Exposures - New Talent in Moving Image

How do I know if I can enter my film?
All requirements can be found in our Rules & Guidelines document which can be downloaded from our entry page along with our entry form. Please read this throughly before sending your film to us.

When is the closing date for entries?
5PM, FRI 30 JULY! Entries received after this time will NOT be accepted.

When will I know if my film has been selected?
After we have closed our call for entries our panel will watch all qualifying entries, the best of which will be selected for the festival. All succesful entrants will be contacted by one of the team after this time.

When is exposures 2010 taking place?
This year’s festival will take place in November. Dates will be confirmed on our website soon.

Is there a cost to enter a film?
Nope

Can I get work sent in to exposures returned to me?
We can not return any work sent into exposures. Under any circumstances please do not send us your master copy. Packages can be damaged in transit and exposures cannot be responsible for any loss or damage of films.

Can I enter multiple films?
Yes you can, but you must complete a separate entry form for each film submitted.

Any other questions? Let us know.

DATES
November 2010. Dates to be confirmed soon.
call for entries for 2010 are now open. Further details can be found on our entry page

LOCATION

• Cornerhouse, 70 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 5NH

HOW TO GET HERE…

• Cornerhouse is situated in Manchester City Centre adjacent to Oxford Road Railway Station.
  Detailed Map to Cornerhouse

• By Car
  Manchester is easily accessible from motorway networks including the M60 ring road and Cornerhouse is located in the city centre, please see above for map.
  • From the North: M66 Bury; M62 Rochdale, Leeds
  • From the South: M56 Manchester Airport, Chester; M6 Birmingham
  • From the West: M602 & M63; M62 Liverpool; M61 Bolton, Wigan; M6 Preston

• Where do I park?
  You can find information on price and locations of nearby car parks onthe following websites
  • National Car Parks website or 08456 061061
  • Manchester City Council Parking Information

• By Rail
  Nearest Station
  Cornerhouse: Manchester Oxford Road
  National Rail Enquiries or 08457 484950

• By Metrolink
  Nearest Stop to Cornerhouse: St Peter’s Square
  Metrolink 0161 205 2000

• By bus
  There are too many buses going past our venues for us to list, but ou can find information through the following channels
  but please refer to the useful contact section below to find the best bus for you.
  Greater Manchester Bus Routes or 0161 228 7811

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exposures is a truly unique festival: its administrative home is at Cornerhouse; its creative heart at Cornerhouse and the University of Salford; and its body is a collaboration across creative, cultural, commercial and academic organs. Long standing supporters include Corona Extra, University of Salford, Abbott Vision, BBC, Northwest Vision & Media, Mackinnon & Saunders, and Manchester City Council. The festival takes place both at Cornerhouse and Urbis and is honoured to have Paul Abbott as patron.

Still the only regular UK-wide competitive festival for student film and moving image, exposures is a crucial showcase for new talent and a vital celebration of UK talent development.

Originally titled ‘Northern Exposures’, the first installment of the festival was a modest affair: two two-hour screening slots in Cornerhouse’s Screen 3, on a Wednesday afternoon in December 1994. The event was called into being at the request of student filmmakers themselves and put together to reflect the nascent filmmaking courses appearing in the city and beyond: the Workers Film Association, Salford University’s new Media BA and other isolated courses around the region.
Over the year, the festival has grown in size and in calibre. In 1998 the festival dropped the ‘Northern’ in its title to become simply ‘exposures’. Due to the growing demand both from filmmakers, professionals and the public, the festival expanded in length (it is now 4 days) and remit. In 2003 exposures introduced ‘underexposed’ – the strand aimed specifically at young filmmakers (19 and under) in the North West – and in 2005 it opened its doors to entries from all over the country, making it the UK’s only student film festival of its kind.

Since 2005 we’ve even produced the popular Best of Fest DVD and screened exposures work across the country, and even the world, from FACT (Liverpool) to Toronto (Canada).

The festival has always prided itself on keeping up with new demands and changes in the industry: from the early days it held masterclasses on digital technology, internet distribution and computer generated imagery. Its roll call of guests over the years has included feature directors Michael Winterbottom, Jamie Thraves, Danny Boyle (twice), Marc Evans, Richard Kwietniowski and Richard Jobson; scriptwriters Frank Cottrell-Boyce (twice), Russell T Davies and Paul Abbott; and documentary makers Brian Hill, Carol Morley, Paul Watson and Marc Isaacs – to name but a few.
There are also many people who work on exposures including our much valued student assistants. We’re not overly interested in titles and hierarchies but you could say the main people behind exposures are Isabelle Croissant and Lisa Burke at Cornerhouse and Beth Hewitt at The University of Salford. See CONTACTS.