Screen Lancashire

This year’s National Festival of Making will host a special Screen Lancashire programme exploring film, place, storytelling and regional identity through international screenings, talks and participatory activity across the festival weekend.

Developed as part of research to develop a Blackburn with Darwen Screen Strategy, the programme brings together established filmmakers, emerging voices and industry conversations to explore the role screen culture can play within Lancashire’s future creative economy.

The programme will include contributions and international screenings connected to Johnny Vegas, Michael Winterbottom, Elaine Constantine and artists connected to the Art in Manufacturing commissions, alongside film activity with young people from Lahore and workshops exploring filmmaking and creative practice.

Across the weekend, audiences will be invited to experience contemporary film culture in dialogue with ideas around manufacturing, identity, community and place, helping test and shape the future ambitions of Screen Lancashire through a live public festival environment.

Presented in partnership with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and the University of Lancashire.

Please note: Unfortunately there are only two spaces for wheelchairs per screening. These are available to book online. Please contact a member of festival staff at the venue if you’d like to see if there are available spaces on the day.