Before Flatpack, there was 7 Inch Cinema... In June 2003 we launched a monthly filmnight at a pub in Digbeth. The idea was to mix together local filmmaking, archive oddities and crazy stuff we found on the internet, along with live guests and musical interludes. The festival and everything we've done since grew out of these lovely, eclectic, break-even gigs, and even if the scale may have changed the approach remains very much the same. You can get a feel of the events from Catherine O'Flynn's [tenth anniversary tribute](http://flatpackfestival.org.uk/news/catherine-oflynn-on-7inch/), or trawl our gloriously low-resolution archive below...
A film festival in Balsall Heath?! But we don't even have any cinemas... Once upon a time it seemed there was a cinema on every block in this part of the city, and in the 60s and 70s it was a destination for South Asian audiences from across the region and beyond. Although most of those buildings are now gone, their memory lives on, and for a couple of weeks this summer many local venues will be opening their doors to film. Dive in to find talks, walks, screenings, workshops and outdoor events, and to see your city in a different light. Browse the festival programme below, or click the link to look at a PDF of our programme - Balsall Heath Film Festival Programme Balsall Heath Film Festival is produced by Flatpack in partnership with The GAP, Ikon Gallery, Moseley Road Baths, Saheli Hub, Birmingham Indian Film Festival and South Asian Arts Collective
A landmark year internationally, 1968 was also a turbulent time for Birmingham. This eye-opening, city-straddling project kicked off in spring 2018 with a programme of events, exhibitions and screenings as part of the 12th Flatpack Film Festival, exploring everything from slum clearance and student protest to Digbeth bikers and Erdington psychedelia. The end result was a series of podcasts which you can listen to below, and a publication called [This Way To The Revolution](https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/news/flatpacks-first-book/) which you can purchase from our [shop](https://flatpackfestival.org.uk/shop/). Birmingham 68 was supported by the [National Lottery Heritage Fund](https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/).
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