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Good news for Flatpack
Monday 16th Jun 08
The UK Film Council have selected Flatpack Festival as one of the seven recipients of their national Festival Fund. Whoop! If you don't believe us you can get it straight from the horse's mouth, and there's also some info on the 7inch blog.
New 7inch site
Sunday 20th Apr 08
Last week we launched a tasty new 7 Inch Cinema site. As well as the obligatory blog and event info it's a fine archive for stuff we've done in the past and includes some resources on Flatpack.
Flatpack takes a year out
Saturday 13th Oct 07
The Flatpack Festival will be having a year off in 2008. Rather than scramble together the resources to put on Flatpack no.3 we felt that for the future health of the festival and indeed our sanity it would be wise to take a year out in order to do some long-term planning. A big thank you to all funders, contributors and punters for supporting us thus far, and do watch this space for further news…
4Talent articles
Saturday 30th Jun 07
Paul Clarke wrote a series of pieces for the 4Talent site about filmmakers and artists at Flatpack.
Here be the links...
Animation (including Blood Tea and t.o.m.)
Black Sheep
John Bradburn's Kyle
Mark Locke
Modulate / Harrachov
Kyle also recently screened at Seattle International filmfest.
Competition corner
Wednesday 7th Mar 07
The winners of our Norman McLaren competition were Lucy Baines of Moseley and Paul Davies from Stirchley. Hooplah. Lucy gets a bloody fabulous 7-disc DVD boxset of McLaren's work, and Paul gets a McLaren goodie bag. Thanks to all who took part and for your constructive comments.
Wallowing in nostalgia
Wednesday 28th Feb 07
Exactly a month on from the festival, and we can't stop gazing at pictures of it. Or reading the nice things people said. Perhaps it's time to move on...
Convalescence
Sunday 18th Feb 07
It's all over. It was all over a couple of weeks ago actually, but it can take a while for these things to sink in. Thanks for all the lovely feedback. We are sifting through the debris, and once we've found the black box we'll back here with a full post-mortem and hard-hitting photo evidence. In the meantime you can keep an eye on 7inch.org for upcoming 7 Inch Cinema activities.
Opening day dawns
Wednesday 31st Jan 07
Awoke at 5am thinking about laminated signs and XLR-phonos. Is it too late to cancel the whole thing? I guess so. Well, we'd better get on with it then...
While I'm here, just a note to let you know that last year's Flatpack favourite Rabbit (Run Wrake) will be showing as part of the Animate! programme on Friday night.
word of mouth...
Monday 29th Jan 07
...is a wonderful thing. One day the festival will run purely on word-of-mouth and there will be no more negotiating Wolverhampton's one-way system and dodgy double-parking. Thankfully the press are helping out, with a piece in the Guardian Guide on Saturday and in Metro today. (If anyone has a copy can you hang onto it for us?)
Some nice extras - as well as his new Jeffrey Lewis video Mark Locke will be unveiling a brand-new Mistys video on Saturday, and there will be a modest gaming tournament to accompany High Score for all you competitive types. For those who say there is too much to choose from, we say Tough! Spin the bottle. Pin the tail on the Donkey. Etc.
Lots of lovely guests
Tuesday 23rd Jan 07
Just a note to confirm some of the people dropping into Birmingham during Flatpack -
> Oliver Rihs and Olivier Kolb, director and producer of Black Sheep, will be here to introduce their movie;
> Emyr Williams from Ankst jets in from Wales on Sunday to talk about Faust;
> Justin Doherty from the Filmstock fest is up for the premiere of his short Clandestine as part of Channel 1;
> Matt, Joost and Guy will be babysitting Harrachov throughout the weekend;
> David Rudkin is here to shed some light on the bewitching Penda's Fen;
> Tom Brown and Daniel Gray are chatting about their Sundance-selected student short t.o.m.;
Plus all manner of other filmmakers, musicians and charlatans roaming the city's streets...
swings and roundabouts
Saturday 20th Jan 07
A rollercoaster week last week, full of the disasters and victories that make festivals such fun. Our email database imploded, with over 1,000 contacts disappearing into the ether (if you'd like to join up or rejoin and get regular updates on Flatpack news, type in your address on the left). On the plus side we got the programme off to print and online, and the buzz so far has been excellent. The Flatpack promotion budget is not massive, and any support you can give spreading the word virtually or physically in your area is much appreciated - and may be rewarded in the form of free tickets. Drop us a line if you'd like to help out.
Full programme available online
Wednesday 17th Jan 07
From yesterday, the full Flatpack Festival programme is available on the website. Click on the 'What?' link above for details.
flatpackfestival.org goes public
Wednesday 3rd Jan 07
After hiding in the shadows for a while, this website has finally plucked up the courage to take the stage. Be gentle, all those What/When/Where/Whatever links above don't lead anywhere yet. But they will soon. In the meantime you can join the email list on the left for regular updates, or come make friends. Tune of the day: Herbie Hancock's 'Fat Mama
Submissions closed
Sunday 17th Dec 06
No more, please. Our postman hates us. We look forward to a Christmas spent wading through your shorts. And finishing off the programme.
