Flipside film festival


The Flipside film festival is an international film festival held in Plymouth, England, which focuses on independent and experimental film practice. It is put on by Flipside, a collective which explores participatory modes of film-making and alternatives to the industrial technical obsolescence model. It takes its inspiration and central research methodology from the DIY punk subculture.

History

The first Flipside Film Festival was conceived and curated by filmmaker Dan Paolantonio in 2008. It ran from 21–31 May 2008, in Plymouth and showcased both feature length and short films. The event featured an open call for film submissions, an "Official Selection" screening, and various thematically relevant film workshops.
The 2008 Official Selection program included:
In 2010, the Flipside collective produced a series of microcinema events in the city of Plymouth conceived of by filmmaker Allister Gall. These events explored the potential of translating a DIY punk methodology to participatory microcinema film-making. Each event included an event-specific manifesto, interviews with invited guest speakers, film screenings and details of masterclasses and film training to support the production of films for each project.