Don’t miss your screening!

Please remember that clocks go forward one hour in the early hours of tomorrow morning.

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There are a couple of additions to our programme tomorrow taking place at Eastside Projects.  All are free.

12pm – Open Cinema -  Talk by founder Christoph Warrack about a new film network working with homeless and marginalised people.

4pm – Full Frame - Survey of recent DSLR-shot shorts and music videos, including some good Birmingham stuff and a couple  of pieces from the California Is A Place series.

…And if you’re there don’t forget to check out the Dan Graham exhibition Models and Videos.

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Didn’t manage to get tickets for the screening of Rubber on Saturday? Due to popular demand there will be a post-Paper Party hangover showing of Rubber this Sunday at 10am. Tickets are on sale now.

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Morning, And what a beautiful day for a film festival.

After a jam-packed and atmospheric opener with Shadow Shows, Flatpack proper gets underway today. Here are a few options…

VINTAGE MOBILE CINEMA- 12-5pm – Handsworth Library.

Following an impromptu visit to Victoria Square yesterday, this Rialto on wheels will be touching down in Handsworth today. The programme includes children’s shorts, archive footage of the local music scene and at 2pm a 60s film about green spaces in Birmingham introduced by writer Catherine O’Flynn. There’s also a range of crafty activities going on courtesy of Craftspace.

NESST 2 OPENING- 5.30-7pm – Zellig, the Custard Factory.

The mysterious Baron Mordant has left a concrete structure lurking in the basement of Zellig, beaming rescored transmissions from the Central Office of Information. This evening it’s your first chance totake a look at an installation which will run throughout the weekend.With thanks to Auchentoshan whisky.

MOTHWASP - 6.30pm -Fairbridge

Following that you might like to wander around the corner, for the first performance by a Birmingham three-piece employing heavy noise and slide projectors to maximum effect.

SHORTS ON WALLS – 6.30pm – The Dirty End

…Or you can check out the latest animation from around the regionat The Dirty End, including the first peek at new films from Louis Hudson and Steven Spencer.

DIGGING FOR GOLD – 7.30pm – Town Hall

In honour of our patron saint Iris Barry, a feast of silent film and live music, including Buster Keaton stepping through the screen in Sherlock Junior. Live accompaniment by Nigel Ogden and Alcyona Mick.

WE DON’T CARE ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY- 8pm – Ikon Eastside

This documentary about the experimental music scene in Japan has taken on a very different resonance since the horrible events there a fortnight ago.

This event will finish with a performance by cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto.

…And that’s not forgetting a documentary on the Magnetic Fields, the new film from Kelly Reichardt, a lovely slice of life in the Italian countryside and a roundup of the latest world animation at the Electric which includes award-winners The External World, The Eagleman Stag and Tord and Tord. And this is one of our quieter days.

Food is also being served throughout the day at The Dirty End, and of course Fiercethings are happening across the city. We won’t be doing this every day, I promise! But if you want some more potted highlights here are a couple of Flatpack writeups from yesterday…

The Guardian: Forget Tribeca online: here’s the virtual Flatpack festival

Creative Review: Flatpack Festival 2011

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As well as all kinds of live stuff from maverick cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto to archive plunderers People Like Us, Flatpack welcomes a convoy of artists and filmmakers to Birmingham this week. Here are a few to look out for…

David Wilson -  Very talented animator/illustrator, introducing Mind Bombs on Friday then VJing at Paper Party on Saturday.

Tony Garnett –  Born in Birmingham and still devoted to Villa, the man who produced Cathy Come Home and Kes, and much later helped turn TV on its head with This Life and Cops. He’ll be talking about his directorial debut Prostitute, shot on the mean streets of Balsall Heath.

Duncan Campbell – Belfast-born artist who featured in this year’s British Art Show,talking about his approach to working with archive materials.

Thomas Arslan -  This fascinating director from the ‘Berlin School’ is at mac to present his new film, taut thriller In The Shadows.

Laura Marcus –  Goldsmiths Professor of English at New College Oxford, and a specialist in modernism who will be talking about our patron saint Iris Barry and her heady days in 20s London.

Plus many many others. It all starts tomorrow. See you soon…

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