AV Festival is an international festival of electronic arts featuring visual art, music and moving image. A biennial event, the festival takes place in Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough between 28 February – 8 March 2008 and has the theme of "Broadcast".

Thur 28 February, 7.30pm

FILM: Network (1977, Dir. Sydney Lumet)

Media madness reigns supreme in this scathing satire of network television. With multi-awarded acting performances from Faye Dunaway and main character Peter Finch.

Fri 29 Feb, 7.30pm

Exhibition Opening + Gig: "An effective/deadly chop severs the connection..." + BARK!

Investigating the concept of broadcast and the breakdown of production, Little Chops, a Newcastle based arts collective, explore elements of the theme of AV08 through various mixed media and multi-media experiments. Tonight we will have a special party to open the exhibition, with a gig from BARK!

Sun 2 March, 11.30am to 10pm

Discussion, Event and Screenings: Broadcast Yourself —  In Person and on Screen

Discussion with the co-curators of the Broadcast Yourself exhibition, with several artists, and screening of several documentaries and a feature film: The Truman Show.

Mon 3 March, 7.30pm

2 Documentaries: "Videogramme einer Revolution" And "Spin"

Tue 4 March, 7.30pm

2 Documentaries: "Scattered Frequencies" and "Radio Favela"

Double-bill screening exploring community radio in Nepal and Brazil. Screening introduced by a representative from NE1fm, a community radio in Newcastle.

Fri 7 March, 10.30pm

TV Series: The Prisoner

This special late-night screening shows two episodes of one of Britain’s most iconic cult dramas of the 1960s.

For more information about the AV 08 festival, you can visit their website here.