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BBC News
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bradford museum to showcase northern youth culture on screen
The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford is planning to host a season of films dedicated to youth culture in the North. The museum's Pictureville Cinema will be showing a mixture of classics, such as Shane Meadows' This is England, and debut films by up-and-coming talent, as part of a project celebrating Bradford's status as the UK's youngest city - by population - with 26% of residents aged under showcase, from 30 May-13 June, has been curated by Bradford-born director Dominic Leclerc, of Skins and Shameless fame.A spokesperson said the films will shine a spotlight on the "bold and blistering spirit of young northern characters in British cinema". Mr Leclerc called the undertaking a "filmic deep-dive into the hearts and souls of characters on the cusp of adulthood".The project, part of the museum's ongoing collaboration with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, will open with the 2023 coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex. The "landmark" British comedy-drama East is East, which was set and partly filmed in Bradford, and explores the "tensions of a family navigating identity, tradition and rebellion" in 1970s northern England, will also be shown. Also screening is The Long Day Closes, a semi-autobiographical film from Terence Davies about the inner world of a working-class teenager in post-war Liverpool, and the West Yorkshire rural drama, My Summer of Love. There will also be a screening of the 2007 film Control, a portrait of Joy Division frontman Ian Leclerc added: "Poetic, punky and passionate - this season of extraordinary films celebrates the complexity, beauty and wonder of youth, and asks the question: 'what happens when the emotional geography of adolescence intersects with one's regional identity'? "From rural Yorkshire landscapes to the gritty backstreets of Salford, come and take a northern road trip to the heartland of youth." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Film showcase to celebrate northern youth culture
The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford is planning to host a season of films dedicated to youth culture in the North. The museum's Pictureville Cinema will be showing a mixture of classics, such as Shane Meadows' This is England, and debut films by up-and-coming talent, as part of a project celebrating Bradford's status as the UK's youngest city - by population - with 26% of residents aged under 18. The showcase, from 30 May-13 June, has been curated by Bradford-born director Dominic Leclerc, of Skins and Shameless fame. A spokesperson said the films will shine a spotlight on the "bold and blistering spirit of young northern characters in British cinema". Mr Leclerc called the undertaking a "filmic deep-dive into the hearts and souls of characters on the cusp of adulthood". The project, part of the museum's ongoing collaboration with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, will open with the 2023 coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex. The "landmark" British comedy-drama East is East, which was set and partly filmed in Bradford, and explores the "tensions of a family navigating identity, tradition and rebellion" in 1970s northern England, will also be shown. Also screening is The Long Day Closes, a semi-autobiographical film from Terence Davies about the inner world of a working-class teenager in post-war Liverpool, and the West Yorkshire rural drama, My Summer of Love. There will also be a screening of the 2007 film Control, a portrait of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. Mr Leclerc added: "Poetic, punky and passionate - this season of extraordinary films celebrates the complexity, beauty and wonder of youth, and asks the question: 'what happens when the emotional geography of adolescence intersects with one's regional identity'? "From rural Yorkshire landscapes to the gritty backstreets of Salford, come and take a northern road trip to the heartland of youth." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Science and Media Museum unveils new galleries Museum will be open again for City of Culture year Film celebrates 40 years of media museum
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Northern Youth film season to feature This is England, East is East
A Bradford-born director is curating a season of films dedicated to northern youth culture. From May 31 to June 13, the National Science and Media Museum's Pictureville Cinema will host Northern Youth, a season of films curated by Bradford-born director Dominic Leclerc (Sex Education, Shameless, Skins). The season's theme reflects Bradford's status as the UK's youngest city by population, with 26 per cent of residents aged under 18. Northern Youth will place a spotlight on young northern characters in British cinema. The season opens with the coming-of-age drama How to Have Sex (2023) on Friday, May 30. Other highlights include Shane Meadows' This is England (2006), and a Northern Youth spin on Pictureville's Classic Sunday strand with a screening of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (1962). In June, comedy-drama East is East (1999), which was partially filmed in Bradford, will be screened thanks to a partnership between Pictureville and the British Independent Film Awards. East is East explores the tensions of a family navigating identity, tradition, and rebellion in 1970s Northern England. The Long Day Closes (1992), a semi-autobiographical film from Terence Davies which captures a working-class teenager's inner world in postwar Liverpool, will screen on Sunday, June 8. Other films include West Yorkshire rural drama, My Summer of Love (2004), exploring themes of class and teenage desire, and Control (2007), a portrait of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, capturing "the youthful intensity of his brief life and tragic end in haunting black-and-white." Further details, including guest speakers and additional events, will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information and to book tickets, visit
