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CORNERHOUSE PATRONS Danny Boyle Damien Hirst Helen Mirren CORNERHOUSE

CORNERHOUSE TRUSTEES ACTIVITY REPORT FOR 2006/2007 Dave Beech Lindsay Brooks Dr. Adam Brown Jim Chapman Peter Fell John Hampton Karl Jackson Dr. Eric Knudsen Peter Morrison Graham Nicholson Philip Shapiro Andrew Simcock CONTENTS

FUNDING PARTNERS WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO 5 ART 6 FILM 8 EDUCATION 10 BOOKS 12 STAFF Director’s Office Director: Dave Moutrey Director’s Administrator: Siobhán Ward Film Cinemas Director: Linda Pariser NETWORK HUB 13 Cinemas Administrator: Esther Lisk-Carew Chief Projectionist: Garry Watson Art Visual Arts Director: Kathy Rae Huffman AUDIENCES 14 Exhibitions Organiser: Tereza Kotyk Media Curator: Helen Wewiora Galleries & Art Bookshop Manager: Katherine Woodfine Education Education Director: Sarah Perks Cinemas Education Officer: Rachel Hayward Visual Arts Education Officer: LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ROLE 15 Lesley Young Young People’s Programme Manager: Jimmy Dolan (from Jan 2007), Rebecca McKnight (to Dec 2006) exposures UK Student Film Festival Co-ordinator: Votu Eruotor Project Assistant: Marisa Draper Books Publications Director: Paul Daniels Publications Officers: Suzanne Davies and Chris Clarke Publications Administrator: Debbie Fielding Bookshop Manager: Tim Sheehan General Management General Manager: Pat Raikes Front of House Managers: Tom Jeffers, Alison Avery, Andy Murray Maintenance Manager: Alistair Morton (from Oct 2006), Neil Hughes (to Sept 2006) Cleaning Supervisor: Debbie Bell Marketing and Box Office Marketing Director: Isabelle Croissant Marketing Officer: Charlotte Pedley Press Officer: Jennifer Crowley Box Office Systems Manager: Sarah Buckley Box Office Manager: Chris Payne Deputy Box Office Manager: Richard Morris Fundraising & Sponsorship Development Officer: John Dennis I.T. I.T. and New Media Officer: Deyan Raykov Projectionist & I.T. Support Assistant: David Petty Finance Head of Finance & Administration: Sabrina White (from Jan 2007); Jennifer Jones (to Dec 2006) Finance Officer: Aruna Seth Finance Assistant: All figures and facts in this document refer to the year April 2006 - March 2007 Angelika Abu Rabia Food and Drink Catering Managers: Kate Gregory and Mark Hollinworth. Plus a team of dedicated projectionists, ushers, invigilators, gallery technicians, cleaners, box office, bookshop and café bar staff.

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WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO The programme is driven by our Mission, Vision and Values.

