hello,

During a rare breathing space we have found time
to compile a list of interesting things happening
around Birmingham over the next 31 days or so.
As you’ll see there is an embarrassment of festivals
(seven at least) and plenty more besides. As usual,
we’re not responsible for any of these events, and
apologies in advance if we’ve missed something out.
Happy heatwave!

Friday 30 Sept, 7.30pm at Akamba in Shirley

GOGO CHATINKHA AFRICAN PARTY NIGHT
A night of music and food raising funds for a maternity
unit in Malawi.
[Facebook link, sorry]

Sat 1 October, all day at the Public in West Brom
BOXSTOCK
The third UK festival of cigar-box guitars. Looks like fun.

Sat 1 October, 12-5 at the Custard Factory in Digbeth
VINTAGE FAIR

Sat 1 October, 9pm at 22 Green St in Digbeth
SEELAND + HEALTH & EFFICIENCY
Free gig.

1/2 Oct at Mary Arden’s Farm in Stratford
APPLE DAYS
Tudor music, falconry, sheepdogs and apples.

Sunday 2 Oct, 1-5pm at St Columba’s in Moseley
MOSELEY RECORD & BOOK FAIR
Celebrating its first birthday.

Sunday 2 October, 6pm at the Drum in Newtown
USTAD NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN TRIBUTE
Annual concert devoted to the Qawwali master.

Tues 4 Oct, 7.30pm at the Light House in Wolverhampton
IN TRANSITION
New film about the Transition movement, a response to
peak oil and climate change. Followed by a discussion.
> http://light-house.co.uk
[Light House are also showing Kill List next week. Strong
meat, but well worth a trip if you've not seen it.]

Tuesday 4 Oct, 8pm at the Library Theatre in Bham
OUR GENERATION
WM Human Rights Filmfest draws to a close with a film
about the Yolngu tribe in Australia’s Northern Territories.
Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

Weds 5 Oct at the Custard Factory in Digbeth
SOCIAL CINEMA
Launch of a new weekly community-run filmnight.

Thursday 6 Oct at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
SOUND KITCHEN: COPPE’
Japanese electronica luminary with Casio support from
Modified Toy Orchestra.

6-16 Oct in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM BOOK FESTIVAL
With literary guests like Tony Harrison, Will Self and Stuart
Maconie, plus special events including a ‘Dice Slam’ at
Fazeley Studios on 13 Oct.

Friday 7 Oct, 7pm at Thinktank, Millennium Point
TRIPNOTIC
“A mind-expanding trip to the far reaches of your
imagination.” First of a series of night-time shows in the
Thinktank Planetarium.

7-16 Oct in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM COMEDY FESTIVAL
Featuring an array of standups plus various film bits:
comedy screening at the Jekyll and Hyde; Van Damme
stinker Streetfighter presented by Bad Film Club; and
a special Laurel and Hardy event in Erdington.
(Birthplace of L&H henchman Charlie Hall.)

Sat 8 Oct, 11am at Warwick Arts Centre near Coventry
FILM TALK: ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Lecture followed by a showing of BUtterfield 8.

Weds 12 Oct, 7.30pm at the Drum in Newtown
THE COLONY
Philip Donnellan’s bracing BBC film on Birmingham’s
first generation of Caribbean migrants, later recycled
by John Akomfrah for Handsworth Songs.

Weds 12 Oct, 7.30pm at the Victoria in Birmingham
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN CULT
The latest Birmingham Skeptics event is a guide to
cults from seasoned Scientology-watcher Martin Poulter.

Thurs 13 Oct at the Light House in Wolves
SHORTS ON WALLS
Regional animation gathering, and a taster for Flip.

14-23 Oct in Birmingham city centre
BIRMINGHAM FOOD FESTIVAL
Including Guerilla Gastronomy from Companis, a Sideways
wine tasting at the Electric and a chili festival in Brindleyplace.
(Beware of jalapeno hallucinations.)
> http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/64972/detail/

Friday 14 Oct, 8pm at the Red Lion in Kings Heath
UNLIKELY POP QUIZ
Raucous musical trivia gathering.

Sat 15 Oct in Birmingham
OXJAM BRUM
All sorts of bands at the Flapper, Yardbird, Sunflower Lounge etc.

Tuesday 18 October, 6pm at the Barber Institute, Bham Uni
KINO 10
A programme of shorts responding to the Barber collection.

Thursday 20 Oct, 8pm at the Lamp Tavern in Digbeth
THE WOBBLIES
Documentary on the radical labour movement.

Thurs 20 October at the Robin 2 in Bilston
JOHN COOPER CLARKE
Cadaverous Salfordian motormouth.

21-23 Oct at the Custard Factory in Digbeth
SUPERSONIC
Approaching its tenth birthday, one of the UK’s most
respected experimental music festivals this year features
Silver Apples, Electric Wizard and Mike Watt of Minutemen
fame. Plus a beefed-up programme of screenings and
installations including late-night horror, Imperfect Cinema
and music docs aplenty.

21-23 Oct at the Ikon Gallery in BrindleyPlace
ANDREW CROSS: ENSEMBLE
New filmed portrait of prog legends The Enid, following
their performance at Symphony Hall on Oct 15th.

