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to Feb 23

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Mon, Mar 4, 2024 12:00 PM 12:00 Sun, Feb 23, 2025 1:00 PM 13:00
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The Randhawa Story

World Premiere Screening @ Flatpack Film Festival 2024. A short documentary following the Randhawa family and the running of the Waldorf Cinema in Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

Funded by Flatpack Projects and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - View More

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to Mar 1

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Sun, Mar 10, 2024 12:00 PM 12:00 Sat, Mar 1, 2025 1:00 PM 13:00
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MOVING PORTRAITS

Digital Culture Award Winner 2023

See how SENSE Arts made dancefilm accessible to everyone using subPac technology. Watch an exclusive short film produced by Digital Culture Network. Digital Culture Network

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to Mar 1

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Sun, Mar 10, 2024 12:00 PM 12:00 Sat, Mar 1, 2025 1:00 PM 13:00
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Khadi

The Legacy

The impact of this unique collaboration with artist Bharti Parma reaches far and wide. This short film documents the work: View

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to Sep 8

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Mon, Jul 8, 2024 2:00 PM 14:00 Sun, Sep 8, 2024 3:00 PM 15:00
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Lost Harmonies The Artisans of Kutch

New Commission - Funded by The Living & Learning Design Centre

Currently in post-production - a short documentary shot in Kutch, India, about the craft and sound of the “Kharki’ Indian bell - Project Link

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Apr

to Jul 8

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Thu, Apr 18, 2024 12:00 PM 12:00 Mon, Jul 8, 2024 12:00 PM 12:00
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Threaded Together

Cast and Crew Screening at ST Mary and ST Joseph’s Primary School, Blackburn.

New short drama sharing the lived experiences of South Asian women and their textile heritage in Lancashire.

Commissioned by British Textile Biennial & Heritage Lottery Fund. View Project

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to Mar 10

And Breathe short film at Cop 27

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 11:30 AM 11:30 Fri, Mar 10, 2023 12:30 PM 12:30
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And Breathe short film at Cop 27

Award winning And Breathe is screened by Julies Bicycle at COP27 as part of the Resilience Hub in the Blue Zone in Egypt.

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to Mar 3

Cotton: labour, land and body

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 8:30 AM 08:30 Fri, Mar 3, 2023 9:30 AM 09:30
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Video installation commissioned by Bharti Parma - Craft Council 2nd September - 4th March- https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/

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to Nov 10

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Thu, Nov 10, 2022 8:00 AM 08:00 Fri, Nov 10, 2023 9:00 AM 09:00
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Cultivate

Light Moves Festival screening 9 – 12 November 2023 Featuring vibrant encounters bridging dance, digital, and screen-based practices.

Screening with Q&A - Big Green Weekender at Midlands Arts Centre - 16th September 2023

Winner Best Short Film at Experimental Dance and Music Film Festival & Best Experimental Film for London International Short Film Festival.

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to Jan 31

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Thu, Nov 10, 2022 8:00 AM 08:00 Wed, Jan 31, 2024 9:00 AM 09:00
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Field to Fashion - British Textile Biennial

A multi-generational cinematic film, capturing South Asian textiles past and present textile history from the homeland to Blackburn.

Co-directed by Bhulla Beghal, featuring drop in oral history gathering workshops on 6th & 20th September 2023 at The British Textile Biennial.

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Tue, Mar 1, 2022 12:00 PM 12:00 Mon, May 20, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00
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Screendance at Flatpack Festival

Saturday 28th May 16.30 - 17.45

Mockingbird Cinema Screen Two

Co-curator for BAFTA qualifying Flatpack Film Festival. A yearly staple of movement on screen returns with another adrenaline-packed study into choreography and cinematography.

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Tue, Mar 1, 2022 12:00 PM 12:00 Mon, May 20, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00
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THE RANDHAWA STORY premiere screening

Movie Mahal Sunday - Shree Ram Mandir - May Flatpack 2024

Unveiling the Randhawa family journey. A Short Documentary about the Waldorf Cinema and how Bollywood film connected cultures and communities in Balsall Heath, Birmingham.

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Tue, Mar 1, 2022 12:00 PM 12:00 Mon, May 20, 2024 1:00 PM 13:00
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Lost Harmonies

New International Short Documentary

A short documentary filmed in Kutch, India, delves into the tale of animals, artisans, and farmers who share the traditional craft of belling making, known as the 'Kharki'. Commissioned by Living and Learning Design Centre.

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