MISSION - The business are we in We have taken our Mission, Vision and Values Cornerhouse is Greater Manchester’s and developed over-arching artistic and international centre for cinema and customer service policies that guides how contemporary visual art where audiences, we develop our programme and the business. artists and filmmakers are brought together A UNIQUE ARTS CENTRE to experience and debate cultural practice Artistic Policy Cornerhouse is a unique organisation, and ideas through a unique programme that Cornerhouse will present a unique programme of cinema and contemporary visual arts, that a bold claim but one that we feel is aims to stimulate, entertain and inform. challenges and debates current film, art and justified. When reading this report VISION - Where we want to be cultural practice. Our cross-disciplinary and we hope that you will see that our To be a leading international centre of innovation culturally diverse programme of exhibitions, programme is unmatched in the region and ideas for cinema and contemporary visual screenings, commissions, publications and and many aspects of it are unique in art; a place where contemporary art and cinema events, that are international in scope, brings the UK. As an organisation engaged are seen, enjoyed and discussed; where the together artists, critics, filmmakers and in contemporary arts and culture unique programme inspires, influences and audiences to create a dialogue on our programme is in a state of constant informs audiences, artists and filmmakers contemporary issues in art and culture both locally, nationally and worldwide. and celebration. change. This produces a vitality our audiences expect and enjoy. VALUES – How we do business Customer Service Policy Our audiences are dynamic and Cornerhouse values its relationship with Cornerhouse aims to provide an exemplary demanding, they expect to be audiences, artists, filmmakers, colleagues and complete service for its customers and challenged and have fun in equal and partners. visitors, and ensures that they are able to enjoy and experience the programme and facilities in measure. As a direct result of this We do this by ensuring that our programme a welcoming, accessible and safe environment. vitality it is easy to lose sight of our is accessible and that it will attract a diverse achievements as we push forward audience to share our passion; creating a with the next project. Consequently space to involve them in the work of artists 2006/2007 and filmmakers; supporting and investing we feel it is useful to reflect upon a busy In order to manage the complex and in our team to develop a stimulating and year and celebrate our achievements. challenging role we have set for the supportive environment that sets high organisation, Cornerhouse is structured expectations for quality; creating an Cornerhouse plays an essential role around four programme areas; Art, environment where artists, filmmakers at the intersection of artforms, artists’ and audiences to want to be at Cornerhouse Film, Education and Books. Our practice, learning and audience because of the quality of the programme achievements in each of these areas engagement within Greater Manchester and the social space built around it; actively are set out in this report. and the region and also acts as a busy engaging in dialogue, collaboration and social meeting place and networking partnerships to enable us to enhance hub for the city. experiences and opportunities for audiences, artists and colleagues. Dave Moutrey Director

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ART Cornerhouse aims to present a programme that During 2006/2007 we continued to explore these Do Not Refreeze debates, leads, surveys and documents current themes across the following exhibtions: Stunning photography exhibition that gave a glimpse visual arts practice and contemporary culture of day-to day life behind the Iron Curtain. This show Tijuana Organic: women’s border realities through interaction and collaboration with local, brought together a group of photographers whose The first UK show of ten female artists and projects regional, national and international curators and extraordinary contribution to European photography from Tijuana, Mexico. The exhibition revealed the new and emerging artists. was 'frozen out' by the Cold War. Almost completely harsh realities of life in this busy and notorious border unknown in Britain, these artists developed their In the past 12 months Cornerhouse has: city, and more particularly explored questions practice in the former East Germany negotiating of female identity and the evolving role of women • presented 9 Gallery exhibitions showing the the omnipresent secret police to create imagery in Mexican society. The exhibition also included work of 37 artists which is increasingly being compared to luminaries a residency by two members of Tijuana based • exhibited 7 Projects in the Café/bar showing such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dorothea Lange independent media collective Bulbo. Their name the work of 21 Northwest artists and Robert Frank. 'Bulbo' is Spanish for 'bulb' and signifies their desire • commissioned 17 new art works to cast light upon people with ideas that are sidelined Nick Crowe: Commemorative Glass* • welcomed 3 touring shows by mainstream media. A selection of new and recent works from artist Nick Crowe whose practice encompasses a wide • toured 4 exhibitions Clegg & Guttmann: Social Sculptures, Community range of media, including film & video, sculpture • included a further 14 artists in special screenings Portraits and Spontaneous Operas 1990-2005 * and the internet. This exhibition focused on Crowe’s and Bigger Picture commissions The first UK solo exhibition by artist duo Clegg & specific interest in glass as a contemporary artistic Guttmann featured a selection of their wide ranging • worked with artists from Austria, Germany, Ireland, material. Ranging from large scale sculptures to public projects, produced between 1990 and 2006. Israel, Kazakhstan, Mexico, The Netherlands, delicate hand-engraved panels, the work explored The work engaged with different institutions, cultural USA, Uzbekistan issues relating to how we remember, from personal forms and ideological structures. Clegg & Guttmann expressions of loss, to momentous political and • collaborated with 30 Manchester-based also created a new Spontaneous Opera entitled historical events such as The Gulf War. The show organisations, 10 from the wider Northwest, Manchester 1911. Commissioned by Cornerhouse, included two new large scale sculptures produced 26 UK based and 12 international it was inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein's connections specially for Cornerhouse, The Beheaded and to the University of Manchester, and built on the Three key themes have been explored over The Campaign for Rural England. the past five years. artists' practice of nurturing cultural and intellectual 1.Cultural diversity: Investigation into cultural relationships between disciplines that are not always in proximity to each other. diversity and its varied political and social issues (*denotes a Cornerhouse initiated project) 2. Technology, Science and Communication: Central Asian Project * These themes have political and social elements: The first joint exhibition of its kind in the UK, this was how do we communicate, in which media (from a collaborative exchange organised by Cornerhouse, conceptual, 3D, video, performance, etc.), what SPACE (London), and AsiaArt+ (Almaty, Kazakhstan) does media communication allow artists to reveal dedicated to forging new links between the UK and that traditional forms of art do not Central Asia. Encompassing exhibitions, artist 3.British artists and history residencies and cultural exchange, the project aimed to increase communication and cultural understanding by acknowledging and reflecting upon the prejudices and preconceptions that are held about other cultures. Central Asian Project went on to show in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Images Central Asian Project: Almagul Menlibayeva, Apa (Grandmother), 2003 and Uzbekistan Do Not Refreeze: Sibylle Bergemann, Kirsten, Hoppenrade, 1975 Nick Crowe: The Beheaded (detail), 2006