21-30 October in Digbeth
THE EVENT
Visual arts gathering featuring a two-day ‘Symposion’, a
lover’s library, an empty orchestra and an exhibition of
Heath Robinson-type machines at Curzon St station.
There’s a programme of films at Lombard Method throughout.

Sat 22 Oct at Warwick Arts Centre near Coventry
THE TINDERSTICKS
Playing a selection from their Claire Denis scores.

Sat 22 Oct, 8pm at Birmingham Town Hall
MICHAEL MOORE: HERE COMES TROUBLE
The tireless self-publicist hits the Midlands.
Pauline Kael was very shrewd on Mr Moore back in ‘89:
> http://eddriscoll.com/archives/000181.php

24-30 Oct in Birmingham
BLACK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Marking its fifth birthday with a programme of screenings
at mac and an awards do. Details on the website still
pretty vague.

Weds 26 Oct, 7pm at VIVID in Digbeth
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Open submission filmnight. They will literally show
anything. (Subject to a few rules – see online.)

Thursday 27 Oct, 8.15pm at Birmingham Library Theatre
A BOY AND HIS DOG
One-of-a-kind dystopian B-movie, with Don Johnson comprehensively
outacted by his mutt Blood. Showing at Bham Film Society in
response to VIVID’s Ballard-themed exhibition Crash, which is on
until 29 Oct.

Thurs 27 Oct, 8.45 at mac in Edgbaston
LITTLE DREAMS
Departure Lounge screening of the debut feature by
Birmingham-based Egyptian director Khaled El-Hagar.

27-29 Oct at the Light House in Wolves
FLIP ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Three day of screenings and workshops. Programme
will be announced shortly.

Friday 28 October from 6pm in Warstone Graveyard, JQ
HALLOWEEN ALLEYCAT
Spooky cyclists gathering.

Friday 28 Oct, 8.30pm at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
SUGARFOOT STOMP
Celebrating seven years of unbridled vintage hedonism.

Friday 28 Oct at the Public in West Brom
DEAD BY DAWN HORROR MARATHON
All-nighter featuring The Mist, Evil Dead 2 and Zombies of
Sugar Hill. We’ve also nominated some shorts including
Canadian chiller There Are Monsters.

Saturday 29 Oct, 9 till late at The Edge, Cheapside
OUTER SIGHT
The return of this renegade psych filmnight, presenting a
Halloween special with an emphasis on mystic Americana.
Includes a once-lost 70s horror, Lynch shorts and photo show.

Sunday 30 Oct, 2-5pm at AE Harris in the Jewellery Quarter
DISCO BABY YEAH!
Family-friendly dance-off.

Sunday 30 Oct, 7.30pm at the Wagon & Horses in Digbeth
THE NIGHTINGALES
Resilient post-punkers conclude UK tour in their hometown
with support from anti-comedian Ted Chippington plus Betty
and the Id and Micronormous.

Monday 31 Oct, 7.30pm at Birmingham Town Hall
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
1920 John Barrymore chiller with live organ from Nigel Ogden.
Preceded by Stan Laurel’s Dr Pyckle and Mr Pryde.

3-30 November in Birmingham
SHOUT FESTIVAL
Month-long celebration of queer culture, with a substantial film
programme which actually kicks off in October at mac.

Until 5 November at Eastside Projects in Digbeth
WILLIAM POPE.L
New three-screen video commission made in Birmingham by a
man from Chicago who describes himself as “the Friendliest
Black Artist in America.”

Until 10 December at International Project Space in Bournville
THE WANDERER (BETTY DRUNK)
New film installation by London-based French artist Laure Prouvost,
recently shortlisted for the Jarman Award.

BITS AND BOBS

THE MECHANICAL MUSICAL MARVEL
An animated short about the inner workings of Symphony
Hall’s organ is showing at Chicago Childrens Film Festival
this month. It was made at Digbeth’s Second Home
Productions, and you can see it along with the back-story
at their blog:
> http://www.secondhomestudios.com/blog/

SOUND IT OUT
Screened as part of the Home of Metal film programme a
few weeks back, Jeanie Finlay’s record shop documentary
is now set for a proper UK release. They’re looking for
supporters to help get the film out there in exchange for
exclusive perks.
> http://www.indiegogo.com/sounditoutdoc
Those in the North-east can also see the film on Oct 14th
at a taster for November’s Press Play Festival:
> http://www.pressplayfestival.org/programme/2011/sound-it-out

THE STORY OF FILM
This humungous More4 series rolls on towards WWII tomorrow
night. If you can get past Mark Cousins’ upward intonation?
at the end of every bloody sentence? and sometimes in the
middle? there’s some good stuff in there.

GOODBYE SCREENWM & BRIGHTSPACE
Both these organisations are closing their doors for the last
time today. Thanks to all the hard-working people at both
organisations, and good luck with whatever you get up to next.

Happy birthday to Michael Powell and Deborah Kerr.

>>>>>

>>>What on earth is 7 Inch Cinema?
A Birmingham-based outfit which produces all manner of
film events and projects, including the Flatpack Festival
(13-18 March 2012).
> http://www.flatpackfestival.org.uk
> http://www.7inch.org.uk

>>>Do you take open submissions?
Currently we’re seeking shorts up to 20 mins long for next
year’s festival. See the blog for details.

