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Slack Video Presents : Cuts from the Fringe V : Part Two
As part of Glimmer : 6th Hull International Short Film Festival closing party
Sunday 20th April @ The Lamp, Norfolk Street, Hull 9pm - late
FREE ENTRY

To accompany the general hootenanny and shindig of the closing party, Slack Video will bring you a selection of fine films from our recent submissions, followed by all manner of music, wobbly patterns and improvised things and stuff. Wash it all down with a nice pint and a chat with someone you don't know.

Featuring : DVD Free-for-all
If you missed the submission deadline for the festival, or brought some of your work with you on the off chance, here's the place for it.
After our predetermined programme has passed, we're offering you the opportunity to put your work up on the screen. Bring it along on the night, on DVD or VHS and we'll see if we can make drunk people watch it.

Map to The Lamp can be found here

Programme info is available here


admin - Apr 19 2008 at 11:09:09 PM

Slack Video Presents : Cuts from the Fringe V
As part of Glimmer : 6th Hull International Short Film Festival
Thursday 17th April @ Sailmaker's Arms, High Street, Hull 10pm - late
FREE ENTRY

A splendid arrangement of cinematic sorcery from our recent submissions will be displayed in the relaxed drinking environment of the upstairs room at the Sailmaker's Arms, perhaps accompanied by the performance of live film and video works and exciting noises.

Map to the Sailmakers can be found here

Programme info is available here


admin - Apr 17 2008 at 02:29:59 AM

Many thanks to all those who sent work in. We've watched through hours and hours and hours and hours of videos, and chosen a bunch of them to be used in our imminent screenings.

We still have to work out how to divide the works up between these events - see what fits together, see what fits the atmosphere of the venue, separate works which are too similar and so on... Anyway, that should be done tomorrow, followed by "your work is being shown at..." emails.

Slack Video Presents :
As part of Glimmer : The 6th Hull International Short Film Festival
Thursday 17th April 10pm - 12pm
The Sailmaker's Arms, High Street, Hull

Slack Video Presents : Screening and Festival closing party
As part of Glimmer : The 6th Hull International Short Film Festival
Sunday 20th April 9pm - late
The Lamp, Norfolk Street, Hull

Slack Video Presents : ???
As part of Burwell's Belated Birthday Bash
Saturday 26th April ?-?
The Boathouse, Hull



admin - Apr 13 2008 at 04:17:55 PM

URGENT Call For video submissions

Narrative and experimental short films and animations urgently required for consideration in a set of screenings as part of the 6th Hull International Short Film Festival (15th - 20th April) and for future screenings throughout the year.

Please see contact page for postal address and email submissions@slackvideo.org to let us know you have sent something.

We would like these films as soon as possible (post them today if you can), but the final deadline for films to be included in the Hull ISF Festival is 7th April. Any works arriving later will be automatically put into consideration for future events and screenings.

- There is no fee to submit work.
- DVD is preferred, MiniDV and VHS accepted.
- There are no submission forms to fill in, but if you have any stills, statements or info, please include this with your submission.
- Collections of work on the same tape / disc is acceptable

Please visit our website www.slackvideo.org for further information, or contact us on :
info@slackvideo.org
07833 753 951 / 07989 477 863
myspace.com/slackvideo

admin, urgently - Mar 25 2008 at 07:40:47 PM

We were surprised to find today that the beautifully crafted, easy to access and understand, clearly written and most of all reliable and quick to load website of Hull's own independent cinema at Hull Screen is to be removed, "following a request from Hull City Council's 'Web Strategy Group'".

We can only guess it is to become blu-tacked onto an obscure corner of the inaccessible fortress against knowledge contained within the gargantuan sprawling mass of slowly loading confusion ever present in the "digital version of the Library of Babel", Hull City Council's own website, at hullcc.gov.uk/hullscreen

With the film related excitment building for the 6th Hull International Short Film Festival just round the corner, it makes little sense to effectively neuter the promotion of one of Hull's sparse supply of cultural gems, which to thrive effectively as they deservedly should, really need the opportunity for proper promotion and clear, concise availability of information.

