Yorkshire and North East Film Archive's over-riding commitment to preserving and creating access to the widest range of audiences has earned us industry awards and a reputation for being forward-thinking and innovative. Building on our success as one of the UK's leading Regional Film Archives, the new Strategic Plan 2025-2030 outlines our future vision and direction, with a clear sense of purpose as we continue to save and celebrate the Regions' Screen Heritage.

Our Memory Bank Bradford project is now live! Thanks to funding from The Harry and Mary Foundation, this special limited edition book and website has been made available, free of charge, to care homes across the Bradford District, to celebrate Bradford City of Culture 2025.

A collaboration between Teesside University and Yorkshire and North East Film Archive, our film In the Veins has been has been shortlisted for a prestigious FOCAL International Award for Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production.

We are seeking an Engagement and Legacy Officer for our new project, A Moving Image Legacy for Bradford. Salary £31,250 per annum 12 month fixed-term contract.

Monday 3rd March 2025 marks 40th years since the end of the 1984/5 Miners’ Strike. Four decades on from one of the longest industrial disputes of the 20th century, it’s an important time to reflect on the rich history of mining in the UK, how it has affected the people, places, and identity of those that were involved.

Earlier this year YFA had the privilege of hosting work placements for two 2nd year History students studying at York St John.  Leah Goddard and Maisy Lawton were invited to catalogue and research the Yorkshire Television series Calendar Commentary &...

Charles Chislett was a bank manager from South Yorkshire with an abiding love for the medium of film and a passion for recording the lives of people and communities in his local area.  On 14th November 2024, Rotherham District Civic Society recognised and celebrated this exceptional filmmaker with the unveiling of a blue plaque at the building which bears his name: the Charles Chislett Centre, part of Kimberworth Park Community Partnership.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Derek Mathieson and George Theaker who presented the Archive with a £4320 donation on behalf of the North East Region of the IAC (NERIAC).

In 2021, YFA was awarded a cataloguing grant from the Archives Revealed programme to carry out vital cataloging work on the Ukrainian Video Archives Society collection (UVAS), taking the next step to make this unique collection accessible.

This Valentine's Day, as the world celebrates love in its many forms, together with our partners at York St John University’s Cinema and Social Justice project, and York Business School, we're proud to announce the online release of our celebrated film "Nature Matters". Intended as a ‘love letter to nature,’ this beautiful short film is a poignant cinematic ode to the British countryside with a call to action to protect it.

A love letter to nature and a call to action.  Nature Matters is a timely short film which speaks across generations, using over a century of archive footage to remind us of our innate relationship with the natural world. This is a unique opportunity to witness and screen climate stories told through regional film heritage by the people who were there and witnessed the events.

Over the course of our ‘Nature Matters’ project, we’ve uncovered lots of wonderful footage which showcases our complex relationship with the environment around us. The films in our collection tell the stories of both people and the natur...

Sophia Gray is an A-level student from North Yorkshire who recently undertook a 2-day work experience placement with Yorkshire Film Archive. Following the successful work we’ve been doing with volunteers, this placement was integrated within the Nature Matters project, under the supervision of the Nature Matters Curator.

We've done it again! Following our success at the 2022 FOCAL International Awards, the team are delighted to have won two more coveted awards at the 2023 event held in London. The ceremony on 15th June marked FOCAL International’s 20th year of the prestigious competition dedicated to the promotion and celebration of archival footage, and its contribution to the creative and cultural industries.

We're delighted that YFA & NEFA have been shortlisted in three categories at this year's FOCAL International Awards, which take place on 15th June! Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production: Our short film, 'Cost of Living', commissioned by Yor...

Charting the history of television in the North, from first broadcasts to award-winning documentaries and regional news output, the North East Film Archive are delighted to be back on the film show trail with a specially curated ‘television’ screening at the Forum Cinema, Hexham on Saturday 18th March, as part of the 2023 Tyne Valley Film Festival. 

We're heading back to Harrogate for a repeat of our sell-out 'Harrogate on Film' screenings, giving you another opportunity to catch this unforgettable programme featuring the people, places, major events, and everyday life in this historic town and neighbouring Knaresborough during the 20th century. 

York St John University partners with Yorkshire and North East Film Archives to highlight social issues of the past that feel uncomfortably contemporary.