Cinema / Film

It’s Nice Up North + Q&A

Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham

Fri 6 Nov · 19:30

Graham Fellows · 119m · Film

About this event

A special 20th anniversary screening of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North, presented also as a tribute to the late Martin Parr, the celebrated photographer who shot the movie, and whose distinctive eye is central to the movie’s charm and enduring appeal. The film follows Fellows’ alter ego - the legendary comic character John Shuttleworth - on a gently absurd journey through the Shetland Islands to test the theory that the further north you go, the nicer people become. Graham Fellows will be in attendance to play hitherto unseen footage, to discuss his on and off screen relationship with Martin Parr and how the photographer chose to adapt his legendary techniques to a film camera and crew on a remote Scottish island. The screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with Graham Fellows.