SHOUT Secures Arts Council Grant For 2013 Festival
Birmingham LGBT is pleased to announce that SHOUT has been granted £51,000 by Arts Council England through its Grants For The Arts Fund to produce the fourth Birmingham Festival of Queer Culture.
Since 2009, SHOUT has promoted, showcased and celebrated LGBT Arts to an audience of over 100,000 - bringing the best in both established and up and coming artistic talent to the region and producing three Arts Festivals, a dedicated Film Festival and a series of other events in partnership with leading cultural organisations across the West Midlands.
Neil Anderson, Chair of SHOUT said: “We are absolutely delighted that Arts Council England are supporting SHOUT as we enter our fifth year. Next year’s Festival will explore the theme of generations and legacies. As a community these are concepts and ideas which resonate with us all, and we looking forward to building on our previous activities and successes with what will be a really interesting programme.
The Fourth SHOUT Festival will take place in Spring 2013 and feature an exciting mixture of visual and performing arts and thought-provoking and engaging work – including a number of specially commissioned pieces - from acclaimed artists in venues around region.
Abbe Robinson, SHOUT Co-ordinator said: ‘SHOUT’s diverse and inclusive ethos allows us to bring something special to the West Midland’s cultural scene whilst raising the profile of our LGBT communities and producing work furthering the Queer artistic aesthetic and debates. SHOUT Festival 2013 promises to be one of our the most exciting projects yet, including theatre, comedy, exhibitions, events and activities from some really inspiring and innovative artists and performers.”
The full programme for SHOUT’s Fourth Festival of Queer Culture will be announced in the new year on www.shoutfestival.co.uk and through its social media sites.
SHOUT Audience Make Cloudburst Their Choice!
At its closing event for its first dedicated Film Festival, the 2011 Canadian Film Cloudburst won the Audience Choice Award.
Throughout the festival, films had been competing for the first SHOUT Award with the West Midland audience adding their accolade to a growing list of awards for this road movie about an ageing lesbian couple starring Oscar winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker.
Announcing the Award, SHOUT Chair Neil Anderson said 'we are absolutely thrilled that Cloudburst which was our opening film to a sell out audience has been chosen and our specially-commissioned award will be making its way to Canada'.
Accepting the Award on behalf of the director, Steph Keeble from Birmingham LGBT said 'Cloudburst is a wonderful film, it was great to see such a positive image of older lesbians presented in such an entertaining and touching way'.
Thom Fitzgerald, Director of Cloudburst later added on Facebook 'Thank You Birmingham - I am very happy'.
On Saturday 17 November, SHOUT closed its first dedicated Film Festival at The Public in West Bromwich with North Sea Texas and a celebration event with live music.
The festival ran for 10 days, in 7 venues across Birmingham and the Black Country including mac, The Public, the Lighthouse and in venues in Birmingham's Southside. The Queer Film Festival presented 10 feature films, 5 documentaries, 2 premiers, 22 shorts to 700 attendees.
Courtesy of our friends at Peccadillo Pictures, we will be giving away a DVD copy of Vampires: Brighter in Darkness along with two tickets to see North Sea Texas on 17th November at The Public in West Bromwich. Keep the Lights On chronicles an emotional and sexually charged journey between two men in New York City across a decade-long relationship and will paying as part of SHOUT's Queer Film Festival this November (at Birmingham's mac on 10th and Wolverhampton's Lighthouse on 14th).
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The team behind SHOUT announce the programme for its first dedicated Festival of Queer Film.
Full programme details can be found on www.shoutfestival.co.uk
Read the full press release here.
Birmingham LGBT is pleased to announce that SHOUT has been granted £4,000 by Creative England to develop and deliver a Film Season this Autumn.
Established in 2009, SHOUT promotes, showcases and celebrates LGBT Arts and Queer Culture within the region by delivering a diverse range of activities providing a platform for the best in both established and up and coming artistic talent. This will be the first time that SHOUT has produced a dedicated film season outside of its annual Cultural Festival.
The SHOUT Film Season 2012 will feature films with LGBT themes and will appeal to the region’s LGBT community alongside those with a passion for dynamic and engaging cinema. Featuring both national and international films, the SHOUT Film Season will take place in November and be presented at venues around
Neil Anderson, Chair of SHOUT said: ‘We are absolutely delighted that Creative England is supporting the SHOUT Film Season and allows us to present a programme of exciting and entertaining LGBT film and Queer Cinema. This year, SHOUT is looking to expand its activities and we hope that this inaugural Film Season will be the first of many.’
Further information and programme to follow.
SHOUT is pleased to announce that it will be presenting the 2004 Thai film Beautiful Boxer as part of Pride In Sports - Birmingham's LGBT Sports Festival - on 7th September at mac.