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FILM Cornerhouse aims to contribute to the development During 2006/2007 Cornerhouse continued to • Luc Besson season of film and moving image culture in Greater present a regular programme of special events • Mexican wrestler films season Manchester and the UK by presenting a distinctive involving filmmakers and external contributors. • Refugee Week and Exodus screenings range of moving image work and events that Highlights included: • The Fast and the Furriest: European kids’ matinees promotes audiences' interest in, and engagement • Barry Norman’s introduction to INFAMOUS and with, these media. co-hosting of the TCM Film Quiz with Chris Payne EXPERIMENTAL SCREENINGS Every two months, Cornerhouse took audiences In the last 12 months Cornerhouse presented: • PANDORA’SBOXscreening with musical accompaniment by Neil Brand on a journey through experimental screenings • 3,850 screenings • Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga Q&A and book- and artists' video. The screenings were followed by Q&As with the artist filmmakers. • more than 370 films signing for THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA including • Sorted - BBC writersroom event with Danny Brocklehurst REGIONAL FILMMAKERS • 648 screenings of British Films exposures UK Student Film Festival and the Bigger • SUNSHINE preview with cast and crew + Danny • 1,111 screenings of films made in other Boyle recorded interview for preview and website Picture programme for the BBC Big Screen in EU countries Exchange Square, Manchester provided the main • AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH panel debate on climate • 2,034 from countries outside of the EU change with David Milliband MP and leading outlet for regional made films. The overexposed strand environmentalists was a bimonthly showcase dedicated to regional filmmaking and the best new short films being made FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL EVENTS • Terry Gilliam Q&A with screening of TIDELAND ¡Viva! 13th Spanish & Latin American Film Festival • Director Andrea Arnold Q&A with the today by the Northwest's independent filmmakers. Our best-attended festival so far attracted an award-winning RED ROAD impressive array of high profile guests who came • Acclaimed British/Danish cinematographer FIRST RUNS Screenings of new independent, UK, European and to introduce their films, answer audience questions, Anthony Dod Mantle Q&A with BROTHERS OF THE HEAD and of course enjoy our famous ¡Viva! parties. • Launch of Arts About Manchester's In Touch non European foreign language films is a vital part • Attendance was increased for the sixth year in project with a special Christmas preview of the of the programme. Many of the titles screened are simply not available anywhere else in the region. a row, topping the 10,000 mark for the first time – new copy of THE WIZARD OF OZ with Audio an average of 1,000 per day Description for blind and partially sighted audience Top ten first run titles by admissions: • New development included an Irish arm of members + caption subtitles for Deaf and hard VOLVER - Spain the festival at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin of hearing audiences PAN'S LABYRINTH - Spain (20 films screened) • Mitchell & Kenyon (Manchester & Salford) silent HIDDEN - Austria • A partnership with distributors Soda Pictures screenings with live accompaniment and narration THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY – Great Britain to create the new Soda ¡Viva! DVD label. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN - USA • An extended tour, that included 22 venues across SEASONS – OVER 15 SEASONS CAPOTE - USA the UK for an additional 111 screenings until the WERE PRESENTED DURING THE GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK - USA middle of June YEAR, INCLUDING: THE HISTORY BOYS – Great Britain • ¡Viva! also enabled us to build important • Ambulante Tour (part of National Film Theatre’s LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE - USA partnerships with Spain and Latin America Mexican season) WALK THE LINE – USA and businesses that trade into and out of • Chicas de Almodóvar season these countries • ‘Censorship’ screenings INDUSTRY SUPPORT • China @ Manchester In addition to supporting the film industry by In addition to the in-house curated festivals • Cornucopia of classics: new 35mm prints of 3 screening their films and building audiences (¡Viva! and exposures), Cornerhouse presented: B&W classics Cornerhouse also provided screening facilities for • The Commonwealth Film Festival, a regionally • Family Friendly Festival screenings filmmakers during production and post production. devised event • Feel the Heat: Mexican Cinema Now (NFT Touring) • UK Jewish Film Festival • Football films • Italian Film Festival on Tour • Granada Music season • Sheffield Documentary Festival on Tour • Haskell Wexler season

