film fest

[Alan Gesic]

Are there any plans afoot to have a film festival in the teeside area for amateurs?
If there was a body of work to show, surely a grant to promote this raft of work is only a hop skip and jump away? How about starting up a list of shorts we can all add our titles to (if they're suitable to be seen or ready yet). Like I say, if there's enough demand for it (as such a list would evidence) we could all get our names up in lights and our mugshots in the local rag.

[philipswales]

Funnily enough, we started making plans for such an event before I shut down STF last year.


It may be worth starting up again, but for the fear that I'd end up having to do everything myself...

[Alan Gesic]

I've been informed by a friend that there might be an opportunity to hold a one day (probably saturday afternoon) film festival in his restaurant in yarm. I said I'd be back in touch when I'd heard any response. Does anybody on this board want the opportunity to display their work? If I can get any idea of numbers of films and people I can get on with organising it. Normally there'd be a cover charge or a fee for submission to film festivals, but since everything is free theres no charge! I think he'll just be welcoming of the business to the bar. So for just your beer money, a vhs and postage and your busfare you could be living la vida and seeing your labour of love (or bete noir) up on the screen.

Any takers?

[philipswales]

This is certainly something that Spare Time Films would be interested in.

Contact me on [email protected] to discuss further.

We have several films we could show.