Welcome to Bradford, the world’s first UNESCO City of Film!
Bradford is the world’s first UNESCO City of Film. This permanent title bestows international recognition on Bradford as a world centre for film because of the city’s rich film heritage, its inspirational movie locations and its many celebrations of the moving image through the city’s annual film festivals. By 2020 Bradford will be the place to enjoy film, learn through and about film, make film and visit because of film.
Bradford has been a film location since the beginning of cinema, with its indigenous film industry being traced back to the years around the First World War. By then the residents of Bradford had already witnessed important contributions to cinema development, such as the invention of the Cieroscope in Manningham in 1896. One of the first cinema shows outside London took place on the site where the National Media Museum now stands, in a music hall known as the People’s Palace.
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Creative England Film Enterprise Fund
Film Business Support (Film Enterprise) Creative England’s Film Enterprise fund will invest £2m over four years to improve the growth and sustainability of film-related businesses in England outside of… Read more ►
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Overwhelming turn out for the first in the series of Free Film Fun Wednesdays screenings at city park!
Huge turn out for film screenings of The Gruffalo and Monsters University in City Park Bradford! The first in the series for Free Film Fun Wednesdays took place this morning,… Read more ►
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Big Screen Bradford is working with a local film company to create opportunities for West Yorkshire organisations
Molineaux Productions team up with Bradford UNESCO City of Film to launch a competition that will enable charities and arts organisations to shine. Charities and arts group are… Read more ►