The festival explored physical, social and technological concepts of normality. Featuring artworks that were provocative, asking questions in a variety of ways, be they humorous, subtle or direct. Key themes included the body, intimacy and transformation, nomadic identities and trade, and innovators playing with cinematic form.

AND presented a mouth-watering selection of Northwest premieres, mixing special previews of films seen on the big screen for the first time. From the imaginative use of archive material to marauding zombies, stand-up comedians and vengeful women. The programme featured outsiders and troublemakers, bodies and philosophy and plenty to discuss in the bar afterwards.

AND presented a series of workshops to accompany the 2009 programme.

Dead Drops Dead Drops was an anonymous, offline, peer-to-peer file-sharing network for public spaces, incorporating USB drives embedded into walls, buildings and…

Featuring a cacophony of performances with some of the world’s leading exponents of live and improvised cinema. Kinematic was a night of…

Starting as a work of fiction, design is always oriented towards a possible future; a community of users that have yet to…

Internationally acclaimed Taiwanese video artist Chen Chieh-jen sees his work as ‘an act of connection, linking together the history of people who…

Salacious demonstrations of exploitation, patriarchy and anarchism. Bustling in style and direction these deviant bodies make up the anti-plan, the call to…

AND transformed Preston’s thriving covered market into a cinematic platform for Nicholas Roeg’s stunning sci-fi classic, The Man Who Fell to Earth….