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EDUCATION An inclusive education programme targeting young LiveWire went from strength to strength with the PROJECTOR ESOL exposures UK STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL people, schools, colleges, universities and lifelong young people running a film camp, reviewing city- (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Thirteen is unlucky for some, but certainly not learners, that offers real opportunities for participants wide cultural events with their Critics programme and Cornerhouse's work with refugees and asylum seekers for exposures! The 13th edition of the festival in to engage with, enjoy and learn about, contemporary collecting a prestigious First Light film award for Best has developed strongly over the past three years to December 2006 cemented its position as the UK's visual art and moving image. Animation, presented by Hollywood actor Sean Bean. become a regular part of our education activity. Half top student film festival. Special events included a day ESOL sessions were run once each term over the preview of new British film LONDON TO BRIGHTON In the past 12 months Cornerhouse presented Our respected schools and college programme academic year and included an introduction, a full with its award winning director and producer. With and hosted: Projector received record attendances across its five screening of a British film and language exercises, over 500 entries, exposures provided students with strands - Digital (a new strand that teaches tutors of • 271 education sessions attracting 11,338 complete with study packs. Refugees and Asylum a rare chance to see their creations presented on all subjects to use and integrate digital technology attendances in total Seekers who took part in our ESOL courses came the big screen whilst competing for our prestigious into their subjects), Film & Media, Art & Design, 4,050 young people from a range of colleges, with regular attendees from awards. Grand Juror Mark Kermode stated, "There ESOL, and Modern Foreign Languages. MANCAT,Rochdale, North Trafford College and is real talent here, and real evidence of great things 2,629 students By their very nature our education projects are Manchester Adult Education Services. to come." www.exposuresfilmfestival.co.uk 1,122 on outreach sessions diverse and often personalised to their target TUESDAY TALKS LIVEWIRE STUDIO FILM CAMP 148 teachers attending professional audience. Below are some examples. An ongoing collaboration between Cornerhouse “Film Camp was a fantastic experience. It was a great development sessions SONIC POSTCARDS and Manchester Metropolitan University, this chance to practically learn about all the aspects of • 78 Projector sessions for schools and colleges, To complement our summer sound art exhibition is a series of lectures by artists, writers, curators film making from people who really know what they're attended by over 100 schools we collaborated with Sonic Arts Network on two and critics exploring the driving forces within talking about.” Film Camp attendee • 2 conferences projects in May 2006 at Chatsworth High School in contemporary art and visual culture by focusing August 2006 saw the first ever LiveWire Film Camp. Salford and Turton High School Media Arts College on what has inspired each invited speaker. • 1 residential project for young people For one week, 16 young people aged 14-18 stayed in in Bolton. Unlike an ordinary picture postcard, Aimed at students and the local arts community, 16 Borwick Hall in Carnforth with a team of professional In 2006/2007 we firmly established our education a Sonic Postcard is a snapshot of sound instead Tuesday morning talks included the following speakers: filmmakers to produce two fantastic films, KILLJOY and department strategic vision, creating an integrated, of image, which captures a unique environment. Alex Farquharson, Lisa Milroy, Leo Fitzmaurice, SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. diverse and collaborative education programme The postcards were premiered at a unique special Alexander Ugay, Paul Rooney, Zineb Sedira, Andrew To watch any films made by LiveWire Studio, log on to across our target audiences. screening in our cinema and displayed on the plasma Hunt, Nathan Coley, Otto Berchem, Graham Fagen, the LiveWire website at www.livewire-manchester.com screen in our foyer. On a national level we hosted 2 conferences for our Ori Gersht, Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir & Mark Wilson, peer education groups - MoVIES (Moving Image Win van den Abbeele, Kurt Johannessen, Jonathan Education Specialists, July 06) and Engage (National Watkins, Susan Hiller, Nick Crowe, Matts Leiderstam, Association for Gallery Education, Nov 06). Rob La Frenais.

