A Manchester runner who suffered from a painful spinal condition for 20 years is trekking more than 250miles across the Amazon to raise awareness about scoliosis.

Manchester-born stars are set to appear in a new crime flick which is due to be filmed right here in the city centre next month.

Secret Cinema has partnered with mental health charity Mind to screen the movie at Victoria Warehouse, with all proceeds going towards the charity.

Boyhood, directed by Richard Linklaters and starring Ellar Coltrane, is an epic coming of age film unlike any other.

A Manchester filmmaker has captured summer time in the Northern Quarter in all its glory in an online feature video.

The Cornerhouse and one of the Northern Quarter’s epicentres of comfort food are teaming up to create an interactive art piece that may require a few napkins – as it is made entirely from cake.

An all-girl roller derby group are offering Mancunians the chance to join the hordes of the living dead in a roller disco to raise funds to renovate their decaying Oldham home on Friday.

Manchester collective AlbinoMosquito are looking to redefine how audiences view films by letting them control their movie experience #scanners with brain waves.

Innovative filmmakers take centre stage at at a film screening of silent movies from Manchester Kino Kabaret at the Deaf Institute with all music and sound effects performed live.

Manchester Pride Fringe includes Pride, Coming Out: from Script to Screen, Byte and The Pansy Project

Hyde FC boasted an uncannily star-studded side for last night’s home friendly against Burnley – with George Michael, Tom Hanks and even a pornstar donning their shinpads and having a kickabout.