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This event is covered by the International Pass. You cannot buy an individual ticket for this event.


A sonic-themed shorts programme encompassing documentaries, mashups, experimental fare, plus a couple of crackers from Birmingham too.


This is the international version of our Optical Sound competition. The original programme contains 2 films that are unfortunately not available to watch outside of the UK : Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic by Paul Bush and Harmonic Spectrum by Austen McCowan & Will Hewitt.


All of the films are eligible for the Optical Sound Award, given out by our jury. The winner will be revealed at our Flatpack Awards on 30 May (free event, booking essential).


Total running time: 38 mins

In the summer of 2020, jazz musician and composer Xhosa Cole attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Birmingham city centre. The resulting experience left a profound mark, and inspired him to pen a monologue about his thoughts on his own personal experience of the occasion. Intertwining his own music into a recording of the monologue, he then collaborated with Birmingham-based animator Shiyi Li - the two of them then worked together to produce a beguiling, free-flowing, and absorbing short film which is both powerful and evocative.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    11 minutes
  • Language
    English (English captions available)
  • Country
    UK
  • Rating
    15
  • Director
    Xhosa Cole, Shiyi Li