Festival Site Big Screen Programme
Here's the running order and screening times for films and animations that will feature on the big screen on the Festival Sites on Leamington Spa's Pump Room Gardens and Warwick's Market Square between 10am and 4pm on Thursday 28 July 2022.
Please note: Timings may slightly differ to those listed below if the showreel is interrupted by unplanned public broadcasts.
Update: The first 2 hours of the CultureFest showreel will be played again between 3pm and 5pm on Monday 8 August! The approximate times can be found below.
Click the links for more information on each film:
- CultureFest Trailer 10am & 1:03pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3pm)
- Near Belonging 10:00am & 1:04pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3pm)
- Healing 10:04am & 1:07pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:04pm)
- TARDIGRADE 10:06am & 1:10pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:06pm)
- On Record: Xhosa Cole Quartet ft Soweto Kinch - Hangin With Mr Hamilton 10:08am & 1:12pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:08pm)
- Wild 10:15am & 1:18pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:15pm)
- The World Sitting-Down Championships Final 10:18am & 1:21pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:18pm)
- Education Sizzler: Made in Leamington 10:23am & 1:26pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:23pm)
- Honour Wave 10:25am & 1:27pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:25pm)
- A Window in to Warwick: Lord Leycester Hospital 10:30am & 1:31pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:30pm)
- Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries 1880 – 1930 exhibition trailer 10:35am & 1:36pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:35pm)
- On Record: Midnight in Sparkhill 10:42am & 1:43pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:42pm)
- Polination 10:46am & 1:48pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:46pm)
- Nobody 10:47am & 1:49pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:47pm)
- Happiness with Choral Entrepreneur Mariana Rosas 10:48am & 1:50pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:48pm)
- Across Warwick By Pogo-stick 10:51am & 1:52pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 3:51pm)
- Turkey vs Pilgrim: It’s All Downhill 11:00am & 2:01pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4pm)
- COMMONWEALTH 11:04am & 2:05pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:04pm)
- Apollo 11 Moon Landing 11:09am & 2:17pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:09pm)
- On Record: Dapz On The Map - Born & Raised 11:21am & 2:29pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:21pm)
- Made Locally, Toured Globally – Incredible Dance-circus 11:25am & 2:33pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:25pm)
- STEPiNSIDE Warwick Tunnels 11:29am & 2:34pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:29pm)
- Harmony 11:44am & 2:48pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:44pm)
- Entertainment Sizzler: Made in Leamington 11:47am & 2:51pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:47pm)
- Waswasa - Whispers in Prayer 11:48am & 2:52pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:48pm)
- Loft Theatre Company, Leamington Spa 11:51am & 2:59pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:51pm)
- K'antu Ensemble 11:54am & 3:02pm (+ Mon 8 Aug @ 4:54pm)
- Snjor 12:01pm & 3:11pm
- Pride House 12:10pm & 3:20pm
- Starchitects 12:13pm & 3:22pm
- Health with Choral Entrepreneur Cerys Purser 12:15pm & 3:24pm
- Celebration 12:18pm & 3:28pm
- Web App Sizzler: Made in Leamington 12:21pm & 3:30pm
- Hill Close Gardens, Warwick 12:22 & 3:32pm
- Nation's Finest, Putting Down Roots & Birthing 12:23pm & 3:33pm
- Birmingham 2022 Festival Promotional Trailer 12:35pm & 3:45pm
- Turkey vs Pilgrim: Feathers Will Fly 12:36pm & 3:46pm
- Birth of a Spa Town 12:39pm & 3:50pm
CultureFest Trailer
Warwick District Council
Screening time(s): 10am & 1:03pm
Length: 30 seconds
A short promotional trailer introducing the CultureFest programme.
You can also see this film on YouTube
Near Belonging
Faye Claridge and Firefly Productions
Screening time(s): 10:00am & 1:04pm
Length: 3 minutes 37 seconds
People living in Warwickshire explore connections to ‘belonging’ inspired by archive portraits from the Robert Graham’s Studio Collection, found part-decayed in a Leamington Spa cellar. Through creative exercises, artist Faye Claridge asked participants to ‘adopt’ a person from the collection and consider how their lives might be connected. A range of experiences, from fleeing war, to moving school, addressing family pressures, and more, all emerge in the project’s heartfelt film of conversations and portraits. They reflect the diversity of present-day Warwickshire, with people taking part from Algeria, Brazil, Syria and Turkey. Produced with gratitude to all participants, and supporters: Arts Council England, Heritage & Culture Warwickshire, Arts & Heritage. All archive images in the film are copyright Warwickshire County Record Office, Warwickshire County Council.
