Dates to be announced
FORGE Shorts
Three new films from Bradford writers and directors.
We’re supporting the creation of three new short films, created by a trio of Bradford filmmakers selected via an open call – and due to complete in 2025.
The three films
Scraps
Evie Manning’s coming-of-age film about Bradford teenagers taking care of each other when no one else does, will be co-created with young people from the city – ‘direct, hopeful and very Bradford’.
Practical Anarchy
Michael McCabe’s documentary delves into the anarchist world of Bradford’s 1 in 12 club, examining how embracing mutual aid, solidarity and cooperation has shaped the lives of its members over its fourty year history.
Rocket Fuel
Jordon Scott Kennedy’s ‘love letter to estate childhoods’ follows two kids in BD4 as they turn an abandoned car into a spaceship and try to fly to the Moon.
About FORGE
FORGE began in 2024 with an open call for proposals from local filmmakers. Eight films were selected to take part in the Forge Short Film Lab, an eight-week development programme. From those eight proposals, Practical Anarchy, Rocket Fuel and Scraps have been selected to go into production by a panel that included Hollie Bryan from Cosmosquare Films, BAFTA-winning producer Bekki-Wray Rogers and Shanaz Gulzar, Creative Director of Bradford 2025.
FORGE is a Bradford 2025 project created in partnership with Screen Yorkshire and The Unit, an open-access production space in Keighley co-funded by Bradford Council and Channel 4. The three films will be produced by Cosmosquare Films, financed and executive-produced by Bradford 2025.
The shortlist
Alongside the three selected films, the shortlist for the Forge Film Labs Shorts included projects from Louisa Rose Mackleston, Kamal Kaan, Kat-Rose Martin, Hafsah Naib, Martha Kean, Anna Evans and Kirsty Taylor.
Lead image: © Tim Smith
