THN always like to guide you towards individual festivals and events, this week we’re venturing outside London and up to Birmingham for their Flatpack Festival, which runs 21-31 March 2013 and spreading across two weekends for the very first time and sounds like a blooming mini-epic of excellence!
Flatpack 2013 looks set to provide the stimulating array of experiential cinematic treats that its growing legion of fans has come to expect. They mix brand new talent with forgotten classics and the usual dose of eccentricity, Flatpack festival goers can expect live scores, late night parties and cycle-powered screenings all while exploring some of Birmingham’s more unusual venues and locales.
The best thing is that screenings and events are just as likely to be found in warehouses and churches as more traditional venues like the century-old Electric Cinema. This year will also see an extension of the popular Film Bug programme, with free screenings, events and installations in Birmingham city centre kicking off the festival from 21-23 March.
Once again the Flatpack Palais will provide the festival’s beating heart; a place to meet people, eat cake, pick up a brochure and sample the programme. In the past it has taken over a warehouse, a gallery space, and a disused dance studio. In 2013 it will be found in a Victorian building which started life as the Deritend Free Library. Flatpack will be collaborating with students from Birmingham School of Architecture to transform it into a screening space and social hub. A successful Kickstarter campaign helped them raise over £7,000 with more details here.
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