Summary:
This month the Big Screen in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham is showing a collection of Drama's, 2 new MACE (Midland Archive for Central England) films and a film about the Rotunda.
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BIG SCREEN BIRMINGHAM DRAMA SEASON SCHEDULE
This month the Big Screen in Birmingham's Chamberlain Square is showing a collection of Drama's, two new MACE (Midland Archive for Central England) films and a film about the Rotunda.
The MACE films show footage from the Birmingham Markets and the old Ringway. The Rotunda film by Rosalind Fowler, documents the building in its transitional state before refurbishment using visuals of the vacated building layered with sampled sounds and voices of people recounting their memories of times spent working there.
This week's schedule is below:
Saturday @ 5.35pm & Friday @ 7pm & 10.35pm: General Kid - Juicy, Imperial LP - Step to the Floor, Open Mindz - If You Want it, Shimm1 - Stereo, Satin Dolls - Walk Away
Monday to Friday @ 10am: Costa Del Marches, The Un-Gone, Just Like Me
Monday to Friday @ 11am: MACE Film - Birmingham Markets
Monday to Friday @ 12pm: Rotunda
Monday to Friday @ 3pm: Auto Da Fe, Doris the Builder, A Soldier's Tunic
Monday to Friday @ 5pm: MACE Film - Ringway
Monday to Thursday @ 7pm: On the Edge, Loading, Dog Tired
Monday to Wednesday @ 10.35pm: Four Weeks Notice, I'm George She's Ringo, The Visit
Big Screen Birmingham Drama Season
A Soldier’s Tunic by Simon Bovey
A cavalryman returns from the charge of the Light Brigade to marry his sweetheart. But the course of true love is diverted by the actions of a mere calculating rival.
Auto Da Fe by Steve Rainbow
Two Brummies get lost in the wilderness of a film noir.
Costa Del Marches by Alison Chapman (The Rural Media Company)
Bob, an ambitious but comical Marches farmer plans to profit from climate change by turning his farm into a seaside resort.
Dog Tired by Greg & Myles McLeod
A darkly comic tale of one man's turmoil with sleep deprivation and his haunting visions of canine pursuers.
Doris the Builder by Alice Troughton
Dave is six foot, a builder and a 'right one'; and there's no contest, bet, or dare that he won't take on - including growing breasts. So when the pills from Amsterdam give him a nice pair he's very happy with them. But what about his mates?
Four Weeks Notice by Pat Wintersgill
Matt teaches arch-rival Christo how to please mutual love interest Debbie.
I’m George, She’s Ringo by Will Morris
After a night out Paul invites Helen back to his flat for coffee. All is going well until he cannot decide which cup to use.
Just Like Me? by Owen Radmore
Intriguing doppelganger drama from Owen’s Rage collection.
Loading by Rajesh Divakaran & Gerard Coyne
A young girl reading a comic, rescues an insect in the water before a young boy, who’s been playing a video game, disturbs the silence.
On the Edge by Jo Harding
A man’s arrogance and greed takes over all rational thought. ‘On the Edge’ takes a sideways look at jealousy, guilt and ensuing the fall out.
The Un-Gone by Simon Bovey
If individuality makes a person special what happens when that is no longer unique?!
The Visit by Matt Cope
A plumber, a priest, a man with a dictaphone and a suitcase with a child's remains...tenuous family links are brought into sharp focus.