The Valley: A Keeping is a poetic short film exploring landscape, memory and human presence in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire.

 

Created by Mark Anthony through Nidd Films, it grew from a practice-led film and research project. The valley is a lived place, shaped by time, weather, work and the lives of generations. Through performance, voice and quiet observation, the film invites us to consider how those lives remain connected to our own.

 

Developed alongside Sweetheart: Angel of the Moor, the film gathers images, places and remembered voices that surround that story. It also introduces themes running throughout the Nidd Films slate: our relationship with nature, the passage of time and the things people leave behind.

 

The film and its digital companion guide offer different ways to spend time with these ideas—to watch, listen, read and return.

 

What does the land remember?  

Can landscape hold human presence?  

What traces remain after a life has gone?

 

Join us for a screening

 

Darley Memorial Hall

Saturday 28 November 2026 · 7.30–8.30pm

 

You’re warmly invited to an evening with Nidd Films, featuring a screening of The Valley: A Keeping and an introduction by Mark Anthony to the wider slate, including Dead Funny, Sweetheart: Angel of the Moor and Child VI: Blood & Water.

 

Whether you’re interested in film, local history or the stories being developed here in Yorkshire, we’d love to welcome you.

 

Book your place — suggested donation £10

 

Make your donation here: 

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After making your donation, please email mark@niddfilms.com with your name and the number of seats you need. We’ll reply to confirm your places. Your Square receipt confirms your payment.

 

Guests will receive a complimentary digital companion guide to continue exploring the film’s themes.

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Host the film

 

The Valley: A Keeping is available for screening and exhibition enquiries from galleries, museums, heritage sites, educational institutions and community organisations. It is not currently available for general online viewing.

 

If you would like to explore a screening, conversation or collaboration, please contact mark@niddfilms.com

 

Credits

 

Performed by Erin Hatfield  

Cinematography by Harry Laurie  

Voice recording engineered by John Shepherd  

 

Created by Mark Anthony  

Nidd Films — 2026