ALT Viewers and Voters... We need you! In Parallel Productions and SquadFourProductions are proud to announce that their first collaboration film ‘Shining Bright’ has been officially selected for Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2023!! The next round is selected by a combination of judges scores and viewers votes...that's where you come in!

ALT The festival this year is brimming with delights, you can buy a ticket to the festival (in bio) and you get to enjoy a whole array of films as well as ours...whilst your there if you like ours we would love it if you could give us a vote! To tantalise your tastebuds each day we will introduce you to some of the amazing people who are part of the film! First up …

ALT As the voice of shining bright Julie Hesmondhalgh Julie is an actor, writer and theatre maker best known for her long-running role in Coronation Street, as well as Broadchurch, Happy Valley, Dr Who and You & Me. Theatre credits include: The Jungle (US tour), The Greatest Play in the History of the World (Edinburgh, Trafalgar Studios and national tour), Mother Courage, Wit and The Almighty Sometimes at the Manchester Royal Exchange. She is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4. Julie co-runs the fundraising group 500 Acts of Kindness, Take Back theatre and is the author of A Working Diary and more recently An Actor’s Alphabet.

ALT Shining Bright in rainbow colours with the logos for Manchester Lift Off festival Squadfour productions In Parallel Productions Underneath