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18 frames from a black and white archive film show a woman in Edwardian clothes sat down. A pink circle covers her mouth and with each frame it grows to cover her whole head then shrinks again. October 12, 2024 Days of Wonder X Dreamy Place Saturday at Hove Museum of Creativity, 26 Oct A Saturday of hands-on play with film and digital media featuring experiments with animation, magic lantern slides and zine making. Perfect for curious families. Get ready for an exciting journey into the world of filmmaking with artists and filmmakers. Dive into Brighton & Hove’s groundbreaking film history as you create your own animations, experience magic...
September 22, 2024 Dreamy Place 2024 Dreamy Place is in Crawley 4-6 Oct and Brighton 25-27 Oct, and at Bolsover Castle 29 Nov
An image of a deep tunnel madeof brick with an archway at the beginning. The floor is made of grey cobbles. September 20, 2024 Call for Participants: Discover the Hidden History Beneath Brighton Railway Station Apply to participate in this project by 18 October.
August 21, 2024 Call for film & video submissions for Dreamy Place Festival 2024 Submit your film to be part of this year’s Dreamy Place Festival Two calls for film & video submissions by artists and filmmakers:• One for filmmakers based in Sussex (East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove).• One for LGBTQIA+ artists (UK and international artists are eligible) Selected films will be shown as part of...
July 9, 2024 A QUEER Night at Hove Museum – 1st August A pre-Pride party celebrating the pioneering history of filmmaking in Brighton & Hove! Date: Thursday, 1st AugustTime: 6:30pm – 10pmVenue: Hove Museum of Creativity, 19 New Church Road, Hove BN3 4ABTicket costs (pay what you feel from options): £5, £10 or £15Book a ticket: SOLD OUT – please only come to Hove Museum if you...
A brightly coloured background in pastel shades of blue, pink and yellow stes the scene for the words Space Shanty with a red and brown ricket made of cardboard blasting off besides this. July 7, 2024 SPACE SHANTY – an immersive intergalactic experience Take a voyage into the unknown with Space Shanty: a playful intergalactic experience and voyage through time, based on Bristol’s involvement with space science and travel. Taking the humble child’s space rocket as an inspiration for the installation, you will enter a theatrical space handmade from cardboard and materials donated by Bristol’s Children’s Scrapstore within...
July 7, 2024 Free art workshops – opportunity for LGBTQIA+ folks to create new artwork to be projected onto Bolsover Castle Call out for LGBTQIA+ participants in and around Chesterfield, to work with a LGBTQIA+ artist to create new artworks to be projected onto Bolsover Castle.  Participants will work with artist Rebecca Smith – also known as Urban Projections – who has collaborated with the likes of Avicii, Stormzy, Coca-Cola, John Galliano, Tate, Light Night Nottingham...
June 2, 2024 Vital Capacities new resident artists June 2024 For the tenth Vital Capacities‘ residency, we partner with Unlimited, Videotage (Hong Kong) and Wysing Art Centre (Cambridge) to work with artists from the UK and Hong Kong. From 1 June, artists Shrouk El-Attar, Bella Milroy, James Kong King-sin and Jameisha Prescod join Vital Capacities, to undertake research and develop new work. Working with our partners, they will...
May 6, 2024 “I dreamt…” recordings by The Wonder Club This series of recordings were created by participants of The Wonder Club during a workshop delving into “the vision scene” and the depiction of dream elements in magic lantern slides, employing techniques like double exposure and superimposition. Participants selected 35mm found slides, overlayed and transformed them creatively through direct interventions like drawing, painting and scratching....
May 3, 2024 Artists in Days of Wonder exhibition at Hove Museum of Creativity Annis Joslinecho An egg, top hat, clothes pegs, bird cage and a line of rope – these are just a few of the objects that inhabit the world of echo. In a multi-channel video installation projected across and above the museum cabinet, these objects exit the confines of the film’s original narrative into different realms...
April 2, 2024 Days of Wonder exhibition at Hove Museum of Creativity Celebrating the magic of early cinema and filmmaking and its spirit of creativity and innovation, Days of Wonder is an exhibition of new work inspired and influenced by the remarkable film and media collections held at Hove Museum of Creativity and Screen Archive South East. Days of Wonder is part of Brighton Festival 2024. Corridor and...
March 25, 2024 Opportunity for ages 13-16: The Wonder Club monthly workshops for young people The Wonder Club is a creative programme for young people interested in experimental filmmaking and visual arts.  Explore early filmmaking and try out experimental moving image processes with artist Chahine Fellahi. Fuse analogue and digital and rekindle the spirit of discovery, enchantment and innovation that marked the early days of filmmaking. Develop new arts skills,...
March 2, 2024 Selected 14 UK screening tour Selected 14 brings a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent to your screens this Spring. Selected 14 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists. The artists are nominated by the artists shortlisted for the 2023 Film London Jarman Award: Ayo Akingbade, Andrew Black, Julianknxx, Sophie Koko Gate, Karen...
A south Asian woman sits at a dining table lit by pink light and candles December 1, 2023 Watch Selected 13 online 01 – 07 December 23  Selected 13 is a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent. Selected 13 full programme was available from 12pm, 01 December to 6pm, 07 December 2023. The trailer is now showing in place of the full programme. Selected 13 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists: Aqsa Arif,...
October 26, 2023 Selected 13 UK screening tour Selected 13 brings a thought-provoking programme celebrating diverse filmmaking talent to your screens this autumn. Selected 13 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists: Aqsa Arif, Ella Frost, Dan Guthrie, Hannan Jones, Hussina Raja, Evita Remy-Benn, Daisy Smith, and Mina Heydari-Waite. The eight artists were nominated by the...