Fans Against Criminalisation Demonstration…Demonstrate at Glasgow’s George Square, 29th October 2011 at 12:30

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Fans Against Criminalisation will be holding our first public demonstration against the Bill in Glasgow’s George Square on Saturday, 29th October at 12.30 (assemble 12 noon). George Square is the historic seat of civic government in Glasgow and has been Scotland’s place of protest for a century or more. In 1919, the military were deployed to break a mass protest outside the City Chambers while mo…re recently it has been the rallying point for Poll Tax and anti-war protests. It is now time for Celtic fans to unite and show Alex Salmond that, like the Poll Tax was for Thatcher, the unnecessary, unworkable and discriminatory Offensive Behaviour at Football Bill could be his downfall. Come along and support Fans Against Criminalisation and send Salmond and co. the message that we will not be criminalised.

I Wish I Could See My Little Willy…Exhibition of saucy postcards seized as obscene in the 1950s

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I Wish I Could See My Little Willy I Wish I Could See My Little Willy Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury 23rd September – 13th November 2011 I Wish I Could See My Little Willy: Margate’s 1950s campaign against saucy seaside postcards This exhibition celebrates the completion of the JISC-funded Cartoon Archive Rapid Digitisation (CARD) project which has added 32,000 cartoons to the BCA’s online catalogue. The project included the Director of Public Prosecutions’ collection of seaside postcards seized as obscene by police in the 1950s, and this exhibition features those seized in Margate. The exhibition is free, and runs until 13 November 2011.

Censorship on the Edge of the Park Debate…Ruggero Deodato Meets the BBFC

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Punks vs the establishment? See article from cine-excess.co.uk

Odeon Covent Garden Thursday 26th May 2011, 6.30pm-7.30pm Cine-Excess V is presenting a debate between film policy makers, academics and one of cinema’s most influential and controversial figures: Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust, House on the Edge of the Park, Cut and Run). In this special debate session, Ruggero Deodato discusses some of his most contentious titles with very the policy makers responsible for their legal classification, as well as the leading academics who have analysed their imagery and themes. Features a keynote address by Professor Martin Barker (Aberystwyth University) on his recent BBFC funded audience study on House on the Edge of the Park. Other panellists include Craig Lapper (Senior BBFC Examiner) and Ruggero Deodato himself. Censorship on the Edge of the Park: Ruggero Deodato Meets the BBFC is chaired by Professor Julian Petley (Brunel University). Censorship on the Edge of the Park: Ruggero Deodato Meets the BBFC is open to cinema goers over the age of 18, and tickets are priced at £12 each, (£7.50 concessions). Please Ring the Following Ticket Hotline for tickets: 0871 22 44 007

FAB Fest 2010…3 days of movie excess in Edinburgh

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FAB Fest 2010 Filmhouse, Edimburgh Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May Fans of the fantastic world of weird and wonderful cinema can start making plans for the weekend of Friday 30 April to Sunday 2 May, when you will be served up a feast of movies that will entertain, enlighten, enthrall, and chill your bones to the core! FAB Fest will showcase many stunning UK premieres, loads of very special guests to meet and greet, plus giveaways and Q&As, all taking place over 3 days of non-stop movie excess. KAIFECK MURDER – Supernatural chills in Bavaria! THE END – Audacious, gripping and utterly original. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE – Best director award winner, this dazzling new film is a genre-defying cult classic in the making. 8TH WONDERLAND – Award-winning, ground-breaking fantasy epic. (PLUS GUESTS / Q&A) LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN – The latest gut-wrenching urban horror from legendary New Yorker Buddy Giovinazzo, who will be the festival’s guest of honour and will also screen the director’s cut of his cult classic debut COMBAT SHOCK. A DAY OF VIOLENCE – Unrelentingly brutal new British sensation. (PLUS GUESTS / Q&A) RESURRECTING THE STREET WALKER – Superb British horror that heralds a major new talent. (PLUS GUESTS / Q&A) NEIGHBOR – An astonishing modern Grand Guignol masterpiece. (PLUS GUESTS / Q&A) REEL ZOMBIES – The most downright clever zombie movie of the last few years. (PLUS GUESTS / Q&A) PLUS five more films still to be confirmed… FAB Fest is a three day festival running in Cinema One at Filmhouse in Edinburgh. FAB Fest passes are only £65 per person, and are on sale now from the Filmhouse box office: