Northern Goody Bag
Continue the journey. Watch, listen, and experience the best of the North with your Northern goody bag.
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Film & TV
Smoggie Queens
Cheers queers! Incredible lewks, titanic brunches, epic squabbles - this deeply weird and fiercely loving chosen family takes no prisoners. Out and proud Middlesbrough comedy.
Watch the trailerPatience XI / HFGL Excerpt
HFGL is an excerpt from Patience XI an visual album by composer Lois Macdonald and artist Adam Cain. PATIENCE XI collaborative experiment exploring Gen AI in the context of human identity and reimagined future narratives. Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Watch nowIs there anybody there? By Chris Daniels
Daniels has sourced 70 different films from the North-West Film Archive at Manchester Metropolitan University. Guided by the unseen presence of a disembodied voice, the artist’s fictional script is accompanied with an original musical score composed by Graham Massey (808 State, Massonix). Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Watch nowThe Red King
The Red King is a 2024 British crime drama television series filmed in North East England. The story is set on the fictitious St Jory island off the Welsh coast, but was filmed in Northumberland, filming locations included Embleton, Craster, Alnmouth, and Cambois. The Red King is written by Toby Whithouse and directed by Daniel O'Hara and Lisa Clarke.
Watch nowRequital by Babar Suleman
The masculine and phallic physical structure of the lighthouse is combined digitally with the typically female and mythical figure of the siren through moving image. To access the link below, use password: b-side / Excerpt: Please watch between the 2:20 - 4:20 mark. Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Watch nowHOW PERFECT IS THIS HOW BLESSED ARE WE
The title of this film is taken from the inscription on a bench on the top of a hill, at the highest point in the landscape of Compton Verney, designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown in his ideal vision of the British country house. To access the link below, use password: comptonverney / Excerpt: Please watch between the 14:20 - 15:20 mark. Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Watch nowRobson Green’s Weekend Escapes
Robson Green's Weekend Escapes is a travel documentary series produced and directed by Lesley Duncanson and hosted by North East actor Robson Green. Robson is joined by celebrities, friends and relatives in exploring outdoor life in various UK locations, many across the North East.
Watch nowRepublic by Rose Reed Hillman
Three women across the city choose a daily act of care to be filmed that represents their experience of motherhood. These vignettes offer a glimpse into the many repetitive and ordinary actions that comprise the labour of modern motherhood. To access the link below, use password: Mothers. Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Watch nowBattledress
An audio-visual research project by Rachel Genn, Debbie Ballin and Human Studio. Ballin and Genn’s immersive work entwines a soundscape of personal testimony and music with archive footage and stills. The research investigates working class women's histories of fashion, fighting and allegiance in the North of England in the 1980’s. Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Watch trailerThe Big Idea Works
A new series, The Big Idea Works looks at bringing designs from paper to prototype. Sara Davies brings together people with amazing concepts and the brilliant makers who can turn them into reality. Filmed at Hoults Yard in Newcastle in 2024.
Watch nowGhostcode
Based on the Ghostcode book by AUDINT, the Ghostcode animation is set in 2056 when Corporations and Nation states have fused into single economic and political entities. This is an era in which human flesh has been removed from the messy equations of political turbulence, resulting in conflicts being conducted by holographic and holosonic forces. To access the link below, use password: RX578000012. Provided courtesy of School of Digital Arts, SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University.
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