Film Hub North's short film showcase, Northern Exposure, brings the best short films from the region to venues and festivals across the North of England. We're thrilled to be part of the tour, with the showcase landing at FACT this August!

All of the featured films have been selected by a group of young Northern film curators who have scoured the region to uncover stories that resonate with them and champion emerging local filmmakers. Expect a bold mix of fact and fiction, animation and live action – and everything in between.

ARE YOU OKAY? (2024)
Dir. Jack Mcloughlin | Drama

After breaking down on an important journey, a brother and sister confront some dark truths.

BOUND (2024)
Dir. Abigail Porter Feavers | Drama

17-year-old Mara struggles to retain autonomy within a turbulent relationship. Throughout the night, at the pub and beside the road Mara’s bitter night unfolds an unsettling similarity between vulnerability and humiliation.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT (2024)
Dir. Farone Kahuya | Animation

An animated short film about the intrinsic relationship between food and nostalgia. Following the stories of two individuals, this documentary presents their point of view on what food brings to their very own table of thoughts.

COPY OF THE NATURE (2024)
Dir. Rob Reed | Documentary

A short documentary film about the life and work of Manchester based Ikebana tutor Junko Popham.

EARLY SPRING (2023)
Dir. Columbina Luna Abarca | Animation

A strange creature comes to life following a girl through the streets of Manchester. While unveiling the mysteries of growing up, she struggles to navigate herself into the adult realm. From videos captured with a mobile phone camera merged with analogue processes, Early Spring takes the inner world to the surface of the cityscape, revealing a landscape as if it had always been there.

BIRD MAN (2024)
Dir. Tom Harmer | Documentary 

Barry Roots ‘Bird Man’ feeds hundreds of birds every day around Bradford city centre, in the north of England. Loved by many, in this short film Barry reminisces about his journey to Bradford from Jamaica, how his record shop in the 70s was a hub of community life and why he visits the town centre to feed the birds come rain or shine.

ROAD TRIP (2022)
Dir. Natalie A. Evans | Drama-Comedy

A mother and daughter go on their last ever road trip together.

THE CEREBRAL PERIMETER (2024)
Dir. Mo Bayliss, Steph Leigh | Comedy-Sci-Fi

Rita takes part in a most peculiar assessment.

SAFE (2023)
Dir. Debbie Howard | Drama

Anne an office cleaner, finishes work late one evening to be pursued and harassed by a man at the bus stop.

WAVE OF CHANGE (2024)
Dir. Zahra Omrani | Documentary

A Wave of Change is a student documentary film highlighting the importance of the Edwardian bath in Withington and how it's been a hub for the community's people.