National PR
For information, images and interview requests, please contact:
John Dunning at Margaret : john[at]margaretlondon.com
Tel: 0207 923 2861
Regional PR
Please contact:
Holly Cooper at the Festival Office holly[at]7inch.org.uk
Tel: 0121 771 1509
2011 coverage included…
…The Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Creative Review, Grazia (alongside Britney in their Hotlist), Marie Claire, Independent, Sight and Sound, Design Week, Harpers Bazaar and many others. Click on the thumbnails above for a few examples. Here are some of the nice things people said:
“The Flatpack Festival, Birmingham’s quirky annual film event, opens today in venues across the city… Now in its fifth year, Flatpack has built a reputation for showcasing eccentric and unusual cinematic treats, alongside emerging talents”
– Creative Review
“Flatpack’s awareness of its surroundings is one of the festival’s greatest attributes. It provides more than just a programme of disparate films; it seeks to explore its city history and present it in many different ways. It celebrates Birmingham’s alumni, it rejoices in its culture, it investigates its problems and it finds new ways of seeing the urban landscape through inventive screening settings and site-specific events”
- Electric Sheep
“The last weekend of March was jam-packed full of some great creative food for thought thanks to to Flatpack and Fierce” – Digbeth.org
“A feast for the senses with a real sense of adventure” – Brumnotes
“You can see films in some of the city’s most atmospheric buildings and other highlights include a working, vintage Sixties mobile cinema (now with digital projection) that will host a programme inspired by the places it stops at”
– Daily Telegraph – Hot Ticket
“Innovative Birmingham jamboree” – Independent on Sunday
“A unique entity that single-handedly breathes life into the city’s film scene”
– Area Culture Guide
“Eclectic mix of experimental cinema, new talent and forgotten film gems” - Grazia
A full roundup of reviews and feedback can be found on the blog, and there’s a similar collective memory for 2010 as well..
Flatpack article in Virgin Hotline magazine (March 2010)
Illustration by Ben Javens, photography by Chris Keenan
Profile of Flatpack designer Dave Gaskarth in Design Week (4 Feb 2010)
“Rediscovering Birmingham’s movie meccas” – Guardian film blog
“Suggesting Londoners go to Brum for a weekend doesn’t come naturally. But the Flatpack Festival might make us break the habit of a lifetime.” – Time Out
“A Weekend in Birmingham” – Jotta
“Set in the heart of the Black Country…” – Director’s Notes
“Mixing film, music and performance, this eclectic festival elicits intriguing collaborations from those working at the fringes.” – Guardian Guide
On the Agenda – Independent on Sunday
“Diverse? Eclectic? Anarchic? Amazing! Whatever it is, it works, and it’s quite brilliant.”
“Flatpack will celebrate curious culture” – Wired
“Back for six days of cinematic adventures in venues across Birmingham…” – APEngine
“Pigeon fanciers and their racing birds bring a truly unique project to Birmingham’s Flatpack Festival this March” – Dazed Digital
“A real screen hero from Birmingham” – Birmingham Post
Tweets
“Recovering from 5 days of visual over stimulation @flatpack, amazing weekend, can’t wait for next year.” – @gabba
“Sod SXSW Film. I appear to have marked down ten films I want to see @flatpack festival.” – @rasga
“If you’re after a @flatpack festival program we’ve got loads in the #cibshop. And you definitely want one. Lots of goodies.” – @createdinbrum
“@flatpack is looking rather ace, isn’t it? I was drooling all over the brochure in @urbancoffeeco today.” – @Hazzatronica
“is looking forward to gangpol and mit at this years @flatpack festival 
” – @michelleturton
“The @flatpack festival programme is now up, and it’s awesome. Seriously.” – @Sharl
© Flatpack Festival 2010
