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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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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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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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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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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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11 December 2016
Re-Code by Man Made Youth | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, filmmaking group, Man Made Youth, provides a moving interpretation of how dyslexia feels
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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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4 December 2016
Danni Spooner, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Danni Spooner's evocative short film, FAG, is a telling development of ideas around gender. She gave us her perspective on the Random Acts program, and what went into making the film. Read our review here
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2 August 2016
How to...do stop frame animation
The art of animation is a difficult one to grasp, but here's an easy way for you to try for your yourself
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12 June 2016
Where Are They Now?...with Dan Dunbar
Dan is a Councillor, volunteer with the Fire Service, and freelance photographer.
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12 June 2016
My creative past: Idriss Assoumanou
As we approach Arts Award Week, the theme of which is Our Creative Future, our Youth Network share their creative pasts, and the paths they've taken to get to their current positions; as young, successful, creative explorers.
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9 March 2016
10 ways to...get a career in film
Here, Steffan Zachiyah from BBC3's Transgender: Back to Jamaica discusses his top ten tips for getting a career as a filmmaker.
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1 February 2016
What goes on at...Film Expo South
This week the very first Film Expo South takes place at the AGEA bowl in Southampton. For those who don't know, this is Southampton's first film convention, and it features an amazing line up of talks from filmmakers and experts.
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27 November 2015
Where are they now? with film maker Rob Savage
Multi-award winning writer and director Rob Savage talks about his profession, and the impact Arts Award had on his career...
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25 August 2015
The UK’s filmmaking tax break and what it all means
Exciting news for the British Film Industry and our TV industry – yesterday, the EU approved state aid for film and TV projects in the UK which will be eligible for a 25% tax break on their production costs.