>>>What if I have a burning desire to engage via social media?
> http://www.twitter.com/flatpack
> http://www.facebook.com/flatpackfestival

hello,

This Wednesday sees 7 Inch Cinema visiting the Victoria pub
for a one-off special to mark the close of the Birmingham Book
Festival…

FOOTNOTES
Weds 20 October, from 7pm
Victoria Pub, John Bright St, Birmingham

Recover from the giddy euphoria of the Comprehensive
Spending Review with a night of film, music and talking.
We’ll have various animations adapted from poems and
short stories (by the likes of Bukowski, Billy Collins, AA
Milne, Murakami and Kurt Schwitters) as well as two
guests who use words very well. Catherine O’Flynn wrote
What Was Lost and most recently The News Where You
Are, and she’ll be reflecting on a 60s film about Birmingham
parks which was shot near her childhood home. Jon
Bounds is the man behind Birmingham: Its Not Shit and
new magazine Dirty Bristow, and he’ll be talking about the
Spanish Civil War. Plus music from vintage vinyl squadron
Sugarfoot Stomp and copies of Dirty Bristow for sale.

£4 / £3 concessions on the door, or you can book via the
Book Festival site.
(It’s likely to be quite busy and the room is not huge.)
> http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/footnotes
> http://www.birminghambookfestival.org
> http://dirtybristow.co.uk

FLATPACK NOTICES

Just a reminder of our CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
> http://www.flatpackfestival.org/blog/2010/09/16/2011-submissions-call/
Deadline: Friday 10 December

And we are seeking a FESTIVAL ASSISTANT.
This person will be an important part of our team, working
full-time from November to April on a range of areas
including promotion, admin and event logistics. This is a
Future Jobs Fund opportunity, so applicants will need to
be aged between 18-25 and have been registered
unemployed for at least six months. Further info here:
> http://www.flatpackfestival.org/blog/2010/10/15/festival-assistant/

As if we weren’t already distracted enough by writing
mailouts, Flatpack is also on Twitter:
> http://www.twitter.com/flatpack

SOME OTHER THINGS GOING ON
including a flurry of filmnights

Monday 18 October, 8pm at the Spotted Dog in Digbeth
FILUM NIGHT
The latest instalment of this regular gathering includes a
selection of shorts and public information films from the
Irish Film Archive.
> http://eepurl.com/bgT5T

Friday 22 October at the Electric in Birmingham
THE FIRST MOVIE
Mark Cousins presents his charming doco about exporting
cinema to a remote Kurdish village.
Screenings at 4.15 and 6.30.
> http://www.theelectric.co.uk/programme.php?film=219

22-24 October at the Custard Factory in Digbeth
SUPERSONIC
Eclectic music extravaganza, with some films in there too
including work from Boredoms and Matthew Barney. If you’re
just dipping in then Sunday looks like the best bet to me.
There’s also a free programme of films and performances
going on at Vivid through the weekend, called Seeing Sound.
> http://www.supersonicfestival.com
> http://www.vivid.org.uk/projects.php?work=67

22-28 October at the mac in Edgbaston
A TOWN CALLED PANIC (dir: Aubier and Patar)
Inspired Belgian cartoon using plastic toys and silly voices.
We’ll be giving away DVDs of this in the next mailout.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3uG8LLuVPQ

23 & 30 October at Trove in the Jewellery Quarter
GRIEF AND OBLIVION
New show exploring the five stages of grief, at the old
Science Museum.
> http://trove.org.uk

Monday 25 October
is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the Carlton
Cinema in Taunton Road, Sparkhill. 19 people died
when a bomb exploded in front of the screen during
a Dorothy Lamour movie. I don’t think anything is
happening to mark this, but there is a memorial where
the building used to be.

Tues 26 October, 2pm at the mac
THE PAPER CINEMA
Cut-out magic featuring Night Flyer and The Lost World.
This is pitched at a half-term family crowd, but well worth
seeing however old you are.
> http://www.macarts.co.uk/page/3652

26-30 October at Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry
THE RED SHOES
Cabaret take on Andersen’s tale from the excellent
Kneehigh Theatre.
> http://www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/events/theatre/the-red-shoes

Weds 27 October at the Jekyll and Hyde in Birmingham
BRAIN WASH BIRMINGHAM
First Bham edition of a regular London filmnight.
> http://www.thejekyllandhyde.co.uk/junipercinema.php

Thurs 28 October at the mac in Edgbaston
MADE IN BIRMINGHAM
New documentary tracing the city’s punk, reggae and
bhangra heritage.
> http://www.macarts.co.uk/page/3648/cinema/642

Sun 31 October, 4pm at TASCOS in Stirchley
TRAVELLING BUGHOUSE
The first in a series of Stirchley filmshows is ET,
demonstrating how Halloween is done properly.
> http://stirchleyhappenings.wordpress.com/

Sunday 31 October at the Old Wharf in Digbeth
THE CURATE’S EGG
Halloween special featuring the first Brum gig for a
while by The Nightingales, plus The Courtesy Group
and Black Carrot.
> http://www.myspace.com/thecuratesegg

Sun 31 October at Birmingham Town Hall
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
If your appetite for Lon Chaney was whetted by BBC4’s
History of Horror last week, now you can see him big with
live organ. £15 tickets.
> http://www.thsh.co.uk

