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19 January 2017
Sarah Worcester, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Sarah Worcester's astonishing animation, Oblivion, strikes a chord with the visuals alone.
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19 January 2017
Ben Norris, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Ben Norris's Send Her Victorious was one of the most daring films made as part of the 2017 cohort for, as we've learnt, some of the most essential reasons for today.
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18 January 2017
Emma Powell, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, we caught up with Co-Producer, Emma Powell about hers and Dale Cullis's visual iteration of the 'glass ceiling' that is faced by women in the workplace.
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17 January 2017
What goes on at...the Oska Bright Film Festival?
We caught up with Becky Bruzas, the Festival Director of the Oska Bright Film Festival 2017 in Brighton. Oska Bright is run by Carousel Arts, a leading disability-led arts organisation.
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17 January 2017
Is the special effects industry being taken over by computers?
This is a summary of an arts issue about the special effects industry behind the making of films and movies, and whether or not it is being taken over by computer programmes. It is about what i think about the situation, and whether or not these computer programmes could take over careers and jobs in the future.
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17 January 2017
Joe Binder, Cambridge based Vlogger
I caught up with Joe Binder, a Geography student at the University of Cambridge and a vlogging enthusiast.
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11 January 2017
Caldonia Walton, Random Acts Filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, dancer, Caldonia Walton's Everyday Choreography is a joyful poem about the choreography of our everyday movements. We asked about her exploration of dance on screen.
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2 January 2017
Glow Up 2017 - Eros Avenue
My Glow Up's of this year will feature up and coming new artists hitting the scene. For the start of the year I bring you an RnB collab from London.Eros Avenue is the EP released by musical artists Young Soul and Jordan Morris. Definitely one to add to your playlists.
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22 December 2016
2016's been a pretty good year for the arts
With political chaos creating as many headlines as it did headaches, how did the soothing arts world react?
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22 December 2016
Glass Girls by Dale Cullis and Emma Powell | FIRST ACTS
By Random Acts Midlands, Dale Cullis and Emma Powell bring us an enthusiastic expression of the barriers still faced by women today.
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20 December 2016
Detritus by Dion Kitson | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Dion Kitson has made a brilliant poem about the alluring yet worrying detritus of Dudley.
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20 December 2016
Everyday Choreography by Caldonia Walton | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, dancer-choreographer, Caldonia Walton gives us a poetic, jolly, expressive demonstration of what music makes us feel
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18 December 2016
Harrison Kelly, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Harrison Kelly with Future Curious' short film, Organum, explores our reliance on social media and screen culture. We pried into his @motivations and #thoughts.
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15 December 2016
Send Her Victorious by Ben Norris | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Victorious is an enigmatic film, a relevant film in the throes of controversial topics.
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13 December 2016
Arrival (2016)
Paramount Pictures presents a gripping nonlinear science fiction movie addressing common humanity, delving deep into worldly possibilities of extraterrestrial life on Planet Earth.
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13 December 2016
What's it all about? Christmas in Film
As the evenings draw in, frost sneakily creeps over the ground and the weather outside gets frightful, it is time to get comfy on the sofa with friends and family and put on the inevitable Christmas films!
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11 December 2016
This Movement is Silent by Paul Stringer | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Paul Stringer's powerful, poignant and potent portrait of Birmingham combines poetry and filmmaking.
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6 December 2016
Thomas Chimiak, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Thomas Chimiak's visual poem, Vocal Barriers, is a statement on the role of technology in our society. He shared with us his experiences about the Random Acts project.