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Flatpack 10 Favourite Bits

Flatpack 10 Favourite Bits

Flatpack celebrated it's 10th anniversary with an amazing week of films, shorts, events and talks. Unfortunately I only got to attend 3 days of them but I made sure to pack as much as possible into those days as possible. With that in mind I've limited

Flatpack 10: Cartoons for Kids and Adults

Flatpack 10: Cartoons for Kids and Adults

Cartoons are a medium that society incorrectly thinks is an exclusive realm for kids. I'm always amazed by this misconception and infuriated by how most of society is incapable of exploring cartoons as a form of entertainment for adults. Thankfully things like adult swim on cartoon network is

Flatpack 10: Hidden Treasures

Flatpack 10: Hidden Treasures

My second day of Flatpack was one of exploration and finding new things in a city that is always full of hidden gems. It started with an early morning Instameet which was the first one I have ever been on and it was appropriately on world wide Instameet day, the

Hanging out at Flatpack Hungover

Hanging out at Flatpack Hungover

If ever there was a cure for a hangover it would be a bed, some good food and some films. My Friday at Flatpack contained two out of the three and I fully recommend you try it if you're as lucky as I was to get the opportunity

Flatpack Film Festival 2016 is nigh

Flatpack Film Festival 2016 is nigh

The tenth Flatpack Film festival is almost upon us. This will be my third year going to it, with last years [http://bit.ly/1ORNmMT] being amazing I expect this year's to be spectacular! With a little less than 2 weeks to go the festival will be kicking

Flatpack Film Festival 2015: The Tribe

Flatpack Film Festival 2015: The Tribe

Flatpack [http://flatpackfestival.org.uk/event/the-tribe/]'s unique offering of film you wouldn't usually get to see in cinemas usually is highlighted with this fantastic Ukranian piece from Director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy. The description on Flatpack's website says the following: A stand-out entry in Cannes

Flatpack Film Festival 2015 Preview Party

For those who missed my brief coverage of Flatpack [http://bit.ly/1nV2YEn] last year it's a festival which takes over venues across Birmingham every March. Drawing in people from far and wide with a mixture of films, performances, contraptions and surprises, and has been described as “magnificently

Hand drawn animation: Not for the faint of heart

This will be my final post on the Flatpack Film Festival [http://www.flatpackfestival.org.uk] and will focus on the hand drawn animation workshop that I attended on the Sunday at the Library of Birmingham. A lot of work for ten seconds viewing After taking part in this workshop

Mary and Max + Electric Cinema

As you may have gathered from my previous posts, over the weekend I went to the Flatpack Film Festival [http://www.flatpackfestival.org.uk]. As my previous 2 posts were quite indepth I think I will make this one an hour long challenge to keep it short. Pretty early in

A Scintillating Synaesthetic Supper + Chilacas

As you probably know from reading my previous post [https://www.tvtrev.com/flatpack-film-festival-and-pika-pika/] I spent the weekend in Birmingham where an amazing event called the Flatpack Film Festival [http://www.flatpackfestival.org.uk] is occurring 20-30 March. As I was spending the whole day there for the event and

Flatpack Film Festival and PiKA PiKA

This is going to be the first of a series of blog posts on my experience of Flatpack Film festival which I made the fantastic decision to visit over the weekend after being told about it by Visit Birmingham [link]. For those who don't know (and can'