Previous Next Signal Film & Media is an award-winning charity that creates opportunities for all to take part in film and digital art activity Some of our workshops have moved online! Check out our project pages to find out more! DISCOVER OUR PROGRAMME ARTS & HERITAGE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATION & TRAINING CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS EXHIBITIONS View our past, present and upcoming exhibitions programme. WEST COAST PHOTO FESTIVAL 2021 Festival of Photography & Digital Art, Celebrating & Exploring the West Coast of Cumbria VIRTUAL GALLERY Explore a selection of online artworks, exhibitions, films & talks, all produced during the pandemic CURRENT PROJECTS Furness Railway 175 Furness Railway 175 On Saturday 17th July 2021 Barrow celebrates its annual Festival of Transport – this year also marks Exhibition in an Envelope Exhibition in an Envelope is a group show by the Behind the Postcard group; Kieran Bennett, Derek Bradley, Charlotte Davies, Barrow Blitz When the Second World War broke out in 1939, towns like Barrow nervously waited for the bombing to start; they Discovered Stories, Shared Communities MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROJECT DISCOVERED STORIES, SHARED COMMUNITIES Exploring How We Belong & What Makes Us Feel at Home Workshops April – The Digital Forest THE DIGITAL FOREST ABOUT THE PROJECT Grizedale Forest and Signal Film and Media, with support from Art Fund, have commissioned Photo in Focus 2 Sankey Photo in Focus 2 Play introduction We are thrilled to welcome you to our second Photo in Focus exhibition, The Pool THE POOL Online Digital Arts Programme Connecting Digital And New Media Artists in Cumbria JULY—SEPT 2020 As part of Signal Sankey | Now and Then Project now and then Seeing the North with Sankey project Two photographs taken from the same viewpoint at different times in LATEST NEWS AWARD WIN FOR BFI FILMTHE CATFISH CLUB won the Best Actress award at the 12th Four Rivers Film Festival in Sept 2020Read moreONLINE HERITAGE EXHIBITION HAS 15K VIEWSPHOTO IN FOCUS the new Online exhibition from the Sankey Family Photography Collection generates incredible visitor numbersView ExhibitionFilmmakers of the Year 2019!Winning at the Cumbria Life Arts and Culture Awards 2019!Read MoreBarra CultureFunding confirmed for Creative People and Places: a fantastic new Barrow-wide arts & culture programme 2019-2023Find Out MoreSignal Starters Celebration EventWe had some very special visitors along to our screening of the short films produced in 2018-19Find Out MoreBFI Sound Residential experienceOur BFI and Runner Ready participant Madison was selected from hundred to attend a prestigious course at the NFTSRead her story hereWork Experience at SFMJessica from Furness Academy wrote a work experience blog this May 2019 of her time here.Click Here To ReadSummer Work ExperienceErin from Dowdales spent three days this August getting involved with Signal to do some work experience.Read more about it!Our Commission wins Lumen Prize!Photographer Felicity Hammond has been shortlisted for the most prestigious prize in digital art for 'In Defence of Industry' - commissioned for our 2017 Lost Stations programmeRead moreFACEBOOK LIVE CHATJoin us on our Facebook page for the next Live Q&A about what we've uncovered next in our Photo in Focus heritage project on Wed 17th June at 2pm!Find out more! Previous Next register your interest or sign up for our Newsletter Support Us Every donation helps support us to continue the important work we do in our community & region Donate Get in Touch Name Email Message Send
Furness Railway 175 Furness Railway 175 On Saturday 17th July 2021 Barrow celebrates its annual Festival of Transport – this year also marks
Exhibition in an Envelope Exhibition in an Envelope is a group show by the Behind the Postcard group; Kieran Bennett, Derek Bradley, Charlotte Davies,
Barrow Blitz When the Second World War broke out in 1939, towns like Barrow nervously waited for the bombing to start; they
Discovered Stories, Shared Communities MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROJECT DISCOVERED STORIES, SHARED COMMUNITIES Exploring How We Belong & What Makes Us Feel at Home Workshops April –
The Digital Forest THE DIGITAL FOREST ABOUT THE PROJECT Grizedale Forest and Signal Film and Media, with support from Art Fund, have commissioned
Photo in Focus 2 Sankey Photo in Focus 2 Play introduction We are thrilled to welcome you to our second Photo in Focus exhibition,
The Pool THE POOL Online Digital Arts Programme Connecting Digital And New Media Artists in Cumbria JULY—SEPT 2020 As part of Signal
Sankey | Now and Then Project now and then Seeing the North with Sankey project Two photographs taken from the same viewpoint at different times in