Free

17 Jul 2025

What are you watching?

Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums

Explore the development of film culture in Bradford and Keighley.

Event Details
Date 17 Jul 2025
Times 2pm
Location The Beacon – Cliffe Castle Park
Ages All ages
Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult
Access
  • Wheelchair user access

Cinema used to be the most important form of both mass entertainment and mass artistic experimentation. Since then it has lost audience to television, streaming services and social media. But people still watch films in this new context.

Does it matter where we watch films, how we choose which films to watch or how we make sense of them? We all enjoy some films but do we know why? What do we learn from films? These and other questions together define ‘film culture’. This will be an open session with a chance to contribute and learn from others as well as finding out about the history of film culture locally.

Presented by Roy Stafford – a writer and lecturer based in Keighley.

Visit The Beacon in Cliffe Castle Park

The Beacon is a custom-made touring venue for Bradford 2025.

From 10 July – 10 August, The Beacon will be at Cliffe Castle Park.

Plan your visit below, or get in touch with us on [email protected] for more information.

Cliffe Castle Park
Spring Gardens Ln,
Keighley,
BD20 6LH

Credits
Friends of Bradford Art Galleries and Museums supports Bradford District Museums and Galleries.

Image © Nida Mozuraite

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