Find our more at Faye Claridge and the Our Warwickshire websites.
You can also see this film on YouTube
Healing
Blue Bells Films / Bhulla Beghal
Screening time(s): 10:00am & 1:04pm
Length: 2 minutes
HEALING is a powerful piece of work brought to life through visual poetry. This evocative piece was a creative collaboration of filmmaking, poetry, music, performance and artistic minds, brought together by BlueBell Films. Developed for Warwickshire County Council and Warwick Innovation District, Director Bhulla Beghal crafted HEALING in response to exploring and positively impacting mental health in the South Asian community.
The work included a collaboration with the talented wordsmith Jaspreet Kaur (Behind the Netra), director of photography Gary Tanner, musician Tabla Dalbir Singh Rattan and academic/performing artist Dr Karan Jutlla.
You can also see this film on YouTube
TARDIGRADE
Amber Iles
Screening time(s): 10:06am & 1:10pm
Length: 2 minutes 10 seconds
This film follows a squishy, red character on a mission to create the elusive creature, the Tardigrade.
Made by Amber Iles over the course of her final year at university. Sound design by Laurence Iles.
Find out more at Amber Iles’ website.
On Record: Xhosa Cole Quartet ft Soweto Kinch - Hangin With Mr Hamilton
Screening time(s): 10:08am & 1:12pm
Length: 6 minutes 42 seconds
In a first of its kind, On Record is a multi-artist, multi-genre concept album featuring eleven new songs about Birmingham, available on a limited vinyl release and across all streaming platforms.
A sonic love letter to the city of Birmingham, each artist was written and recorded an original song that is inspired by Birmingham and what it means to them. Captured on record are references to the people, places and spaces that make up our vibrant and diverse city. Tales of canals and wildlife, migrant communities, Sparkhill at midnight and Bedders Chip Shop on the Coventry Road are just a small taste of the themes covered On Record.
Presenting eleven uniquely personal insights from guests including Bambi Bains, Soweto Kinch, Xhosa Cole and Dapz on the Map, On Record will resonate with those who call Birmingham home whilst simultaneously offering an introduction to the city, its people and its music for those who are only just getting to know us.
Find out more at Birmingham 2022 Festival’s website.
Wild
Motionhouse
Screening time(s): 10:15am & 1:18pm
Length: 2 minutes 46 seconds
Highlights from WILD, the daring outdoor dance-circus production from Motionhouse, which explores our relationship with the natural environment. In our modern lives, is the wild still shaping our behaviour?
Find out more at Motionhouse’s website.
The World Sitting-Down Championships Final
Radar-Birds
Screening time(s): 10:18am & 1:21pm
Length: 5 minutes 22 seconds
The much-vaunted Championship Final.
“We trained hard for this very arduous event.
Unable to meet in person, we made this from our separate houses.
Achieved by state-of-the-art split-screen technology and lots of video calls.
This film followed on from HB Pencil-Sharpening Championships.
Our inspiration was sport”.
“We are Nicky Cure and annA rydeR. We do STUFF together. We have been doing stuff like this since 2008. The stuff is fun for us to do. We have made films e.g. Pogostick Across Warwick. Also Mathematics Exam. Being Mark Rylance. Radarbirds In Space. HB Pencil-Sharpening Championships. We are curious about various things. E.g. What is fire? Stick and Typewriters. (Also Mangle). And why? We premiered our film 'Being Mark Rylance 2: Bridge Of Spies' (which was seen by Mark Rylance and Steven Spielberg) to a full house at The Everyman Cinema, Stratford-Upon-Avon. We were also actually invited to do 'Work' at the Mead Gallery twice. And. We have been asked to appear.”
Find out more at Radar Birds’ website.
Education Sizzler: Made in Leamington
Fish in a Bottle
Screening time(s): 10:23am & 1:26pm
Length: 1 minute 44 seconds
fish in a bottle are an award-winning innovation studio who have been developing ground-breaking digital projects for visionary clients for nearly 20 years. This showreel highlights some of fish in a bottle’s recent education projects.
Find out more at Fish in a Bottle website.
Honour Wave
Greg McLeod / The Brothers McLeod
Screening time(s): 10:25am & 1:27pm
Length: 3 minutes 58 seconds
Greg McLeod, one half of award winning animation duo The Brothers McLeod has been working on a passion project for musician Daniel O’Sullivan. Greg has created a promo for Daniel’s song Honour Wave from the album Folly released on Ogenesis Recordings [Read more].
