Tag Archives: 7 Inch Cinema

Further programme details from Flatpack Festival

The Flatpack Festival always means big things for Digbeth, but this year is set to be extra special: Flatpack Festival celebrates its fifth birthday this year with parties, live scores, AV performances, a restored 60s mobile cinema, plus feature film … Continue reading

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Highgate Funday this Saturday 4th September

Things are gearing up for what should be an action-packed Highgate Funday this Saturday 4th September. Friction Arts have been working hard filling up the Sports Zone, Kids Zone, Health & Beauty Zone and Arts Zone with treats such as … Continue reading

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A Saturday East Stride with We Are Eastside

There was a definite chill in the air last Saturday afternoon but that didn’t stop a good crowd braving the great outdoors for We Are Eastside’s East Stride, a tour of some of the area’s key arts venues led by … Continue reading

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The busy Digbeth March hare: St Patrick’s Festival and We Are Eastside

Digbeth is set to get brilliantly busy this month with the impending St Patrick’s Festival weekend, closely followed by the launch of We Are Eastside, which will coincide with 7 Inch Cinema’s Flatpack Film Festival. St Patrick’s Festival Birmingham This … Continue reading

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Afternoon Delight and Sunday blues

The enjoyment of my very first mince pie of the season at Capsule & 7 Inch Cinema’s Afternoon Delight in VIVID this afternoon was severely marred by their showing Santa: The Fascist Years. Say it ain’t so! I’m not sure … Continue reading

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Custard Factory – revisiting Citizensheep’s September discussion

Back in September, Michael Grimes (aka Citizensheep) kick-started a lively online discussion about small but significant changes the Custard Factory could make as ‘It’s looking run-down, and suggests no-one really cares anymore about promoting it as a vibrant space, and … Continue reading

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Capsule’s tenth birthday party in VIVID

Thanks to Created in Birmingham and More Canals Than Venice for reminding me that Capsule’s tenth birthday is almost upon us (I’m rubbish at remembering birthdays, as my poor mother will testify).  It seems VIVID on Heath Mill Lane will … Continue reading

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Morning Pick Me Up

My friend Antonio Gould once said that ‘living round here can be hard sometimes.’ He’s not wrong. I find Saturday mornings the hardest, when I’m torn between my love of lazy lie-ins and the Saturday Guardian, which sells out pretty … Continue reading

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Warhol and Lye at Ikon Eastside

It’s been a busy week for the Ikon Eastside gallery. Thursday saw the launch of their exhibition of Andy Warhol films The Eternal Now. Empire, eight hours of footage of the Empire State Building, was popular but of course the … Continue reading

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Supersonic 5alist

Andrew Dubber and Stef Lewandowski’s latest site 5alist motivated me to ‘make a 5′ of my favourite bits from Capsule’s Supersonic festival in The Custard Factory over the weekend, which I’ve only just about recovered from. Here we are: 1. … Continue reading

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