Loud Silents Festival gathers groups of people under the same roof to enjoy the wonderful alliance of silent films and live music. Embracing the Finnish silent film community and film tradition is part of the organization’s agenda – thus, we wish to empower the audience by giving them tools to support and fund our highly ambitious project.
Silent film with live accompaniment is an experience that shakes you to your core. Each show becomes a unique spectacle, something that cannot be reproduced or digitally distributed. Producing the shows takes not only a lot of time, but also cold, hard cash.
When producing film screenings, one needs to pay for screening rights and also rent either the digital copy or a film reel, and in addition you need premises, projectors and people to operate the equipment. With live band performances, you need an array of speakers, microphones, PA and a crew to help out, not to mention the band’s fees and training hours. With Loud Silents Festival, we are paying for two.
When the festival debuted in 2013, we received a notable amount of media attention; Loud Silents was covered by e.g. Aamulehti, Helsingin Sanomat, Turun Sanomat, Finnish Broadcasting Company, Image, Sue, Classic Radio, Radio City, and also a number of underground media outlets. To add to the stories by traditional medias, we actively produce content for our social media channels and our website, loudsilents.com
Last year our audience consisted mainly of university students and lower-middle class taking interest in cultural events. This year we hope to attract more varied groups by including a family-friendly Chaplin screening to the mix. Detailed info about the full program can be found in our home page.
We are asking for your help! Our aim is to collect 1,500 EUR with the help of Mesenaatti.me users. By contributing to our crowdfunding campaing you will directly support the festival’s production and take a little bit of financial load off our shoulders. In addition to exclusive perks, you will experience a new, communal way of making a festival happen.
-Mikko, Otto & Niilo
Loud Silents Festival
Loud Silents Festival @ Tampereen ylioppilasteatteri 25.-26.4. 2014.
Info & schedule: http://loudsilents.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/loudsilentsfestival
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LoudSilents
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/loudsilentsfestival