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Our People
Belfast 2024 has been designed with the people of Belfast and our citizens' participation is at the heart of this programme.
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Belfast 2024
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The Hearth
Earlier this year Belfast Film Festival and acclaimed director Mark Cousins asked you, the people of Belfast, to get involved by telling your stories about your life in Belfast and filming something that reflected Belfast in 2024. Thanks to you they have now gathered over 20 hours of footage from over 300 participants.
The world premiere of The Hearth is taking place at Cineworld Belfast on Thursday 12 December at 7.30pm. Visit the project page for further details and ticket information.
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The Programme
Our ambitious programme will give people the opportunity to celebrate our city in new and exciting ways. Together we want to imagine, dream and invent; to speculate and investigate; to learn and experiment; to imagine a new future, new spaces, a new balance with nature, new stories and new experiences.
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9ft in Common: A Manifesto for the Alleys
by Studio idir and Starling Start Consortium
9ft in Common: A Manifesto for the Alleys is a large-scale, city-wide collaborative celebration of the creative potential of Belfast’s alleyways: for growing, making, occupying and connecting. We’ll meet you at the back gate!
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The Wiggle Room
by Boom Clap Play
Step into The Wiggle Room - a new immersive experience made by Belfast’s explorers of all ages! The Wiggle Room will bridge the gap between the conventional playground and the realm of immersive, intellectually stimulating experiences. Where play is interwoven with the contemporary digital world.
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Are You On The Bus?
by Outburst Arts and Kabosh Theatre Company
Outburst Arts and Kabosh present Are You On the Bus? - a ground-breaking collaboration that looks at Belfast’s queer past to collectively imagine the future, featuring stunning works by Stacey Gregg, Raphaël Khouri and Dominic Montague that draw inspiration from city transport, time travel and cross-generational queer kinship.
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The Hearth
by Belfast Film Festival
Belfast Film Festival is making a film about you, with you, the people of Belfast! This co-created filmmaking project between the people of Belfast, Belfast Film Festival and filmmakers will engage communities to watch, learn and create a new perspective of our city.
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20 November 2024
Eco-Arcade Co-design Workshops with National Trust
Artists Robin Price and Johanna Leech have been working together with Belfast’s coder dojos to create interactive laser arcade games featuring local species affected by climate change. These co-designed games will finally be playable on the sides of buildings by the public in the Winter of 2024.
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