They do not curate and therefore show all short films submitted to them, leaving the audience to judge the work. Their regular screenings pull audiences of 150 - 200 people who feel at liberty to make their opinions of the films felt. Over the years they have remained anti-funding witnessing many funded film workshops disappear after losing their funding. All the members of the collective are volunteers and they operate an open door policy - anyone can join. Their long held belief is that if you have made a film, especially with your own money, you should have somewhere to show it without curatorial intervention.
All profits go to improving equipment and providing a professional standard of exhibition.
9422 Halloween was formed by Philip Ilson and Tim Harding in 1994. After holding initial screenings of short films in rooms above Soho pubs, they moved to the spectacular 1940's ballroom of Notre Dame Hall just off Leicester Square where they could put on spectacular themed events mixing film and cabaret all held together by compere Eddie Sponge. They teamed with the other London film groups in 1996 to stage the Volcano Independent Film Festival. Through 1997, Halloween were invited to do short film events at Festivals in Canada and Australia, and collaborating with the London Film Festival on a themed nighclubbing event with short films and DJs. From this grew the hugely successful Kentra club culture event mixing film, DJ's, and visuals, which took up residency in Notre Dame Hall through 1998 and made The Face end of year list for best clubs.