We’re proud to be part of the UK premiere of this bold new work, featuring a live soundtrack from Space Afrika – followed by a reading from Dante’s Inferno and a collaborative set with us, where we’ll perform new, unreleased music together.

Part music video, part arthouse film, Opera Omnia is a new film soundtracked by Space Afrika and directed by Valentin Noujaïm.

It tells the story of two Black teenagers, who are navigating a strange and dark night in Manchester, guided by Space Afrika’s haunting soundscapes. As the boys are pulled into an urban odyssey, the film becomes a surreal, Lynchian exploration of the city’s underground.

Space Afrika are producers, contemporary composers, visual artists, performers and NTS Radio hosts, known for their genre-defying sound. In 2024, the duo, comprised of Josh Inyang and Joshua Tarelle Reid, created an immersive audio-visual installation at Aviva Studios as part of the 54: Collective.

Valentin Noujaïm is a French-Lebanese artist and filmmaker whose practice revolves primarily around the moving image, its potentialities and limitations.

After our sell-out collaboration with Space Afrika back in 2022 – and no strangers to Factory International – we’re excited to work with this incredible duo again for this boundary-pushing event.

Join us and Space Afrika in the Hall for an evening of genre-defying music and art, rooted right here in Manchester.

(Presale Wed 30th July open to Factory Members, general onsale Friday 1st August)

Programme

• Premiere of the new film with a live soundtrack from Space Afrika
• reading from Dante’s Inferno 
• Collaborative set with Manchester Camerata featuring new, unreleased music.

Performed by

• Valentin Noujaïm Film Director
• Jack Sheen Music Director
• Caroline Pether Leader
• Space Afrika
• Manchester Camerata