Voicebox: Manchester International Festival

This 17-minute short film takes beautiful rotoscope animation, stunning dance choreography, and phenomenal sound design to craft a truly unforgettable experience. 

A staggering 3 million people experienced MIF21 this year with a further 1.2 million joining online. 

When travel restrictions forced Lucinda Childs to postpone a project with the Ballet National de Marseille, the American choreographer began meeting the Ballet’s Artistic Directors – LA(HORDE) – via Zoom.

The pandemic exposed and excluded elderly people from social life, with only their carers able to provide a short-lived moment of community in the midst of a stressful and alien time. 

Starring Cillian Murphy, the short film features a series of apologies, that in their poetical quality, result in a production that makes for thought-provoking viewing at Manchester International Festival 2021.

With Black Britain, a hot topic, Cephas Williams’s public exhibit showcases the diverse faces of the Black community and what it means to be Black in the UK.

Ibrahim Mahama’s work explores how new technologies and imaginations link to empower others, allowing them to rethink life on all levels – beyond the human experience.

Manchester International Festival (MIF) has offered five Greater Manchester artists the opportunity to go behind the scenes of this year's Festival.

Manchester International Festival (MIF) has announced a new skills and training programme which is set to benefit up to 10,000 unemployed young people living in Greater Manchester over the next five years.

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As National Apprenticeship Week begins MIF tells us about their Creative Venue Technician apprentices at arts organisations across Manchester in a new scheme through The Factory Academy.

National Apprenticeship Week takes place from 3 to 9 Feb 2020

Manchester International Festival partners with Creative Design & Manufacture (CDM) for three days of free workshops and activities in Ardwick celebrating South Asian and British Textiles