Relationships on Film: Healthy Relationships
2023-06-22 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Online
This course is part of Relationships on Film, a series of short learning experiences to support sex and relationships education.
With intimate relationships coming in all different shapes and sizes, how can we teach young people to recognise the difference between healthy and harmful relationship behaviours?
Designed in partnership with the leading sexual health and wellbeing charity, Brook, this course provides practical and engaging film-based teaching ideas to support educators of 11–16-year-olds in exploring the traits of healthy relationships. Through our curated selection of film content, you’ll learn how to discuss the sex and relationships issues facing young people today using a medium that is both familiar and relatable.
Along the way, you’ll gain access to a range of materials to enhance your teaching including ready-to-use lessons and resources, professional short and youth-made films, as well as feature-length content available to stream on Into Film+.
As part of this course series, we are also offering a free live webinar, focused on teaching about sex and relationships in a digital context. In addition to accessing exclusive content, not available as part of the courses, this session is a chance to ask questions to course experts and share ideas with educators across the UK.
The webinar will be held on:
Thursday 22 June 2023 at 4:00pm – Relationships on Film: Let’s Get Digital
A Welsh language webinar to accompany this course series will also run on Tuesday 4 July 2023. If you are interested in attending, please email us at cardiff@intofilm.org by Friday 16 June 2023.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Analyse film highlights to explore the common features of healthy relationships

Examine how the media presents idealised (and sometimes unrealistic) relationships
Develop strategies for dealing with conflict and break-ups, using scenarios from films to stimulate discussion.

Enrol and start learning for free today.
Into Film courses are only available for UK-based teachers.
As part of your school’s policy on sharing RSE content with parents, we welcome any screening of our Relationships on Film teaching content in your school, if it is required.

Screen B14: Midlands Shorts
2023-06-22 19:00 - 21:00 | The Cuban Embassy (The Bulls Head), 23 St Mary's Row, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8HW
We are Screen B14, Kings Heath’s first community cinema. We aim to bring accessible, affordable, AMAZING cinema straight to you. To us, there’s nothing better than experiencing film together, whether it be a family-friendly adventure or a small independent gem.
Join us for a celebration of Midlands talent as we screen a selection of short films made in the region.

Birmingham Indian Film Festival 2023
2023-06-23 - 2023-07-02 | Multiple Venues
The Birmingham Indian Film festival returns to the MAC Birmingham and The Electric from Friday 23 June to Sunday 2 July and includes previews of international festival successes alongside the ever-popular Too Desi Too Queer and new Brit-Asian Shorts programmes.

The festival is divided across a number of strands and many screenings will be followed by a Q&A. Tickets will be releasing shortly and we will be announcing our opening night film very soon.

Rudy - Screening
2023-06-24 17:00 - 20:30 | Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH, United Kingdom
Midlands filmmaker Shona Auerbach presents her new feature Rudy, a poignant insight into love, loss and moving on. Stuck as a proxy parent to her younger siblings and dealing with a recent loss, the titular Rudy feels increasingly pushed out when her home gets opened up to a paying guest. Through a newfound friendship with a boy from Coventry, she discovers fun, freedom and autonomy, but is it at the sacrifice of unspoken family wounds?
Screening in 24th and 28th June. The screening on Saturday 24th June will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with director Shona Auerbach.

Duration includes trailers and adverts. Please note that we do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy. See more information about Relaxed Screenings here. MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

Create Central Skills Accelerator Briefing 1
2023-06-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Create Central is hosting an online briefing to hear more about our upcoming Skills Accelerator programme of activities.
Come and find out why we were selected as one of six UK BFI Skills Clusters, and how this work combines with our wider activity most recently announced at the Create Central Shape the Future launch.
This briefing is an opportunity for you to hear an overview of our plans around the Skills Accelerator training programmes, our commitment to engaging talent from underrepresented backgrounds and how we are building on industry partnerships.
Learn more about how these activities will connect local skills bases, support talent across the West Midlands, and create opportunities to engage with Create Central further. We will be holding two online briefings on:
Monday 26 June at 3pm & Wednesday 28 June at 1pm
The briefings will be approximately 60mins and are the same, so you only need to register for one. There will be a presentation as part of these online briefings and an opportunity to ask questions afterwards.
Please note, this is an introductory briefing and will give an overview of the upcoming programme of activities. There will be further detailed briefings in July about how to tender to deliver any of the training programmes outlined.
TO REGISTER
STEP ONE
Please complete the monitoring form and you will be given a password to register for the briefing.
Completion and submission of the monitoring form is a requirement for taking part in any of our activities*.
STEP TWO
Email the password and the date you would like to attend to skills@createcentraluk.com and we will send details and a link for the session closer to the date. Please let us know if you have any access requirements for an online meeting held on Zoom.
*ABOUT THE MONITORING FORM
Create Central is committed to increasing the diversity of our creative workforce in the West Midlands. We know, like everywhere else in the UK, our industry workforce doesn’t represent the people who live here.
We have been selected by British Film Institute (BFI) as one of six skills clusters. The funding focusses on establishing localised support for skills development and training, with a clear aim to create new opportunities for people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue careers in the sector – it is all about increasing equity, diversity and inclusion in the film and TV industry.
We know it can feel like an irritation to be asked about private information, but it’s really important for us to gather this data so we can start to see the impact of the funding we have been given and know that we are really reaching the people this funding is designed to support. We would be extremely grateful if you could fill in the form which is completely ANONYMOUS. A ‘prefer not to say’ option is provided throughout.

