FORMAT09 International Photography Festival

FORMAT09 is one of the UK’s leading contemporary photography and media festivals and will be taking place at various venues around Derby over four weeks from 6th March until 5th April 2009.

FORMAT09 explores the theme of PHOTOCINEMA featuring the work of artists who extend the ‘still’ image in time through the use of photo-narrative sequencing, directed or documentary photography and moving image from single still to feature film. These include: David Lynch, Hannah Starkey, Muge, Zhang Xiao, Gregory Crewdson, William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, Jonas Mekas, Eric Baudelaire, Simon Roberts, Mark Read, Nichola Dove, Bethany Murray, Magnum Cinema, Pang Xuan, Wim Wenders, Steve Harries and Mel Bles + many more.

Katapult were appointed to develop the marketing campaign including a brand style and website. This also included 'Your PHOTOCINEMA', an online application that integrates with Flickr to present a constantly evolving gallery and online exhibition featuring the work of artists and photographers from around the world. Selected images will be displayed in the Premium section of the site, pre-roll to films screened at Derby's QUAD, on the BBC's outdoor screen and at exhibitions in and around the city. Katapult also seeded the FORMAT09 website across relevant forums, portals and communities of interest - within days of the beta version launching, submissions were received from Italy to Iraq and other countries across the globe.