Flipside Film Festival

For information regarding Open Call submissions to Flipside 2008, please contact Dan at the following email address:
flipside-festival@blueyonder.co.uk

To Editors:
For more information on each aspect of the festival, press releases, full listings, pictures and interviews, contact Arash Torabi: arashtorabi@blueyonder.co.uk 

Tel: 01752 214964
Mobile: 07739 337964

Flipside would like to sincerely thank  our supporters and sponsors, whose generosity has made our 2008 Film Festival possible:
Plymouth College of Art & Design
Plymouth Arts Centre
Plymouth City Council
Devon & Cornwall Film
Kodak Motion Pictures
Bar Favela
Cafe Concrete
Open Reel
OnSuper8.org
Raindance
freefilmfestivals.com
Uncaged Films
Slowboat Films
Louise Vissen Photography 

Flipside 2008 will open on Wednesday 21st May 2008, with a gallery private view and preview screening of ‘Tempus Cinema’ - a collection of film work-in-progress which explores ‘time’ as its central theme.
Created by year two BA (Hons) Film Arts students from Plymouth College of Art, Tempus Cinema is more than just another gallery […]

Listed below is the full schedule of screenings and events for Flipside 2008:
Links to the websites of the Main Venues for FLIPSIDE 2008 are listed below:
Plymouth Arts Centre Cinema:
Plymouth College of Art & Design (PCAD) 
The Flipside Flatpack Cinema
The Voodoo Lounge Bar
Bar Favela
To book tickets for screenings & events at Plymouth Arts Centre please call 01752 206114.
For all other […]

Flipside Film Festival’s Open Call for Film Entries is now closed. Details of successful open call film entries selected for inclusion in the festival can be found here.
Open Call film entries could be of any genre or film-making style, although to qualify for consideration for the 2008 festival the film entries had to explore / embrace one […]

Flipside 2008 ‘Official Selection’ Film Programme Details of the curated film programme for Flipside ‘08. The  full schedule of screenings & special events is available available here.    

Flipside Presents: An Evening With Don Letts 
Saturday 31st May 2008 (6pm-3am) Plymouth Arts Centre & Bar Favela
Dancehall Queen     Westway to The World

 
Flipside 2008’s final day (Saturday May 31st) will be devoted to the work of legendary film-maker, DJ, author and cultural alchemist Don Letts, whom we are absolutely delighted to be welcoming to the festival!
The […]

Flipside Presents: Flatpack Cinema!

Flipside Film Festival brings flatpack cinema to the people of Plymouth with its cinema in a shed! Situated on New George Street (outside Waterstones bookstore) from Wednesday  28th – Friday 30th May, The Flipside Flatpack Cinema will showcase an eclectic programme of films which have been created using ‘endangered’ technologies, and practices! From oddball animations […]

Our Sufferings in This Land
Tuesday 27th May (from 5pm) PCAD Cinema

Ed Hill is a teacher and well-known local activist in Bristol. In autumn 2005 he visited Palestine on a two week Olive Harvest trip organised by Zaytoun (the UK cooperative that imports Palestinian olive oil) and the International Women’s Peace Service.
As well as visiting […]

Tony Hill: A Retrospective
Thursday 22nd May (8.30pm) Plymouth Arts Centre

Born in London in 1946, Tony Hill studied sculpture at St Martin’s School of Art. His work includes sculpture, photography, film installations, performance, short films for cinema and television and commercial directing. The short films explore different ways of looking at the world and often require […]

SUPER-8 CITIES
Wednesday 28th May (6pm) PCAD Cinema
(Producer Nathan Coombs - UK /Various)

The captivating cinema of observation. Lost artform, buried practice.
Ten films comprising one portmanteau, documenting cities across the world. Shot exclusively on super-8mm film.
The super-8 Cities project has brought together independent talent from across the globe in a very personal collection of films created according […]

THE DEAD BROTHERS – Death Is Not The End
Thursday 29th May (7pm) PCAD Cinema

THE DEAD BROTHERS – Death Is Not The End is the intimate portrait of three musicians that couldn’t be any more different.
Alain Croubalian, son of an Armenian Immigrant and a Swiss nurse, Pierre Omer, son of an Indian Historian and a Genevan […]

ZOWNIR – Radical Man
Thursday 29th May (5.30pm) PCAD Cinema

“A beautifully brutal film“
“Der Film gefällt mir sehr gut. Sehr dicht, gute Bilder, gute Selektion, gut geschnitten, schnörkellos und nie langweilig. Hut ab!“
- Miron Zownir März 2006
ZOWNIR – Radical Man, is a documentary about one of the most censored photographers, filmmakers and crime writers of our time.
Zownir […]

She’s a Punk Rocker: UK
Friday 23rd May (5pm) PCAD Cinema

Director: Zillah Minx / Country: UK / Original Format: DV / Duration: 60 mins / Producer: Mark Saunders / Featuring: Eve Libertine, Gee Vaucher, Vi Subversa, Poly Styrene, Caroline Coon //
She’s A Punk Rocker UK is a documentary by and about Punk Rock women. Featuring punk […]

THERE IS NO AUTHORITY BUT YOURSELF
Friday 23rd May (7.30pm) PCAD Cinema

Director: Alexander Oey / Country: Netherlands / Original Format: DigiBeta / Duration: 60 Mins / Producer: Submarine Channel / Featuring: Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, Steve Ignorant //
The anarchist punk band Crass was very different from their contemporaries. The Sex Pistols and The Clash sold […]

Behind The Mask
Tuesday 27th May (7pm) PCAD Cinema
Director: Shannon Keith (2006) USA
“Behind The Mask” is a unique documentary focusing on those individuals who take direct action to save animals. It’s a film the government doesn’t want you to see!
“Behind the Mask” is a controversial feature documentary that focuses on the Animal Liberation Front, direct action, and […]

Confusions of an Unmarried Couple
Thursday 22nd May (5pm) PCAD Cinema
Directors: Jason Butler & Brett Butler (2006) Canada

Take a couple who’ve had a troubled past, including an ugly break-up and a strange attempt at reconciliation. Ask each where they think things went wrong and you have one very confusing and very real account of a […]