We have to assume that this is either a misunderstanding or some form of temporary measure, as there is no other logical explanation for this action.

As of today, there appears to be no available information on the current or future programme at Hull Screen. This is obviously a cause for concern for those interested in the cultural activities of this city.

If you have any questions regarding the current / future programme, or generally regarding what's actually going on here, our only suggestions would be to telephone 01482 300 300 and ask for the head of culture, or go to the Council website and attempt to click your way to the 'Feedback' page.

All information is approximate. We take no responsibility for anything. Slack Video are not officially affiliated with anyone or anything.

admin - Mar 4 2008 at 06:12:48 PM

Slack Video is not dead. Slack Video was just sleeping.

We will be presenting something, or some things at the 6th Hull International Short Film Festival, running from the 15th - 20th April.

Please see Hull Film's website for further info.

It will be spectacular.

We'll be putting out a call for submissions imminently, but you can send us some things now if you'd like.

Admin - Mar 2 2008 at 08:14:10 PM

Slack Video @ The Boatshed : Almost a Hallowe'en Special
Interspersed with joyful noises and rhythms kindly presented by :
Home Sweet Home
Champion Sounds

Friday 26th October @ The Hull Boathouse, Oak Road Playing Fields (end of Beresford Avenue, off Beverely Road), Hull
8:00pm onwards
Free Entry (Donations are welcome)

Down a dark, dark road there is a dark, dark avenue; And down the dark, dark avenue there is a dark, dark playing field; And in the dark, dark playing field there is a dark, dark path; And down the dark, dark path there are some dark, dark trees; And in the dark, dark trees there is a dark, dark compound; And in the dark, dark compound there is a dark, dark boatshed; And in the dark, dark boatshed there is a...

...screening of narrative and experimental short films!

Like the memory of what you did last time you had too much to drink, Slack Video has come back to haunt you. Amongst our general array of fine moving pictures from local, national and international artists, filmmakers and animators, there lurks an evil selection of generic Hallowe'en themed terror.

Assuming various adapters and plugs don't go missing at the last minute, the evening should run vaguely as follows :

8pm Start (music, oddities and merriment)
8:30 - 9:15 Slack Video Films Part One
9:15 - 9:45 BREAK (music, oddities and merriment)
9:45 - 10:30 Slack Video Films Part Two
10:30 - ??:?? Free For All (time permitting) selection of extra films, music oddities and merriment with Home Sweet Home and Champion Sounds

Submissions are required for this screening. Especially submissions from YOU. If you're up for a challenge and fancy making something especially, we challenge you to make a 1 minute film with some sort of horror theme to be included in our special (time permitting) free-for-all. All other films of whatever genre will still be accepted for consideration as normal.

All information is approximate.
We are not responsible for anything.

Map to the Boathouse can be found here

Full programme will be available here shortly.


admin - Oct 24 2007 at 04:44:38 PM

admin - Oct 24 2007 at 04:18:53 PM

Call for entries as part of our programme for October and also for ongoing programmes.

We are currently looking for submissions of short single screen video works (narrative, experimental, animation or live audiovisual performance) to include in these programmes :

Slack Video @ The Boatshed
Friday 26th October (TBC)
8pm The Hull Boathouse, Hull
Free Entry

Deadline for screening (26/10/07) pre-written programme : Wednesday 24th October
Films can also be brought after this date, or even brought along on the night on DVD, to be put into a (time allowing) "free-for-all" at the end of the evening.

Deadline for all future screenings : Ongoing

DVD is preferred, though we can also accept VHS or MiniDV.

There is no fee to submit work.