Tues 2 November, 7.30pm at the Bulls Head in Moseley
KINO 10
New filmnight gathering up animation, music videos,
shorts and archival bits and bobs.
> http://on.fb.me/dCwvwN
[Facebook link]

3 & 4 November at mac
FORKBEARD FANTASY: THE COLOUR OF NONSENSE
Influential theatre company with a history of mixing
performance & film, back in Birmingham for the first
time in a while.
> http://forkbeardfantasy.co.uk/

Sat 5 November at Eastside Projects
BONE DINNER
“Curated carnivorous feast” based on a 70s food experiment.
> http://companis.co.uk

ENDNOTES

BIFS WIN AWARD
Congratulations to Birmingham International Film Society,
last month recognised as the Film Society of the Year.
Their autumn season kicks off next week with a programme
including Shirin Neshat’s WOMEN WITHOUT MEN and
supernatural comedy SKELETONS.
> http://www.birmingham-film.org

CUT US DON’T KILL US
Some debate about the anti-cuts poster campaign around
Birmingham at the moment.
> http://bit.ly/bmdtMS

SOUND IT OUT
Jeanie Finlay, who visited Flatpack with her documentary
GOTH CRUISE a couple of years back, is making a film
about Teesside’s last surviving vinyl record shop. You can
donate to the project here:
> http://www.indiegogo.com/sound-it-out

BODEGA
Very nice new South American cantina on Bennetts Hill.
Decent burritos have finally made it to Birmingham.
> http://bodegabirmingham.co.uk

A brief word for Living by Henry Green, a 1929 novel set in a Birmingham foundry. Not sure how it took me so long to hear of this but it’s one of the most lovely things I’ve read in ages. Strange, elliptical style with very few definite/indefinite articles and amazing eye for detail, although maybe not such an ear for dialect (played more west country than brummie in my head). Anyway, worth picking up.

Please find below our most recent listings splurge…

Hello,

After last month’s onslaught, a far more succinct
set of listings this time as we stagger wheezing
and spluttering into autumn. Firstly some 7inch gigs…

7 INCH CINEMA & ELECTRIC SHEEP present
BELA EMERSON (live) & BIBIO (DJ set)
Monday 19th October, 7-11pm
At the Roxy Bar and Screen in sarf London

As a sort-of warmup for Flatpack and a sort-of
fringe event to the LFF, we are teaming up with
Electric Sheep for a night of film and music with
two very special guests. Bela Emerson will play
the cello along with experimental gems old and
new and Bibio is providing a genre-hopping DJ
set with cine visuals, with all manner of shorts
and animation filling the gaps.

£4 on the door.
The Roxy, 128-132 Borough High St, SE1 1LB
Nearby tube stops; Borough and London Bridge
http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/bibio-bela-emerson
http://electricsheepmagazine.com/

TRAVELLING PICTURE SHOW:
GALA FINALE
Sunday 25 October, 6-7.30pm
At the Electric in Birmingham

The family film tour climaxes with a special event
including some of the most popular cartoons shown
during the summer, the premiere of ‘chain-film’ The
Magic Box and pianist Paul Shallcross accompanying
two comedy classics: Buster Keaton wrestles with a
flatpack house in One Week (1920) and Laurel and
Hardy are persistent salesmen in Big Business (1929).
This show brought the house down at Green Man a
few weeks ago, and to be sure of a place we
recommend booking in advance via the Electric…

Tickets: £6 or £3 for under-16s
The Electric, 47 Station St, Birmingham B5 4DY
http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/travelling-picture-show-grand-finale/

THE WOODEN LIGHTBOX
Saturday 14 November, 7pm
At Vivid in Digbeth

Vancouver-based artist Alex MacKenzie presents
a unique expanded cinema performance using his
home-made, hand-cranked projector. Earlier in the
day Alex will also be running a rayogram workshop
where you can print directly onto strips of 16mm film.
£2 on the door. Presented in partnership with Vivid.
http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/the-wooden-lightbox/

And we’re doing a Sunday afternoon gig as part of
Capsule’s humungous 10th birthday celebrations in
December; more details soon.
http://www.capsule.org.uk/blog/?p=707

SOME OTHER THINGS GOING ON

12-26 October at BIAD School of Art in Birmingham
CLICKITY CLACKITY ANARCHY
Crafty art show.

Until 13 October at Bham Museum and Art Gallery
THE STAFFORDSHIRE HOARD
Take a packed lunch and a folding stool.

Tuesday 13 October, 1.30 pm at Birmingham Borders
EOIN COLFER
Signing copies of his unnecessary Hitchhikers sequel.

Tues 13 October, 6pm at the Drum in Newtown
DEEN TIGHT
New film on Muslim hip hop, followed by Q&A.

Tues 13 October, 6.10pm at Bham Library Theatre
BURMA VJ
The 2007 Burmese uprising, as seen by the monks.

Tues 13 October, 9pm at the Electric in Birmingham
VANISHING OF THE BEES
Nationwide screening as part of the co-op’s Plan Bee.

Weds 14 October at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
EVERYTHING SWAP
This time including music and books as well as clothes.

