Ever wondered how those amazing puppets and figurines are made in the Colour Box films? Well here’s your chance to find out, and make your very own plasticine model.
January 1 at 1am, 2001
MAC
March 20 at 12am, 2014
Canadian filmmaker Jared Raab caused quite the viral stir with his latest music video for indie band Young Rival. To some it’s visual snow, to others, it’s far more interesting. See if your brain can visualise the figures behind the noise.
March 20 at 11am, 2014
BIAD School of Art
A selection of short films which explore the workings of the mind. Includes Through the Hawthorn, a thought-provoking animation about schizophrenia, The Love Competition, a heart-warming doc in which contestants battle it out to see who can love the hardest (monitored using an MRI machine), and a fictional film about phantom limb syndrome.
March 20 at 12pm, 2014
The Jekyll & Hyde
Take a stroll down the Great Western Arcade and you'll find shops, restaurants, and for three days only, you'll find a cinema. But this is no ordinary cinema - it's one that you have full control of!
Great Western Arcade
Using glass slides from the University of Birmingham Research and Cultural Collection’s vast archaeological section, this event will explore significant sites and discoveries and highlight a few of the most interesting images in the collection.
Winterbourne House
With films handpicked from all of our shorts programmes, this eclectic compendium should help you map out your itinerary for the rest of the festival.
March 20 at 5:30pm, 2014
Home Café Deli
Kicking off a series of food and film events running through the festival, Opus Restaurant are serving up two courses from their seasonal market menu to precede one of the greats from Hollywood’s golden age.
March 20 at 6pm, 2014
Opus
Illuminating the lives and work of New York’s iconic street photographers, Everybody Street captures the visceral rush, singular persever- ance and at times immediate danger customary to these artists.
March 20 at 7pm, 2014
6/8 Kafe
Join us for a beverage as we take over the upstairs of The Old Royal with various DJs and Sellotape Cinema on hand to provide the visuals via multiple Sellotrope projectors. You’ll have a chance to make your own sticky films, and get a lesson in how to doodle from their mechanical drawing machines.
March 20 at 8pm, 2014
Old Royal Pub
A recent poll revealed that 60 percent of us eat lunch at our desks. Bad times. Why not mix things up today, and take in some of the latest international short documentaries while you eat your sandwiches?
March 21 at 12pm, 2014
March 21 at 12:30pm, 2014
