Film Awards Season at HOME

Tom Grieve, Contributing Writer

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Film Awards Season

HOME Manchester, Manchester
1 January-31 March 2019

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It’s that time of the year when the film industry puts on its glad rags and celebrates the almighty power of cinema, sort of. Any keen-eyed film fan knows that awards season can be a mixed bag, with the odd white elephant butting up against the genuinely interesting, challenging work which has graced cinema screens over the past year. Debate is part of the fun of course, and while there are multiple ways of engaging with the pomp and pageantry of awards shows, you’ll want to catch up with the films if you want to be a part of the conversation.

Nowadays, there are so many different awards bodies each with their own set of gongs that it’s easy to lose track at this time of year. The Academy Awards are the big ones, of course, and while it sometimes seems that other prizes are valued only as far as they might indicate where the Oscars are going, we do recommend perusing some of the regional, or more niche sets of nominations. The likes of Richard Billingham’s terrific Ray & Liz, for example, is perhaps too dark for the Academy, but it’s up for a BAFTA, whilst Ali Abbasi’s horror fantasy Border won Un Certain Regard at Cannes, it’s single Oscar nom is for Makeup and Hairstyling.

To give them their due, the Academy Awards have served up their fair share of upsets in recent years. The less said about #envelopegate the better, but awards for films such as Barry Jenkins’ textured, structurally-unconventional Moonlight and Guillermo del Toro’s genuinely weird, aquatic romance The Shape of Water indicate a promising new trend. This year we’re on course for another potentially welcome anomaly, as Alfonso Cuaron’s Netflix-backed Roma emerges as a frontrunner for Best Picture, a feat which would make it the first non-English language film to win the big prize.

HOME is the place for film fans looking to catch up with awards season in Manchester. Read on for the latest contenders but be sure to book, tickets can sell out quickly.

What's on at HOME Manchester

Mrs Dalloway at HOME
TheatreManchester
Mrs Dalloway at HOME

Jen Heyes and Kit Green breathe thrilling new life into Virginia Woolf’s modernist classic with an inventive theatrical reimagining.

From £16.20
Until
ExhibitionsManchester
Manchester Open 2026 at HOME

Four editions in, the Manchester Open has become both a biennial survey of the region’s creative output and a genuine leveller for artistic talent.

Free entry

Where to go near Film Awards Season at HOME

Manchester
Restaurant
Indian Tiffin Room, Manchester

Indian Tiffin Room is a restaurant specialising in Indian street food, with branches in Cheadle and Manchester. This is the information for the Manchester venue.

The Ritz Manchester live music venue
Manchester
Music venue
The Ritz

The Ritz was originally a dance hall, built in 1928, has hosted The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and The Smiths and is still going strong as a gig venue now.

Homeground
Manchester
Event venue
Homeground

Homeground is HOME’s brand new outdoor venue, providing an open-air space for theatre, food, film, music, comedy and more.

Manchester
Café or Coffee Shop
Burgess Cafe Bar
at IABF

Small but perfectly-formed café – which also serves as the in-house bookstore, stocking all manner of Burgess-related works, along with recordings of his music. It’s a welcoming space, with huge glass windows making for a bright, welcoming atmosphere.

Rain Bar pub in Manchester
City Centre
Bar or Pub
Rain Bar

This huge three-floor pub, formerly a Victorian warehouse, then an umbrella factory (hence the name), has one of the city centre’s largest beer gardens. The two-tier terrace overlooks the Rochdale canal and what used to be the back of the Hacienda, providing an unusual, historic view of the city.

Manchester
Bar or Pub
The Briton’s Protection

Standing on the corner of a junction opposite The Bridgewater Hall, The Briton’s Protection is Manchester’s oldest pub. It has occupied the same spot since 1795, going under the equally

Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Castlefield
Gallery
Castlefield Gallery

The influential Castlefield Gallery sits at the edge of Manchester’s exciting Castlefield district, an ideal home for thought-provoking contemporary art.

What's on: Festivals

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CinemaManchester
SCENE: The Ab Fab A-Thon at New Century

Sweetie darling, join Make A Scene for a night celebrating Jennifer Saunders’ iconic sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, Hosted by Dragula’s Anna Phylactic and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’s Banksie.

From £15.00
Until
FestivalsChester
Storyhouse in the Park

Four open-air productions, films under the stars and frozen cocktails in the park – Chester’s doing summer right.

Free entry
Encounter Festival 2026
FestivalsLancashire
Encounter Festival in Preston

Preston comes alive with outdoor theatre, live music, dance and family-friendly creativity in one of the North West’s most joyful festivals.

Free entry

Culture Guides

Matt Spratt.
Music

Aphex Twin-endorsed electronica, an eight-hour organ marathon and the most exciting band in Ireland's current folk revival all feature this month.

Food and Drink in the North

Squeeze the most out of these final weeks of summer thanks to our mid-August guide to food and drink in Manchester and the North.

Theatre in Manchester and the North
Theatre

From intimate dramas to spectacular outdoor festivals, discover the North West performances worth adding to your diary.

Exhibitions

Summer isn’t usually a high point in the exhibitions calendar, but Greater Manchester’s small galleries seem to have made a pact to change that this year.

Emily Lloyd-Saini as Grace in Space and Harrie Hayes as Lieutenant Strong in Horrible Science
Family things to do in the North

Whether you’re after storybook theatre, museum wanderings or illusion-bending play spaces, there’s plenty to keep curiosity ticking through winter and beyond.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Cinema in the North

There's no shortage of great films out at the moment, whether you're looking for the latest blockbuster, that hot arthouse flick fresh from Cannes or a cosy classic.