scale to its programme. The 2008 celebrations have given FACT the opportunity to raise its profile enormously via its film education programmes, which in turn is developing a legacy for film in the city.
Liverpool-based First Take Video has been offered £15,000 for its work developing the artistic and technical skills of disadvantaged and socially excluded groups from the Northwest, helping them to promote themselves as writers and directors of the future.
An award of £12,000 goes to Cumbria’s Kendal Brewery Arts Centre, helping it to provide audiences of all ages with access to a diverse range of specialised and international art-house film, with at least 100 screenings per year.
The world’s leading high-octane film event, the Kendal Mountain Film Festival has also been granted a further £15,000, providing a showcase for films dealing with mountain culture, including documentary, animation and feature films on the environment. In 2008 Festival organisers hope to increase the event’s cultural value with new initiatives like the Adventure Film Academy. (11-24 November).
An increased award of £11,000 has been offered to ensure that Liverpool’s Lesbian and Gay Film Festival has a successful 5th year, delivering at least twenty screenings during its Outsiders Film Festival in October, as its contribution to the Capital of Culture celebrations. (20 Oct-1 Nov).
Northern Film Network Limited has been granted £10,000 for its development programme supporting new and emerging talent in the region by increasingly their awareness of, and access to, the film and media industry.
Community Arts North West’s Exodus Shorts will enter its fourth annual project of screening short films by filmmakers from refugee communities based in the Northwest. The Greater Manchester project has been given £5,000, allowing for a platform on which filmmakers from refugee communities can showcase their work, in addition to offering a fresh perspective on the lives of refugees and asylum seekers. (16-22 June).
WFA’s Access to Film Project 4 has been offered increased funding of £15,000 to meet existing and emerging skills shortages with a new media access and training project, supporting the professional development of new talent and creativity.
Also receiving funding from HAFAD is the Kurdish Creative Film Centre, which will receive £5,000 towards its third film festival, which will be held across Manchester, highlighting the work of national and international Kurdish filmmakers. (20-27 September).
