squatfest is on sunday 22 feb 2009
SquatFest is on again in 2009!
TEXT 0428 477 128 for the meeting point.
WHERE and WHEN?
Meet by 7:30pm sharp to be taken to the Secret Exciting Location for the 9th SquatFest!!
Meeting Point:
Meet at the Pioneers Memorial Park, Leichhardt at the Rotunda - Monument to Lousy Italian Postmodern Architecture circa 1988.
[click on the map above to see the location in google maps...]
PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
From Central:
440 bus to Norton Street, near cnr of William Street.
Times:
440 departs Railway Square, George St Stand D at:
7:06 (arr 7:22)
7:26 (arr 7:42)
7:51 (arr 8:07)
Bus from the inner west:
Take the 445 bus
Dep: 7:06pm Dulwich Hill, New Canterbury Rd Opp Terrace Rd
Arr: 7:19pm Leichhardt, Norton St Nr William St
WHY?
BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, TROPFEST SUX CORPORATE COCK. And besides, the films at Tropfest are bad and you have to sit through countless offensive ads and embarrassing b-grade celebs, desperately trying to come up with something good to say about rubbish attempts by misguided young filmmakers eager to claw their way to the bottom rung of the Hollywood sweatshop. Fah-geddaboudit! You know you want to, so tell your friends:
“Sorry guys, this year it’s SquatFest for me!”
(and for the record: we happily suck cock, just not corporate cock!)
Entries are now invited for SquatFest 2009:
simply send 'em in by post:
SQUATSPACE
PO BOX 391 Newtown NSW 2042
or get in touch with us to arrange a rendezvous/pickup: info@squatspace.com
or, simplest of all, just bring 'em along on the night!
Formats we show:
VHS, miniDV, DVD, super8, 16mm, expanded cinema, sound and vision spectacle, video and performance, etc.
If it's not on this list, get in touch to negotiate! (Please contact us in advance if you wish to show super 8 or 16mm works).
Get Involved!
Please get in touch with us if you'd like to be involved in finding a venue, technical setups, collecting films, publicity etc. Email info@squatspace.com !
About Squatfest:
SquatFest happens every year at the same date and time as
TropFest. While the hopeful entrants for TropFest are fretting about whether they'll get the chance to move up a rung in the Hollywood Sweatshop, artists and activists from 'round Australia are living it up, projecting films and videos in an inspiring squatted venue.
SquatFest began at the Broadway Squats in 2001, and has since made appearances at the Midnight Star Social Centre, the Sydney Park Brickworks, the Sydney Dental Hospital, under the grandstand at Esrkineville, and many other amazing venues! Our film programmes have toured to Newcastle, Melbourne, Perth, and Indonesia.
Check out a site by some friends of ours, dedicated to the history of SquatFest
here (that site uses Macromedia Flash, let us know if you have troubles viewing it!)
