What's on the Big Screen & in Centre Square

Big screen

The Big Screen is situated in Centre Square in central Middlesbrough, outside the mima gallery.

The list below shows the upcoming entertainment that will be shown:

Daily content

The daily content includes a rolling programme of news, sport, weather and local films, plus...

Moves Films - a selection of dance and experimental films from the 2009 International Festival of Movement on Screen will be shown. Last year Moves explored the narrative possibilities of movement on screen, bringing into focus choreography and storytelling. Amongst the films is the re-introduction of filmmaker Shelley Love's moves commission Greedy Edith which centres on a moving portrait. The films will have a specially curated slot everyday at 5pm to 5.30pm.

Culture Shock - We're currently featuring some of the 1,000 digital stories from people across the North East, as part of this two-year project. Go to www.cultureshock.org.uk/home.html  to find out more.

News and features from around Middlesbrough and Tees Valley from the BBC Look North and Inside Out teams, plus dozens of short films and animation pieces from organisations such as Northern Film and Media, and schools and colleges, including the MacMillan Academy and Teesside University.


September 2010

Date

Time

Programme
Saturday 11th September All day Supergay Middlesbrough Pride
Big Screen Middlesbrough will be capturing all the action from Centre Square featuring live music and the finale of the Pride Parade, this year being led by the all female drumming group ‘The Bangshees’.
Saturday 11th September Evening Last Night of the Proms 
In the evening there will be a free outdoor screening of the traditional BBC Proms finale. Bring your flags and join in.

Some of the new general content on the Big Screen includes BBC Look North items on the new Temenos art installation on the Tees, and work progressing on the Tees Barrage white-water Olympic site, getting it ready for 2012.