Multistory looking for artists and filmmakers based in the Black Country!

Open Call: Mixed-media / experimental / artist film

Calling all artists and filmmakers based in the Black Country! Submissions are now open for a special screening event of mixed-media, experimental and artist film by local filmmakers, taking place in late March 2024. Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema and the Blast Creative Network are collaborating on a short experimental film night at Newhampton Arts Centre, that showcases local talent.

Send them your short films to be selected for the screening – details on how to apply below. This is a chance for local filmmakers to screen their short films and network with other artists and filmmakers in the Black Country film community.

Dates

Deadline for submissions: Midnight, Thursday 14 March

Screening event: Tuesday 26 March 2024, 6pm at Newhampton Art Centre – click here to book

How to apply

• All films must be between 0-10 minutes long, and uploaded to an online platform (such as vimeo) for us to review. Please share links with us in your application.

• All filmmakers must be over the age of 18 and currently be based in the Black Country, UK.

• Category: experimental, artist, multimedia short film.

• Recommended export settings for successful applicants: 1080p and HD video
FILE FORMAT: .MOV or .MP4 | VIDEO CODEC: ProRes 422 or H.264 recommended (1920×1080) | AUDIO FORMAT: Stereo

• Film rating for an 18+ audience, but any graphic or potentially triggering content must contain a trigger warning.

Submissions – click here 

About Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema

Friendly Neighbourhood Cinema is an independent pop-up cinema born in Stourbridge, that screens in a variety of spaces and places across the Black Country to create memorable and unique cinema events. Bringing the Kings Heath’s Kingsway Cinema back to life during the 2020 pandemic, appearing across a host of Stourbridge venues including Green Duck Brewery, The Ryemarket Shopping Centre, The Duke William to name a few, recently appearing at Mary Stevens Park in 2023 with an Invisible Cinema designed for the visually impaired in consultation with Beacon & the RNIB.

See further portfolio and discover more here.

About The Blast Creative Network

The Blast Creative Network (BCN) is Multistory’s artist development programme, offering artists in Sandwell and the wider Black Country a free annual programme of talks, workshops and social events and is a space for mutual support and knowledge sharing. It was set up to provide artists in the local area opportunities for critical engagement and collaboration outside of formal arts education. It’s a friendly place to meet other creatives from a range of practices who are based in Sandwell and the Black Country, experiment and test out new skills, and explore questions around contemporary arts practice.