Find out more at Brother McLeod’s website.
A Window in to Warwick: Lord Leycester Hospital
Tyronne Leon-Fernandez / RiVR
Screening time(s): 10:30am & 1:31pm
Length: 5 minutes 5 seconds
The Lord Leycester Hospital has an incredible history dating back hundreds of years, this heritage site in the heart of Warwick is now part of the Warwick Window. Located on Market St, the Warwick Window is a place to explore different local landmarks using augmented reality technology. Passers by can view and interact with a digital model of The Lord Leycester Hospital and also view this video which features Heidi Meyer talking about the history of the Lord Leycester, and indeed what the future holds for this historic site.
Find out more at The Lord Leycester Hospital’s website.
Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries 1880 – 1930 Exhibition Trailer
Warwick District Council / Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Screening time(s): 10:35am & 1:36pm
Length: 6 minutes 53 seconds
This trailer introduces you to the Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries exhibition at Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum. The exhibition offers you the chance to rediscover a host of ‘forgotten’ British artists working at the turn of 20th century.
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum provides opportunities for everyone to benefit from, enjoy and participate in the creation, interpretation and preservation of the Arts and Heritage.
Find out more at Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum’s website.
On Record: Midnight in Sparkhill
Screening time(s): 10:42am & 1:43pm
Length: 4 minutes 19 seconds
In a first of its kind, On Record is a multi-artist, multi-genre concept album featuring eleven new songs about Birmingham, available on a limited vinyl release and across all streaming platforms.
A sonic love letter to the city of Birmingham, each artist was written and recorded an original song that is inspired by Birmingham and what it means to them. Captured on record are references to the people, places and spaces that make up our vibrant and diverse city. Tales of canals and wildlife, migrant communities, Sparkhill at midnight and Bedders Chip Shop on the Coventry Road are just a small taste of the themes covered On Record.
Presenting eleven uniquely personal insights from guests including Bambi Bains, Soweto Kinch, Xhosa Cole and Dapz on the Map, On Record will resonate with those who call Birmingham home whilst simultaneously offering an introduction to the city, its people and its music for those who are only just getting to know us.
Find out more at Birmingham 2022 Festival’s website.
Polination
Trigger Productions
Screening time(s): 10:46am & 1:48pm
Length: 39 seconds
Step into a spectacular city-centre garden of magical proportions where you will be welcomed by an epic array of colour and nature. Giant architectural trees and thousands of plants will transform Victoria Square into an urban oasis, which will host free events, workshops and performances including live music, dance, spoken word and drag. This supernatural wonderland uncovers the origin stories of the plants we know so well – daisies, pansies, apple trees, roses – in fact these, and most of the plants we see in our gardens are not from the UK. They tell the story of journeys, movement, dispersal, and new roots. PoliNations is a celebration of colour, beauty, and of natural diversity. Explore, enjoy and be your true unique self. You can experience music from around the world, an incredible light show each evening, and a grand finale like no other where the tree’s canopies will burst into a joyful cloud of confetti and colour. This is Carnival and Holi combined in one brilliant, messy, playful party and everyone is invited.
Find out more on Polination’s website.
Nobody
Motionhouse
Screening time(s): 10:47am & 1:49pm
Length: 1 minute
A short selection of highlights from Nobody; a fast-moving and highly physical performance, which explores the tension between our inner lives and how we make sense of the world around us. Motionhouse’s renowned dance-circus style combines with mesmerising choreography to tell this emotional and ultimately uplifting story, full of twists and turns
Find out more at Motionhouse’s website.
Happiness with Choral Entrepreneur Mariana Rosas
Warwick - A Singing Town
Screening time(s): 10:48am & 1:50pm
Length: 2 minutes 38 seconds
Warwick - A Singing Town’s team of Choral Entrepreneurs are singing with over 1,600 children in Warwick schools. Join Mariana as she takes you to one of our partner schools and listen to young and not so young talking about their personal experiences of happiness through singing.
You can also watch this film on YouTube.
Find out more at Warwick - A Singing Town’s Website.
Across Warwick By Pogo-stick
Radar Birds
Screening time(s): 10:51am & 1:52pm
Length: 8 minutes 39 seconds
We thought we'd do this.
Well. Why not.
Anyway - it could be thought of as the 'daily exercise' thing.
(We made this during lockdown when we could only meet outside)
Pogo-Stick is fun. These are vintage pogo-sticks.