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BOOKS NETWORK HUB Cornerhouse aims to enable the documentation We provided a complete sales and distribution Cornerhouse plays an important role as a social and dissemination of contemporary cultural service including representation, marketing and meeting place and networking hub. 2006/07 saw an practice through the provision of a specialist publicity, warehousing and online sales. Sales reps increase in the footfall to the building to over 448,000 distribution service for contemporary visual arts in the UK, Europe and the Far East regularly visited visits. Many of those people came to enjoy the café, and photography publishers and, through this all the major bookshop chains and independent bar and shop facilities provided by Cornerhouse to service, promotes the work of Cornerhouse, bookshops, many of the smaller independents, support the visitor experience of those attending film its client publishers, published artists, writers and all retail outlets (including Museum and Gallery screenings, exhibitions and education events. Others and practitioners. shops) that specialise in contemporary visual arts, used the venue as a place to meet and do business. architecture, design and photography. We also In the past 12 months Cornerhouse worked directly with specialist wholesalers and FOOD AND DRINK • distributed publications for over 100 publishers distributors in the USA and represented client Real Deal Mondays, The Breakfast Club on Sunday • sold over 40,000 books publishers at the Frankfurt and London Book Fairs. mornings and the weekly and monthly Quiz nights all • exhibited at the Frankfurt and London Book Fairs contributed to the social remit of the organisation. Comprehensive details of all publications distributed Free wireless internet access in the café bar is very • published 2 sales catalogues by Cornerhouse are listed on our online bookstore popular and a facility that is regularly cited by our • managed sales reps in the UK, Mainland Europe, www.cornerhouse.org/books. Links are provided customers as being important to them. Our café bar the Far East and USA to our clients' websites and other relevant sites. was used for a number of book launches during the Our titles are also available through Amazon.co.uk. year, supporting local publishers in partnership with Over the year Cornerhouse continued to provide a Cornerhouse continued to provide an advisory our art, film and books teams. specialist sales and distribution service for many of service on publishing and the book trade for our the most exciting and innovative publishers, galleries client publishers and advice was also given to other BOOKSHOPS and museums working in contemporary visual arts, arts organisations and the public. Selling a unique range of cards and magazines working with over 100 client publishers including the shop in the main building foyer has continued Arnolfini Publishing, Artangel, BALTIC, British to be a reason for many people to visit Cornerhouse. Council Visual Arts & Design Publications, Hayward In October 2006 we added a second bookshop in the Publishing, The Henry Moore Institute, Institute of gallery foyer. This is focused purely on art books and Contemporary Arts, Ikon Gallery, The Lowry, Modern relates very strongly to the galleries programme and Art Oxford, Photoworks, and the Whitechapel Gallery. the books distributed by Cornerhouse Publications. We also worked with a large number of artist-lead organisations such as Art Editions North, Arts Catalyst, Autograph ABP,The Drawing Room, Information as Material, Picture This, and the Research Group for Artists Publications.

