Random Acts are short films by artists, not films about artists.

They are bold, daring and challenging expressions of creativity delivered in short film form.

Between 90 seconds and 3 minutes long, they come in many flavours: live action, animation, serious, cheeky, outrageous; made by dancers, visual artists, poets, musicians, writers, comedians, filmmakers.

And if you are aged 16-24 and live or study anywhere in the North of England you could make one as part of the Random Acts education, training and production programme.

Random Acts was established in 2011 as Channel 4’s platform for short arts films with the aim of escaping the conventions of arts broadcasting and showing films made by artists, rather than programmes about them. Since then it has broadcast over 500 short films covering art, dance, animation, music, spoken word and opera, including work by Ai Weiwei, Tinie Tempah, Kate Tempest, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Marina Abramovic. The work created for the programme can be seen at www.randomacts.channel4.com/

Channel 4 are re-launching Random Acts in partnership with Arts Council England to increase the impact and prominence of the strand and extend its reach. The re-launch will see 12 half-hour TV shows, each featuring a curated group of the films and a new home on the web that will be better integrated with the rest of Channel 4’s digital estate, making it easier for viewers to find and to use. Distribution of films into 4oD will ensure that the fast-growing mobile audience can discover and enjoy Random Acts on their smartphones and tablets, at home or on the move. At least 60-80 Random Act films will continue to be commissioned directly by Channel 4 every year from artists, producers and independent production companies; but around 120 per year will be commissioned from 16-24 year olds by five new Random Acts Network Centres.