Film Forum West Midlands

National Youth Theatre and IdeasTap are offering 10 young filmmakers/performers the chance to become part of a film and performance group who will stage a ground breaking production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to be performed in London and Shanghai, in the summer of 2010.

The challenge is to create a site-specific production for multi-lingual audiences while retaining some of Shakespeare’s original text. The productions need to be interactive and to work together, so we’re looking for 10 people aged between 16-25 who are comfortable and skilled in front of the camera as well as behind it.

To apply for ‘Living the Dream’ or for more information about the project, please visit www.ideastap.com.

Applications close on Monday 5th April 2010.



With TV drama series like Hustle and Survivors now filming here, we look at how we can rebuild our TV drama industry in the region. Come along to The Bond to hear a stellar panel of TV drama names give their views.

This is an unmissable event for local screenwriters, directors, producers and anyone who cares about the future of television drama in the West Midlands.

30th March 2010.

Venue: The Bond,180-182 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE

6.00pm: Registration/Drinks

6.30pm: ‘Re-building the TV Drama industry in the West Midlands’ Chaired by Lee Thomas (Screen WM)

Speakers already confirmed: Tony Jordan, Peter Lloyd, Michael Eaton (more speakers to be confirmed very soon)

8.00pm: Networking/Drinks

To register for this event please visit http://rebuilding-tv-drama-industry-in-wm.eventbrite.com/

Thursday 25th March 2010

6.00pm – 8.00pm

Vivid, Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham

Everyone’s favourite animated screenings night, Shorts on Walls, returns this March as part of Flatpack Festival 2010 and animators are once more being invited to submit their short films.

Shorts on Walls gives animators the chance to screen their latest works to a room full of peers in a relaxed bar atmosphere. The event is free to attend and runs from 6pm-8pm on Thursday 25th March 2010 in the main space at Vivid, Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham.

To submit your animated short, please post to our new address by the 18th March 2010:

• A DVD formatted copy of your film (for judging)
• An uncompressed high-res QuickTime file on a DVD data disc

Animation Forum WM,
The New Technology Institute,
15 Bartholomew Row,
Birmingham,
B5 5JU.

To attend, please RSVP via our Facebook event page.

Vivid is 30 minutes walk from New Street Station, and can be found here.