The 56th BFI London Film Festival in association with American Express today reveals an exciting and comprehensive line up of events, screenings and services for UK and international film professionals.
The Industry Programme, held at BFI Southbank and other London venues, comes hot on the heels of the early October launch of the BFI’s five year plan for supporting British film – Film Forever – and underlines the BFI’s steadfast commitment to supporting the B...
CREATE11, now in its fourth year, is a summer arts festival for east London, celebrating the intrinsic creativity of the area and sponsored by Deutsche Bank. The festival presents over 200 homemade, world-class events profiling east London creativity taking place in surprising spaces: a disused motorway undercroft in Hackney Wick; London’s historic music halls; a 1980’s building in Canary Wharf; a WWII bunker in Dalston; a floating cinema on the waterways of east London; a shop turned into...
Friday 24 June to Monday 25 July
www.createlondon.org
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
CREATE11, now in its fourth year, is a summer arts festival for east London, celebrating the intrinsic creativity of the area and sponsored by Deutsche Bank. The festival presents over 200 homemade, world-class events profiling east London creativity taking place in surprising spaces: a disused motorway undercroft in Hackney Wick; London’s historic music halls; a 1980’s building in Canary Wharf; a WWII bu...
The Short Film Project are seeking powerful and touching short films which examine the depths relating to the sanctuary, perils and complexities of Motherhood.
The London Screenwriters' Festival october 29-31,2010
Over the three days of the festival seventy five individual events were held, each crammed with insight, information and inspiration for professional writers. Broadly, about 25% of sessions are aimed at emerging talent; the remaining 75% targeted at established writers.
Competition Winners Short Script Competition.
1st Place: ‘The Dead Office’ by Laurence Timms
2nd Place: ‘The Decision’ by Henry Fosdike
3rd Place: ...
The 3rdannual London Greek Film Festival opens its doors on Monday 8th November; a cultural event that has rightfully secured a place in film lovers’ calendar.This year’s festival has been upgraded, most notably through its new premises. The week long screenings (8-14 November) will be held at Westbourne Studios in West London (242 Acklam Road, Notting Hill, London W10 5JJ), an impressive space conveniently situated just a few yards away from Portobello. This multi-purpose artistic ven...
New York, Aug. 10 – “Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York,” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612144/) a documentary that explores the negative stereotypes of Russian women in America which emerged in the 1990s and persist today, will be shown as part of the first annual Astoria/LIC International Film Festival in Astoria/LIC, New York on October 24th at 2 p.m. “Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York” was written and directed by Elena Beloff and produced by Elena Beloff, Vincent D'Onofrio and ...
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Production Designer/Art Director Daran Fulham and Director Warwick Thornton on set of Samson and Delilah (2009)
See interviews here:
http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/daring_daran_fulham
and
http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/samson_and_delilah
Moving around London has never been this fun: Trafalgar Square hosts free film screening for all while a new Archive Gala shows London in a whole new light!
For the sixth consecutive year, Trafalgar Square will play host to an evening of free screenings on Thursday 22 October. The LONDON MOVES ME event, presented in association with Film London, is a celebration of transport in London as captured on film, and will be set to a live music accompaniment. Screening on Thursday 22 w...
Elefest is returning to Elephant and Castle next weekend, with an exceptional line up of talent, films and workshops – proving the area is one of London’s leading creative hubs. Most people do not know the origin of Elephant and Castle: in older times when 17th century brits heard for the first time "l'Infante de Castille" they thought they had understood it all as "Elephant and Castle"Highlights for 2009 include screenings in the world’s first solar powered cinema, a unique mobile phone f...
The biggest celebration of independent film in Europe Portobello Film Festival : 3-20 September 2009
This september the Portobello Film Festival returns to Notting Hill for its 14th year, and will showcase more than 700 independent films all for FREE.
Started in 1996, by festival director Jonathan Barnett, as a reaction to the declining state of the British film industry, Portobello Film Festival aims to provide a forum for new film-makers and give exposure to movies on different formats.
Taking place over 3 weeks from 3rd to 20th September; Portobello Film Festival 2009 will once again will
The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival in association with Skillset, is pleased to announce that the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA winning producer and screenwriter James Schamus will talk on the following theme on Tuesday 27 October: “MY WIFE IS A TERRORIST: LESSONS IN STORYTELLING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY”Festival Artistic Director, Sandra Hebron said, “We are delighted to be working alongside Skillset on this event. James in not only someone with an enviable track record in...
