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The Maona Cinema in Oswestry is set to host the inaugural Oswestry Film Festival, celebrating features and short films from Shropshire and the Welsh Borders. Starting at 10am on the 18th of July, films will run until 8.20pm, with three features, a host of short films and Q&A sessions with the cast and crew.
Midlands Movies is thrilled to show the first images of After, a new short film that combines animation and live action. It’s written and directed by Laurence Mason-Guetta, who worked as director of photography on Sorry, We’re Closed, which won Best Director at the Midlands Movies Awards this past weekend.
Check out the amazing photos from our 2026 red carpet awards ceremony
Check out a selection of the amazing films from winners and nominees of the 2026 Midlands Movies Awards
Read the full list of winners for the Midlands Movies Awards 2026
Derby Quad is encouraging all those with pale complexions, alternative tastes, and a general interest in the dark and gothic to escape the heat this July and attend Hot Goth Summer.
After the success of last year’s Weird Worcester event, Midlands boutique Blu-ray label Treasured Films has announced the second edition.
National treasure Paul Chuckle is set to shock audiences with his twisted turn in Peter Hirst’s gritty new British crime thriller Fall to the Top, arriving 8 June, courtesy of Reel2Reel Films.
LATEST MIDLANDS REVIEWS
Duane Adamoli and Harry Clarke’s short film ‘Surfing’ is a charming love letter to Birmingham’s music scene through the lens of a struggling musician.
Empty space is ever present in this quietly emotional short film. The space where loved ones used to be; the silence when the beeps of the hospital equipment are stopped so that the doctor can speak; the things that were never said
Think you know our solar system? Coventry director and videographer Simon Ellis, creator of Notes From Planet Three, invites you to think again.
Detachable begins with a deliciously simple inciting incident – wherein two children, a girl and her younger brother, played respectively by Maggie and Fraser Croston-Clegg, find a digital hearing aid in the grass.
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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.
When the trailer dropped for Hokum, I was surprised to see Parks & Rec stalwart, Adam Scott, to be the lead in what seemed like a jump-scare-infused horror.
The Backrooms first began as a creepypasta, which is a short piece of narrative fiction typically in the horror genre that’s created by internet users. In 2019, a user on the platform 4Chan uploaded an image to a forum for disquieting images that just feel a little off
Watch the trailer for BFI-backed Midlands short CHOKEHOLD
"In a desperate attempt to escape his troubled home life, a young teenage boy runs away to seek out his estranged father, a once-famed professional wrestler".
Written and directed by Christopher Bevan and produced by Catriona Kelly of camakel productions in association with YSP Media, Chokehold was selected for funding by BFI NETWORK as part of the 2024 open call. With an upcoming 2026 release, the film stars Eddie Coates, Philip Bedwell, Lis Hipkiss, Mike ‘Wild Boar’ Hitchman, Ross Marshall, Jo Barker and Carl Bryan.
Find out more about the film, the cast and crew and the production at www.yspmedia.co.uk/chokehold
