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A list of festivals for local filmmakers and film fans taking place in the Midlands region of the UK
The notorious ghoulish and gothic The Addams Family has been given a musical theatre makeover in a new production at Curve Leicester which sees all the usual odd behaviour and kooky shenanigans you would expect from the deathly household.
Watch a selection of Midlands Movies Awards 2025 nominated and winning films featuring the amazing and fantastic talent on display this year.
Even more great memories made by the guests of the Midlands Movies Awards 2025
LATEST MIDLANDS REVIEWS
A seemingly injured man being dragged away by uniformed men is the rather unconventional intro to a new dark comedy short “Smile, Smile, Smile!” from Oliver Griffiths.
There’s no hiding the influence of Evil Dead on Liam Banks’ Run For Your Life. The woodland setting, the Eldritch horrors and esoteric texts, even certain shots of the protagonist being dragged away from the camera.
Nominated across multiple categories at the Midlands Movies Awards and winning both Best Sound and Best Director, Emma Hodgkinson’s breakneck comedy, No Worries if Not!, follows Grace Scrivener (Poppy Abbott) as she struggles to balance her people-pleasing ways with a far more honest inner monologue.
A jaunty upbeat keyboard riff opens Homunculus, a new short from Ayesha Walker that imagines an intriguing world of model dioramas.
LATEST CINEMA & HOME RELEASES
Marvel’s post-Endgame output has been rather patchy and I had all but given up on the whole thing by avoiding all their films and TV shows for the last 2 years. Thor: Love and Thunder was the breaking point for me.
I can remember it vividly, the excitement, the spectacle and the long drive home afterwards. Needless to say, Batman V Superman, with its convoluted exposition and overall drabness isn’t a film I hold in high regard against its peers.
This twisted Australian horror tale stars Meg Clarke as Grace Jennings who unfortunately gets lost whilst injured and alone in a forest - of course she does - during a mission to look for her brother who has gone missing.
It could be argued that Ken Russell found his perfect combination of themes with his adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s Women in Love, initially released in 1969 and starring Oliver Reed, Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden.
Watch the new trailer for local short ALL EYES ON YOU
All Eyes On You follows paranoid couple Adam and Claire as they move to the peaceful countryside for a fresh start, but quickly become unsettled by a series of sinister interactions with their new neighbours, putting their trust - and relationship - to the test…
Find out more about the production and follow the film's progress at
www.instagram.com/_apollo.productions_
