Mockingbird Cinema | The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Marathon

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Rose of Nevada

Sun 10 May to Wed 20 May

A mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra + Q&A

Sun 10 May

Before the world (and the cosmos) came to know him as the Afrofuturist pioneer of "space jazz", Sun Ra was born Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham (the other one), deep in the heart of segregated Alabama. Drawing on the memories of Sun Ra’s family and neighbours alongside rare footage and archival interviews, The Magic City reflects on the life of Sun Ra through the city that shaped his formative y...

The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra + Q&A

Hokum

Sun 10 May to Mon 11 May

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Punku + Q&A

Sun 10 May

Punku means portal, and this remarkable supernatural fable opens doors to worlds you may never have dreamt of. We begin with the discovery of a blinded, bloodied boy by the Amazon. Iván has been missing for two years, and Meshia - a teenager of Matsigenka origin - takes him downriver to the hospital. An unbreakable bond emerges as they navigate a strange, shifting world of dark energy and sensory ...

Our Land

Mon 11 May to Thu 14 May

Through organised 'mass trespass' events, the Right to Roam movement sets out to increase public access to nature, but finds itself in conflict with England's landowners.

Short and Suite: Second City Cinema

Mon 11 May

Flatpack’s Young Filmmaker strand Short & Suite returns with a vibrant showcase of bold, inventive work from emerging creators across the UK. This year, students from the University of Birmingham celebrate our proud “second city” spirit with a dynamic programme of short films in all shapes and sizes. From sharp concepts to playful formal experiments, these films punch well above their weight, off...

Mother Mary

Mon 11 May to Thu 21 May

Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.

Short & Suite: Breaking In - Behind the Scenes with Warner Bros

Mon 11 May

Ever wondered how you go from loving films to working on them? This is your chance to find out. Join us for a Q&A with Warner Bros. CrewHQ Director Rico Johnson Sinclair exploring what it takes to build a career behind the scenes. From first steps into the industry to what skills productions are really looking for, this is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the people shaping the next...

Short & Suite: Breaking In - Behind the Scenes with Warner Bros

Short & Suite: Film Academy Showcase

Mon 11 May

The future of filmmaking? It’s alive and kicking right here in the Midlands. East and West go head-to-head in this showcase of films from the BFI Film Academy’s 2025 cohort. Young filmmakers aged 16-19 rep their corners and put their own spin on life in the region. These rising talents have sharpened their creative voices and flexed their filmmaking muscles, delivering bold, punchy stories rooted ...

Short & Suite: Main Competition

Mon 11 May

Flatpack’s Young Filmmaker strand returns with a fresh programme spotlighting the energy and imagination of emerging talent from across the UK. Earlier this year we invited submissions from filmmakers aged 16 - 25 nationwide. The response more than delivered. Packed with work from students and first-time directors, this selection is a rich mix of bold ideas and distinctive voices. If you like bein...

Film Lives: Shaheen Baig + My Beautiful Laundrette

Tue 12 May

Shaheen Baig is back in Brum to shed light on the invisible magic of casting. Award-winning casting director Shaheen Baig was most recently in Birmingham for the premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. Having grown up in Erdington, it was a bit of a full-circle moment. For Flatpack, Baig will share insights into her journey, from starting out as a video trainee at community organisation Wi...

Film Lives: Shaheen Baig + My Beautiful Laundrette

Exit 8

Tue 12 May

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

Little Women

Tue 12 May

Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed adaptation of Little Women follows the March sisters—Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth—as they navigate the joys and challenges of growing up in 19th-century New England. Moving between their childhood and adult lives, the film explores themes of ambition, creativity, love, and independence as each sister searches for her own path in a world full of expectations. With warmth, humour ...

Short Film Competition: Passage of Time

Tue 12 May

Time is a funny thing. One minute you’re toddling around, and the next you’re working in a bank (see Paper Trail). Or becoming a satellite dish (We Were Here). Or finally getting round to watching The Sopranos and realising how much it mirrors your own history (Long Live Livia). Whether it's the changing nature of storytelling over eons (Storytelling), or one person’s transformation across a lifet...

Do you love me?

Wed 13 May

Eschewing traditional documentary tropes, director Lana Daher has meticulously assembled a love letter to Beirut composed entirely of 70 years of archival footage - from long-lost home movies and TV broadcasts to the work of pioneering Lebanese filmmakers. In a country without a formal national archive, this film is a vital act of collective memory-retrieval. It’s a rhythmic, evocative journey tha...

Three Short Films by Sergei Parajanov

Wed 13 May

Following the opening of A Cage In Search of a Nightingale, we present the UK theatrical premiere of three restored Parajanov shorts. Made in Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine, this triptych features two creative documentaries on regional painters – the Raphael of Tiflis, Hakob Hovnatanyan, and the Georgian naif painter Niko Pirosmani – alongside a collage of screen tests from Parajanov’s unfinished f...

Effi O Blaenau

Wed 13 May

A visceral adaptation of Gary Owen’s acclaimed play Iphigenia in Splott, this Welsh-language powerhouse transports the story to the rugged landscape of Blaenau Ffestiniog - a town where the jobs have vanished and the clouds hang low. At the heart of the film is a magnetic, career-defining performance by Leisa Gwenllian as Effi. Initially a loud-mouthed party girl fueling a cycle of hangovers with ...

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford + Discussion

Thu 14 May

Meet Kenneth (Peter Mullan), a grieving widower and local historian who spends his days dressed in breeches, guiding tourists through the legacy of his dubious 18th-century ancestor. When a high-budget, Game of Thrones-style fantasy epic, The White Stag of Emberfell, rolls into town, suddenly, his beloved museum is gutted for "fan experiences". Kenneth is forced to swap his historical dignity for ...

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford + Discussion

Endless Cookie

Thu 14 May

Two brothers, one white and one half-Cree, sit down with a simple goal: to make something “funny, beautiful, spiritual, political, complex, simple, and true”. Sounds easy enough, right? In this charming and moving animated documentary, brothers Seth and Peter Scriver navigate their family history, the challenges facing native Canadians, and much more - all while being constantly interrupted by inc...

Memory of Princess Mumbi

Thu 14 May

Set in the futuristic African nation of Umata in 2093, young filmmaker Kuve seeks to document the aftermath of a devastating Great War. On this journey, he assembles a crew including Mumbi, an aspiring actress who challenges the production to abandon Artificial Intelligence in favour of real, human experiences. What follows is a satirical sci-fi mockumentary that dances through a tangled love tria...

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Rose of Nevada

Sun 10 May to Wed 20 May

The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra + Q&A

Sun 10 May

Hokum

Sun 10 May to Mon 11 May

Punku + Q&A

Sun 10 May

Our Land

Mon 11 May to Thu 14 May

Short and Suite: Second City Cinema

Mon 11 May

Mother Mary

Mon 11 May to Thu 21 May

Short & Suite: Breaking In - Behind the Scenes with Warner Bros

Mon 11 May

Short & Suite: Film Academy Showcase

Mon 11 May

Short & Suite: Main Competition

Mon 11 May

Film Lives: Shaheen Baig + My Beautiful Laundrette

Tue 12 May

Exit 8

Tue 12 May

Little Women

Tue 12 May

Short Film Competition: Passage of Time

Tue 12 May

Do you love me?

Wed 13 May

Three Short Films by Sergei Parajanov

Wed 13 May

Effi O Blaenau

Wed 13 May

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford + Discussion

Thu 14 May

Endless Cookie

Thu 14 May

Memory of Princess Mumbi

Thu 14 May

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