Shepherding the links… 4Talent interviews filmmaker Mark Locke animate!tv seeks proposals from UK-based artists and animators for risk-taking and experimental films for television. Five films will be commissioned, with budgets up to 20k. The deadline is 27 April. More details at the link. Edgbaston-based Ditto Music came to notice in January when they helped unsigned … [Read more…]
You might not be aware of it but Birmingham has an embassy, if you like, in central London. Birmingham W1 is an office just off Piccadilly (map) which aims to give Birmingham businesses and representatives a base within the capital close to national government and the media. Digital Central have set up a deal whereby … [Read more…]
Whatever Happened to Pete Blaggit? is a new feature film from Sepia Films, a local independent production company run by filmmaker Mark Jeavons. Filmed entirely in Birmingham the trailer has recently been released. Naturally Pete Blaggit has a MySpace page and the film is listed on IMDb. Also of note is the film’s composer Phil … [Read more…]
Some quick links to stuff of interest. James Thornett may we have invented Clingfilm Photography. Antonio Gould was chatting with the owners of The Rainbow where they’re apparently going to have weekly film nights when the refit is complete in April. The Magnetic Four are looking for a new drummer. Film Birmingham has a brief … [Read more…]
The second Mirage Festival of Arabic films runs in Birmingham April 19th – 22nd. Tasawar Bashir, Festival Curator, says: This is a pivotal time for Arab cinema; from across North Africa, the Middle East and Iran many new film festivals have sprung up as film industries ride something of a new wave. The West’s daily … [Read more…]
Martin John Callanan writes in to say “Most of the work at itakephotos.eu was produced in Birmingham.” He doesn’t say anything else, but that’s probably enough as it’s nice work, crossing the bridge between artistic and documentary. The above, picked somewhat randomly by myself, is titled “It Has Gone Really Cold, 2003”. His personal site, … [Read more…]