Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

In 1990s Iraq, it's 'draw day', when schools select students for the honour of bringing items to their mandatory local celebrations of President Saddam Hussein's birthday. Nine-year-old Lamia lives in the historic marshes with her spirited grandmother, Bibi. Before school, Bibi teaches Lamia clever tricks to avoid being chosen for the baking duties. However, when Musa, the authoritative teacher, c...

With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sister, who disappeared months ago at another rave. Driven by fate, they decide to follow a group of ravers in search of one last party, in hopes Marina will be there.

The stage to screen scratch night everyone is talking about is back at the Mockingbird cinema. It's the third instalment of Story Engine Birmingham! SEB is a stage to screen scratch night celebrating the rich creative talent in the region. Bridging the gap between the TV & Theatre industries, championing creatives in the West Midlands! Join our growing community of likeminded artists, in a friend...

Birmingham, 1940: Amidst the chaos of WWII, Tommy Shelby is driven back from a self-imposed exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the future of the family and the country at stake, Tommy must face his own demons, and choose whether to confront his legacy, or burn it to the ground.

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

Comedian James Acaster unleashes his infectious energy as he explores his love/hate relationship with stand-up - while welcoming a heckle or two. Filmed in Truro, Dublin and Northampton, we see how this experiment panned out in front of three very different audiences. James Acaster is one of the UK's most exciting and original stand up comedians, with sold out UK tours and specials on Netflix (Rep...

Soul to Soul Performance in Ghana 1971, the infamous concert marking 14 years of independent living for the African nation of Ghana held in 1971, has been remastered for viewing on BBC. The improved audio and enhanced video with the updated quality of 21 st century technology has improved the one - hour showing, which was called Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett & Friends Live in Ghana 1971. It is...

Tats Entertainment the pop culture pub quiz where film, TV, music, games, books, toys, and more collide. Hosted by Tat Vision, with guest celebrity quiz masters brought to life through papier-mâché masks, inventive rounds, and big quiz energy. Expect a lotta laffs and a proper workout for your brains.

Four adolescent girls each spend their youth in the same farmhouse over the last century. Though separated by decades, resonances between their lives emerge: their desires and distress, secrets and truths, encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return.

PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW IS AT THE MIDLANDS ART CENTRE Visions of Floyd Special Pink Floyd Documentary Screening + Live Performance by Equinox Date: Friday 13 March Venue: Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham Times: 7:00 pm – approx. 10:30 pm (with intervals) A spectacular live multimedia celebration of Pink Floyd’s music and imagery, built for the big screen. This is a proper big-screen Floyd ni...

A 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and, along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home. A remarkable journey through time, ARCO is a dazzling animated adventure full of hope, friendship and magic.

Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan. Join us aft...

Rising musician Jeff Buckley had only released one album when he died suddenly in 1997. Now, never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from those closest to him offer a portrait of the captivating singer.

Hollywood’s biggest night deserves a proper screen, a bit of ceremony, and a room full of people who care far too much about films. Join us at Mockingbird Cinema for a live screening of the 98th Academy Awards , streamed straight from LA and shown in full cinematic glory. Expect red-carpet energy, collective gasps, bad acceptance speeches, surprise wins, and at least one moment where everyone a...

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore the vision of a singer he accidentally blinded.

Get your capes ready and your deck boxes packed, because Birmingham is about to witness The Big Bang! Make sure you follow @nerdsthatlimetoparty for future updates This is a 12-hour marathon of pure pop-culture chaos at Birmingham’s oldest (and coolest) venue, The Old Crown @oldcrownbham. Whether you're here for the high-energy beats of @levelupleroy, the chap-hop stylings of @prof_elemental the ...