Each month the event brings together the city’s filmmaking talent for talks, presentations, and screenings. We’re super excited to present the best of all the films shown at Reel Brum’s events over the past year at Flatpack 2025, one of which will go on to win the Reel Brum award (£200 cash prize). This is the first of two programmes of films. The award will be announced at The Nest (next door to ...

In partnership with Grand Union, we are proud to present Horses! This afternoon of films and conversation explores representations of horses in relation to class, queerness, anti-colonial contexts and filmic materialities. Co-curated with Linda Stupart, artist, educator and equestrian based in Birmingham, Horses! presents a series of films that seek to examine therapeutic connections between urba...

Each month the event brings together the city’s filmmaking talent for talks, presentations, and screenings. We’re super excited to present the best of all the films shown at Reel Brum’s events over the past year at Flatpack 2025, one of which will go on to win the Reel Brum award (£200 cash prize). This is the second of two programmes of films. The award will be announced at The Nest (next door to...

A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

Before the world (and the cosmos) came to know him as the Afrofuturist pioneer of "space jazz", Sun Ra was born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham (the other one), deep in the heart of segregated Alabama. Drawing on the memories of Sun Ra’s family and neighbours alongside rare footage and archival interviews, The Magic City reflects on the life of Sun Ra through the city that shaped his formative y...

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Punku means portal, and this remarkable supernatural fable opens doors to worlds you may never have dreamt of. We begin with the discovery of a blinded, bloodied boy by the Amazon. Iván has been missing for two years, and Meshia - a teenager of Matsigenka origin - takes him downriver to the hospital. An unbreakable bond emerges as they navigate a strange, shifting world of dark energy and sensory ...

Through organised 'mass trespass' events, the Right to Roam movement sets out to increase public access to nature, but finds itself in conflict with England's landowners.

Flatpack’s Young Filmmaker strand Short & Suite returns with a vibrant showcase of bold, inventive work from emerging creators across the UK. This year, students from the University of Birmingham celebrate our proud “second city” spirit with a dynamic programme of short films in all shapes and sizes. From sharp concepts to playful formal experiments, these films punch well above their weight, off...

Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.