AIMS

The Insight Festival Aims

- To encourage the use of moving image creativity to promote  community cohesion and understanding.

- To offer a platform for creative people of different cultural and faith backgrounds to explore and communicate the phenomenon and potency of faith using contemporary moving images.  

- To encourage dialogue, communication and insight between people of different faiths and none.

BACKGROUND

The Insight Festival has been started by a group of committed and professional enthusiasts based in Manchester.

Those currently behind the Festival are:

Dr David Butler, Manchester University Dept of Film

Ben Edson, the Nexus Project, Manchester

John Forrest, johnforrest.tv – freelance TV & Radio producer

Michael Harvey, Business consultant

Abu Momoniat, Financial Director, Media company

Rabbi Y.Y. Rubenstein, Broadcaster and Chaplain, Manchester University

Francis Annan-Burton, recent media industry entrant