LATEST NEWS & FEATURES
A haunting new short film, The Last Visit, is now crowdfunding on Indiegogo with a project that hopes to channel the challenging films of Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Winter Light).
Teenage Screams is a planned experimental documentary following a 16-year-old British girl as she directs her first ballet horror short, The Final Variation.
The Correction Unit is a new science-fiction thriller that is set in a near-future Britain where artificial intelligence, state control, and youth incarceration collide.
Something Is Growing... And It Needs You. A new Midlands short film Personal Growth aims to explore the lingering effects of grief and how not processing these feelings can lead to complications further down the line, asking what does this grief manifest into?
LATEST MIDLANDS REVIEWS
With a host of 80s-inspired TV shows and films being released over the last few years - and even a number of local shorts inspired by the decade - you can now add new Midlands film If This Is It to this ever-expanding list of retro-infused stories.
The Correction Unit asks what kind of world would it be if we could predict and control impulses using technology, but rather than just an intriguing sci-fi theory, it asks an audience to consider the ramifications these ideas have on our world today. Especially with young people who are still trying to find their plac
There are some great film education establishments around the Midlands including the Pauline Quirke Academy and the Midlands Screen Acting School and another one to add to the ever growing list is the MetFilm Summer School.
Leicester native, singer and multi-instrumentalist Frank Benbini is a busy man, and Steve Baker’s documentary, To Be Frank, is quick to highlight this.
LATEST CINEMA & HOME RELEASES
A dollop of crime and American iconography permeate the first feature from poet Tony Tost who writes and directs this tale of Dixie-infused characters embroiled in a twisty plot of violence and theft.
“These go up to 11”. Who would have thought that from a humble 1984 mock/rock-umentary - itself spun off from a 1978 sketch show - a quote from a dumb guitarist has now become part of our global lexicon and beloved by millions.
Like many others the first time I heard of Weapons was from the public fallout of its bidding war which resulted in horror maestro Jordan Peele parting with his mangers.
Demián Rugna’s follow up to his cult classic Terrified (2017) gets the special edition treatment from Second Sight. When Evil Lurks was originally released in 2023 and showcased that Rugna had lost none of his ability to create shocking, uncomfortable horror sequences.
Watch the new trailer for local animation BIG RED
"After testing a device which allows him to understand squirrel language, reporter Jimmy Benson has a day that's no walk in the park."
BIG RED is an upcoming animated film by Midlands Movies Awards winner James Pyle, coming 2026. Watch the trailer above and follow progress of the project on
James' Instagram account here.
