Produced in collaboration with the University of Aberdeen Museums and Special Collections team the History & Heritage Festival offered visitors the chance to explore Aberdeen’s local and global histories through exhibitions, tours, collections close-ups, talks and storytelling workshops. It showed how our understanding and perception of the past is shaped through spoken storytelling, books, video games, and museum exhibits, and how the past has shaped our present.
Other UNI-VERSAL festivals
Dark Nights Film Festival
UNI-Versal Dark Nights Film Festival 2022 offered a selection of events from workshops to panel discussions with well-known industry professionals like Sergio Casci, Ian McCulloch, Phil Meheux and Martine Beswicke. The programme also featured interesting discussions on diversity in the film industry today and a selection of film screenings from documentary to cult classic horror film.
Other UNI-VERSAL festivals
New Ideas Festival
UNI-Versal Festival of New Ideas profiled Scotland’s most innovative and cutting-edge research, ideas and inventions, focusing on themes such as environment and biodiversity, data and AI and energy transition. This mini festival brought together our brightest minds to showcase some of the leading global research happening right here in the North East of Scotland.
Hame Festival
UNI-Versal Hame offered an opportunity to showcase the deep cultural and creative traditions of the North-East of Scotland. Created in partnership with the Elphinstone Institute, this festival celebrated our people and the incredible cultural diversity of our region. The programme featured live music, slam poetry, guided walks, film screenings, and more.