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AUDIENCES WEBSITE The launch of our new website in April 2006 produced an exponential increase in its use (see below). It also Cornerhouse continued to be a popular venue in the city: enables audiences to access previously unavailable resources to further their enjoyment and knowledge: APRIL 06 - MARCH 07 some Q&As and talks are available in video or audio streaming; Study Guides and film notes are also available. All of these have seen massive growth in usage over the year. TOTAL AVERAGE / AVERAGE / ATTENDANCE DAY OPEN SESSION Cinemas 121,756 338 The traffic to our website has also grown significantly: Exhibitions 35,545 118 Education 11,338 29 PAGE VIEWS UNIQUE VISITORS Footfall 448,493 1,246 10000000 800000

700000 Year on year, our audience size keeps on growing: 8000000 600000

6000000 500000 2002 2004 2006 400000 Visits 236,250 375,550 505,953 4000000 300000 Frequency 10.8 9.3 7.5 200000 2000000 Audience Size 21,794 40,382 67,460 100000

Sources Mathews Millman 2007. 0 0 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007

Ensuring the best experience for our existing audience, whilst developing new audiences is at the heart of our activity: we want the widest possible audience to discover and enjoy the breadth of experience Cornerhouse has to offer, in the best conditions possible. Our artistic and education programmes as well as our social spaces have been developed with this in mind. LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL

One important audience development initiative for the year was our active participation to InTouch. AND INTERNATIONAL ROLE The InTouch programme, organised by Arts About Manchester aims to increase accessibility to, and LEADERSHIP PROJECT Other key regional, national and international enjoyment of, the arts for disabled people, in particular those with sensory impairment. This project is set to Cornerhouse is leading a national project involving organisations which Cornerhouse actively engages improve area of promotion, programming, information dissemination in arts venues by establishing a dialogue five other major UK venues as part of the Creative with include MoVies, the national association of and relationship between venues and disabled people organisations. Our regular subtitled and audio Leadership Programme funded by Arts Council moving image educators; Northern Film Network, described screenings will be promoted by the networks that this project has helped to establish. England. Over the next 12 months, a group of senior the regional network of filmmakers; Engage, the arts managers will undertake an action based national association of gallery educators; VAGA, learning programme that looks at how arts venues The Visual Arts and Galleries Association; MANET, AUDIENCE PROFILE AND SATISFACTION RATING can develop effective strategies for audience the North west media arts network; and Europa We commissioned the latest in an on-going Work carried out in and around the building personalisation of the services that they offer. Cinemas, the European network of independent programme of audience research which provided has paid off with significant improvements They will also explore how developing personalisation cultural cinema operators. some useful information about our audiences. in audience approval ratings. affects leadership in creative businesses. ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS REGIONAL AND NATIONAL Throughout the year Cornerhouse has continued PROFESSIONAL BODIES to build on the strong links we have with the region’s

AGE PROFILE: 2002 – 2007 RATING THE CORNERHOUSE BUILDING: ALL RESPONDENTS Cornerhouse plays a leading role within the learning institutions. Apart from the work we do independent film sector. The annual conference for through programmes such as the Tuesday Talks in 2002 2004 2007 EXCELLENT GOOD NOT VERY GOOD POOR DON’T KNOW NO REPLY the Association of Independent Film Exhibitors, an partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University, 35% ACCESS TO THE BUILDING organisation which we are an active member of, was the Clegg & Guttman project with the University of 30% FINDING THEIR WAY AROUND THE BUILDING organised by Cornerhouse in December 2006. It Manchester and exposures UK Student Film Festival 25% FINDING OUT WHAT'S ON looked at the cultural value of cinema and took place with the University of Salford, we have been AT CORNERHOUSE 20% ATMOSPHERE at the Curzon Cinema in Soho. Cornerhouse also developing a key strategic partnership through our 15% CLEANLINESS continued to administer the North West Film involvement in the Oxford Road Development 10% STANDARD OF Exhibitors Consortium and Film Education sub-group, Partnership and the Oxford Road Cultural Corridor. CUSTOMER SERVICE 5% organising regular meetings, disseminating best These are major regeneration initiatives for the area TOILET FACILITIES 0% practice and information, and managing the website. where we are located with plans for major 19-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

YEARS infrastructural and product changes.

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