More modern pogo-sticks might be more easier to operate. We don't know cos we haven't got any.
We thought maybe you would like to see Warwick by pogo-stick...
We have pogo-ed past some of our favourite shops and pogo-ed past, through or by some of Warwick's historicky buildingses.
It was a very hot day.
We sustained these well-known pogo-stick injuries:1. Hurty hip; 2. Hurty achilles ; 3. Blister inside right thumb; 4. Blister inside left thumb; 5. Hurty shoulder; 6. Bruised knee; 7. Lump on inside knee; 8. Etc
“We are Nicky Cure and annA rydeR. We do STUFF together. We have been doing stuff like this since 2008. The stuff is fun for us to do. We have made films e.g. Pogostick Across Warwick. Also Mathematics Exam. Being Mark Rylance. Radarbirds In Space. HB Pencil-Sharpening Championships. We are curious about various things. E.g. What is fire? Stick and Typewriters. (Also Mangle). And why? We premiered our film 'Being Mark Rylance 2: Bridge Of Spies' (which was seen by Mark Rylance and Steven Spielberg) to a full house at The Everyman Cinema, Stratford-Upon-Avon. We were also actually invited to do 'Work' at the Mead Gallery twice. And. We have been asked to appear.”
Find out more at Radar Birds’ website.
Turkey vs Pilgrim: It’s All Downhill
Greg McLeod / The Brothers McLeod
Screening time(s): 11:00am & 2:01pm
Length: 4 minutes 11 seconds
Thanksgiving animation for Disney XD. By The Brothers McLeod. Part of the Pranksgiving season.
Find out more at Brother McLeod’s website.
Ade Cottrell
Screening time(s): 11:04am & 2:05pm
Length: 4 minutes 45 seconds
A short showcase of local skateboarders, and an introduction to long-running skateboarding blog The Terrible Company, filmed across a variety of locations across the UK. Music kindly provided by Coventry born skateboarder & artist Henry Moore, and Bristol based band Los Savages.
The Terrible Company is a blog documenting skateboarding across the Coventry & Warwickshire area (and occasionally further afield). It has existed to provide a platform for Coventry & Warwickshire skateboarders since 2003: creating videos, organising and holding events, and campaigning for better skateparks in the local area (including Leamington Spa's Victoria Park).
Find out more at the Terrible Company’s website.
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Nicky Cure
Screening time(s): 11:09am & 2:17pm
Length: 11 minutes 23 seconds
“This animation was made in 2019 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing. It is an accurate depiction of that incredible mission and my memory of watching it on TV as a young child. I used my vintage Etch A Sketch, a popular toy of that era to create the base drawings, and all the sounds and music were also derived from the Etch A Sketch.
I like to combine old and new technologies in much of my work and in this animation colour was added digitally…. despite a popular myth I seem to have inadvertently initiated with my Etch A Sketch work, there are no colour Etch A Sketches!
Multimedia process-led artist Nicky Cure is an explorer on a constant journey of discovery playfully trampling through, in, and between a multitude of disciplines.
Nicky makes work that derives from her curiosity and playfulness, ignoring instructions, making up rules and mixing up techniques, being watchful to any unforeseen happenings within this haphazard yet systematic process to signpost the way forward. To Nicky Cure the conventional is like a cul de sac so her process creates an obstacle course, bending and twisting its way out to an unforeseen but interesting destination, which itself is yet another signpost to somewhere else.”
Find out more by visiting Nicky Cure’s website.
On Record: Dapz On The Map - Born & Raised
Screening time(s): 11:21am & 2:29pm
Length: 3 minutes 56 seconds
In a first of its kind, On Record is a multi-artist, multi-genre concept album featuring eleven new songs about Birmingham, available on a limited vinyl release and across all streaming platforms.
A sonic love letter to the city of Birmingham, each artist was written and recorded an original song that is inspired by Birmingham and what it means to them. Captured on record are references to the people, places and spaces that make up our vibrant and diverse city. Tales of canals and wildlife, migrant communities, Sparkhill at midnight and Bedders Chip Shop on the Coventry Road are just a small taste of the themes covered On Record.
Presenting eleven uniquely personal insights from guests including Bambi Bains, Soweto Kinch, Xhosa Cole and Dapz on the Map, On Record will resonate with those who call Birmingham home whilst simultaneously offering an introduction to the city, its people and its music for those who are only just getting to know us.
Find out more at Birmingham 2022 Festival’s website.
