Explore Stories in Motion

Gallery 1 - Longform

Gallery 1 is a collection of long form, artistic and archival films exploring the three themes of learning, health & wellbeing and heritage.

Please note these are the current times, these may be subject to change during the programme. Please check this listing before visiting for up to date times. Start time are approximate.

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10:00 Windrush: The Years After - Untold Stories (17.11 minutes)

A unique snapshot of authentic voices sharing the experiences of African Caribbean Descendants living in West Yorkshire for the last 72 years.

Filmmaker: Kirklees Local TV 

10:17 Our Wider Flesh (10.32 minutes)

Exploring bodies and land enclosure through the lens of motherhood, this film is set around a building site in a field near the artist's terraced house in the village of Denby Dale. 

Filmmaker: Clare Carter Osborne  

10:28 A Quest for Roti  (68.50 minutes)

A documentary filmed in Kirklees exploring the experiences of migrants, who reflect on their personal journeys and the cost of forging a future in West Yorkshire.

Organisation: Communities Together / Sangam Festival

Filmmaker: Radio Sangam 

11:37 TOWNHALL (7.29 minutes)

An exploration of the architectural heritage and the pipe organ of Huddersfield Town Hall using 3D scanning.

Filmmakers: Nic Clear & Hyun Jun Park, University of Huddersfield / Leeds Beckett University

11:44 Celebrating 175 years of Dewsbury Train Station (38 minutes)

Four short films part of a wider series commissioned by Creative Scene for the celebration of 175 years of Dewsbury train station. Curated and edited by Andy Wicks, Media Preview.

Arrivals – 16 min: Stories of people who arrived by train in Dewsbury

Filmmaker: Nathan Towers

Train of Thought – 10 min: passengers’ thoughts and conductor testimonies on the train journey from Huddersfield to York

Filmmakers: Tim Copsey, Andy Wicks and Kay Douglas

Riding West Riding – 12 min: An experimental film journey along the West Riding line, featuring train station soundscapes and alternative film edits from Leeds to Huddersfield.

Filmmakers: Alistair Innes Macdonald & Kevin Threlfall

Organisation: Brigantia Creative / Creative Scene 

12:22 For What We Have To Do (66.15 minutes)

A documentary filmed in the Colne Valley, weaving together intimate portraits of people who live with and care for the landscape to explore how riparian woodlands support ecological resilience and recovery.

Filmmaker: Huw Wahl 
Organisation: Creative Adaptive Solutions for Treescapes of Rivers (CASTOR), University of Manchester 

13:28 Soundfest: A History of Soundsystem Culture in Huddersfield (31.11 minutes)

The untold story of a community that built a movement, from the arrival of Caribbean immigrants in the 1960s to the rise of a new generation keeping the sound alive throughout the north and beyond.

Filmmaker: Kirklees Local TV

13:59 Deighton Carnival 2025: A celebration of Community (42:48 minutes)

Experience the 24th Annual Deighton Carnival on a sunny day in June 2025, along with a crowd of over 8000 people from all over Kirklees.

Organisation: Local Services 2 You 
Filmmaker: Kirklees Local TV 

14:42 The Brook (26:11 minutes)

A 1959 film made by Brooks Motors of Huddersfield, this is the story of a Yorkshire river and the industries along its banks.  The film includes a closer look at Brook Motors as well as Bamforths postcard manufacturing.  

Organisation: Yorkshire and North East Film Archive Film

Credit: Yorkshire and North East Film Archive 

Filmmaker: Brooks Motors of Huddersfield

 

Total approx Running time: 5h7min

Gallery 2, Screen 1: Learning

In Gallery 2 three screens showcase themes of learning, health and wellbeing, and heritage. Screen 1 focuses on films that highlights stories about learning. They consider how people, at all stages of life, can access learning by participating in cultural and creative activities. Films in this theme foreground learning beyond the classroom: learning through making, sharing, practising, performing and participating. 

 

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10. Growing Colour Together (12:53)

Growing Colour Together explores learning through gardening, stitching, and natural dyeing. Communities across Kirklees collaborated to create textiles, sharing skills and cultural traditions.

