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 [...]

Description
Producer wanted for short film to be made in association with Screen West Midlands and the UK Film Council. Must have experience.
£8,000-£10,000 budget.
Award winning Director and Cinematographer attached.
Fee is negotiable.
Will need to start as soon as possible and be available until the film’s completion.
Filming will take place in the West Midlands.
Closing: February 21st
Location: West Midlands
Pay: [...]

Below is a repost from David Allen of Animation Forum with a listing of all the local support for creative industries, hope this helps someone!
I’m often surprised at the variety and breadth of support for creative industry workers, businesses, graduates and start-ups in the Midlands, and to the outsider it’s often bedazzling as to what [...]

Saturday 7th November 2009 (10am-5pm)
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Centenary Suite
£50 (£40 concessions)

From the traditionally structured TV and film stories that attempt to appeal to wide audiences (which [...]

In addition to Moving Pictures’ Sunday film screenings at The Victoria Pub, they are also now screening locally made short films to accompany the night. Seems a very nice idea to mix a fun bit of film watching with some local exposure.
Send you films to:
Claire Goldthorp,
Moving Pictures,
The Victoria,
48 John Bright St
Birmingham
B1 1BN
Here’s their Facebook [...]

Moving Pictures is a new free film night at our regular, The Victoria in Birmingham. Every Thursday from 6pm there will be a screening of a classic film before they get their decks out and do a bit of VJing. This month they are screening San Francisco films.
They’re also supporting budding filmmakers so if you want [...]

Hellooo,
Film Forum’s next meet up will be on Tuesday 25th August at the Victoria Pub on John Bright Street in Birmingham from 6pm.
Come along and chat to people from all aspects of filmmaking in the Midlands. It’s very informal and is really up to you if you want to approach it as a casual drink [...]

Rage Arts are looking for an experienced editor to edit a short film they will be making with a group of young people from 23 July to enter into a number of short film festivals.
They are looking to appoint an editor on a self-employed basis the total fee payable is £250 inclusive. To apply [...]

Falstaff International Film Festival is a brand new festival which will be hosted at  Stratford-upon-Avon between November 16th – 22nd.
The festival will comprise of various programmes including educational seminars, panel discussions, workshops, screenings, the Midlands Shorts Competition, the FIFF Student Film Competition and the FIFF Awards Ceremony.
If the following list of awards are anything to go [...]

Here’s a re-post of Dave Allen’s Animation Forum WM article:
A couple of events for animators and scriptwriters looking to hone their writing (and perhaps meet new collaborators) take place in July.
SCRIPT will be running a course tailored towards writing for games and online drama with the handsomely titled ‘3D to 3G Storytelling: New Narrative Structures and Opportunities [...]