A perfect storm of Birmingham creative scene interestingness is happening on Monday 26 May with Capsule producing an event for the Fierce Festival at the really-rather-good Town Hall (who seem to be widening the scope of the events they’re putting on). Julian Cope will be presenting his lecture entitled ‘Ancient Worship Of The Gods Beyond … [Read more…]
The Birmingham International Film Society launches today with a season of films at the Birmingham Library Theatre in conjunction with Cuba Solidarity. The films to be shown are: 12 Chairs (8 May, 8pm) Beloved (20 May, 6pm and 8.15pm) Death Of A Bureaucrat (5 June, 7.30pm with a talk) The Adventures Of Juan Quin Quin … [Read more…]
Animation Forum West Midlands are running an after-work (6.30pm to 8.30pm) event at The Rainbow in Digbeth on Monday 28 April 2008. It’s called Shorts on Walls and in their own words: Whether or not you actually make short films, Shorts on Walls is a great chance for animators to meet and network after work … [Read more…]
Last Wednesday I went to the imaginatively titled Local shorts Film Club, which I previously talked about here. I was pleasantly surprised to find a large turnout (a quick head count of around 80) maybe its because of by passion for social media and indoctrination into the cult of blogging that made me presume that … [Read more…]
7inch Cinema have a new website! And it’s very bloggy by the looks of things with RSS and everything. Worth checking out the other sections too as they’ve crammed it full of some really good writings.
The first of Harry Palmer’s £1 art commissions is this video work by Simon Raven: “Edited sound and footage of a performance in which a Tibetan singing bowl is played on the ‘The Universe’ big wheel ride in Nottingham.” “We are in awe and jubilation!” says Harry, and I’d concur. Wow! More about the scheme … [Read more…]
A recent graduate from BIAD Rachael is working on a film for New Generation Arts. Still of her work are on her site.
Missed this at the Ikon Eastside party last year but it’s in the running for Fierce. Here’s a sample video: via aboutmyarea B13