About Exposures
Here you will find most information you need to come and visit us during the festival. Do you think something is missing? Just email us and we’ll try to answer your question and add to this section.
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FAQs
Has my film been selected / which films have been selected?
If your film has been selected you will have been contacted. The full list of films can be found on our blog
How can I book for exposures?
Phone us on 0161 200 1500 (12:00 – 20:00 daily); buy in person at Cornerhouse Box Office (12:00 – 20:00 daily) or buy online on “exposures festival” on the left; highlights of the festival will appear.)
Can I attend the festival just for one day?
Of course, you can attend the festival for just one day, or even just one event (although we will have so many interesting things on that you won’t want to do that).
Is there a cost?
Most events are priced at £3.50 full / £3.00 concessions, unless otherwise indicated.
Is there a way to save money when booking my tickets?
If you’re looking to save some cash, you can buy a Festival Pass, for only £25/£20 concs, you can select ten events/screenings (exc.Best of the Fest) and save £10!
To get your pass, simply print off the festival pass form, fill it in and bring it to box office or book over the phone.
If you’re booking as a group, buy 9 tickets for the same event/screening and get the 10th free!
How do I get the exposures festival pass?
You will need to fill out the festival pass form print if off and take a copy to Cornerhouse when booking your pass, alternatively, you can book over the phone by calling Cornerhouse Box Office – 0161 200 1500 (Mon – Sun: 12:00 till 20:00)
Practical Information
Dates
Festival: 21-23 February 2012
call for entries for 2012 are now closed. entries for the 2013 edition will open March / April 2012
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
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 you can find information through the following channels
Please refer to the useful contact section below to find the best bus for you.
Greater Manchester Bus Routes or 0161 228 7811
Contact Information
If you have any questions about exposures, do not hesitate to email
the exposures team or or phone 0161 228 7621 and ask to speak to a member of the exposures team.
Who We Are
Many people work together to make the festival a success, so many thanks for their contributions.
Many thanks especially:
- To our competition judges and special guests
- To our generous supporters.
- exposures advisory board
Festival Creative Team: Isabelle Croissant and Beth Hewitt
Festival Board of Directors: Johnny Clifford, Beth Hewitt, Dave Moutrey, Sarah Perks, Andy Spinoza, Mike Todd.
exposures Intern: Emma Chibulu
Press and Marketing: Elisa Ruff, Sarah Leech, Ella Swain and Isabelle Croissant
Sponsorship: Anthony Hopkinson and Suzanne Davies,
Programme Selection Panelists: Isabelle Croissant, Beth Hewitt, Maria Gabriella Ruban, David Petty
With much valued support from Cornerhouse staff especially Cornerhouse Box Office, Front of House, Finance Department, the great team of Digital Reporters and the projection and technical staff.
Background
exposures is a truly unique festival: its administrative home is at Cornerhouse; its creative heart at Cornerhouse and University of Salford; and its body is a collaboration across creative, cultural, commercial and academic organs. The festival takes place at Cornerhouse 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 Beth Hewitt. See CONTACTS.