Film & Digital
We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher
Join Close and Remote for the Liverpool screening of ‘We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher’ — a 65-minute cinematic experiment exploring the continuing relevance of the late theorist’s ideas on capitalism, culture, and the future. Blending documentary, performance, and hauntological fiction, the film follows Parkins — a time-slipped character — through ghostly landscapes...
Cinema in the City: Huyton
This December, join FACT and Heart of Glass for a weekend of pop-up cinema at The Old Schoolhouse Community Project in Huyton. Across three days, we’ll enjoy a selection of films for all ages that explore connection in all of its forms. From the bonds of family and friendship to the moments of unity that...
Jaws 50th Anniversary Celebration
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of JAWS at VideodysseyToxteth TV Studios – Liverpool’s fully accessible arts venue in the heart of L8 Dive into an immersive evening marking five decades of the original blockbuster – JAWS – at the legendary Videodyssey, where retro meets real-life thrills. You can expect: Live art inspired by the movie A...
Possibly in Michigan (1983) + Shot-on-Video Underground Short Films
Paraphysis Cinema and PVTV Fringe Flicks join forces to present a special screening of Possibly in Michigan (1983), the cult feminist horror musical by Cecelia Condit, alongside a curated programme of underground shot-on-video shorts. Shot on domestic camcorders and distributed through DIY film networks, these works capture the raw, strange and inventive spirit of a...
Descendent of a Rebel Dyke
Descendant of a Rebel Dyke is an intergenerational journey through dyke activism, tracing its roots from 1980s and 90s London to the dyke renaissance of 2020s Liverpool. The Rebel Dykes learned from the women at Greenham Common that the personal is political, taking that energy to London where they built activist networks, punk clubs, and...
BAFTA-winning producer and writer brings Walton’s story to the screen
A powerful new documentary is set to be screened in Liverpool this week, offering a compelling and heartfelt portrait of Walton. Commissioned by Hat Trick Productions Managing Director, Jimmy Mulville (who was born and raised in Walton), Of People and Place is a 30-minute film shot entirely on location in Walton and aims to challenge...
City’s communities to benefit from booming film industry
A new Liverpool City Council initiative has been launched which means the city’s thriving film and TV sector will have a positive impact on local communities. As the UK’s most filmed city outside of London, Liverpool Film Office has launched the Film Friendly Neighbourhoods scheme, which means that productions which film in residential areas are...
Helen Anna Flanagan and Gavin Gayagoy
This exhibition brings together two artists exploring the complexities of human existence in the modern world. Through their artworks, Helen Anna Flanagan and Gavin Gayagoy navigate experiences of alienation through societal neglect and digital isolation. Both works were created during artist residencies at FACT and developed in Studio/Lab – FACT’s dedicated space for nurturing and supporting...
Liverpool to host inaugural Location Managers Awards
The spotlight is finally turning to the unsung heroes of the UK film and television industry. Location Managers, Scouts, Studio Managers and Unit Managers—those who shape the visual identity of every production—will be honoured for the first time at the Location Managers Awards UK, set to take place on Saturday, 4th October 2025 at the historic St George’s Hall,...
BFI, BAFTA albert and Screenskills announce new National Occupational Standards and skills checklists to revolutionise sustainability roles on set
The BFI, BAFTA albert and Screenskills have launched the UK’s first ever National Occupational Standards and skills checklists. These tools are aimed at standardising the skills of sustainable production roles on set. The standards and checklists have been developed after significant consultation with crew and industry bodies working on productions in the UK and abroad....