SIGN of the Times with Asif Sadiq
2023-06-26 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
SIGN of the times: a Masterclass with Asif Sadiq, Chief Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery

Hello Culture is back! Are you interested in diversity and creativity? If you are interested in hearing about the demand for diverse creative voices and content, and how that content is amplified & curated on platforms then join us at Hello Culture: SIGN of the times to hear from Asif Sadiq, Chief Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery. Asif will be talking about his career, how he got there and how diversity, equity and inclusion can create a strong sense of belonging for all and result in truly diverse workplaces.
About Asif Sadiq
Asif is the Chief Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery. He was previously the Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Impact at adidas and has a long and rich career in the diversity and inclusion space with senior executive roles at The Telegraph Media Group, EY Financial Services and the City of London Police. He is on the board for the American Institute of Chartered Accounts, the board of advisors for Hedley May and a non-exec board member for Kaplan International. Over his 20-year career he has worked in Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Asif has been credited with impactful global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion activities and programs across organizations, that have created a strong sense of belonging for all and resulted in truly diverse workplaces. He has been key in building synergies between internal and external D&I efforts within organizations, ensuring diversity and inclusion is embedded in all elements of a business, resulting in innovative, creative and inclusive products and services.
He is a Multi-Award Winning Diversity and Inclusion expert with a proven track record in D&I, Sustainability and Social Impact, being listed as one of the most influential Global D&I Leaders by Hive Learning, the CIPD’s Top 20 Power list and a LinkedIn Influencer. He is winner of numerous awards including the highly commended Head of Diversity Award at the European Diversity Awards and was honoured with an MBE in 2017 by the Queen and granted the freedom of the City of London in 2016.
Twitter @AsifSadiq
SIGN of the Times
In the online space, consumption of creative and cultural content by diverse creators and for diverse audiences has shown that there is a demand for resonant and relevant content. Platforms such as TikTok and Instagram videos and streaming giants such as Netflix all now host short and long form digital content that is created by a diverse talent for diverse audiences and is continuously remixed, augmented and replayed.
Over the course of the pandemic and beyond lockdown, there has been a clear picture of the use of digital content within cultural contexts, the use of Tik Tok and other short form content both as cultural and commercial content and how it has dramatically increased. In addition, the use of digital has shown a marked shift in the diversity of content, especially as regards queer spaces online, cultural activism and representation.
This is the SIGN of the Times- a hybridity of consumption which means that an augmented and enhanced experience will be expected as we move out of lockdowns into a new future.
This event will be closed captioned

Hello Culture: SIGN of the Times is supported by the Screen Industries Growth Network, using public funding by Research England, part of UK Research and Innovation. SIGN is based at the University of York.’
The Screen Industries Growth Network (SIGN) is a unique, business-facing initiative supporting the TV, film and games industries in Yorkshire and the Humber. SIGN aims to make this region the UK’s centre for digital creativity, and a model of diverse and inclusive activity. In order to do this, SIGN connects companies, support agencies and universities through a programme of training, business development, research and evaluation. SIGN is based at the University of York.

Nubia Way Screening & Talk with James Thormod
2023-06-27 18:00 - 20:00 | YARD, 25 rotton park street, Ladywood, Birmingham, B16 OAE
Nubia Way screening and talk with co-producer James Thormod to explore self-building as a site of possibility and housing in the Black Imagination.
As part of MAIA’s exploration into how the Black Imagination can create portals and prototypes for sanctuary, we’re honoured to host a screening of Nubia Way, followed by a talk with its co-producer, James Thormod. Nubia Way is a documentary film which details the story of Black-led self build housing in Lewisham during the 1990s.
After the screening, we’ll be delving into the connections between the film and the Lab, such as self-builds as a site of possibility, play, housing and architecture in the Black Imagination.
This is a hybrid event, running both online and at YARD between 6pm-8pm. Please note that there are separate in-person and Zoom tickets available. As always, we have budget to support with access, travel and childcare costs – please reach out to contact@maiagroup.co if you would like to make use of these.

