http://www.7inch.org.uk/news 7 Inch Cinema - News Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:58:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It occurred to us the other day that 7 Inch Cinema is almost ten years old. In June 2003 we put on a filmnight at the Rainbow in Digbeth, setting in motion all sorts of other things which have eventually landed us here. Still doing quite similar things, but in ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2012/11/the-end-of-7inch-as-we-know-it/ [To receive our mailouts directly, fill in the box on the left] hello, Once again an event-light summer has been followed by an autumn pileup of gigs and screenings. To help sift through some of this we have compiled one of our occasional Birmingham listings mailouts. As ever we’re not responsible for ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2012/09/autumn-listings/ Our dance film season reaches its finale next Saturday 12 May with a knees-up at the Spotted Dog in Digbeth. Here's a nifty flyer with all the details, designed by Nerys James. Before then, we're hosting the UK premiere of daft sci-fi dance-battle movie The FP (trailer below) and this Sunday ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2012/05/digbeth-shuffle/ Just a quick heads-up - by way of warm-up for Flatpack 6 we're doing a series of Colour Box family screenings at mac on the first Saturday of every month. Tomorrow we kick off with My Neighbour Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki's spell-binding fable about two sisters in the countryside. Screenings are ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2012/01/totoro-tomorrow/ In a break with protocol, I'm pasting below our listings email for this month. If you'd like to receive these in your inbox, sign up for the email list on the lefthand side. ______ hello, During a rare breathing space we have found time to compile a list of interesting things happening around ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2011/09/7inch-october-listings/ We'll be over the Black Country like a rash over the next four days, presenting a banquet of heavy metal cinema in all sorts of venues. The 'heavy metal' theme has been treated quite loosely, and as well as live footage, music docs and the obligatory Spinal Tap you can ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2011/09/latenight-treats/ If you haven't been visiting the events section of this site you'd be forgiven for thinking there's nothing going on in 7inchland. Far from it. Tomorrow we hit the road for the Green Man festival once again, supplying kids matinees to the bleary-eyed masses and teaming up with Ghost Box ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2011/08/summer-update/ Robert Morgan slips between animation and live action, and is well known for creepy short films like The Cat With Hands and The Separation. It's been a while since his last 'proper' short, but judging from the trailer for his new 23-minute stop-frame opus his work is still pretty creepy: It's ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2011/06/bobby-yeah/ Just sifting through photos from our film-tent at this weekend's marvellous Book Bash. There are many things to love about this event: it's free; it encourages kids to get excited about reading; it's at Aston Hall, one of Birmingham's underrated treasures; and it's run by librarians! Their joy at being ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2011/06/kids-watching-films/ Just had a marvellous day showing films at Aston Hall as part of this year's Book Bash, along with special guest and old friend Paul Shallcross who went down a storm accompanying the joyous mayhem of Laurel and Hardy. We'll be back there tomorrow, without Paul but with a oneoff ... http://www.7inch.org.uk/news/2011/05/book-bash-1-day-left/