Halfway

Many cups of coffee have been consumed, van loads of furniture and tech have been loaded and unloaded countless times, venues have been transformed and changed back again, there have been late nights and lovely audiences: the dust is beginning to settle after the first weekend of the festival.

We have already hosted around 53 events at venues across Birmingham. We've explored the murky world of the slime mould, we've seen Edwardian Horror shorts in the splendour of BMAG's Edwardian Tea Room, we've been mesmerised by Paper Cinema's Odyssey at the REP, we've taken Flatpack on the road out to Netherton and we've even met several internet cats.

There's still loads of cinematic treats in store over the coming days, but here’s a few images from the first weekend, along with some of the tweets we’ve received so far.