If you are interested in making films, especially low budget ones on a shoestring, then a visit to Cafe Flicker, the monthly open cinema in Glasgow is a must. It’s run by Glasgow Media Access Centre and I have been a member for years , first introduced to it while a student at Glasgow School of Art.
In the past I have shown lots of my videos there until I discovered Youtube. However I am encouraged to start showing them there again especially since they have moved into their smart new building on the 5th floor of 103 Trongate, Glasgow.
I am a bit intimidated though because there are no female filmakers.
Why not? In all the years I have been going to Cafe Flicker I can count on one hand the number of films/videos shown by women.
I did notice though that the standard has shot up – result of new digital technology and the falling price of decent camcorders though last month a guy showed a film he had made on a cine- camera he had bought for £12 from a junk shop.
Eleven films were shown on Wednesday night and they ranged from a documentary on Romanian gypsies singing, never seen footage of an interview with George Harrison, ( yes of the Beatles!) to a community documentary on the Citizens community theatre in the Gorbals. Oh yes we had experimental films too and the funniest was one involving a frog…
