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News archive for 2021

  • Portrait of Christine Sun Kim in front of a green screen background of the sea.

    NOWNESS x MIF present: Private View with Christine Sun Kim

    12 November 2021

  • In a dark room, two arms come into shot from the right. The top arm has a small bright light strapped to the underside of the wrist, which is pointing down towards a kaleidoscopic, geometric matrix of mirror shapes held up by the other hand. Yellow and green coloured light reflects off the mirrored shapes onto the wall behind.

    MIF and Oily Cart bring sensory theatre to shielding Manchester families

    26 October 2021

  • Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lemn Sissay stand in the Poet Slash Artist exhibition at HOME during MIF21. Hans Ulrich stands on the left; he is white with a pale peach skin tone and very short white hair; he wears glasses with clear frames, a green check shirt with black lattice and arrow patterns and dark navy jeans; he is smiling and looking just to the right of the camera. Lemn stands on the right; he is Black with a deep brown skin tone and medium length black and grey afro hair; he wears a white short sleeve shirt and black jeans, his hands are in the front pockets of his jeans; he smiles with a closed mouth directly at the camera. A vitrine can be seen between them in the background, and beyond that a neon artwork on the wall; a large frame hangs on the left wall behind Hans Ulrich; many smaller frames hang on the right wall behind Lemn. The industrial style ceiling of the space can be seen above the white gallery walls and partitions.

    Hans Ulrich Obrist and Lemn Sissay on Poet Slash Artist

    27 September 2021

  • Laure Prouvost collaborates with local women at Manchester Jewish Museum

    1 September 2021

  • Rashid Rana on the difference between art and Eart

    16 July 2021

  • Celebrating 25 years of Theatre-Rites immersive family theatre

    14 July 2021

  • Photographic portraits of Muneera Williams, Sona Jobarteh with her kora harp, and Abi Sampa

    Salaam puts the spotlight on contemporary Islamic culture

    12 July 2021

  • Cillian Murphey sitting in profile inside a cafe

    Everything You Can Stream Online During MIF21

    11 July 2021

  • Robert Yang on queering gamer culture and his garden world of peeps

    9 July 2021

  • Kemang Wa Lehulere's Acts of Love

    6 July 2021

  • Uche Abuah and Michelle Asante on stage in Notes on Grief. Asante sits on a blue and purple sofa and holds up a folded paper map, which she points to. Abuah sits at her feet, smiling and also points at the map. Asante is Black with dark brown skin; her hair is twisted from the crown into three buns at the back of her head; she wears a bright orange and turquoise patterned dress and an orange wrap belt.  Abuah is Black with medium brown skin; her hair is in fine locks, pulled back; she wears a blue T-shirt.

    Notes on Grief director Rae McKen on her passion for diverse theatre

    5 July 2021

  • Postcards from Now: Artist films about our changed reality

    1 July 2021

  • Festival Square Landing page image

    Free gigs in Manchester this July

    1 July 2021

  • Free art to see in Manchester this July

    29 June 2021

  • An image of people standing in the sea in Lagos, Nigeria, during Homecoming festival 2018. Most people are seen from the back or side; two people in the foreground frame the image, and in the centre a person wears a football shirt with 'Homecoming 18' printed on the back, red sunglasses and gold hoop earrings.

    Homecoming: The Festival Taking Africa to the World

    28 June 2021

  • Who is Boris Charmatz? The dance radical returning to MIF21

    23 June 2021

  • 5 Ways We’re Making The Festival More Sustainable

    21 June 2021

  • Six people of different skin tones and hair colours are illustrated in graphic style on the left and right margins of the image, against a green background. Their individual skin tones are depicted like the topography of a map. They all have their mouths open as if speaking, and white speech bubbles illustrated to look like watery bubbles join between them, with the text 'A Manifesto for Change' in the centre.

    MIF Young People’s Forum launch Manifesto for Change

    25 May 2021

  • A head and shoulders portrait of the artist Christine Sun Kim. She wears her hair pulled back, round glasses and burgundy red lipstick with an off-white top with a pointy collar and a gold and black dress against a plain, dark background. She is looking directly into the lens.

    Christine Sun Kim and the Deaf artists claiming sound as their subject

    7 May 2021

  • People sitting outside in the sunshine at tables in MIF's pop-up Festival Square in Manchester

    John McGrath on MIF’s Safe Return This Summer

    12 April 2021

  • A close up of an eye from Tai Shani's Neon Hieroglyph

    Neon Hieroglyph: Tai Shani On Her Witchy Online Fantasy

    31 March 2021

  • A person with curly black short hair with shaved sides wears a black mask and a grey motion capture suit and stands in front of a digital screen

    Dream’s EM Williams On Acting In A Virtual Forest

    26 March 2021

  • A blurred and light-distorted image down a dark camera lens of a smiling person who has black skin and is wearing pink lipstick.

    Audio: Elizabeth Wainwright On Her Visually Impaired Theatre Group

    25 February 2021

  • Headshot of a woman with images overlaid on top

    Four Manchester Artists Respond to The Long Goodbye

    11 February 2021

  • Man in grey costume performing in front of a screen projection

    Who are Dream Co-Creators Marshmallow Laser Feast?

    10 February 2021

  • Silhouette in front of a large screen projection

    Dream is an online theatre and gaming experience like no other

    8 February 2021

  • Video still of Riz Ahmed

    Watch a new trailer for Riz Ahmed's The Long Goodbye

    4 February 2021

  • Photo of Javaad Alipoor

    Introducing… Javaad Alipoor

    13 January 2021

  • Photo of Inua Ellams

    Introducing... Inua Ellams

    4 January 2021

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