Take a look at the programme for our Short Films Night with Northern Heart Films!
- Everyday
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We’re excited to share the full programme for our Short Films Night Curated by Northern Heart Films!
Short Films Night is a programme of short films curated by Natasha Hawthornthwaite of Wigan-based organisation Northern Heart Films. This special selection showcases locally produced shorts exploring the festival’s theme of 'Everyday Creativity’. Featuring stories that not only highlight creative subjects but also reflect imaginative and original approaches to filmmaking itself.
You can still book your tickets by visiting our Eventbrite page here.
See below for the incredible line up of shorts we will be screening this Saturday evening at The Bailiff Bar in Wigan and next Saturday at our pop-up in Leigh!
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Director: Guy Pearson
Location: Bolton
Duration: 6 minutes
Year: 2023
One man and his project. This film was made for the price of a supermarket pre-packed sandwich. Starring Andrew Hodgson and directed by Guy Pearson.
Kitty and her Accordion
Director: Roz Power
Location: Liverpool
Duration: 10 minutes
Year: 2024
A daughter reflects on her own career in the arts and on her talented mum, stifled by the societal constraints of 1950s England.
When mum is done
Director: Natasha Hawthornthwaite
Location: Wigan
Duration: 3 minutes
Year: 2018
Filmmaker Natasha Hawthornthwaite uses home videos and recorded phone conversations to echo the sense of loss felt when a child leaves home in their late teens.
Kitsch
Director: Ethan Ward
Location: Lancaster
Duration: 7 minutes
Year: 2024
An experimental student film about the making of a film.
Humble Pie
Director: Jack Hartley
Location: Burnley
Duration: 12 minutes
Year: 2024
When couch potato Tony sees a TV advert for a 'once in a lifetime pie', nothing can get in his way. Nothing.
Existential Dread & Other Vibes
Director: Samuel Oddie
Location: Manchester
Duration: 10 minutes
Year: 2023
Longing for the past whilst anxiously waiting for the future, Existential Dread & Other Vibes is a film about Post-Graduate Despair - A phenomenon facing young people, questioning their place in the world after finishing the last big milestone before adulthood.
In Motion
Director: Sophie Broadgate
Location: Cumbria
Duration: 3 minutes
Year: 2024
In Motion sheds light on the emotional experience of autism, normalising and celebrating different forms of stimming (self-stimulatory behaviour). Stimming is a mode of emotional regulation and expression within the autistic community, which many feel the need to hide or minimise in public.
Where did all the cool go?
Director: Vicky Best
Location: Bolton
Duration: 2 minutes
Year: 2024
A film made by Vicky Best in collaboration with poet Lara Delmage.
There comes a time when you realise your parents had a life before you were born. And sometimes it is difficult to see the connection between the people they were and the people they are. And growing up is releasing the beauty of that.
Festival of Everyday Creativity: Wigan
Saturday 17th May, 6-8
The Bailiff Bar, The Old Courts, Wigan
Festival of Everyday Creativity: Leigh
Saturday 24th May, 3.30-5
Festival of Everyday Creativity pop-up, 14-16 Market St, Leigh
What do you need to know?
Tickets are £3 or free for those on a low income. Booking is essential via our Eventbrite as we have a limited number of places for the screening!
This screening is for adults only.
“Festival of Everyday Creativity 2025” is produced by Everyday with Nuria López de la Oliva and commissioned by Down to Earth, with support from Arts Council England using National Lottery funding. Additional funding provided by GMCA and Wigan Council.