The film is based on the real life story of Parinya Charoenphol - a Muaythai boxer who underwent a sex change operation to become a woman. The film chronicles her life from a young boy who likes to wear lipstick to her sensational career as a kickboxer.
Tickets can be booked by visiting mac's website
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An exciting opportunity for an experienced arts and cultural freelancer to get involved with SHOUT as it delivers its forthcoming programme of events and activities.
For further information, opportunity scope and person specification please download an information pack.
Closing date: 22 August 2012, to apply please send CV and covering letter to recruitment@blgbt.org
19 June 2012
Birmingham LGBT have announced that Neil Anderson has taken up the position of SHOUT.
Neil, who currently works for Sandwell Arts Trust as Business Manager at The Public, brings a wealth of experience in venue management, event programming, marketing and communications, and visitor and consumer engagement.
For further information please see the press release
17 May 2012
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS TO SUBMIT WORK FOR SHOUT 2013
SHOUT is looking for submissions for its Festival in March 2013. Artists are being asked to submit work for consideration around the theme of Generations and Legacies.
For further information download an information pack.
17 May 2012
Click to see the latest recommendations from the SHOUT team for the best in LGBT events, performances and arts coming soon to the region.
17 June 2011
ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR BIRMINGHAM'S SHOUT FESTIVAL
In its third year, SHOUT delivered another amazing and highly praised festival featuring a wealth of activity and bringing internationally acclaimed artists to the city to showcase their work alongside local talent. Highlights of SHOUT 2011 included Queering the Portrait gallery tour with David Hoyle, the acclaimed Gay Birmingham Back to Back at the National Trust properties, Gender Nuances at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts and performances from Joey Hateley, re-creation of the JUG Club at Subway City, Sing-along-Calamity Jane and local performances with YOUR SHOUT!
For further information please see the press release
17 June 2011
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND AWARDS SHOUT £46,575
Birmingham LGBT are pleased to announce an investment of £46,575 towards the annual SHOUT Festival. SHOUT is Birmingham’s only festival of queer culture, and is now entering its third year. Taking place between 3 and 27 November 2011, the festival will continue to develop a queer aesthetic for Birmingham, bringing internationally relevant artists to the city and providing opportunities for dynamic local producers.
For further information please see the press release
30 May 2011
In association with SHOUT Festival:
BIRMINGHAM'S QLGBT PHOTOGRAPHER'S GROUP AWARDED £8,345
Eye to Eye, Birmingham's recently formed Queer, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans women photographers' group, are delighted to announce an award of £8,345 from the National Lottery ‘Awards For All’ Scheme.
The funding will allow the group to run community based workshops and present an ambitious multisite photography exhibition, across the West Midlands as part of November's SHOUT Festival.
Viv Harrison of Eye to Eye states "This is fantastic news for Eye to Eye. The funding will be used to carry out a series of photography workshops across the West Midlands throughout summer 2011, bringing together women from diverse communities to celebrate the creativity of women and to encourage discussion and exploration of issues affecting women and their lives."
Founded only last year with seed funding from Birmingham LGBT, through the SHOUT Festival, Eye to Eye has gone from strength to strength. This funding will allow the group to purchase vital equipment and provide training opportunities for women.
SHOUT Festival Producer David Viney comments “This is fantastic news for Eye to Eye and we look forward to seeing the results of this innovative community project as part of SHOUT 2011”
If you would like further information about the workshops, or would like to be added to the mailing list for exhibitions and events, please contact eyetoeye@hotmail.co.uk
15 March 2011
BIRMINGHAM’S LGBT FESTIVAL CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO ITS SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Filmmakers and arts practitioners are invited to submit short films of no longer than 20 minutes for the short film competition taking place as part of this year’s SHOUT Festival, the UK's leading Queer Arts festival which will take place in Birmingham during November 2011.
For further information please see the press release
17 December 2010
BIRMINGHAM’S LGBT COMMUNITY SHOUTS WITH PRIDE AS FESTIVAL COMES TO AN END
This winter saw Birmingham’s LGBT community take a stand and have its voice heard as SHOUT, the city’s queer culture festival arrived to educate and entertain people no matter what their race, creed, age, gender or sexual orientation.
Taking place at venues right across the city, including mac, Town Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and Nightingales, this year’s SHOUT festival was bigger than ever with over 46,000 people embracing queer culture through a multitude of mediums.
Dave Viney, Festival Producer said: “We’re extremely proud of how well this year’s festival has run. SHOUT 2010 has surpassed our expectations, with community’s right across the region embracing the underlying themes of the festival to help make it what it was.
For further information please see the press release
