Step into Blowwater Cafe in Kings Heath, Birmingham, and take a journey across memory and food with Sabrina, a creative from Hong Kong who finds community and friendship in a new city.

The first film with Made By Brum, ‘A Dumpling Story’ takes a soft-sell approach to challenging audience perceptions, by inviting us into a cozy and heart-warming story that promotes the regions sense of community and incredible food scene.

To maximise impact, we created a host of social-friendly content to create consistent engagement, increasing click-through by focusing on the faces and stories behind the food & drink of Kings Heath, Birmingham.

Our story-led approach has been a hit online, where we’ve created a large local following; while we’ve screened the film across Manchester, Nottingham, and London, increasing the impact that our story has had on how people see the city of Birmingham.

Oh - and we’ve even won awards at film festivals such as Wolverhampton, and the prestigious Flatpack!

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Director: Carl Woods
Producer: Mariel Panganiban & Carl Woods
DoP: James Stittle
Camera Ass.: Nevaeh Major & Rajab Mahmood
Editor: Carl Woods
Edit Ass.: Elodie Bonnick
Sound Mix: Simon Benjamin
Music: Rupert Cole
Additional Footage: Jake Heyes
Colour: Carl Woods