James Thormod is an Architect practicing in East London, with a particular interest in timber construction, housing and self-build. In 2022, in collaboration with the Architecture Foundation, James co-produced and interviewed residents for a documentary of Nubia Way – a black-led self-build project in Downham, Lewisham built in 1997. James’ interest in Nubia Way began by producing a paper titled ‘Nubia Way: Homebuilding as Black Resistance,’ after a series of interviews with local residents and key stakeholders. James was published as part of the ‘Now You Know’ publication by Sound Advice, which challenges discrimination in the built environment.

Black Ballad x ITV1 Present: a Special Screening of Riches
2023-06-27 18:30 - 20:30 | ODEON Luxe Birmingham Broadway Plaza, 220 Ladywood Middleway, B16 8LP, United Kingdom
In January, our Founder Tobi Oredein wrote a Founder’s Letter titled “Why Riches Are the Glamour, Glitz, and Black Drama We Deserve.” The show follows a British-Nigerian family running a multimillion-pound empire. It’s slick, sexy, and the right blend of drama, scandal, and humour in the right places.
It is the type of show that you *need* to watch with family or friends, and the type of show you can watch more than once. So, to celebrate Riches airing weekly on ITV1 from Friday 30th June at 9pm, we’ve decided to organise a screening of the first episode at ODEON Luxe in Birmingham.
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Location: ODEON Luxe, Birmingham Broadway Plaza
Date: Tuesday 27th June
Time: 6.30 PM
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This event is FREE for members. Yes, this is our first free event outside London for members, and you get to bring a plus one for free too! We want you to bring along a sibling, family member, or friend who is like family to enjoy a night of great escapism, popcorn, and drinks on us, a black-owned marketplace where you can shop before the screening starts.
If you aren’t a member, you can still attend and bring your plus one! Two non-member tickets cost £5 (yes, you read that price correctly), and of course, you’ll get popcorn, drinks, and access to our black-owned marketplace like our members. Member or non-member you don’t have to bring a plus 1 and the ticket prices will remain the same.
The screening will be followed by an in conversation with our Founder Tobi Oredein and a special guest.
We are so fortunate that our partners at ITV want to ensure that we deliver a night of fun for our West Midlands community, and we are so excited to deliver a night that black women in Birmingham and the wider Midlands black community deserve. We can’t wait to see you there.
*Please note, if you are a member and can’t attend, please let us know as so we can offer your tickets to those on the waiting list.
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This event is FREE to Black Ballad members:
Black Ballad Members: FREE
General Admissions: £5
Non-members can buy bundles to access all our membership perks including access to our content and discounts to future events.
General Admission & 3 Month BB Standard Membership: £12.50 (Save £7.50!)
General Admission & 3 Month BB Premium Membership: £15.50 (Save £10.50!)
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The Black Ballad Membership helps black women live their best lives, through articles, videos, events & a community for, by & dedicated to black women.
Visit Black Ballad for more information.
*Black Ballad Members should have received their discounted ticket link via email. If you are a BB Member and you haven’t received your discounted ticket link, email us at support@blackballad.co.uk

Create Central Skills Accelerator Briefing 2
2023-06-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Online

A Session with Shaheen Baig
2023-06-28 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Are you an actor or performer wanting to know more about the casting process? Or are you interested in getting into casting yourself? This is the session for you! We will hear from top casting director Shaheen Baig as she shares her experiences and advice, and you will have the chance to ask your questions!
Shaheen Baig – Casting Director
Working across film and television Shaheen has cast award winning work with new and established directors. Film credits include debut features from Anton Corbijn, William Oldroyd, Aleem Khan, Francis Lee, Sally El Hosani and Billie Piper. Established directors include Sean Durkin, Peter Strickland, Clio Barnard and Ben Wheatley.
Most recent film work includes multi nominated and winning features AFTER LOVE, MOGUL MOWGLI, ALI & AVA, THE SWIMMERS and debut features from Georgia Oakley BLUE JEAN, Amrou Al-Kadhi’s LAYLA and Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner SCRAPPER, directed by Charlotte Regan.
In television Shaheen has cast all six series of PEAKY BLINDERS and all series of I AM, the female led anthology series for CH4. As well as award winning dramas THREE GIRLS, BLACK MIRROR (CH4), MAN LIKE MOBEEN, THE VIRTUES, SOUTHCLIFFE, THE THIRD DAY and forthcoming THE GALLOWS POLE directed by Shane Meadows for BBC/Element Pictures.
Shaheen has also just made her debut casting for theatre, Brokeback Mountain in the West End starring Mike Faist and Lucas Hedges.
Shaheen is a member of BAFTA, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain & Ireland. A trustee for Open Door, a non-profit organisation that helps young people access drama schools and co-founder of the Casting Assistant Certificate course with the National Film & Television School, she works to encourage and support a more inclusive industry.
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ACCESS: This session will have a BSL interpreter and live captions.
As this is a webinar session, your camera will not be on. You still have the opportunity to send your questions in via the Q&A section on the webinar.
We hope to see you there!
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*If you book for the session, and are then unable to attend, we kindly ask that you cancel your booking through Eventbrite, and then email TripleC ( the address will be in your confirmation email)
Keep up to date with DANC events – If you don’t already receive our newsletters, you can register to join the Disabled Artists Networking Community (DANC) and find out about our latest events and opportunities. You can sign up via our website: https://triplec.org.uk