Organisation: WOVEN in Kirklees 

Filmmaker: Studio Bokehgo 

 

11. Marshian Arts Trail 2025 (2:03)

The Marshian Arts Trail film highlights informal learning through cultural engagement, showing how creativity can transform perceptions of the places where we live.

Organisation: Marshian Arts 

Filmmaker: Kirklees Local TV

 

12. Sharing Stories Standing Strong (7:06)

Sharing Stories Standing Strong shows people of all ages learning new ways to creatively share stories, guided by professional artists, highlighting libraries as creative learning spaces.

Organisations: Lawrence Batley Theatre and Kirklees Libraries

Filmmaker: Studio Bokehgo 

 

13. Woolovers (11:44)

The story of an intergenerational arts and wellbeing group based in the Holme Valley who work together, share memories and create art.

Organisation: Sharing Memories Group
Filmmaker: Alistair Innes Macdonald

 

14. MakerWorld: Creativity and Community on the High Street (6:16)

MakerWorld reimagines the high street as a hub for creativity and play where children can develop creative skills and explore new ideas through hands-on making.

Organisations: The Children’s Art School

Filmmaker: Studio Bokehgo

 

15. I Belong (11:12)

"I Belong" follows Dark Horse Student Ensemble during an 8-week residency focusing on developing skills in movement, storytelling, digital performance, and spoken word.

The film was awarded Honorary Award for Efforts in the Social Filmmaking by the Activists without Borders film festival and was part of Manchester Health Film Festival official programme.

Organisation: Dark Horse Theatre
Filmmaker: Eva McQuade

 

16. Developing Tracks at the Safe Space Studio (3:54)

Students develop a song at the Safe Space Studio in the centre of Huddersfield demonstrating how learning opportunities can open pathways to self-expression, confidence and growth.

Organisation: Yorkshire Youth and Music

 

17. Yorkshire Sound Women’s Network (6:36)

Yorkshire Sound Women’s Network champions the development of women, girls and minority genders in the music technology industry in Kirklees and across Yorkshire.

Organisation: Music in Kirklees

Filmmaker: Studio Bokehgo

 

18. Huddersfield Literature Festival 2014 Review (6:43)

Huddersfield Literature Festival fosters learning through cultural activity that encourages intellectual growth, creativity, and community engagement, making learning an integral part of cultural celebration.

Organisation: Huddersfield Literature Festival

Filmmaker: Leagus Video

 

19. Our Biennale (2:56)

Hundreds of families engaged in creative activities on the high street for the Our Biennale Finale, showing how shared creativity can foster joy and connection.

Organisation: The Children’s Art School

Filmmaker: Towers Film and Media

 

20. Mrs Sunderland (6:12)

The Mrs Sunderland festival is one of the largest festivals of music, speech and drama in the country, it offers workshops, concerts and classes for all ages and abilities.

Organisation: Music in Kirklees 

Filmmaker: Studio Bokehgo

 

21. Celebration of Hope (5:48)

South Asian women and communities express their stories through music and poetry at the Bagshaw Museum, exploring learning through cultural engagement as a tool for empowerment.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative / Creative Scene 

Filmmaker: Fly Girl Films

 

22. Lawrence Batley Theatre Makes a Lasting Impact on Young Lives (2:04)

Children and young people gain confidence and skills through creative learning and opportunities for performance, fostering personal growth, confidence, resilience, and joy.

Organisation: Lawrence Batley Theatre

Filmmaker: Towers Film and Media

 

23. Birstall Wood Turning Club (3:51)

Local makers share skills in woodturning, learning together through creativity and craft. The group fosters confidence, friendship, and skill development.

Organisation: Birstall Woodturners 

Filmmaker: MT Digital 

Gallery 2, Screen 2: Health and Wellbeing

In Gallery 2 three screens showcase themes of learning, health and wellbeing, and heritage. Screen 2 focuses on health and wellbeing, making visible the ways in which creative and cultural activities support healthier, happier lives. The theme of creative health focuses on the role of culture in everyday forms of health and wellbeing: social connection, self-confidence, expression, movement, and care.  

 

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24. Honley Male Voice Choir (10:09)

A celebration of collective singing, showing how shared musical heritage can strengthen wellbeing and community.