Monday 16th Jun 08
The UK Film Council have selected Flatpack Festival as one of the seven recipients of their national Festival Fund. Whoop! If you don't believe us you can get it straight from the horse's mouth, and there's also some info on the 7inch blog.
New 7inch site
Sunday 20th Apr 08
Last week we launched a tasty new 7 Inch Cinema site. As well as the obligatory blog and event info it's a fine archive for stuff we've done in the past and includes some resources on Flatpack.
Flatpack takes a year out
Saturday 13th Oct 07
The Flatpack Festival will be having a year off in 2008. Rather than scramble together the resources to put on Flatpack no.3 we felt that for the future health of the festival and indeed our sanity it would be wise to take a year out in order to do some long-term planning. A big thank you to all funders, contributors and punters for supporting us thus far, and do watch this space for further news…
4Talent articles
Saturday 30th Jun 07
Paul Clarke wrote a series of pieces for the 4Talent site about filmmakers and artists at Flatpack.
Here be the links...
Animation (including Blood Tea and t.o.m.)
Black Sheep
John Bradburn's Kyle
Mark Locke
Modulate / Harrachov
Kyle also recently screened at Seattle International filmfest.
Competition corner
Wednesday 7th Mar 07
The winners of our Norman McLaren competition were Lucy Baines of Moseley and Paul Davies from Stirchley. Hooplah. Lucy gets a bloody fabulous 7-disc DVD boxset of McLaren's work, and Paul gets a McLaren goodie bag. Thanks to all who took part and for your constructive comments.
Wallowing in nostalgia
Wednesday 28th Feb 07
Exactly a month on from the festival, and we can't stop gazing at pictures of it. Or reading the nice things people said. Perhaps it's time to move on...
Convalescence
Sunday 18th Feb 07
It's all over. It was all over a couple of weeks ago actually, but it can take a while for these things to sink in. Thanks for all the lovely feedback. We are sifting through the debris, and once we've found the black box we'll back here with a full post-mortem and hard-hitting photo evidence. In the meantime you can keep an eye on 7inch.org for upcoming 7 Inch Cinema activities.
Opening day dawns
Wednesday 31st Jan 07
Awoke at 5am thinking about laminated signs and XLR-phonos. Is it too late to cancel the whole thing? I guess so. Well, we'd better get on with it then...
While I'm here, just a note to let you know that last year's Flatpack favourite Rabbit (Run Wrake) will be showing as part of the Animate! programme on Friday night.
word of mouth...
Monday 29th Jan 07
...is a wonderful thing. One day the festival will run purely on word-of-mouth and there will be no more negotiating Wolverhampton's one-way system and dodgy double-parking. Thankfully the press are helping out, with a piece in the Guardian Guide on Saturday and in Metro today. (If anyone has a copy can you hang onto it for us?)
Some nice extras - as well as his new Jeffrey Lewis video Mark Locke will be unveiling a brand-new Mistys video on Saturday, and there will be a modest gaming tournament to accompany High Score for all you competitive types. For those who say there is too much to choose from, we say Tough! Spin the bottle. Pin the tail on the Donkey. Etc.
Lots of lovely guests
Tuesday 23rd Jan 07
Just a note to confirm some of the people dropping into Birmingham during Flatpack -
> Oliver Rihs and Olivier Kolb, director and producer of Black Sheep, will be here to introduce their movie;
> Emyr Williams from Ankst jets in from Wales on Sunday to talk about Faust;
> Justin Doherty from the Filmstock fest is up for the premiere of his short Clandestine as part of Channel 1;
> Matt, Joost and Guy will be babysitting Harrachov throughout the weekend;
> David Rudkin is here to shed some light on the bewitching Penda's Fen;
> Tom Brown and Daniel Gray are chatting about their Sundance-selected student short t.o.m.;
Plus all manner of other filmmakers, musicians and charlatans roaming the city's streets...
swings and roundabouts
Saturday 20th Jan 07
A rollercoaster week last week, full of the disasters and victories that make festivals such fun. Our email database imploded, with over 1,000 contacts disappearing into the ether (if you'd like to join up or rejoin and get regular updates on Flatpack news, type in your address on the left). On the plus side we got the programme off to print and online, and the buzz so far has been excellent. The Flatpack promotion budget is not massive, and any support you can give spreading the word virtually or physically in your area is much appreciated - and may be rewarded in the form of free tickets. Drop us a line if you'd like to help out.
Full programme available online
Wednesday 17th Jan 07
From yesterday, the full Flatpack Festival programme is available on the website. Click on the 'What?' link above for details.
flatpackfestival.org goes public
Wednesday 3rd Jan 07
After hiding in the shadows for a while, this website has finally plucked up the courage to take the stage. Be gentle, all those What/When/Where/Whatever links above don't lead anywhere yet. But they will soon. In the meantime you can join the email list on the left for regular updates, or come make friends. Tune of the day: Herbie Hancock's 'Fat Mama
Submissions closed
Sunday 17th Dec 06
No more, please. Our postman hates us. We look forward to a Christmas spent wading through your shorts. And finishing off the programme.
1-4 February 2007, Birmingham UK
