North West Film Archive
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| North West Film Archive | |
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| 53°28′41″N 2°14′40″W / 53.478094011118024°N 2.2443121941045017°W | |
| Location | Manchester, England |
| Established | 1977 |
| Website | https://www.mmu.ac.uk/north-west-film-archive |
The North West Film Archive (NWFA, established 1977) in Manchester, is a moving image collection for the North West of England.[1][2]
The archive cares for 35,000 items ranging in date from the pioneer days of film in the mid-1890s to video productions of the present day.[3][4] The work of both the professional and the amateur is collected.[5] The NWFA is a part of the Learning and Research Information Services (library) at Manchester Metropolitan University and is located in Archives+ at Manchester Central Library.[4][6]
The North West Film Archive is Britain's largest public film collection outside London. The archive was set up in 1977 and is the home for moving images made in or about Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside[7] and Cumbria.[1][4] The region's position at the forefront of industrialisation is reflected in the archive's collection.
The archive works with colleagues in national and regional film archives throughout the country. In 1994 the NWFA became a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and the archive is also a member of the Film Archive Forum.
In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the archive launched #Lockdownlife Appeal to help collect materials during and about the pandemic in the North West of England.[8][6]