Past Events

Birds Eye View has toured nationally and internationally, partnering with a wide range of cinema venues, film and arts festivals, including Cannes film festival, Latitude arts festival, and the Glasgow Film Theatre.

Events include: showcase screenings of outstanding films, introduced by special guests and with director Q&As; specially commissioned live music featuring cutting-edge female musicians, and innovative, inspirational panel discussions with leaders in their fields.

  • Cheltenham

    Screen Writers Festival, Tuesday 27th October 2009

    In assosciation with SWF, Birds Eye View will be presenting an interview with Mamma Mia! writer Catherine Johnson.

  • Bristol

    The Watershed, Bristol, 29th October 2009, 7pm

    Birds Eye View and Cineformation co-present a special masterclass with Bristol-based filmmaker Philippa Lowthorpe.

  • Dartington

    The Barn Cinema, Dartington, 12th November 2009, 7pm

    The Birds Eye View Sound and Silents strand fuses silent film and live musical accompaniment to create a unique cinematic experience.  My Best Girl, accompanied by the Elysian Quartet was originally commissioned for the BEV Festival in 2008 where it was a huge success.  

  • Branchage Jersey International Film Festival

    1st-4th October 2009

    Branchage Jersey International Film Festival is an annual, vibrant, boutique film festival, combining exciting, engaging films with live music events.

    With events taking place in some of the most beautiful, historic and iconic landmarks of Jersey, Branchage creates unique and atmospheric cinema treats in strange and wonderful locations dotted across the island.

  • Glasgow

    GFT and CCA, Glasgow, 18th - 21st November 2009

    Birds Eye View hits Glasgow with a four day feast of events for film lovers and budding filmmakers. The tour includes a Sound and Silent event, a shorts showcase followed by Q&A session with Director Annie Griffin, Festival (2005), a documentary filmmakers' masterclass and a producers' panel discussion on opportunities for women in film.

  • Newcastle

    The Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, 28th November 2009

    BEV lands in the North East bringing new opportunities for women filmmakers with a 'Routes into Filmmaking' panel discussion followed by a 'Pitch and Connect' session (a chance to develop your film career speed dating style!) all rounded off with a networking event.

  • Latitude Festival

    July 18th 15.20

    Film and Music Arena
    Henham Park, Southwold, Sunrise Coast, Suffolk

    BEV chats to Bishi as she gears up for Latitude Festival...read more in our blog

    Birds Eye View returned to the Latitude Festival in 2009 with another fab line-up from our festival programme.  The audience enjoyed the enigmatic Bishi with Neil Kaczor and Zongamin performing alongside 1923 cinema classic Salome, starring mesmeric lesbian Hollywood icon Alla Nazimova. BEV walso presented short films Peter and Ben, and The Lake.

  • Cannes International Film Festival

    May 16th at 12 noon
    UK Film Council Pavilion

    On Saturday 16th May Birds Eye View brought together an inspirational panel discussion to celebrate the success of the few women who made it into the 2009 Cannes programme. The panel was chaired by BEV founder & director, Rachel Millward.

    Check out the BEV blog for highlights from the panel and Little White Lies for more around the Women of Cannes , and don't miss The Guardian's recent G2 profile of six outstanding women directors by Viv Groskop

  • BEV screens with Cannes in a Van

    The smallest mobile film festival in the world returned to the biggest and most prestigious, the Cannes Film Festival... and BEV was there with a selection of its own superb international shorts by women directors to join in the fun.

  • Belfast Queens Film Theatre

    May 15th-17th

    BEV visited Belfast for the first time with a selection of films from our 2009 festival, including delicious French comedy Grown Ups, inspirational doc The Time of Their Lives and the breath-taking shorts programme from our opening night. Plus three femmes fatales classics from our Screen Seductresses retrospective in partnership with the BFI, and a panel discussion that provided top tips and inspiring debate.

    For more information please visit the QFT website