Love Theme From Flashdance, a charitable film club currently housed at Deptford Cinema, host a screening of The Work (2017). The Work sees prisoners at Folsom State Prison engage with members of the public in a four-day therapy session. It is an opportunity for all present – not just the inmates – to work through…
Celebrating 75 years since Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister’s original film, Listen to Britain, BBC Four and BFI NETWORK, in association with Wingspan Productions, have partnered to offer the next generation of UK filmmakers the opportunity to present their diverse and unique perspectives on modern Britain. Taking inspiration from the original Listen to Britain – a…
People of Colours (POC.) is a digital and physical space showcasing work directed by PoC curated by PoC. The collective will be presenting a showcase of short films at Brainchild, followed by a dicussion chaired by filmmaker Nadira Amrani.
Rocinha’s New Wave is a short documentary that tells the story of a group of surfers redefining Brazil’s largest favela. Directed by Sirus F. Gahan, with additional super8 footage by surfers of Rocinha, the documentary has premiered world wide; at both the surfer’s local beach in Rio, and the Embassy of Brazil in London. For…
The Maghreban is a DJ and producer from the UK, who has released music under various names and in various genres on R&S, Eglo, Versatile, Black Acre, and his own label, Zoot. His DJ sets reflect his diverse influences and record collection: any genre is fair game as long as it makes people move.
Lava La Rue is a London based 19 year old musician, MC and founder of DIY arts & music label NiNE8 COLLECTIVE over the past couple months Lava has been popping up on London’s underground music scene by creating alternative hip-hop / experimental RnB with her collective of young DIY creatives, utilizing her dreamy spoken-word…
Kit Rimmer brings together Ella Rimmer (Pocket Mouse) and Arthur Bently (Pheefs), who write songs that act as tickets to far away, familiar imaginary destinations, all points on the map of their animated universe. Genre bending, playful and charged, this band’s host of strange characters also include Eddie Amos on drums and things, Max Pope…
Following their take on Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works at The Jazz Cafe, four of our favourite musicians in the world, Ben Hayes, Maxwell Owin, Jake Long and Jack Stephenson-Oliver are starting a brand new project together: Asoma. With one foot in techno, the other in the jazz that they’re all so involved in creating, this is going to be an electronic,…
This is an epic one-man play where heroes clash with villains, men become monsters, and truth and fiction collide. It’s about the way men see each other, women and themselves. Following the success of the multi award-winning Labels (Scotsman Fringe First 2015), writer-performer Joe Sellman-Leava blends together vastly different voices (including Mike Tyson, Patrick Stewart and…
We are in love with Legüme. They’re a new collective exploring sonic discourse, expression and storytelling through sound. They’ll be opening the Brainstage this year. Hemi Pod – vocals Sophie Plummer – vocals, drum sample pad Marysia Osuchowska – harp George Melton – guitar Evan Abell – Saxophones and reeds Lluís Domènech Plana – flute Benji Forster – alto saxophone…