During the summer of 2021 we heard a story about The Mother of The Sea, it’s a local story about Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker from the nearby town of Leigh who in 1949 published an academic paper about the life cycles of seaweed that played a huge role in helping save the...
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Finding ‘Appiness off to a roaring start
We held a private screening event for our latest film ‘Finding ‘Appiness’ on Thursday 20th January. ‘Finding Appiness’ has been an 8 year long, emotional project for the film’s Director Natasha. The film tackles sensitive themes such as mental health, addiction and...
My Kickstart Experience | An Interview with Bene Gibson
Kickstart placements are a government initiative as a response to COVID-19. The scheme aims at giving young people an opportunity to gain valuable, paid experience to work in a range of industries. Bene Gibson, Film Graduate from Arts University Bournemouth, reflects...
Stress and Creative Burnout
For those of us working in the creative industries, we all walk a very thin line, where, with one slip, we fall into what feels like an eternal pit of creative burnout. Creative burnout is that awful feeling that all your pockets of creativity have deflated like a...
Natasha: My Coming out Story
Natasha is the co-founder of Northern Heart Films and a multi-skilled filmmaker. To celebrate National Pride month Natasha shares her coming out story. What was life like growing up? I grew up on a council estate in a small Northern town. Everyone knew everyone and no...