14 October, 7.15pm at Birmingham Conservatoire
PAINT A VULGAR PICTURE
Launch of an anthology of short stories inspired by
The Smiths, with writers including Catherine O’Flynn.
Part of Birmingham Book Festival (6-29 October).

Thurs 15 October, 8pm at the Sunflower Lounge in Birmingham
ALL YOU CAN EAT ZINE!
Night of zines, music and performance.

15 October at the Victoria in Birmingham
COLOUR feat: WORLD OF FOX
LP launch with support from Friends of the Stars.

From 15 October at Ikon Eastside in Digbeth
RYOJI IKEDA: DATA.TRON
Ultrasonic bombardment.
Ikeda is playing at the CBSO centre next month.

Friday 16 October at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
SUGARFOOT STOMP
Cowgirl theme, with guests from Attagrrl.

16-18 October at the Drum in Newtown
THE WIDOW COLONY
Portrait of a group of women in New Delhi who lost
their husbands during the anti-Sikh massacre in 1984.
Followed by Q&A with director Harpreet Kaur.

From 16 October at selected cinemas
PONTYPOOL (dir: Bruce McDonald)
Brilliant zombie wordplay from Canada. Probably
showing nowhere near Birmingham, but worth
hunting down.

From 17 October at the Waterhall in Birmingham
CRAFT AND THE SLOW REVOLUTION
Exploring the links between craft and the Slow movement.

Weds 21 October at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
ASAKUSA JINTA
Tokyo street music.

Sat 24 October in Birmingham
OXJAM
A day of gigs in six venues around town. £6.

Sunday 25 October at the Glee Club in Birmingham
POLAR BEAR
Jazz outfit led by drummer Seb Rochford.

Weds 28 October at the Bristol Pear in Selly Oak
FILM RATS
Zombie-themed filmnight.

Weds 28 October at the Rainbow in Digbeth
SAM WOOSTER QUARTET
Kicking off a new season of Jazz Club. £4.

Thurs 29 October at the Asylum in Hockley
EFTERKLANG
Joyous Danish troupe with support by Nancy Elizabeth.

Sat 31 October at Birmingham Town Hall
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Lon Chaney classic with organ accompaniment by Nigel
Ogden, the man who does that strange show on radio 2.

Sat 31 October, 8-3 at the Wagon and Horses in Digbeth
REEL NEWS BENEFIT
Samhain-themed fundraiser for the video activists. Films,
food and bands including Resolution 242 and Bo Pilar
and the Mountain Valley Boys. £5.

Sat 7 Nov, 11am at Warwick Arts Centre near Coventry
FRENCH NEW WAVE
Film talk by my old tutor Ginette Vincendeau, including
a screening of The 400 Blows.

Sunday 8 November at the Yardbird in Birmingham
BRIAN AUGER’S OBLIVION EXPRESS
Jazz organ legend brings his B-3 to B3.

A mountain of knitted mice, created by Joyce Hall. We’ve been steadily handing these out as we trundle around on the Travelling Picture Show, and will be distributing the last few this month. Beyond the jump is a list of the remaining tour dates, and a copy of this month’s copious listings mailout. If you want to receive these things on a regular basis fill out the box on the left.

hello,

Here’s yet another roundup of things going on in
Birmingham and a few other places this month.
(A third of which has already gone but what can
you do.) This is compiled by 7 Inch Cinema, who
reserve the right to plug their own stuff before you
get to the useful bit…

7INCH NEWS
Like pretty much everyone else who went we had
our best Green Man yet, including a queue across the
field for British Sea Power on Friday night, and
rapturous hordes of children for Laurel and Hardy with
live piano on Sunday morning. There’s a brief writeup
on the blog. The Travelling Picture Show has also
been rolling on through the summer with family
matinees all over the Midlands, and can still be
flagged down at the following places:

Sunday 13 September:
The Hive, Shrewsbury

Saturday 19 September:
Market Theatre, Ledbury
and Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford

Saturday 26 September:
The Courtyard, Hereford

Then we climax at the Electric in Birmingham on
Sunday 25 October, with a gala show including
Paul Shallcross on the piano and a premiere of
the Magic Box film which has been made during
the tour.

LONDON GIG
By way of a Flatpack warmup we’ll be putting on
some films and music at the Roxy Bar and Screen
near Borough Market on Monday 19 October, in
tandem with Electric Sheep magazine.
Details coming soon.

POSITION VACANT
Flatpack are seeking a Festival Coordinator. You don’t
have to be mad, etc. Details can be found on the site,
and the deadline is 28 September. The festival
itself is on from 23-28 March next year, and the call for
submissions will go out next week.

SO WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?

Weds 9 September, 6.30 at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham
A FEW OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS
Photographer Stuart Whipps is the last one in this
year’s series to get the Desert Island treatment.

Weds 9 September, 7.30 at the Glee Club in Birmingham
THE LOW ANTHEM
Providence trio, ‘Oh My God Charlie Darwin’.

Thursday 10 September at the Academy in Birmingham
EDITORS
Launch night for the newly relocated Academy, now
where the Dome used to be.

10 September at the Victoria in Birmingham
MOVING PICTURES
Weekly filmnight. No word yet on what this week’s film is.

10-13 September around the UK
HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
Various old buildings open their doors. Birmingham
highlights include Singers Hill Synagogue and Newman
bros Coffin Fittings Works.

