MIF founding partner Bruntwood reimagines the ways we work and live, and wants to create places for communities to come together. As part of MIF21, some of their buildings were featured in Christine Sun Kim’s Captioning The City. A prompt to ponder what makes a city and to view Manchester from a different angle.

Electricity North West supplied a fleet of electric vehicles to transport artists, performers and crew during MIF21. They also provided consultation to reduce energy consumption at our festival venues. Just part of our commitment to helping Manchester become a zero-carbon city by 2038.

Co-op provided its Fairtrade Ever Ground coffee, tea and hot chocolate – in recyclable cups, of course – to perk up audiences, artists and members at Festival Square.

To help ensure MIF21 was a COVID-safe environment, consumer products group PZ Cussons provided hand sanitisers for our crew and volunteers. They also installed dispensers in all the venues and across the Festival’s sites.

The wellbeing resort group sponsored MIF21 where artist Jeppe Hein conceived Today I Feel Like Manchester. He asked around 1,000 primary school children in Greater Manchester to follow a breathing exercise and then paint a face to show how they felt. These artworks will be on permanent display at Therme Manchester in Trafford from 2023.