The highlights for this year’s Flatpack Festival are being released bit by bit on their website. As ever, the few things I’ve heard of are very good and I’m fully prepared to believe that things I’ve never heard of will be just as wonderful. What’s more, for the first time since I’ve been aware of … [Read more…]
I was at BAFTA this evening (yeah, I know, get me) and, as I took my seat in their cinema, what should I see a couple of seats to my right? It was a bit dark in there, so in case you can’t read it, it says: Endowed by DANIEL DAY-LEWIS in memory of SIR … [Read more…]
Fortunediablo Productions: is an independent film, music and publishing company producing and distributing film, music and books through new media. There are a few things to discover on their site. From what I gather their main project (at least on the film side of things) is called Ugly and in Love (warning on the strong content), … [Read more…]
A moving image exhibition project, an art gallery and a South Asian arts organisation make for quite a nice banding together, I think. Tonight’s event celebrates Chinese New Year and Fake Magazine inform us that highlights will include: On the Way to the Sea, directed by Tao Gu which was screened at the Toronto International Film … [Read more…]
First Light, based in Digbeth, commissioned Nice Monster to produce a series of ‘How To’ short films. Each 90 second film will provide top tips for budding filmmakers looking at areas such as film structure, storyboarding, direction, camera techniques, editing and sound and lighting. Stephen Spencer runs the Nice Monster studio and, although he’s moved down to … [Read more…]
Here are a few trailers that have made it onto my ‘to blog’ list recently. First up, a trailer for the upcoming performance of the Mozart Requiem by Notorious: Clare Edwards has blogged some info about this. Next is the trailer for The Last Projectionist: I’d heard of The Last Projectionist before but somehow hadn’t … [Read more…]
I thought I’d post my response to an email I received from someone the other day. The emailer said (and these are a couple of extracts): I am currently looking for creative projects to get involved with in the Birmingham area, specifically film or media based projects. I have lots of transferable skills through studying … [Read more…]
Movember, the month formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held during November each year that raises funds and awareness for men’s health I already know of a few people around Birmingham who are getting involved this year. Feel free to identify yourselves in the comments (with a link to your donation … [Read more…]