STIRCHLEY FILM AND FOOD FEST | Shorts, beers and baked goods + filmmaker Q + A

Join us as we celebrate the best local filmmakers in Brum, screening their short films with Brum Brew Co. beers and baked goods from Levain and Cherry Bakery.

This special pop-up event closes the film and food festival with a pick-and-mix experience of films drinks and snacks.

About the films:

• Boxer Short Films, purveyors of the best in worldwide animation, present their pick of mouth-watering animated shorts.
  
  
• 'Rushed' (directed by local filmmaker Nadine O'Mahony) is the story of a chance encounter between a black woman and a South Asian man in Birmingham forces them to confront life changing events they are desperately trying to escape. Nadine is a writer/director of Irish and Jamaican heritage who creates character-based stories with striking visuals. Her BFI funded short Rushed premiered at the BAFTA qualifying Flatpack Film Festival and won Best Breakout film at the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival. In her spare time, she is head programmer for Screen B14 a non-profit, community cinema and film collective and co-hosts The Brum Picture Show a digital radio show and podcast with an irreverent take on film news and reviews on Brum Radio.
  
  
• 'A Dumpling Story', Directed by Carl Woods; a MADEBYBRUM production. Step into Blowwater Cafe in Kings Heath, Birmingham, and take a journey across memory and food with Sabrina, a creative from Hong Kong who finds community and friendship in a new city.
  
• Linda is short film written and directed by Joe Lycett, starring Janice Connolly about a woman who tells tall tales at her job in a post office.
  
  

About the food:

Keeping the King's Heath connection, and welcoming them ahead of their new opening in Stirchley, we have the battle of the bakeries! Levain and Cherry Bakery will provide snack boxes stuffed with the best fresh bakes, and Aphra Bakes will offer cake options to slice on the night! 🥐🥖🥨

To keep you refreshed, Brum Brew Co. will be offering a complimentary drink on with your ticket, and the bar will be open for the duration of the event. 🍺🍻🍷🥤

What to expect:

🚪 Doors open 6:30pm

🥂 Welcome drinks from Brum Brew Co. : 6:30 - 7pm

🧆 Food served: A snack box jam-packed with baked goodies from Levain and Cherry

🎥 Film starts 7.30pm

~ Between the films we will host a casual discussion and Q and A with the local filmmakers ~

Some other important stuff:
All films will have subtitles where possible.
The venue is wheelchair accessible. Please let us know if you have any specific access needs, and we'll do our best to accommodate.
The snacks will be vegetarian and nut free, but we can't offer gluten free options at this event.
We're doing everything we can to make Stirchley Film and Food Festival as eco-friendly as possible.