Portobello Film Festival showcases an unrivalled selection of films from young filmmakers - Showing over 20 short films from young filmmakers working in urban areas- With Dominic West from US drama The Wire introducing Nick Marcq’s Latimer Films strand Youth Film Festival: Mon 7-10 Sep – Inn On The Green Portobello Film Festival: 3-20 September, Westbourne Studios, The Tabernacle and Inn On The GreenThe Youth Film Festival is giving young filmmakers a platform to showcase their creative and ...
The London Turkish Film Festival (LTFF) is excited to announce that it will award the most promising feature film in this year’s festival with a Digital Distribution Contract for a release in the UK and Ireland. The LTFF Jury will grant the contract to the most impressive new Turkish film that displays the qualities necessary to connect with audiences in the UK. A selection of ten new Turkish feature films or Turkish co-productions will be in competition for the prize, which will be announced ...
Canary Wharf Film Festival 2009 (CWFF 09) takes centre stage this September with an offering unlike any other festival this year. CWFF’s standout programmes include Next Generation, Nearby: East End Docks and Green Sundays which all give something back to London’s East End and are totally free!The Next Generation Programme, with support from the Canary Wharf Group, is providing aspiring filmmakers the opportunity of a life time as part of the festival’s aim to give up and coming filmmakers...
In just four short weeks East End Film Festival will be launching its biggest and most colourful programme of premieres, panels, parties, 3D cinema, live music, free outdoor screenings and unique special events, across eight days and eleven East London venues.• OPENING NIGHT: Thursday 23rd April sees the World Premiere of an exclusive cut of the East End gangster documentary THE END. First time filmmakers and sisters Nicola and Teena Collins turn the camera onto their father Les Falco and his ...
Drama,doc,animation,experimental. Shorts and features from lo/no to full budget. To enter a film or full programme just email
"The standard and range of the films was terrific, can we keep the tape?“. - Bill Paterson Judging panel.
Archived festival (terminated)
CWFF is an annual short film event bringing together a cross section of communities in London`s Canary Wharf.
It offers a free programme of Drama, Documentary and Animation shorts, along with a range of events over 4 days in August 2008.
All events are free admission including the Festivals late night horror shorts. For information on screening dates and times visit www.supershorts.org.uk.
Are you cold? Morose? Sunken by January blues? Here, let us put some
mittens on those hands so bitten and raw. Yes, let us take you by the
hand, and lead you through the streets of London. This year London
Short Film Festival is all about the journey. And the nice warm cinema
destination. And then the bar. Using more venues than ever before, the
capital becomes a cinematic sprawl, where you'll find new creative
visions to light your way through dark days and out of the Christmas
blockbu...
This year's Festival gets underway tonight with the eagerly anticipated World Premiere of Frost/Nixon at the Odeon Leicester Square. If you haven't managed to get hold of tickets, don't forget you can join our standby queue from 45 mins before the screening starts, at our Festival box office at the Odeon West End. Away from the red carpet, there are a whole host of great films from around the world screening over the next few days. ...
The Festival’s provision of services to the Industry has increased in 2008 and ranges from ground-breaking international events to UK focused debates and leading talent development projects. This expanded and diverse slate is possible thanks to continued funding from Film London, the London Development Agency, the Mayor of London, and new industry sponsor, Production Base.Innovations for 2008 include a major event UK and India:The Shape of Things to Come, in association with the UK Film Counci...
The London Film Festival is not necessarily against the idea of premiering controversial films......in fact, they generate good press and audience interest. But two such films had their premieres just hours apart on Friday, making it a red-hot day for the press and opinionmakers. Locally, it was BRICK LANE, the adaption of the best selling novel by local author Monica Ali, that generated the most media buzz. The film had its world premiere last evening and was the subject of much discussion in t...
Saturday, October 27----------The London Film Festival is not necessarily against the idea of premiering controversial films......in fact, they generate good press and audience interest. But two such films had their premieres just hours apart on Friday, making it a red-hot day for the press and opinionmakers. Locally, it was BRICK LANE, the adaption of the best selling novel by local author Monica Ali, that generated the most media buzz. The film had its world premiere last evening and was the...
Saturday, October 27----------The London Film Festival is not necessarily against the idea of premiering controversial films......in fact, they generate good press and audience interest. But two such films had their premieres just hours apart on Friday, making it a red-hot day for the press and opinionmakers. Locally, it was BRICK LANE, the adaption of the best selling novel by local author Monica Ali, that generated the most media buzz. The film had its world premiere last evening and was the...
