Impact & Partners

Film as experience. Cinema as encounter. Connection as legacy.

Exploring how cinema connects people, places, and memory.

A Living Approach to Cinema

At Nidd Films, impact is not an afterthought, it is the reason we tell stories. Our work emerges from real landscapes, lived history, and the belief that film can reconnect people with the places and voices that shaped them. Each project is designed not only to entertain, but to spark dialogue, preserve heritage, and reawaken stories that have been lost, buried, or deliberately erased. This belief doesn’t stay on screen, it shapes how we collaborate with communities, heritage partners, and audiences to ensure these stories continue to live beyond the cinema.

From Screen to Community

Our launch film, Sweetheart: Angel of the Moor, is inspired by true events from 1858 in Nidderdale. Through this project, we are developing a programme of heritage engagement, educational outreach, and community partnership, bringing history out of the archives and back into the places where it happened. By working with local organisations, schools, archives, and arts practitioners, we aim to share Mary-Jane Skaife’s story in a way that honours her legacy while opening broader conversations about justice, memory, and the voices society chooses to forget.

Looking Ahead

We welcome partnerships with heritage organisations, community groups, academic institutions, and others who share our commitment to authentic storytelling and regional history. Working with Nidd Films offers the opportunity to bring overlooked narratives into public consciousness, connect audiences with the landscapes and archives that shaped them, and foster meaningful cultural engagement. Our projects combine film, education, and place-based research to create experiences that draw people together, deepen understanding of local heritage, and ensure that voices once silenced are not lost again. By collaborating with us, partners help build a cinematic legacy that preserves memory, sparks conversation, and keeps history alive for future generations.

Community Talks

As Nidd Films moves into future projects, our ambition grows. Our stories are rooted in land, lineage, and the hidden histories beneath our feet. Through film, workshops, guided activities, and collaborative research, we aim to build lasting connections between audiences and the landscapes that hold their past, ensuring that stories once silenced do not remain so.

Beginning winter 2026, we will offer a series of talks and presentations on the development of Sweetheart: Angel of the Moor. Designed for heritage societies, community groups, educational organisations, and women’s networks, these sessions explore the film’s historical research, creative development, and its wider cultural impact.

By sharing Mary-Jane Skaife’s story and the process of bringing her voice to the screen, these talks invite audiences to engage directly with local history and its contemporary resonances. They are an opportunity to spark discussion, deepen community connections, and take part in the evolution of a project that honours the past while speaking to the present.

Bookings are now open for winter 2026.

To arrange a session for your group, please contact us to secure a date.