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Feb 8, 2010 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward
Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism, a new book by Natasha Walter
Natasha Walter is a friend and valued supporter of Birds Eye View. She was on our jury with Miranda Sawyer and Bonnie Greer in 2006, and came along to co-present Birds Eye Review which closed the festival in debate that year. We also had the pleasure of her company in 2007 at the Women’s Arts International Festival (sadly only a once-off due to funding cuts) in Kendal, Cumbria as she joined us for a panel discussion and we spent the weekend watching great gigs and walking in the hills.
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Feb 5, 2010 | No Comments | ByAmy Mole
Gillian Anderson will be announcing the winning film
So the Oscar’s nominations have been announced and we are keeping everything crossed for Kathryn Bigelow, who is up for Best Director. BEV will be rolling out the red carpet on March 7th too, to spend Oscars night at our Secret Screening of the best woman directed film of the year as voted for by Marie Claire readers. None other than the luminous Gillian Anderson will present the award bringing some real life Academy Award glamour to the event.
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Jan 31, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan
Destiny Ekaragha on set
Destiny Ekaragha is a rising star of the British film scene and we are very pleased to be screening the third short film she has written and directed, The Park, as part of our UK shorts programme at the festival.
The film is a coming of age tale which sharply observes teenage relationships with humor and empathy.
BEV’s Zoe Kandyla got some time with Destiny.
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Jan 29, 2010 | No Comments | ByJulia Carruthers
Lourdes Director: Jessica Hausner
Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner has previously toured international film festivals and wowed audiences and critics with her features Lovely Rita (2001) and Hotel (2004). We are excited to be presenting you with her new work at the BEV 2010 Festival; the mysterious and beautifully compelling Lourdes, about a young women with MS who travels to the French site of spiritual healing. The film was nominated for the Venice Film Festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion and stars French actor Sylvie Testud (La Vie En Rose).
BEV’s senior programmer Emily Seed spoke to Jessica from her home in Austria.
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Jan 24, 2010 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward
With apologies for having been a bit secretive about it, we launched the Birds Eye View Film Festival 2010 on Tuesday, at the Century Club on Shaftesbury Avenue, London. This was one of those exclusive shin-digs, with press, VIPs, sponsors, partners and all good schmoozable folk joining us as we announced the festival programme with a celebratory tipple.
New Chair Elizabeth Karlsen, Fiona Shaw and Rachel
Fiona Shaw - surely one of the greatest actors working in London today - we find her quite mind-blowing! - gave the opening address, while I introduced our new chair - the amazing producer Elizabeth Karlsen - and revealed the delights of the festival to come.
Fiona Shaw’s speech was typically eloquent - ranging from aboriginal Australian women’s culture to new interractive narrative forms in film. Her final message was clear and passionate: “Just as poetry comes from the silence, so films come from the darkness. Women need to illuminate more of that darkness, for the benefit of both genders…” amen to that! Read the full story
Jan 20, 2010 | No Comments | ByJulia Carruthers
Immodesty Blaize in Burlesque Undressed
Immodesty Blaize stars in Burlesque Undressed; an exclusive behind the scenes look at the art of tease. The film features dazzling live performances, lavish costumes and interviews with burlesque stars past and present. Warm, celebratory, cheeky, glamorous and revelatory, this is the ultimate film on burlesque. Immodesty was a special guest at our festival last year as part of the Femme Fatals season and we were were excited to get an interview with director Alison Grist.
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