Ribbon Motion Film Festival
2023-06-29 11:30 - 17:00 | The Box at Fargo Village, Far Gosford St, Coventry, CV1 5ED, United Kingdom
Be a a part of this great cause by submitting your indie films and attending our workshops in cinematography, screenwriting, lighting and using a TV studio.
Submitted films will be showcased in a theatre screen located at The Box in Fargo Village! There will be prizes and a panel with the audience to discuss work presented.
Located in an amazing venue in the creative FarGo village, come along and network with emerging and established filmmakers.
Great opportunity for exposure, networking and getting a glimpse into emerging filmmakers work.
To submit a film for the festival please visit – https://filmfreeway.com/RibbonMotionFilmFestival
With every entry you receive one free ticket to the opening event to see the selected films.
Funds raised by entries and ticket sales will go towards Cancer Research UK.

AI: The new frontier for journalism
2023-06-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
This RTS session will consider the innovations and potential challenges AI will have on journalism. On the one hand, it can assist journalists and stimulate the industry, on the other it can threaten social cohesion by making deep fakes and online bots more prevalent.
This appears to be a vital moment in the next stage of tech’s relationship with the news business and there are wide-ranging calls to ensure that responsible AI models are adopted and created from the outset, not least as we gear up for worldwide elections.
In this session we will hear from organisations that are already using AI technology to work more efficiently and deliver more of what their audiences want, as well as getting an understanding of what regulators are doing around the world to ensure that this technology contributes positively to the industry.
The session will be hosted by Symeon Brown, Channel 4 News correspondent and host of AI Watch.
Panel:
Ali-Abbas Ali – Director of Broadcasting Competition, Ofcom
Tami Hoffman – Director of News Distribution and Commercial Innovation, ITN
Gary Rogers – Senior Newsroom Strategy Consultant, Fathm

Film showing: Black Panthers, vanguard of the revolution
2023-07-01 15:00 - 17:00 | The Warehouse Café and Bar Co-operative, 54-57 Allison Street, Birmingham, B5 5TH, United Kingdom
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact on civil rights and American culture.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 American documentary film directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. The film combines archival footage and interviews with surviving Panthers and FBI agents to tell the story of the revolutionary black organization the Black Panther Party. This showing will be hosted by ‘Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism!’ or the Revolutionary communist group. We aim to uphold the socialist and Leninist legacy of the BPP in fighting racism at its core. And for a new, fairer world. Help us raise funds for our work by getting a ticket.
https://revolutionarycommunist.org/britain/fight-racism/6776-black-resistance-a-history

An Evening With Sophie Turner
2023-07-02 16:30 | The Dream Factory, Shelley Ave, Warwick, CV34 6LE, United Kingdom
Playbox Theatre invite you to a very special event at The Dream Factory this Summer.
SOPHIE TURNER in conversation with LENA DE CASPARIS, Associate Editor and Culture Director of ELLE MAGAZINE.
Actress Sophie Turner returns to Playbox Theatre to talk to us about her career, in a special one-afternoon event, in aid of Playbox’s ‘Raise The Roof Campaign’, to support the restoration of The Dream Factory’s roof.
Sophie will be in conversation with Elle magazine’s Lena de Casparis and this will form the centrepiece of a dynamic evening of discussion.
Sophie was a member of Playbox from the age of 3, and remained with us even as her Game Of Thrones schedule became busier. Sophie was a treasured part of our Acting, Circus & Dance departments, and performed on stage at The Dream Factory in a number of productions. Whilst her career took her all over the world, Sophie has remained a loyal and highly valued part of the Playbox World, and is now Playbox Ambassador, supporting us whenever she can.
We are thrilled to welcome her ‘home’ and we are very grateful to Sophie for supporting our fundraising, and helping to ensure that The Dream Factory remains a place where young people can thrive for generations to come, as she did many years ago.
This special evening will include a pre-event barbecue, and will be followed by sparkling wine and canapes, alongside an in conversation with Sophie and Lena.
We hope that you will join us for a very special celebration and to hear more about Sophie’s time at Playbox, and her extensive work in film and television since, all within the surround of the theatre where it all began!
Admission to attend, including post-event refreshments: £50 (no concessions)
Barbecue is not included in ticket price.
Barbecue from 4.30pm
Sophie and Lena in conversation 5.15pm