Email submissions@slackvideo.org for any further information.

admin - Oct 18 2007 at 07:47:01 PM

The Resurrection of Slack Video as part of Hull International Short Film Festival
Sunday 07th October @ The Sailmakers Arms, Chandlers Court, High Street, Hull, HU1 1NQ
8:00pm onwards
£3.00 (£2.00 concessions)

Tickets available an hour before the screening from The Sailmakers Arms

We’re offering you the chance not only to see a diverse programme of low/no budget videos in a relaxed drinking environment, but also the opportunity to enjoy that relaxed drinking environment in the company of some of the exhibiting artists, animators and filmmakers.

After falling asleep on Hull’s cinematic sofa for the last few months, Slack Video have suddenly woken up confused and mildly disorientated in the middle of a film festival.

Realising this would be the perfect time to start running screenings again, we have carefully chosen a recklessly varied selection of narrative and experimental short films and animations from the people of Hull and beyond, then brought them out to the pub for your entertainment.

For people wishing to enter works into this (or future) screening(s), submissions for the programme will run up until the last minute. We’re hoping to end the night with a bit of a "free for all", so if you’ve got anything short and sharp for our screen, then bring it along on the night and if there’s time, we’ll see if we can make people look at it.

See www.hullfilm.co.uk for further information on the festival.
Map to the Sailmakers Arms can be found here

Full programme can now be viewed here


admin - Oct 3 2007 at 01:53:27 AM

Call for entries as part of our programme for the Five and a Halfth Hull International Short Film Festival and also for ongoing programmes in October and onwards.

We are currently looking for submissions of short single screen video works (narrative, experimental, animation or live audiovisual performance) to include in these programmes :

The Resurrection of Slack Video
Hull International Short Film Festival
Sunday 7th October
8pm The Sailmakers Arms, Hull
£3/£2 concessions

Slack Video @ The Boatshed
Friday 26th October (TBC)
Time TBC The Hull Boathouse, Hull
Free Entry

Deadline for Film Festival Screening (7/10/07) pre-written programme : 5th October Films can also be brought after this date, or even brought along on the night, to be put into a (time allowing) "free-for-all" at the end of the evening.

Deadline for all future screenings : Ongoing

DVD is preferred, though we can also accept VHS or MiniDV.

There is no fee to submit work.

Email submissions@slackvideo.org for any further information.

admin - Oct 3 2007 at 01:49:33 AM

There are things on the horizon :

- Hull Film have kindly donated some time in the film tent at the Hull Grassroots Festival at Pearson Park on August 19th. We won't be showing newly submitted works, but rather a selection of suitable submissions from Hull based filmmakers over the past few years. We hope to generate a little enthusiasm and interest for our plannings and trickeries in the future.

- Following on from this, we will be (officially?) relaunching ourselves at the Five and a Halfth Hull International Short Film Festival...

... to be continued...

admin - Aug 9 2007 at 10:25:10 PM

Rumours of our death have been greatly exaggerated.

It's been a long pause, but we're distinctly nearer answering the two great questions :

a) So when and where are we going to show these films then?
b) When are we going to finally update all the database information?

This will be updated as and when we know the answers. Thankyou for your continued support.

Admin - Apr 17 2007 at 08:15:02 PM

Slack Video is currently paused. There have been no screenings since December 2006. We are not stopped, however, and are still accepting submissions for future screenings.

As soon as we work out dates / times / venues for future screenings, we will post further details on here.

In the meantime, if there are any venues or other screening organisations insterested in showing selections of work curated by us, please send us an email and we'll see what we can do (details on contact page).





admin - Feb 13 2007 at 09:05:41 PM

Slack Video Presents : A Christmas Special IV?
Monday 11th December @ The Lamp, 2 Norfolk Street, Hull
8:30pm - midnight
Free entry.

For your viewing and listening pleasure, Slack Video will be presenting a potentially festive mix of narrative and experimental films and animations from local, national and international artists, filmmakers and animators.

All this can be enjoyed alongside drinks and light refreshments in the free and open environment of the back room of The Lamp bar.

Provisional programme will be available shortly.


admin - Nov 17 2006 at 03:06:03 PM