Organisation: Honley Male Voice Choir  
Filmmaker:  Studio Bokehgo 

 

25. Connected Particles (9:29)

Connected Particles was a short project by Dark Horse Theatre that brought together young people across Kirklees to experience the joy of creative connection and movement.

Organisation: Dark Horse Theatre
Filmmaker: Eva McQuade

 

26. Train Ticket Thoughts (10.37)

A reflective journey capturing everyday moments of travel, through observation, memory, and personal storytelling.

Organisation/Filmmaker: Dwell Time

 

27. National Centre for Creative Health: Hoot Creative Arts Spotlight (3.38)

A spotlight on how creative health practices and participatory arts support wellbeing, learning, and connection for individuals and communities.

Organisation: hoot Creative Arts
Filmmaker: NCCH

 

28. Currents in Passing (2:11)

An immersive audiovisual work that supports mental wellbeing through slow cinema, recorded on the River Holme.
Filmmaker: Jed Rocco Bartholet

 

29. Anti-stigma Kirklees (5:59)

Short interview with filmmaker Paul (MTDigital) on making mental health films with the South Asian community.

Organisation: Men's Talk CLEAR

Filmmaker: MT Digital

 

30. You, Me and Those Who Came Before (1:40)

An animated poem celebrating the contributions of refugees to British culture and the reasons why people seek asylum in the UK, based on interviews with real life refugees living in Huddersfield.

Organisation: Counterpoints Arts/Refugee Week

Animation: Zane Whittingham/Ryan Jones, Fettle Animation (Producer Kath Shackleton)

Poem written by Julian Jordon and voiced by actor Lladel Bryant, with music by Haymonot Tesfa. 

 

31. Shared Journeys (4:32)

Moments from a series of Walk Wheel Ride activities in the Holme Valley, capturing things of notice, and places that make us feel good, supported by EPIKS and delivered in partnership with Ability Options. 

Organisation: Our Creative Connection 
Filmmaker: Chris Chinnock

 

32. Unprescriptive (3:41)

Made by members of Women’s Centre, this film features artistic collage and participant-led self-discovery.

Organisation/Filmmaker: Dwell Time

 

33. Life in Our Towns Series: The Underwater Hockey Club (2:10)

The Life in Our Town series showcases everyday stories from North Kirklees towns, highlighting diverse voices and lived experiences.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative / Creative Scene 

Filmmaker: Alistair Innes Macdonald

 

34. 5 Ways to Wellbeing (2:41)

 David from Men’s Talk Digital explains how learning new film-making skills and being outdoors helps his wellbeing

Organisation: Men’s Talk CLEAR

Filmmaker: MT Digital

 

35. Life in Our Towns Series: The Monastery (2:35)

The Life in Our Town series showcases everyday stories from North Kirklees towns, highlighting diverse voices and lived experiences.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative/ Creative Scene 

Filmmaker: Alistair Innes Macdonald 

 

36. Reprezenting Huddersfield on Tour (16:16)

A personal portrait from Queen Jolene on the development of Huddersfield on Tour, helping local music, art & stories reach a global audience.  

Organisation: Reprezenting Huddersfield On Tour
Filmmaker: Queen Jolene www.Facebook.com/joleneraewalsh

Music by Harlem Gem and Thabo and The Real Deal

 

37. Life in Our Towns Series: The Dentist (2:15)

The Life in Our Town series showcases everyday stories from North Kirklees towns, highlighting diverse voices and lived experiences.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative/ Creative Scene

Filmmaker: Alistair Innes Macdonald 

Gallery 2, Screen 3: Heritage

In Gallery 2 three screens showcase themes of learning, health and wellbeing, and heritage. Screen 3 focuses on films about how we respond to history, identity and place. Films in this theme evidence how diverse voices can re-shape heritage narratives and spaces. Heritage is held in memory and shaped through community practice, as much as it is preserved in collections and institutions. 

 

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39. Where We Come From – 1:30

This film explores dual heritage and identity, connecting Huddersfield and Carriacou through storytelling, amplifying diaspora voices and celebrating cultural roots.