Discovering new voices and stories in documentaries
2023-07-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Want to be a documentary maker? Hear why unique stories and hearing new, fresh voices are always in demand on TV.
In 2023, there has been an unprecedented attraction among TV commissioners and viewers to hear stories from real people, in their authentic voices! Here’s your chance to hear from programme makers who have brought award-winning insightful, provocative content to diverse British TV audiences this past year, and how TV production teams persuade new voices to reveal, share and preserve their unique stories with the world.
How did the production teams and commissioners source the subjects and stories? How did they make the approaches to gain trust and access? What was the purpose behind telling this story and how did the audience receive this story? This session will also look at what the viewer engagement was like and what it takes to create the structure and curate the style of someone else’s world. The panel will explore the successes and challenges and how to navigate the documentary making landscape.
Hear from the teams behind RTS award- winning documentary The Evolution of British Black Music (BET UK), and Channel 4’s recently launched Youth News strand.
Panel:
Cicelia Deane – Editorial and Commissioning Executive, BET UK
Femi Oyeniran – Film maker, actor & producer
Nicky Slimting Walker – Film maker, actor & producer
Debbie Ramsay – Commissioning Editor, News and Current Affairs, Channel 4
Charlie Mole – Director and Producer, BBC & Channel 4 Current Affairs
Chaired by Jasmine Dotiwala (multimedia Producer, Director, Inclusion Leader).

Producers Forum July Meetup
2023-07-03 19:30 - 22:00 | The Soloman Cutler – JD Wetherspoon, 5 Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2DS, United Kingdom
Back with our next meetup of 2023!

We are an independent membership organisation serving filmmakers in the West Midlands. The organisation has grown and developed over the years and has a vision to be the connector and enabler for the filmmaking community in the region. Producers’ Forum welcomes you as a member to join our community and together we can help it grow into the vibrant and sustainable sector we all want to see in our region.
Every month we meet and interact and bring experts from the film industry to share their knowledge and expertise to fellow members. We are excited to have Lee Kemp as our guest for July.
Lee Kemp is a director and head of Vermilion Films, a creative video production company in Birmingham and London that sits comfortably between a creative brand communication consultancy and a film production agency.
Join us to grow your network and meet fellow production and film professionals from the city.
You can be a member to get full benefits of our program : Read More Here -https://producersforum.org
Drop us a line if you want to take part at wmproducersforum@googlemail.com

SAFAR 2023: The Damned Don't Cry + Q&A
2023-07-05 19:30 - 23:00 | Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH, United Kingdom
Fatima-Zahra and her teenage son Selim move from place to place, forever trying to outrun the latest scandal she’s caught up in. When Selim discovers the truth about their past, Fatima-Zahra vows to make a fresh start. In Tangier, new opportunities promise the legitimacy they each crave, but not without pushing the volatile mother-son relationship to breaking point.
Fyzal Boulifa is a British filmmaker of Moroccan descent. His first feature film, Lynn + Lucy (2020), won a collection of prizes at several international festivals. Fyzal was also nominated for a Critics’ Circle Film Award in 2021 for his directorial work on the feature.
The screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with director Fyzal Boulifa.

Duration includes trailers and adverts. Please note that we do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy. See more information about Relaxed Screenings here. MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

World on Fire: Series Two Q&A
2023-07-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
RTS, BBC and Mammoth Screen invite you to an exclusive Q&A with the cast and creators behind the return of the hit drama, World on Fire, coming soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Telling the story of World War Two through the eyes of ordinary people whose lives have been thrown into chaos, the six new episodes are written by series creator Peter Bowker, Rachel Bennette and Matt Jones, and made by Mammoth Screen for the BBC and Masterpiece.
October 1940. Lone pilots are sent to destroy German bombers prowling the skies above Manchester as the Northern Blitz begins. The true reality of war has arrived in Britain.
World On Fire series two will take viewers from the streets of Britain into occupied France, Nazi Germany, and to the sands of the North African desert, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat.
Returning cast include Lesley Manville as Robina, Jonah Hauer-King as Harry, Julia Brown as Lois, and Zofia Wichlacz as Kasia, with Blake Harrison as Stan, Eugénie Derouand as Henriette, Eryk Biedunkiewicz as Jan, and Cel Spellman as Joe.
This is a pre-recorded event and the full session will be available to watch on this event page.
Panel
Peter Bowker – Creator and Writer
Jonah Hauer-King as Harry
Ahad Raza Mir as Rajib
Gregg Sulkin as David
Julia Brown as Lois
Miriam Schiweck as Marga
Hosted by Charlie Girling

