Filmrats’ next event is on Thursday 18th March at new venue The Sunflower Lounge. Doors open at 7.30pm.
For those of you who have never been or know about our event, Filmrats is a multimedia evening of short films and live music, a hybrid of different creative artistry coming together to showcase their talents, enjoy music, [...]

Mucky Duck Media are looking for actors to perform in our final year project for university. This short film is an exciting opportunity to work with new talent in the region and help us represent Birmingham as a great location and home to an active creative industry.
We also have two guaranteed screenings at our end [...]

Producers’ Forum Monthly Networking – Feb 2010 – Media Centre Tour (Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
This month we thought that we would offer something a little different from our usual monthly networking.
We will be going on a tour of The Media Centre at The University of Birmingham to see all of [...]

IdeasTap has launched Ideas Fund Shorts, £40,000-worth of funding to help young people realise their short film projects. Eight awards of £5,000 are being offered to anyone aged between 16-25 to create a five minute short film.
Recognising the lack of funding for young people within the arts, and the endless application forms and hassle to [...]

Fancy helping out at Flatpack? This year’s festival runs from 23-28 March in venues all over Birmingham, and the whole thing wouldn’t be possible without hordes of dedicated volunteers. (See a nice writeup from one of last year’s team here.) Responsibilities will include front-of-house, venue installation, technical support, marketing and bar work, and all volunteers [...]

Hi, I’m in the early pre-production stages of a drama short film that I intend to show off at Film Festivals. I’m looking for experienced/skilled and reliable crew members to help with the production shoot in March. Locations are still be researched but it is intended …that it will be in the Midlands or Warwickshire [...]

Filmmaker needed asap for huge project to create a brand around a Band. The band I’m working with are currently attracting major label interest, but are putting off anything too final until they have a great portfolio of promotional materials under their belts. The music for the video has already been selected, and the only [...]

This series of workshops is aimed at writers who would like to develop their skills and learn the tools of the trade. With topics ranging from laying out your screenplay, to writing sitcom, animation, and feature film genres, the programme offers a wide variety of opportunities for writers to hone their skills with input and [...]

Hello fellow filmmakers!
Film Forum’s next meet up will be on Thursday 25th February @ The Victoria Pub on John Bright Street in Birmingham from 7pm.
The idea of these meet ups is to give filmmakers a networking platform from which they can meet people involved in different aspects of filmmaking from directors to actors in order [...]

West Midlands Filmmakers for Haiti are putting on an evening of short films on
Saturday 13th March at Friction Arts
79 – 81 Cheapside, Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0QH. From 8pm til much later! Map
Short films/promos/art films between 8 and 10 pm followed by disco all to raise money for DEC Haiti appeal.
£5 on door. £4 concessions.
Cheap bar [...]