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Flatpack Film Festival

Flatpack Film Festival

Friday, 10 May 2024 until Sunday, 19 May 2024

Flatpack is a BAFTA qualifying festival which takes over venues across Birmingham every spring. It draws people from far and wide with a mixture of films, performances, contraptions and surprises, and has been described as “magnificently eclectic” (Time Out), “joyously inventive” (the Guardian) and “the UK’s most creatively curated film festival” (the Independent).

Recurring themes include animation, music, artists’ film, archive discoveries, offbeat shorts for kids and live cinema. We are firm believers in creating a sense of occasion, exploring the fertile territory where film bumps up against other artforms, and showing people things they might not otherwise have seen.

We are a BAFTA qualifying festival, meaning successful submissions could go on to win a BAFTA!

Our short film strand currently has 8 coveted awards up for grabs:

– the Short Film Award – recognises the most outstanding piece of work across all genres. Selected by the short film jury (£1,000 CASH PRIZE);
– the WTF Award – hails the film which is the most innovative and extraordinary. It recognises vision, boldness, and originality. Selected by the short film jury (£500 CASH PRIZE);
– the Audience Award – the crowds’ favourite;
– the Optical Sound Short Film Award - the very best short selected from our music/sound/audio-inspired strand (£300 CASH PRIZE);
– the Screendance Award - the best short selected from our strand incorporating dance and movement (£500 CASH PRIZE);
– the Colour Box Award – celebrating the best short in our family programme awarded by the Colour Box jury (£300 CASH PRIZE);
– the Colour Box Audience Award – the kids’ favourite;
– the Reel Brum Award - the best short film from the West Midlands (either shot in the West Midlands or 50% of cast and crew are from the West Midlands) (£500 CASH PRIZE sponsored by The Old Crown.

All successful submissions will be included in the programme at Flatpack no.18.