Granada Centre

Join the waiting list for our Short Course in Ethnographic Documentary. It's the best way to have an opportunity to take part in this two-weeks practical introduction to camera and editing: granadacentre.co.uk/short-course-e…

Alumni Spotlight: 👩‍🎓 Gussy Sakula-Barry (MAVA 2012) is a multiple BAFTA-nominated documentary director with 15 years of experience. gussysakulabarry.com/about-me #directedbywomen #womeninfilm #womendirect #GCVAalumni

Big shout-out to our friends at @Sound_Image_Res for the incredible things they do with spatial sound. Their Spatial Audio Fundamentals short course is highly recommended, you get to learn loads of skills in a very short time and get to use unique facilities and gear.

With Granada Centre staff Jolynna Sinanan currently doing fieldwork at Everest Base camp, our project of the week is a web version of the photography exhibition 'Infrastructuring Everest' See the images from the exhibition in photo essay format at the link in our bio!

👩‍🎓 Alumni spotlight: Dorien Theuns After finishing the MA in Visual Anthropology in 2013, Dorien began working as city programmer and coordinator of the social program line of Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. 👉️ Discover more alumni profiles and careers at the link in our bio

🚨 Film of the week: 'Natural Born Hunters' by Mikhail Menshikov A look at class, masculinity and human-nature relationships in contemporary Russia. Watch at the link in our bio!

Coming up next month! We'll be hosting an online information session about our MA in Visual Anthropology 📅 6 May, 2PM UK time Meet the team, see student work, and find out how to apply. No anthropology background or media skills required. 👉 Register via link in bio

Quilting as ethnography? Our project of the week is "The Skein Her Very Skin: Quiltmaking in South Manchester" by @lydiadonohueart threads together anthropology and craft. Check out the photo essay at the link in our bio! #filmphotography #35mm #filmisnotdead

What happens after studying Visual Anthropology? We asked our MA in Visual Anthropology graduates between 1989 and 2025. Learn more with our new careers page granadacentre.co.uk/visual-anthrop…

A few days of warm spring weather here in Manchester

🚨 Film of the week! Living the Weather by Lorenzo Ferrarini An experimental doc on people’s experiences of the weather & seasons in the Calder Valley, West Yorkshire. Research project funded by the @LeverhulmeTrust and led by Professor Jennifer Mason @MCRSociology Link in bio

So you don't get bored over the spring break, here is a free learning opportunity. A mini-course on photography and anthropology with short video lectures, practical workshops and exercises. Find the link in our bio and enjoy for a limited time!

Pitching your project isn't easy, well done on some excellent short films in progress!

Thank you to our Senior Technician Tom for organising a night out to watch a brilliant line up of animated shorts, hosted by @originsmcr. Really inspiring for our students to see BAFTA award winning films and meet the filmmakers.

Here's a sneak peek of the practical exercise that's part of our animation workshop... and the result, after an hour of improvised stop motion! Music by Bensound.com/free-music-for… License code: IXP3FXFQ7IZO3BBB Artist: : Benjamin Tissot #animation #filmmaking

Our MA Visual Anthropology students try their hand at stop motion animation. Thank you to Dr Camilla Morelli for showcasing her work and providing an introduction to collaborative animated documentaries. The workshop was run by our AV technician Tom Longstaff.

🚨 New film online! 'Yours Truly' follows the trail of taxidermic pieces collected during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by The Manchester Museum. Made during the MA in Visual Anthropology by Christopher Murray, Charlotte Hoskins & Maddi Barber granadacentre.co.uk/project/yours-…

A big thank you to our visiting professor Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier for a great workshop on the importance of sound in documentaries and its creative possibilities. Alexandrine's films are highly recommended, especially Guardians of the Night and 'La Tumba Mambi'

Great to host Phil Cox and Phil Good yesterday for a screening of Khartoum, a moving and innovative collaborative documentary telling five stories from Sudan. Thank you to our alumnus Mo Aljeally for chairing and to the members of the Manchester Sudanese community for joining

Who studies Visual Anthropology? 🎥 We analysed data from 105 recent students in the MA Visual Anthropology programme at the Granada Centre. Learn more about the MA Visual Anthropology programme at the Granada Centre granadacentre.co.uk/ma-visual-anth…

🚨 New film online! Beekeeping in the United Kingdom is experiencing increasingly difficult seasons. Step into the strange sensorial world of Apis to experience documentary through an expressionist lens. Watch it at granadacentre.co.uk/project/apis/