Made Locally, Toured Globally – Incredible Dance-circus
Motionhouse
Screening time(s): 11:25am & 2:33pm
Length: 4 minutes 34 seconds
A short video showing just some of the highlights of internationally renowned touring dance-circus company, Motionhouse. Based in Leamington Spa since 1988, the company takes work made in Warwick District around the UK, Europe and the world. Footage includes examples of touring productions, local classes and large-scale performance events made for cultural celebrations, including Wondrous Stories, the opening show of the Birmingham 2022 Festival.
Find out more at Motionhouse’s website.
Tyronne Leon Fernandez / RiVR
Screening time(s): 11:29am & 2:34pm
Length: 14 minutes 32 seconds
The historic town of Warwick has been for hundreds of years a place of whispers, with talk of a network of tunnels beneath it, connecting landmarks to one another. The most famous amongst the stories is of a tunnel from Warwick Castle to Guys Cliffe House, but could there be more?
If there are any tunnels still in existence, it would require modern technology to help turn the myths into reality. This is where RiVR, a Warwickshire based XR company want to dispel the fact from fiction and find as many as possible, digitally scan them and allow anyone to step inside and walk these medieval passageways in an immersive virtual reality experience.
We are RiVR, a UK based Virtual Reality production company changing the VR & AR narrative.
We are a team of seasoned film makers, software developers, artists and lovers of tech and education, offering immersive storytelling and training in both 360 video and Photo Realistic environments for all industries across the globe.
RiVR is focused on enhancing and enriching the way we learn by fusing education with VR and AR, helping users to learn through direct, sensory experiences that encourage our critical thinking and allow us to draw from memory.
Entertainment Sizzler: Made in Leamington
Fish in a Bottle
Screening time(s): 11:47am & 2:51pm
Length: 1 minute 6 seconds
fish in a bottle are an award-winning innovation studio who have been developing ground-breaking digital projects for visionary clients for nearly 20 years. This showreel highlights some of fish in a bottle’s recent entertainment games projects.
Find out more at Fish in a Bottle website.
Waswasa - Whispers in Prayer
Mohammed Ali & Soul City Arts
Screening time(s): 11:48am & 2:52pm
Length: 3 minutes 17 seconds
This film is a promo trailer exploring the unique multi-disciplinary theatrical experience from awarding winning Birmingham artist Mohammed Ali – Waswasa his biggest production to-date. A cutting edge and authentic exploration at Islamic Faith At the Birmingham Hippodrome, 25 August- 04 September 2022
Soul City Arts has a passion for using the arts to bring together people divided by culture, faith and ethnicity. Not afraid to address ‘the elephant in the room’, we use the arts as a tool to facilitate open dialogue, counteracting the divides facing modern society. Our work is characterised by deep visual spectacle and an immersive environment that engages all the senses.
The organization is led by artist and curator Mohammed Ali MBE and a team of creatives. We have delivered programmes across the UK and around the globe, but remain committed to delivering locally from our base in Sparkbrook, Birmingham.
Find out more at Soul City Arts website.
Loft Theatre Company, Leamington Spa
Mark Ellis
Screening time(s): 11:51am & 2:59pm
Length: 3 minutes
A clip from a performance of Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde staged in April 2022
The Loft Theatre Company is an independent theatre company celebrating its Centenary in 2022 and has performed nearly 880 productions in that time. The company performs 10 productions a year in its Main House and Studio Theatre.
Find out more on Loft Theatre’s website.
K'antu Ensemble
Screening time(s): 11:54am & 3:02pm
Length:
Inspired by a year of creative workshops led by K’antu Ensemble and Caudwell Children, the ‘All Roads Lead to Alexander’ project celebrates Birmingham's diverse communities by exploring our Commonwealth stories.
The combination of music, spoken word and visual arts, empowers those with quieter voices from the special needs community to have their place in the spotlight alongside their mainstream peers.
Celebrate the achievements of our participants through this documentary film. It explores and showcases the creative journeys our participants have taken during our Commonwealth Games Festival performances in schools and community settings across the city.
Find out more on K’antu’s website.
Snjor
The Brothers McLeod
Screening time(s): 11:54am & 3:02pm
Length: 8 minutes 44 seconds
Snjor is an ice warrior in training. Five shorts for Disney XD collected together in one movie.
Find out more at Brother McLeod’s website.
Pride House
Screening time(s): 12:10pm & 3:20pm
Length: 2 minutes 14 seconds
Creating a safe space and welcoming, inclusive environment for LGBTIQ+ supporters, athletes, staff, volunteers, and organisations at the Birmingham 2022 commonwealth games
Find out more at Pride House’s website.
