“I wanted to raise the question; why do we need this cheap labour?” Interview with Elias Demetriou on his film ‘Maricel’ at the Manchester Film festival 2026
I sat down with director Elias Demetriou to talk about his film ‘Maricel’ which follows a Filipino domestic worker in Cyprus caring for an elderly couple who have a lot of unspoken family drama.
Mark Jenkin has since produced a trilogy of Cornish films. The latest of these, Rose of Nevada, played at this year’s Manchester Film Festival and will shortly be going on a UK-wide tour before coming to cinemas nationwide on the 24th April.
A highlight from this year’s Manchester Film Festival, Lady is the debut feature from Samuel Abrahams. Starring Sian Clifford (Fleabag), the film follows a documentary filmmaker who has been employed to document the artistic journey of a deeply eccentric aristocratic woman.
Ahead of its Manchester Premiere at the upcoming Manchester Film Festival, I sat down with Harry Sherriff and Laurence Tratalos, director and writer of Misper – a dark comedy about a missing person and how the employees of a fading seaside hotel are affected by her disappearance
Manchester Film Festival returns once again to the Odeon Great Northern, this time they’re celebrating 10 years of introducing cutting-edge cinema to the city’s audience
Loop is an unoriginal take on time travel films and is better suited to the teenage audience of streaming services than film festivals, writes Michal Wasilewski