Friday 11 September, 6pm at Sence in the Arcadian, Bham
BIRMINGHAM TWESTIVAL
We’re all on Twitter. Hooray.

Friday 11 September at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
ZOVIET FRANCE
Industrial ambience from Newcastle.

11-13 September in Birmingham city centre
ARTSFEST
Including the Electric Cinema Film Orchestra, film
screenings at the Crescent theatre over the weekend,
and Giant Steps at the Stans Cafe warehouse in the
jewellery quarter.

Saturday 12 September, 2pm at the Herbert in Coventry
MICROCOSMOS
Free bug screening.

until 12 September at Margaret St School of Art, Bham
BIAD FINE ART MA SHOW
Worth a look – we liked the ninja Pollock and creepy
projector-heads downstairs.

12/13 September at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham
DAVID SHERRY
Absurdist artist takes over the gallery for the weekend
as a finale to his exhibition. This is also the last chance
to sail on the Lubberland barge.

13 September, 12-4pm at Rea Garden in Digbeth
FAMILY FUN DAY
Hosted by the ‘Universal Family of Cosmic Xenogenesis’.
Rated PG.

until 14 September at Coventry Ikea
SELF ASSEMBLY
Exhibition of works assembled from Ikea booty.

Weds 16 September, 8pm at the Bristol Pear in Selly Oak
FILM RATS
Monthly short film night which kicked off in the spring.

Thursday 17 September, 6.30pm at Austin Court in Bham
RECASTING THE NET
4iP event exploring the limits of digital democracy and
local politics online.

From 17 September at the Drawing Room in Hackney
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
‘An exhibition of a film of a book that never was’.

Friday 18 September, 12-5pm at Vivid in Digbeth
SLEEVE NOTES
Trevor Pitt invites you to contribute to a musical map
of Birmingham.

Friday 18 September, 7pm at the Victoria in Birmingham
ATTAGRRL + LET’S GO SWIMMING
Screening of ‘Don’t Need You’ (about the origins of riot grrl)
followed by allgrrl party.

18 September at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath
SUGARFOOT STOMP
Fresh from scaring the sheep at Green Man, the ladies
celebrate their 5th birthday.

18-25 September at the Edge in Digbeth
THE PhD SHOW
Materials from the mysterious Darknosis project.

Sunday 20 September in Digbeth
THE DIGBETH O’LYMPICS
Including go-karting and telly-throwing apparently.

Tuesday 22 September at the Hare and Hounds
F*CK BUTTONS
Melodious noise duo, with support by one-man dynamo Theo.

22-26 September at the Back to Backs in Birmingham
RESIDUUM
Sound installation by Dreams of Tall Buildings.
Private view on 24 Sept.

23-27 September in Liverpool
ABANDON NORMAL DEVICES
New festival bulging with films, installations and
happenings. Things on our hitlist include Mary and
Max, the ATP documentary, zombie wordgames in
Pontypool, new movies by Matt Hulse and Craig
Baldwin and special guest Carolee Schneemann.

24-27 September in Coventry
A THING ABOUT MACHINES
…Or if Liverpool is too much of a trek for you, there’s
the second edition of this festival of sound and pictures
exploring rejiggled technology. Inspired by a Tangerine
Dream gig at Coventry Cathedral, and featuring Modulate,
Kinopixel and Janek Schaefer.

Thursday 24 September, 6-9pm at Millennium Point
in Birmingham
MY JOURNEY TOGETHER with DAVID ROSE
The man who attempted to bring the French Connection
to Birmingham, and gave a legup to filmmakers including
Alan Clarke, Stephen Frears and Mike Leigh. An influential
drama producer who will be talking about his time at Pebble
Mill and the fledgling Film Four.

Friday 25 September at the Edge in Digbeth
HAPPY ARTIST SOCIAL CLUB
Monthly artists’ kneesup. Write to info@frictionarts.com
if you fancy going along.

Tuesday 29 September, 7pm at Wolverhampton Light House
SCREEN FORUM: BLACK COUNTRY CINEMA
First showcase for a new video poetry group.
Is the next Kiarostami living in Wednesbury?

Weds 30 September, 6:30pm at the Victoria pub in Bham
SHORTS ON SCREENS
The latest animation forum gathering – the last one during
Flatpack in March was rammed.

Weds 30 Sept, 7.30pm on a barge outside the Flapper
and Firkin in Birmingham
LISA KNAPP & LEAFCUTTER JOHN
Concluding their Grand Union Canal tour.

1-4 October in St Helier, Jersey
BRANCHAGE FILM FESTIVAL
Second edition of the boutique filmfest which features British
Sea Power, drive-ins, Paper Cinema and a Spiegeltent.
No John Nettles.

Friday 2 October, 6.30 at the Electric in Birmingham
JOSIE LONG’S ELECTRIC ADVENTURE CLUB pt3
Return visit for ms Long & friends & activities, kicking off
the Bham Comedy Festival. Curate’s Egg are also putting
on a couple of nights at the Hare and Hounds featuring
John Cooper Clarke (2 Oct) and Simon Munnery and Ted
Chippington (9 Oct)

2 October at Birmingham Symphony Hall
CBSO REMEMBERING NUSRAT
Tribute to Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He played his
first non-Asian gig at the Luxor cinema in Balsall Heath
about 30 years ago.

