LATEST NEWS & FEATURES
Arch Model Studio is a multi award winning stop motion puppet. marionette and set fabrication workshop whose founder Andy Gent is an acclaimed model-maker hailing from Derbyshire.
Reviews can provide validation, promo and industry approval but there's has a flip side to the critical coin. We explore how filmmakers can deal with varied film reviews
Having seen thousands of short films in my time doing Midlands Movies, I am still surprised how ingenious and inventive local filmmakers are even when resources are often limited for these often low (or no) budget productions
A list of festivals for local filmmakers and film fans taking place in the Midlands region of the UK
From Mansfield’s mining heritage and a Christopher Eccleston-led drama to bold female filmmaking and a comedy about a catastrophic encounter with ketchup, the Festival Director behind Nottinghamshire's biggest film festival has revealed his five personal must-sees from this year’s programme.
Shot entirely in writer/director Neil Evans’ own flat in Worcester, Artificial Insanity is a five-minute comedy about how artificial intelligence has infiltrated our lives.
A new Wolverhampton film is currently in pre-production that aims to tackle an often misunderstood health condition.
Another bold Made at Curve production, The Silence of the Lambs is a new theatre drama based on Thomas Harris’s acclaimed novel, itself turned into the Oscar-winning film of the same name.
LATEST MIDLANDS REVIEWS
Lights On is a new 2-minute micro short from Midlands director Georgie Cubin. Nominated for Best Director at the 2021 Midlands Movies Awards Tell Me Who We Are, the filmmaker returns with a story about a teenager who is home alone and starts to worry whether his home is haunted.
Heavily inspired by the work of M R James, not least in the attempts to adapt A Warning to the Curious, with sprinkles of Ghostwatch dashed throughout, The Hounds Gate Haunting is an effective found-footage, comedy horror.
The barriers and roadblocks to support in the film industry is the central theme of a new documentary from filmmaker Mark Forbes.
Nominated for Best Writing at the 2026 Midlands Movies Awards, Present Company Excluded is a very much dialogue based drama involving two ‘old friends’ catching up at a diner.
LATEST CINEMA & HOME RELEASES
The Robin Hood legend has more than its fair share of adaptations and it’s definitely been a bit of of a Robin Hood year for me with a rewatch of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), a visit to Sherwood Forest to watch Prince of Thieves (1991) and now this new incarnation heading to cinemas
For those in the cheap seats. I did not like Ice Cream Man. It is a lazy, nonsensical mess.
26 Years after the original film, the Wayan brothers are back for the 6th instalment of the Scary Movie franchise. Acting as a spiritual successor to the original two films.
My knowledge of 80s Hong Kong action films couldn't be further from Tarantino so I was excited to delve into A Better Tomorrow - a John Woo actioner - especially given the fact I'm a novice to the genre.
Watch the trailer for Midlands short HOW TO DAUGHTER
"You cannot choose your mother, only the daughter you become."
How to Daughter is a British short film written and directed by Sam Grierson, starring Georgie Glen and Louise Osbourne, with Bethany Milner and River Davies Upright. A dramatic fantasy with dark humour, the film explores the complicated relationship between mothers and daughters, intergenerational trauma, memory, ageing and the human need to be truly seen. Watch the new trailer above and find out more about the production at
www.socrocodile.com/howtodaughter
