Quirky minds work with great skill to explore aspects of the everyday that will astonish and amuse in the form of cutting-edge moving image.

The animation showcase features a selection from the current crop of emerging animators. The massive resurgence of interest in graphic comics and animation - through Japanese anime and Miyazaki, to Chomet and the UK’s own Suzy Templeton, has inspired new generations of remarkable animators.

The film programme builds on Birmingham’s dynamic and extensive film community, including a variety of film genres: from documentaries, such as 100 Verses, through to the intriguing idiocy of Stephen Earl Rogers’ Kipple. The medium of film creates the opportunity for access and participation by sections of the community entirely without practical experience or specialised knowledge of the arts, giving the resulting works a vividly personal and immediate feel.