About the Playback Touring Exhibition in association with Random Acts

Playback brought together over 200 short films made by young artist filmmakers in one exhibition.  

These award-winning short films made by emerging talent capture today's world: from underground zine cultures to urban communities and digital lives. Made across England over the last three years, these shorts offer a snapshot of a national experience and reveal the new power of film in a changing world. Audiences tapped individual touchscreens to select films to watch, or can watch a curated selection on a rolling projection. Each film was closed captioned.

All films are now available to view online here. 

The exhibition toured to:

• ICA Festival (London) 9–12 March 2017 
• Peckham Platform (London) 22 March – 2 April 2017
• Modern Art Oxford 19 March – 4 June 2017
• Sheffield Doc Fest 9 – 18 June
• Phoenix Leicester 9 June – 2 July
• SPACE Studios (London) 13 – 22 July
• Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle) 28 July – 13 August
• HOME (Manchester) 1 August – 1 September
• Arnolfini (Bristol) 18 – 28 August
• Hive (Worcester) 1 – 21 September
• Encounters Film Festival (Bristol) 19 – 25 September
• UCA (Farnham) 26 September – 13 October
• Kingston School of Arts (London) 17 October – 4 November 
• York Explore as part of Aesthetica Short Film Festival 9–19 November
• De La Warr Pavilion (Bexhill-on-Sea) 11 November 2017–2 January 2018
• mac Birmingham 7–24 January 2018
• Peninsula Arts (Plymouth) 29 January–17 February 2018
• Exeter College 1-17 February 2018
• Swindon Central Library and Oink Gallery 23 February–15 March 2018
• ICA Festival 21–25 March 2018