WFTV Four Nations Mentoring Schemes 2024: Find Out More & How To Apply
2023-07-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
About the Event

The WFTV Four Nations Mentoring Scheme is a programme designed for women looking to take a significant step in their career. We have four dedicated regions that our schemes cover: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
If you are thinking about entering for one of the WFTV mentoring schemes and would like to find out more about the schemes work and how to apply, then this event is for you.
Join WFTV’s CEO Katie Bailiff and Director of Mentoring Programme, Sarah Wright in conversation to explain the areas and content that the schemes cover and advise on the crucial information you need to include when completing your application.
Event Schedule

12:55 WFTV members join webinar waiting room
13:00-13:40 Webinar begins
13:40-14:00 Audience Q&A
14:00 Finish

How will the online event work?
This event will be live streamed via Zoom.us. Viewing details will be sent via your confirmation.
Attending participants will not be visible to others and will be muted throughout the session. After the talk, there will be an opportunity for audience members to ask their questions to the panel by using the Q&A feature.
This event is for all women working in the film and television industry and is open to WFTV members and non-members

SAFAR 2023: Alam
2023-07-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH, United Kingdom
SAFAR Film Festival is the largest festival in the UK dedicated to cinema from the Arab world.
French film Alam is directed by Firas Khoury and is 125 minutes in duration.

Marked each year by celebrations, Israel’s Independence Day coincides with the commemoration of Al-Nakba (the Catastrophe) — the day Palestinians memorialize their dispossession and displacement in 1948. For Tamer (Mahmoud Bakri) and his high-school friends, the social and psychological dissonance of being Palestinian in Israel is a daily struggle that is only heightened in the lead-up to Nakba Day.
When the resolute and beautiful Maysaa’ (Sereen Khass) joins Tamer’s class, some choices become a little clearer for the strong, silent 17-year-old. Noticing her whispering with Safwat, and curious to learn what they have planned, Tamer makes his move, acting on an adolescent urge to get closer to his dream girl but unprepared for the exposure that can come from them daring to dream together.
A fluid and absorbing feature debut from Firas Khoury, Alam is a coming-of-age drama full of contemporary urgency.

Duration includes trailers and adverts. Please note that we do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy. See more information about Relaxed Screenings here. MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

SAFAR 2023: The Blue Caftan
2023-07-08 17:00 - 19:30 | Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH, United Kingdom
Hand-stitched with loving care, this mature, resonant drama is the latest from Touzani, writer-director of 2019’s Adam. It’s set in Moroccan town Salé, where Mina (Azabal) runs a small shop selling traditional caftans created by her husband, master tailor Halim (Saleh Bakri). Such an artisanal enterprise is bound to struggle in the modern world, and further complications arise when Halim, secretly gay, finds himself attracted to the shop’s new apprentice Youssef (Ayoub Missioui).
The Blue Caftan is an emotionally complex, richly empathetic depiction of a partnership sustained through storms and challenges, with Azabal and Bakri exuding a warm, gently crackling chemistry. Superb performances, sly humour, Virginie Surdej’s glowing photography and a strong throughline of social defiance make this a profoundly satisfying pleasure.

Duration includes trailers and adverts. Please note that we do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy. See more information about Relaxed Screenings here. MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

FREE Poetry Open Mic & Film Screening: An Outpouring of Love
2023-07-08 18:30 - 21:30 | The Old Print Works, 498-506 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9AH, United Kingdom
Norate & Augustine’s are hosting an interactive film screening of the iconic black seminal romantic comedy Love Jones(1997) with an open mic poetry reading for all musicians, poets and writers beforehand. An evening of love that is not to be missed.
The event is free and will be open to the public, book your screening seat on eventbrite or on our website: nandaugustines.com
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Saturday the 8th July there will be a relaxed poetry open mic, with a chance for writers of all abilities, new or seasoned, to share their work and showcase their best love poems at The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath. The open mic ‘An Outpouring of Love (Jones)’ will start at 18:30. The ‘Outpouring of Love’ open mic will lead into a film screening of Love Jones(1997) starting at 19:30.
An Outpouring of Love open mic and film screening is hosted by Marshea Makosa, who founded Norate & Augustine’s a brand new Midlands based arts and culture platform. She is an earnest Earth Scientist with a love for postcolonial literature and poetry forever and always.
https://www.nandaugustines.com/

