FACT to run film festival for Olympics; ARTS DIARY.Byline: LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. DAVIS A NEW North West arts partnership has been awarded major funding to create a new crossregional festival. Liverpool's FACT will join with Cornerhouse, in Manchester, and Folly in Lancaster to run the new cinema and digital culture themed event. It will form part of the We Play project, the North West's cultural legacy programme for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. The Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival will receive pounds 200,000 from the Legacy Trust UK for each of the four years running up to 2012. FACT director Mike Stubbs said: "Having the opportunity to work across the region, which is vast, but with some really key partners in a meaningful way on a new project is fantastic." Further funding has been awarded by Liverpool City Council
Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. , North West Development Agency, Northwest Vision and Media and Arts Council England Arts Council England was formed in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England, Scotland and Wales. It is an Executive Agency of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. . FURTHER details at www.andfestival.org.uk CAPTION(S): Mike Stubbs |
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