Latest news
12th August 2022
Harrogate on Film: 19th September 2022
YFA are heading to Harrogate on Monday 19th September to bring you a fantastic new screening of archive footage, specially curated from the collections held in our vaults.
4th July 2022
Double award winners at 2022 FOCAL International Awards
The Yorkshire and North East Film Archives have won two prestigious awards at the annual FOCAL International Awards ceremony in London. A panel of judges from across the global film archive sector voted the UK regional charity ‘Footage Company of the Year’ at the 2022 FOCAL Awards.
20th June 2022
Yorkshire and North East Film Archives shortlisted for FOCAL International Awards!
Members of the YFA and NEFA team will be heading to the capital later this week, to attend the 2022 FOCAL International Awards, where we've been shortlisted in the 'Footage Company of the Year' category!
27th May 2022
Jubilee film screenings: Seen to be Believed
We're delighted that our new film, Seen to be Believed, will be screened as part of Jubilee celebrations across our region!
Taking an affectionate look through the lens at how the people of Yorkshire and the North East celebrated coronations, jubil...
5th May 2022
Job opportunity: Curator, 'Nature Matters' project
Curator – Nature Matters
Salary £27,400 per annum (reduced pro-rata for year 2)
We are seeking a Curator for our new project, Nature Matters.
25th March 2022
Delve into rural archives at the Great Yorkshire Showground
A special screening of archive footage at the Great Yorkshire Showground will reveal a fascinating portrait of Yorkshire farming and rural life in the 20th Century.
All are welcome at the ‘Rural Life on Film’ screening and social get-together...
11th March 2022
Seen to be Believed: a new film to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
This year Her Majesty The Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, marking an unprecedented 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
To commemorate this historic occasion, the Yorkshire and North East Film Archives have...
26th November 2021
Help Save Yorkshire and North East Cine Stories
Yorkshire and North East Film Archives are thrilled to announce that we're taking part in this year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, to be held on 30th November; an opportunity for you to help the charity reveal more stories from our vaults.
As a r...
5th October 2021
Employment Opportunity: Archive Collections Cataloguer
POSITION NOW CLOSED 10/11/2021
Archive Collections Cataloguer - Ukrainian Video Archives Society Collection (UVAS)
Salary £29,400 per annum
The Yorkshire Film Archive is seeking an experienced Archive Collections Cataloguer for a York based, 12...
21st September 2021
Lost Connections: A film about recovery, hope and renewal
An echo of our own contemporary experiences, Lost Connections is a new archive-based film which gives us hope for the future by connecting with the past.
Comprising over a century of remarkable footage and voices, the film responds to the last 18 m...
10th August 2021
Yorkshire Film Archive awarded grant to catalogue Ukrainian Video Archives Society Collection
Yorkshire Film Archive is delighted to announce a new project that will catalogue and open up the previously inaccessible Ukrainian Video Archives Society collection to researchers and the public.
27th July 2021
Calderdale on Film: Saturday 7th August 2021
YFA are delighted to be back on the road again, heading to the beautiful Calder Valley for two special screenings at Hebden Bridge Picture House!
From home movies, cine club and regional television collections, don't miss this specially curated screening...
26th April 2021
New Director for the Yorkshire and North East Film Archive
The Yorkshire and North East Film Archive has appointed a new Archive Director to take over from its founder Director, Sue Howard, who is stepping down after more than thirty years in the post.
Brent Woods will join the Archive in mid-July. He is c...
19th January 2021
YFA AGM
The next Yorkshire Film Archive AGM will take place via Zoom on Friday 29th January 2021 at 2pm, in line with the charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association. The meeting will be chaired by Clare Morrow....
2nd October 2020
Rare 1914 footage of Hartlepool bombardment revealed
A chance find has led to previously unseen footage, showing the aftermath of the bombardment of Hartlepool on 16 December 1914, being made available for the first time.