Organisation: Saving Grace

Filmmakers: Nigel Cudjoe and Thomas O'Donoghue

 

40. Life in Our Towns Series (The Mill, The Shop, The Café) - 7:20

The Life in Our Town series showcases everyday stories from North Kirklees towns, highlighting diverse voices and lived experiences.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative/ Creative Scene

Filmmaker: Alistair Innes Macdonald

 

41. Holi Festival

Huddersfield-based Ministry of Colours celebrates Holi, the ancient Hindu Festival of Colours.

Organisation: Ministry of Colours

 

42. Tales from t’Mill by Harriet Lawson – 10:00

A film about the Dewsbury Creative Town commission Tales from t’Mill by Harriet Lawson, revealing hidden histories of Dewsbury’s textile industry.

Organisation: Beam (Producer), Kirklees Council (Commissioner)

Filmmaker: Harriet Lawson

 

43. Theatre30 – Lawrence Batley Theatre – 9:13

A celebration of 30 years of community-driven theatre, demonstrating how shared cultural spaces can become living heritage across generations in Kirklees.

Organisation: Lawrence Batley Theatre

Filmmaker:  Studio Bokehgo

 

44. Hepworth Feast – 10:15

A documentary of a 150-year-old village festival, showing how traditions and collective celebration sustain local heritage.

Filmmaker: Saville Creative Communications

 

45. Cesspit of Freedom – 1:30

A celebration of Huddersfield’s queer history, reclaiming overlooked spaces and stories and inspiring inclusive heritage narratives that advocate for equality in cultural memory.

Filmmaker: Oran Rose O'Sullivan

 

46. Tessella by Saba Rifat – 3:15

A film about the Dewsbury Creative Town commission Tessella by Saba Rifat,  inspired by Dewsbury’s urban heritage and cultural traditions.

Organisation: Beam (Producer), Kirklees Council (Commissioner)

Filmmaker: Opal Video

 

47. Beowulf – 3:20

A reimagining of an epic tale connecting Yorkshire’s Viking heritage by Proper Job Theatre with diverse cultural expression, fostering shared identity and inclusive storytelling in Kirklees.

Organisation: Music in Kirklees

Filmmaker: Studio Bokehgo

 

47. Huddersfield International Club Opening Night – 3:17

1968 archival film explores race relations and education in Huddersfield, made soon after Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” immigration speech.

Film credit: Yorkshire and North East Film Archive

 

48. On Dewsbury Market – 4:55

A short film commissioned by Creative Scene showcasing trader testimonies, camaraderie, local produce and family businesses, with a focus on individuality in a capitalist context.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative/ Creative Scene

Filmmaker: Simon Reed

 

49. Extract from “Home James” 1972 – 10:00

“Home James” follows actor James Mason as he returns to his childhood home of Huddersfield.

Directed by: Patrick Boyle

Film credit: Yorkshire and North East Film Archive

 

50. Mondays at the Museum (8:27)

Local partnerships working together on regular creative sessions, to support creative health through cultural engagement.

Organisation: Mondays at the Museum
Filmmaker: University of Huddersfield / Cultures of Film

 

51. Life in our towns series continued: 7:46

The Brewery (2:10), The Farm (3:03), Pétanque Club (2:33)

The Life in Our Town series showcases everyday stories from North Kirklees towns, highlighting diverse voices and lived experiences.

Organisation: Brigantia Creative/ Creative Scene

Filmmaker: Alistair Innes Macdonald

 

52. Urban Angels Aerial Dance in Kirklees

 A short montage of site-specific vertical dance performances inspired by the heritage and environment of the Holme Valley for Holmfirth Arts Festival. Urban Angels are based near Holmfirth.

Organisation: Urban Angels Circus

Filmmaker: Bike Shed Media

Gallery 3- Place

Gallery 3 brings together live video feeds, aerial recordings and footage of the Kirklees area. This space invites you to take in the surroundings. It is an opportunity to pause, absorb and reflect on Kirklees as a place made up of many places.  

Footage kindly supplied by Colin Crabtree. Colin’s Youtube channel ‘Huddersfield Outdoors’, is dedicated to the creation of an archive of real-time video of landscapes in Kirklees.

We are looking for similar types of footage from other places across Kirklees, if you have some then get in touch!