The fourth, annual short-film festival, organised by UCE Birmingham’s Technology Innovation Centre (TIC), is being held for the first time in Birmingham’s IMAX Cinema at Millennium Point.

‘Cinematic 2006’ will provide a showcase for some of the Midlands best, new film-making talent on the region’s biggest cinema screen. The event takes place during the evenings of the 24th and 25th October 2006.

Festival director, TIC’s Stephen Gordon says: “Cinematic’s new venue will provide a unique experience for both film-makers and audiences. The IMAX Cinema has a screen as high as a five storey building and as wide as four buses nose-to-tail!”

The festival provides a platform for creative film-making talent, irrespective of the production budget available. The variety of films shown, which can be anything up to 10 minutes in length, will range from student productions, through independently produced shorts, to those by established production companies. Up to 20 films will be shown each evening, from thought provoking and hard-hitting drama, to comedy and cutting-edge animation.

Anyone wishing to submit a film is asked to send preview copies, together with a completed registration form, on VHS or DVD format by 15th September 2006. All submissions must be suitable for a general audience. Master copies of short-listed films must be supplied in miniDV, DVCAM, DVCPro, Betacam SP or Digital Betacam format.

The Cinematic showings on 24th and 25th October are free and open to the public. However, seats must booked in advance. Anyone wishing either to submit a film, or reserve seats is asked to contact Nina Parmar on 0121 331 5400 or via email on cinem@tic.ac.uk or visit the Cinem@tic website at http://www.tic.ac.uk/cinematic.

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