9-29 October in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM BOOK FESTIVAL
Including Nick Hornby, George Monbiot and Smiths
short stories.

MORE BIRMINGHAM LISTINGS AT:
http://russl.wordpress.com
and also:
http://morecanalsthanvenice.wordpress.com/

SOME FILMS SHOWING

AFTERSCHOOL (dir: Antonio Campos)
Creepy US indie about a school video club.
11-17 Sept at Wolverhampton Light House

MESRINE: PUBLIC ENEMY no.1
(dir: Jean-François Richet)
Second edition of the Gallic Goodfellas.
Part one is also on over the weekend.
11-17 Sept at the Electric

AWAY WE GO (dir: Sam Mendes)
Mendes goes indie. Gawd help us.
Preview 14 Sept at Birmingham Cineworld

THE THING (dir: John Carpenter)
Now that’s more like it.
15 Sept at Birmingham Cineworld

SLEEP FURIOUSLY (dir: Gideon Koppel)
Beautiful portrait of a Welsh farming community.
18/19 Sept at Warwick Arts Centre

BITS AND BOBS

AURORA CLOSING
Adam and Kelly at Aurora in Norwich have announced
that the next event in November will be their last. This is
a real shame; we discovered some great films and a lovely
city through this festival. The final programme includes Jem
Cohen, Milena Gierke, Andrew Kotting and Alasdair Roberts.
http://www.aurora.org.uk/

FILM COURSES
Retrofilm are running a selection of ten-week courses in
Birmingham during the autumn, on subjects including black
cinema and film noir. (Apparently not the same thing.)
Starting around the end of September, with more info at:
http://retrofilm.biz/courses/

CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS
10 September: KINO FILM
Shorts in Manchester
15 September: FALSTAFF INT. FILM FESTIVAL
New festival in Stratford-on-Avon.
25 September: ELECTRIC DECEMBER
Bristol Watershed under-21s shorts scheme.
1 October: ROTTERDAM INT. FILM FESTIVAL

More filmmakers info and meetups at
http://www.filmforumwm.co.uk

LINKYPOOS

FILMFICCIONES HAVE A SNAZZY NEW SITE

THERE IS A BETTER LIFESTYLE
Glorious 80s promotional film for Birmingham.

ARTISTS TAKING THE LEAD
Contenders for a chunky cultural olympiad project.

WE LOVE YOU SO
Wild Things blog, full of good stuff.

IT FELT LIKE A KISS
Adam Curtis’ latest film.

THIS IS WHAT SHE’S LIKE
‘Well you know how the English upper classes are
thick and ignorant.’ 12 minutes of Dexys heaven.

Ok, so a few things have been sneaking up on here that we should draw your attention to…

TRAVELLING PICTURE SHOW
Project page for this summer’s kids tour, following a storming weekend of matinees at the Electric. Dates already booked in Bromsgrove, Brum, Pershore, Shrewsbury, and plenty more to come;

WORCESTERSHIRE ON FILM mk2
Worcester and Bretforton, lock up your granddaughters. Actually, don’t;

MAKING DO
Walsall knees-up on 7th May in tandem with Capsule and featuring Pram, July Skies, and the Winter League. And most imminently;

7INCH no.36
Back to the Hare and Hounds, with a crate of good short stuff and guest DJ Jonny Costello. Includes Jeff Keen’s cut-up comic-book overload MARVO MOVIE (pictured above, from the ace new BFI dvd set), a taster for Jo Hamilton’s tour diary GOWN (ditto, and vimeo’d here) and Lucy McLauchlan’s timelapse mural in TACIT (embedded below). Beyond the jump I’ve pasted this morning’s emailout – to receive these as nature intended, sign up on the left.

Beat13 / Lucy McLauchlan “Tacit” from Beat13 on Vimeo.

On 22 Apr 2009, at 10:26, 7 Inch Cinema wrote:

hello,

A month on from Flatpack and what do we have
to show for it? The last few films are flying home
in recycled jiffy-bags, the warehouse in Floodgate
Street has been cleared of cogs, and whistling a
happy tune we work our way through a pile of
invoices and evaluation forms. As mentioned before,
nostalgists can relive the magic through various
writeups and reports here:
http://tinyurl.com/flatpackmemory
and photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7inchcinema
(extra images added this week)
or buy tshirts and bags here:
http://www.flatpackfestival.bigcartel.com

Moving onwards…

7INCH no.36
Sunday 26 April, from 7pm
The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath B14 7JZ

Returning to familiar Sunday filmnight territory, a
joyous barrage of shorts, animation and music
videos with a bit of a post-Flatpack flavour. Includes:

THERE ARE MONSTERS (Jay Dahl)
creepy Canadian horror
PLEASE SAY SOMETHING (David O’Reilly)
bittersweet cat-and-mouse cartoon
TACIT (Matt Watkins)
timelapse record of Lucy McLauchlan’s recent exhibition
EIDOLON (Matt Murtagh)
angels in Birmingham