SAFAR 2023: Dounia & The Princess Of Aleppo
2023-07-09 12:30 - 14:00 | Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH, United Kingdom
Six-year-old Dounia is forced to leave her home in Aleppo, accompanied by her grandfather and grandmother and the kind of magic that has its roots in the fabulous stories her parents told her. Together they undertake a perilous journey in order to find the new home which, Dounia is sure, is waiting for them somewhere.
Suitable for children aged 5-12, Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo blends the magic of childhood with the tragedy of growing up in a war-torn country, using songs, myth and stunning hand-drawn animation to make difficult topics accessible.
Please note: the film will be screened in Arabic with English subtitles.

Duration includes trailers and adverts. Please note that we do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy. See more information about Relaxed Screenings here. MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

Cinema & Censorship in the 1930s: the work of the Birmingham Cinema Enquiry
2023-07-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BU, United Kingdom
David is a semi-retired lecturer in Education Studies with an interest in social history and the history of education. This talk resulted from voluntary research for the Flatpack Festival and “Wonderland”, a project mapping Birmingham’s cinema stories as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival.
The Birmingham Cinema Enquiry Committee began in 1930, born out of concern for what people were viewing in cinemas, especially children eagerly soaking up pictures at popular Saturday matinees. The Committee gained a name nationally and internationally, with several conferences held in the City, and a petition was sent to the Home Secretary in London. Depending upon contemporary points of view, it was either a genuine attempt to resist the deluge of sensationalist and sordid pictures, often from the U.S.A., or a group of self-appointed interfering busy-bodies and “troglodytes”.

Was there too much censorship or not enough?
Would some films lead to “Disorder in Digbeth” and “Murder in Moseley”?
What was the impact on children’s mental and physical health?
Was there too much “thrill-seeking” at the expense of the “brighter side” and “English tradition”?
To what extent was the Enquiry a middle class attempt to dictate to the masses?

David will invite the audience to consider their own cinema-going experiences and any similarities with other moral panics over the years.

Touch screen: Relaxed Sensory Cinema
2023-07-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Sense TouchBase Pears, Bristol Road, Selly Oak,, Birmingham, B29 6NA, United Kingdom
Join Artist Sarah Hamilton Baker on a sensory journey through film. In these relaxed screenings you will be invited to touch, smell and feel your way through the films!
We have three months of exciting short films curated by Flatpack Projects and funded by The Active Wellbeing Society to get your eyes popping and your body moving.
Get up and go! This selection is all about the impulse to move, as we bounce along with Hop Frog and feel the breeze as we zoom with Cycle in this fun packed film screening.
Who’s it for?
People of all ages are welcome but most suited for ages 3-12 years.
Access
These relaxed screenings will contain subtitles and Sarah will introduce a range of ‘Objects of Reference’ for throughout each film.
BSL interpreter available
Screening lasts approximately 45-50 mins
Please arrive 15 min early so that you can pay for your ticket at reception.
There are 3 slots available:

10:00am
11:30am
1:30pm

How to apply for Arts Council England funding
2023-07-13 10:30 - 13:00 | Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU, United Kingdom
Arts Council England gives funding to support creativity and culture across England.
National Lottery Project Grants  is a fund for creative individuals and organisations in England who want funding for a project. It is open to everyone and you can apply at any time. These grants usually range from £1,000 to £100,000.
This free event introducing Arts Council Project Grants is ideal for creative people and organisations who have not applied for Arts Council funding before and are based within the Black Country, although if you have applied before you are still welcome to attend.
Specifically, we look forward to meeting those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, D/deaf or disabled people, LGBTQIA+ people, and those from the Global Majority, who have traditionally had least access to our resources.
Led by Relationship Managers from the Midlands team in collaboration with Creative Black Country, this event will take you through the process of applying for National Lottery Project Grants, followed by a 45-minute question and answer session.
The event will be held in person and will cover:
• Access Support
• Arts Council strategy, Let’s Create
• National Lottery Project Grant application guidance
• The application form
• The decision-making process
• How to contact us
There will be British Sign Language interpretation during the event.
If you have any questions about the event or any access request, please contact Faye Read via faye.read@artscouncil.org.uk by Friday 7th July.
Sign up for your place today. Once you have booked a spot, you will receive a confirmation email.
Venue Access Information
Pedestrian entry to the Art Gallery is via St Peter’s Gardens (WhatThreeWords: ///vibrates.awards.cost)
There is step free access to the gallery, as well as a lift to access to the Georgian Gallery on the first floor, the room where the event will take place.
The gallery’s front of house colleagues will be onsite to assist on the day.
Parking: The nearest car park is Civic Centre Car Park, WV1 1RQ (WhatThreeWords: ///badly.hits.shower)
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Screen and Film School Birmingham Undergraduate Open Day 2023
2023-07-15 11:00 - 14:00 | Screen and Film School Birmingham, Little Ann St, Deritend, Birmingham, B5 5QF, United Kingdom
Discover more about our BA Hons Filmmaking with our Open Day
Screen and Film School Birmingham are delighted to invite you to our in-person Open Day!
Do you want to work in the film and screen industry? Are you looking for an undergraduate degree to start in September 2023 or 2024? Study at one of the top film schools in the UK! Attend our in-person Open Day to find out more about our degree course in Filmmaking!
Applications are now open via UCAS to study BA Hons Filmmaking. Our Open Day will offer course information as well as an opportunity to meet the lecturers who are leading industry professionals, get involved in a workshop, meet the students, and discover what it will feel like to be a filmmaker with us.
Open Days are by appointment only – you must complete an Eventbrite booking form. Any guests attending the Open Day must have a pre-booked ticket.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us… We cannot wait to meet you!
By completing a registration form, you consent to photos and/or videos possibly being taken of you throughout the event.

