Colour Box

Film. Family. Fun

But what is Colour Box? It's Flatpack, but for kids. Colour Box encourages viewing and doing. Hands on workshops led by artists and filmmakers, with access to the latest tech, immersive installation pieces, optical gadgets and crafts aplenty. Our immersive screenings showcase the best new family shorts and features from around the world.

The long term goal? To inspire the filmmakers and film enthusiasts of tomorrow - today.

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News

12 Days of Flatpack (2021)

2021 has been a year of two festivals and a lot of firsts, including our first ever autumn edition, and our first ever office dog!

16 Dec 2021

Colour Box at Home

If you’ve been missing our online Colour Box screenings over the last couple of months, fear not, we’ve been working away behind the scenes on something rather special…

8 Aug 2021

Colour Box: Come on in, the water's fine...

Inspired by a dip in the Avon a couple of weeks ago (and quite timely after a scorching couple of days!), this month’s Colour Box short film programme has an aquatic theme, featuring all kinds of swimmers, deep sea divers, and boaters.

1 Aug 2020

Colour Box: For the Birds

Over the last few months it’s been a lot easier to hear the birds sing, and it got us thinking about our favourite films featuring feathered friends.

4 Jul 2020

What's in the Colour Box?

Flatpack 2019 may be well wrapped up now, but that doesn’t mean Colour Box is closed during the rest of the year. We’re continually expanding our families and children strand to bring even bigger, better treasures for you and your family to unearth - keep your eyes peeled for these developments, explorers!

3 Jun 2019

Funny Things

21 Sep 2017

Archive

Colour Box: Long Way North

July 5 at 10am, 2026

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Arco

10-year-old Arco accidentally crash lands in 2075 - a world devastated by environmental changes.

April 5 at 10am, 2026

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Grow

A troubled young girl begins a new life with her tough aunt and discovers a supernatural talent that might help her win the contentious local pumpkin-growing contest.

February 1 at 10am, 2026

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Little Amelie

Driven by the joy and confusion of a little girl’s discovery of the world and her place within it, Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s astoundingly beautiful animation feels like it’s arrived from a different planet.

March 1 at 10am, 2026

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: The Spongebob Movie Search For Squarepants

SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman on a seafaring comedy-adventure.

January 11 at 10am, 2026

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Spooky Films and Ghoulish Treats

A short film spooktacular that's more treat than trick!

October 31 at 4pm, 2025

How brave is the wren

Colour Box: Hocus Pocus

Join the Colour Box team the night before Halloween for an extra spooky theatrical screening of Hocus Pocus. Expect witches, cauldrons, potions and incantations.

October 30 at 12:30pm, 2025

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Snap, Cackle and Shorts

Kick off your Saturday with a selection of short films and cereal.

November 1 at 10am, 2025

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Matilda Singalong

Calling all REVOLTING children!

November 2 at 10am, 2025

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: Wolf Children

A young mother is left to raise two children on her own, only these are not ordinary children - Yuki & Ame are wolf children, capable of causing all sorts of mischief.

November 1 at 11am, 2025

MAC Foyle Studio

Colour Box: Okko’s Inn

After losing her parents, Okko goes to live in the countryside with her grandmother, who runs a traditional inn near an ancient spring said to have healing waters.

September 28 at 10am, 2025

MAC Birmingham - Cinema

Colour Box: The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster tells the story of a real-life boy (Macauley Culkin) who retreats to a library only to find himself physically transformed into a cartoon, learning to overcome his fears as he meets characters from Alice In Wonderland, Moby Dick and Treasure Island.

December 7 at 10am, 2025

MAC Birmingham - Cinema