Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s cult classic is re-released in cinemas for the film’s 25th anniversary. 23-year-old Amélie is lonely. After an isolating childhood, she moves to Paris and becomes a waitress at the Café des Deux Moulins, a bar restaurant filled with a colourful cast of diners and employees. One night, Amélie happens across a box of treasures hidden in her apartment, left by a little boy in th...

BFI NETWORK and Film Hub Midlands return to Flatpack for their annual showcase of the region’s most compelling new voices. This year’s lineup features a curated selection of BFI NETWORK-funded shorts, including a special homecoming for films made right here in Birmingham. Join us for an exclusive look at these works - including a few sneak peeks of films yet to be released - and catch these filmma...

In 1957 Budapest, one year following the failure of the Hungarian Revolution, a 12-year-old Jewish boy whose mother has raised him to believe that his father will return from the camps has his hopes shattered when a brutish stranger appears on the doorstep to take his family back.

We all have those turning points in life that change us fundamentally. Whether it’s realising that the job you’ve worked so hard at isn’t for you (see Inflatable Bear, Hourly and Am I calling at a Bad Time?). Or concluding that you’re more than the sum of your belongings (i have a). Perhaps you mark a key moment in life with an unorthodox get-together (Abortion Party). The films in this programme ...

A brain-scrambling, genre-defying documentary that asks: if you were going to start a new civilisation on the moon, who would you take with you? Directed by the irrepressible artist and “experience designer" Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, this feature-length trip follows Nelly and her two parallel selves - Myriam and Lucia - as they prep for an analogue space mission. This is a documentary, sure, but...

Movement takes center stage in this selection of screendance shorts, where the boundary between the body and the camera disappears. From the exquisite riverbanks and ice floes of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec (Chantal Caron’s Somber Tides ) to the high-velocity, urban energy of Emma Evelein’s Born Into You , these films explore how dance can transform space. It’s a rhythmic journey that pro...

The Northern Soul scene has been going strong for over fifty years making famous the less or not successful black soul artists from the US. It's hallowed Mecca was Wigan Casino, which first opened its doors in September 1973. This new documentary tells the remarkable story of Northern Soul and the weekend all-nighters at Wigan Casino.

It’s true at Flatpack you’ll find films from all across the globe, but that doesn’t mean we forget about all the incredible talent found a little closer to home. This year’s Midlands shorts programme includes a dystopian thriller set on a Birmingham estate. A documentary about Houdini (but no, not that Houdini). And a comedy-drama about those intrusive thoughts you just can’t seem to shake. And th...

A Free Mystery Movie Every Friday Night*, no clues, but it will probably be a banger. Come join the club. If you can buy a beer or some sweets that would really help us out. *Most Fridays, just a 95p booking fee per ticket

A film about nature, made with nature in mind, Super Nature is a quietly radical documentary that swaps glossy spectacle for something more intimate, handmade and human. Shot on Super 8 by a global community of filmmakers, this film is a patchwork portrait of our planet, capturing fleeting encounters with wildlife and landscapes across five continents. The result is a richly textured, deeply perso...