My Everest + Q&A
2023-07-15 17:00 - 20:30 | Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH, United Kingdom
A disabled man is on a mission to defy expectations. Bringing together a motley crew of friends, he decides to take on his biggest challenge yet: to trek to Everest Base Camp on horseback to prove his self-worth. Yet as the reality of his world-first trek hits, putting his body through incredible pain, he is forced to dive deeper into himself and question his original motivations.
The screening will be followed by a live onstage Q&A with director Carl Woods and disability consultant Sam Oldknow.

Duration includes trailers and adverts. Please note that we do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy. See more information about Relaxed Screenings here. MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

BFI Film Academy July Lab
2023-07-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Online
Developing Your Project and Telling your Own Authentic Stories
The next BFI Film Academy Lab of the 2023/24 season will be an honest insight into how to lead with your own ideas and voice as a director.
Director Myriam Raja will discuss her journey in the film industry from making shorts to directing high-end TV to working towards developing feature films as a filmmaker who is pushing boundaries through her authentic approach to storytelling on screen. You will learn about the routes you can take to develop your craft and how to build on your experience whilst maintaining your style as a director. This session is for aspiring filmmakers who are passionate to tell authentic stories and want advice on how to navigate their journey doing just that.
Myriam Raja
Myriam Raja graduated from the National Film & Television School in 2018 with her graduation short AZAAR, which was nominated for a BAFTA for Best British Short Film. After graduating from NFTS Myriam directed an episode of the Netflix show TOP BOY. The show was a great success and Myriam was brought back for the final season to direct the first four episodes. Myriam is currently finishing post-production on TOP BOY while also developing her debut feature with Film4, as well as a second feature project with David Yates’ production company, Wychwood Films, and the BBC.
Session details
Monday 17 July, 18:30 – 19:45 BST // Online (Zoom webinar)
Register for this event via the button at the top of the page. You will then be sent a confirmation email with details on how to join the session 48 hours before the event and once again on the morning of the event.
You will have an opportunity throughout the session to ask questions to our speakers, and we encourage you to get thinking now about what you’d like to know! Questions can be emailed in advance to filmhubse@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk or asked on the night using the Zoom Q&A feature.
Please note: this session will be recorded and event footage will be used on YouTube, the BFI website and social platforms.
About BFI Film Academy Labs
BFI Film Academy Labs are all about helping 16- to 25-year-olds break into the screen industries. These monthly practical sessions are led by industry professionals, with a focus on explaining the specifics of working in film and television and developing your skills to become the best screen creative you can be.
The Labs are programmed across three strands: Business of Film, Career Ladder and Storytelling.
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Youth Hub: How about working with Brit Asia TV?
2023-07-19 11:00 - 14:00 | Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2ND, United Kingdom
Want to know more about Brit Asia TV and the opportunities they have to offer – then sign up now for this event…
BritAsia TV is looking for Video Editors & Videographers….
We are offering limited seats for our Digital Upskill Bootcamp under BritAsia Academy.
If you’re aged 19+ and interested in upskilling yourself and learning industry standard content creation, film and video production skills over a 12-week program at our Studio in Birmingham the come down to our event and find out more..
#findyourfuture #jobs #nextsteps
**Please note photos for promotional content may be taken on the day**
Youth Hub, Lower Ground Floor, Library of Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA
