[matilda] Lost Film Fest in Sheffield

[gavin at cyber-rights.net]

Good Point.

Could we get away with just saying it's at 111 Matilda St.?

Although...

I think we should have a decent turnout even without a press 
release, though, just through local punk kids, the flier's going 
out to the C90 lot (who'll all turn up to see Filastine)...never 
mind all us lot being there. Maybe we can do without a press 
release for this one.

- Gavin.


On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 05:48:24 -0700 dougald hine 
<writetodougald at gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm seriously concerned about the consequences of sending out a 
>press
>release which refers to 'MATILDA, the new social centre in 
>Sheffields
>cultural industries quarter'. Journalists are already sniffing 
>around
>what's happening at MATILDA, but we are completely unready to 
>explain
>what MATILDA is to the media for two reasons:
>
>1. It would be wrong to pre-empt the meeting on the 18th
>2. We need to resolve the legal status of the building - Mark's 
>clear
>that it's not a squat, but we need to have that sorted before 
>we'll be
>able to explain it to journalists. It's the first thing they're 
>going
>to ask about.
>
>If we send out a press release for the Lost Film Festival that 
>refers
>to MATILDA, there's a very good chance that one or other of the 
>local
>media will decide to investigate what's happening with the 
>building
>instead of reporting the event like we want them to. I think that
>could make the work of getting MATILDA up and running a lot more
>difficult at this stage - and it's not worth that risk in order to 

>get
>a handful of extra people along to one event.
>
>This obviously doesn't mean we shouldn't disseminate information 
>about
>Lost Film Festival through mailing lists, etc that are largely 
>'below
>the radar' for the mainstream media. And as I say, I'm happy to 
>give
>it some publicity on Sheffield Live!, where we can control the 
>agenda.
>
>-- 
>Dougald Hine
>46 Alderson Road, Sheffield S2 4UD
>(+44)(0)7810 650213
>
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