A sneaky look at David Hurley’s handiwork in the Created in Birmingham shop.
(via @createdinbrum)

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For the second year running, students studying BA (Hons) Theatre, Performance and Event Design at Birmingham City University have been helping us decorate and transform our festival hub. This year’s hub, housed in the art space Vivid in Digbeth will be an information point during the festival. The space will have a bar, lots of cake, screenings, performances as well as parties during the festival.

The students have also been decorating the windows of our festival shops, Urban Outfitters, COW Vintage, Puma, Nostalgia and Comics and the Created in Birmingham Shop. Look out for the stripes and pick up a brochure!

This weekend there will also be volunteers in the Created in Birmingham Shop in the Bullring to answer any of your questions. A great opportunity to have a look at the pop-up shop, which is supporting creative talent in the city.

Nationally, brochures can also be found at Light House and the Art Gallery in Wolverhampton, Arnolfini, Bristol, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds, Showroom and Workstation, Sheffield, Bluecoat, Liverpool, Broadway, Nottingham, Cinephilia West, London, Cornerhouse, Manchester and Side Cinema and the Star and Shadow, Newcastle.

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By complete coincidence, it turned out that one of the people showing work at this year’s Flatpack (Kevin Timmins) was a student of another (Guy Sherwin). As they’re also interested in similar areas we asked them if they’d mind interviewing each other. Thanks to a tornado of festival logistics we didn’t get round to sharing the results, but better late than never —

Kevin Timmins:
I believe you studied painting originally, how, when and why did you happen to become involved in film?
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Well, Flatpack has arrived! And, after a snaking rail journey through the Midlands countryside, so have I. Leaving Moor Street Station with my suitcase in hand, I headed towards my festival digs – a beautiful National Trust property known as Back to Backs. Set in an old terrace of workers’ cottages bang in the middle of the city centre, my 1930s cottage acts as a time capsule to another world of Clarice Cliff tea-sets and ‘Home Sweet Home’ embroideries. A perfect setting for Flatpack’s first day of events, which took a nostalgic look at early cinema. Read more

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Apparently we have been hoodwinked…

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