Plus kids animation, a sneaky peek at Jo Hamilton’s
tour diary film GOWN (showing in full next week, see
below) and a cracking selection of music videos. With
musical interludes from Jonny Costello (BLEEP BLEEP).
And some giveaways.
£4 on the door.
http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/7inch-no-36
Info is also up on the new Hare & Hounds site:
http://www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

MAKING DO
Thursday 7 May, 6-9pm
New Art Gallery, Walsall

7 Inch Cinema and Capsule are hitting the A34
with several vanloads of music, film and activities
to fill up spaces all over the gallery. Very much in
a post-war, make-and-mend spirit, this free evening
will include: live guests PRAM, JULY SKIES and
THE WINTER LEAGUE; archive fillum programme
Housewives Choice; flipbook fun with animator
Trevor Woolery; two-wheeled tales from resident
artist Sima Gonsai; cake-decorating; Sugarfoot DJs;
I-Spy; and refreshments. Should be good.
http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/making-do

WORCESTERSHIRE ON FILM
Saturday 9 May, Worcester Guildhall
Monday 25 May, the Fleece in Bretforton

Slight return for the archive programme which toured
the county last autumn. An hour-long programme
relevant to each area will show for free throughout the
day; the latter is in our favourite venue, a thatched
medieval barn, as part of Evesham Asparagus Festival.
http://www.7inch.org.uk/event/worcestershire-on-filmpt-2
http://www.britishasparagusfestival.org

>>COMING ATTRACTIONS…

TRAVELLING PICTURE SHOW
After sell-out screenings and much excitement on its
launch at Flatpack, this programme of childrens films
and activities will be circling the West Mids
throughout the summer and autumn. Write to
pip[at]7inch.org.uk if you’re interested in bringing TPS
to your neighbourhood.
http://www.7inch.org.uk/project/travelling-picture-show/

SHIFT_TIME
We’ve been asked to gather some evolutionary flicks for
this ‘Festival of Ideas’, coming to Shrewsbury in early July.
More info in the next mailout.

DESK GOING SPARE
Now that festival madness has subsided we have a bit
more room at 7inch HQ. If you’d like a chunk of an airy
Custard Factory office at reasonable rates (oh no I’m
turning into an estate agent), give us a shout on 0121
771 1509 or info[at]7inch.org.uk.

>>OTHER STUFF GOING ON
Nothing to do with us, but might be good

Tonight and tomorrow on channel 4
THREE MINUTE WONDERS
Two more short pieces in a series of four by Glasgow
artist Luke Fowler, worth a look. Interview here:
http://tinyurl.com/lukefowler

Thursday 23 April, 6pm at Wild Building, Digbeth
FIFTY ONE DEGREES LAUNCH
Flatpack venue now transformed for this new show
by graffiti artist Chu, charting the journey from Walsall
to Birmingham.
http://www.jibberingart.co.uk

23 April, 8.15 at Birmingham Library Theatre
THE MAN FROM LONDON
Bela Tarr’s first English-language feature.
http://tinyurl.com/manfromlondon

23-25 April at AE Harris, 110 Northwood St, Bham B3 1SZ
HOME OF THE WRIGGLER
‘Lo-fi sci-fi docu-drama’ based on the experiences of
Longbridge locals and devised and performed by Stans
Cafe. This is the first performance in their new home,
the Jewellery Quarter space which housed their rice
show last year. Tickets are £10.
http://www.stanscafe.co.uk

23-26 April in Ghent, Belgium
COURTISANE
Weekend of media arts stuff, including a focus on Flatpack
guest Guy Sherwin.
http://www.courtisane.be/

Friday 24 April, 10am at Coffee Lounge, Navigation St in Bham
BIRMINGHAM SOCIAL MEDIA CAFE
http://birminghamsocialmediacafe.wordpress.com/

24-26 April at Wolverhampton Light House
THE UNIVERSE OF KEITH HARING
Portrait of frisky 80s pop artist, part of Disability Film Festival.
http://www.light-house.co.uk/whats_on_article.php?id=195

Weds 29 April, 7pm at Library Theatre in Birmingham
LOCAL SHORTS FILM CLUB
Possibly the last one for a while, including guest speaker Tony
Jopia and the first screening of Jo Hamilton’s Gown.
http://www.makeyourmarkconnect.org/event/3766
http://www.johamilton.com

Til 30 April at the Electric in Birmingham
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Sod Twilight.
http://www.theelectric.co.uk/booking

From 1 May at Ikon Eastside in Digbeth
MY VERY OWN CINEMA
Selection of personal work produced over thirty years
by Polish video artist Józef Robakowski.
http://tinyurl.com/robakowski

til 4 May at New Art Gallery Walsall
REIMAGINING ASIA
Includes amazing installation by Song Dong.
http://www.artatwalsall.org.uk

Thursday 7 May at Bham Academy 2
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD
Touring new album Em Are I?
http://www.thejeffreylewissite.com/

Sat 9 May, 8pm at Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath
PAPER AEROPLANE FUNDRAISER
Various live acts and DJs playing in aid of micro-
budget feature shooting this summer. Tickets £7.
http://www.sticklebackproductions.co.uk

Til 31 August at Bham Museum & Art Gallery
OBAMA’S PEOPLE
53 portraits of Baz and his administration.
http://www.bmag.org.uk/events?id=109&start=3
http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com
(The Supremes show also runs until 7th June)