Category: Film

  • RETROFIT DOUBLE-BILL

    RETROFIT DOUBLE-BILL

    From 2pm in the Drawing Room

    Two films about retrofit: our homes and neighbourhoods, and the huge 1960s Smallbrook Ringway building in the city centre. 

    RETROFIT REIMAGINED – embargoed film preview!

    We’re delighted to preview in Balsall Heath this inspiring 18 minute film.

    Retrofit means insulating your home to cut fuel bills, cut carbon, improve health, give new jobs and skills.  

    Retrofit Balsall Heath is a community-led local group, and co-founder of RETROFIT REIMAGINED Festival, created in July 2022 in collaborative with Civic Square in Ladywood and others. 

    Retrofit Balsall Heath is working to embody RETROFIT REIMAGINED’s foundational question: â€œWhat if the climate transition and retrofit of our homes and streets were designed, owned and governed by the people who live there?”

    In autumn 2023, RETROFIT REIMAGINED toured to five venues across the UK, launching in Balsall Heath at Moseley Road Baths.  This beautifully created film tells the whole story. 

    18 minutes

    SAVING SMALLBROOK – fresh from première at Flatpack film festival!

    Although Birmingham City Council’s planning committee voted to demolish Smallbrook Ringway Centre, the fight is still on, with a new legal challenge. 

    This 2-year ongoing planning battle has been captured on film by Liverpool’s Doberman Films, in a new documentary which explores the city’s ambivalent relationship with its post-war heritage. 

    Like its sister building the Rotunda, Smallbrook Ringway Centre was designed in the 1960s by Birmingham architect Jim Roberts. 

    Retrofitting would be much lower carbon than the 187 million kg of CO2 for demolition and rebuilding. 

    25 minutes 

    Free event, with Q&A, and donations invited to Save Smallbrook crowdfunding campaign 

    https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-smallbrook-1

  • Together We Cycle – film showing and panel discussion hosted by Biclas B12 and Ecobirmingham

    Together We Cycle – film showing and panel discussion hosted by Biclas B12 and Ecobirmingham

    ****Booking at the bottom of page via Eventbrite****

    We invite you to start thinking about the way you move around your neighbourhood. Exploring Birmingham by bike and foot allows you to see the city differently while connecting with people and places. Many of us are amazed by the wonderful Dutch cycling culture and infrastructure in the Netherlands. However, it wasn’t always like this.

    Join us at the film screening of ‘We Cycle Together’ and learn about the fantastic ways the country adapted to the influx of cars and how the Dutch society took a different turn to other big cities around the world and against all odds, people kept on cycling.

    In Together we cycle, key players tell the story of the bumpy road which led to the current state. Where cycling is an obvious choice for most citizens.

    The film will be followed by an open conversation with a special panel of Birmingham-based people sharing their everyday bicycle experiences and adventures. On the Panel will be

    Usma Chaudry – primary school teacher, a mother, a wife, a sister and also a friend.

    Esther Barnes – a mum who discovered her life changing love for cycling in Birmingham with her kids.

    Cath Palgrave – cyclist, mechanic, cycle instructor, gardener, camper, gig goer, coffee and cider drinker and

    Lisa Jones – Bicycle adventurer. Passionate about the outdoors, maps and travelling by bike. Chasing views, smiles and cafe stops.

    Please come along for what is set to be an fun evening discovering the possibilities of travelling by bike with an inspiring cycling film screening followed by collectively sharing our experiences and bicycle stories.

    Food from Change Kitchen and drinks will be available, or feel free to bring your own.

    A community event @balsallheathsecondsaturday hosted by @BiclasB12 @ecobirmingham and @TheOldPrintWorks EVERYONE WELCOME!

  • Oriental Star Party

    Oriental Star Party

    Come and join us to celebrate the opening of Oriental Star Express exhibition in collaboration with @oldprintworksbrum. The celebration includes artist talk by @faishussainism, showing of our film ‘Request Line’, great music by @rizmi_____ , and food. This is a free event and everyone is welcomed. Booking below

  • BHTV curated by Flatpack Festival at moseley road baths

    BHTV curated by Flatpack Festival at moseley road baths

    10am-4pm, Saturday 12th August, Moseley Road Baths

    Join us in the Living Room as we gather round the television for “BHTV”, three channels of Balsall Heathen programming curated by Flatpack Festival. Expect family-friendly entertainment from around the world, as well as creative and documentary films about Balsall Heath and Moseley Road Baths itself.

    Flatpack is a mobile arts organisation which exists to show amazing work, bring people together and develop new ideas. We love film in all shapes and sizes, particularly where it bumps up against other artforms, and get a kick out of transforming spaces to create unforgettable events. Every May bank holiday you can find us taking over venues across Birmingham with the “magnificently eclectic” Flatpack Festival, while throughout the year we pop up all over the place with everything from family activities to al fresco horror.

    More about Flatpack here