Starchitects
Motionhouse
Screening time(s): 12:13pm & 3:22pm
Length: 2 minutes
Watch some of the highlights from Starchitects, Motionhouse’s new production for children and families. Five children dream of reaching the moon from their bedroom…join them as they plan their daring mission... With an easy-to-follow fun and imaginative storyline, Starchitects is a perfect outing for the whole family – from tiny tots to older siblings, parents and grandparents who can all enjoy and join the magical adventure.
Find out more at Motionhouse’s website.
Health with Choral Entrepreneur Cerys Purser
Warwick - A Singing Town
Screening time(s): 12:15pm & 3:24pm
Length: 3 minutes 2 seconds
The remarkable health benefits of singing, both for physical and mental health, are becoming widely recognised. Cerys explores the impact that singing can have and what we are doing to help as many people as possible.
You can also watch this film on YouTube.
Find out more at Warwick - A Singing Town’s Website.
Celebration
Playbox Theatre
Screening time(s): 12:18pm & 3:28pm
Length: 2 minutes 40 seconds
Some highlight from Playbox Theatre’s recent productions.
Find out more on Playbox Theatre’s website.
Web App Sizzler: Made in Leamington
Fish in a Bottle
Screening time(s): 12:21pm & 3:30pm
Length: 1 minute 45 seconds
fish in a bottle are an award-winning innovation studio who have been developing ground-breaking digital projects for visionary clients for nearly 20 years. This showreel highlights some of fish in a bottle’s recent website and app projects.
Find out more at Fish in a Bottle website.
Hill Close Gardens, Warwick
Fuzzy Duck
Screening time(s): 12:22pm & 3:32pm
Length: 1 minute 11 seconds
The hidden hedged gardens of Warwick: Rare survivals of Victorian gardens once used by townsfolk living above their business to escape from the crowded town, now lovingly restored and nationally recognised. Watch our short film to discover how owners came here after work or on Sundays to tend their plots or to relax…
Find out more at Hill Close Garden’s website.
Nation's Finest, Putting Down Roots & Birthing
Screening time(s): 12:23pm & 3:33pm
Length: 11 minutes 50 seconds
Rooting the work in her home region and hosting city, Bennett pays homage to the pioneering Blk Art Group and its legacy and influence on the art scene and her practice more personally. Bennett's multifaceted work will comprise of local gatherings, photographic public billboards and a short film displayed on digital live sites across Wolverhampton, Coventry and Birmingham. Feeding into the film and photographic billboards will be a series of intergenerational community gatherings, a core element of the artist's broader practice. These gatherings aim to bring local groups together to discuss themes around Commonwealth, colonialism and race, intersecting with the work and archive of the Blk Art Group. These groups, the discourse and ideas generated are a catalyst to support and inform the narrative for the stills and film. This three-strand commission will culminate in a festival co-curated by the gatherings' participants and the artist, offering an opportunity to watch the film together and celebrate.
Birmingham 2022 Festival Promotional Trailer
Screening time(s): 12:35pm & 3:45pm
Length: 35 seconds
A short promotional trailer introducing the B2022 programme.
Turkey vs Pilgrim: Feathers Will Fly
Greg McLeod / The Brothers McLeod
Screening time(s): 12:36pm & 3:46pm
Length: 3 minutes 23 seconds
Made for Disney XD for "Pranksgiving" season Written, designed and directed by The Brothers McLeod.
Find out more at Brother McLeod’s website.
Birth of a Spa Town
Mark Ellis/Leamington History Group
Screening time(s): 12:39pm & 3:50pm
Length: 23 minutes 27 seconds
A short film about Leamington’s transformation from a small village to a thriving spa town in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the origins of Leamington’s spa industry, the creation of the Pump Rooms and the demise of the original baths in Old Town.
Leamington History Group’s purpose is to research, promote and preserve Leamington Spa’s local history, engaging residents in enjoyable and inspiring cultural activities to share our love of history about the town. Our priority is to give a fresh voice to our town’s history,through presentations, videos, publications, town walks and social events. We want to celebrate not only Leamington’s past but how this impacts on today’s social, health, wellbeing, economic, and cultural development.
We collaborate with local Arts organisations, schools, and universities to build sustainable relationships for further engagement in cultural experiences.
Mark Ellis is a local filmmaker with a special interest in telling stories about the people, history and culture of Leamington Spa and the surrounding area through film and digital media.