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BEV Reviews Fish Tank

May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments | BySophie Ivan

Fish Tank, directed by Andrea Arnold

On Saturday BEV managed to catch Fish Tank, one of the three women-directed features screening in competition at Cannes (alongside Isabel Coixet’s Maps of the Sounds of Tokyo and Jane Campion’s Bright Star - more on that coming soon). BEV has been a supporter of director Andrea Arnold since screening her short Dog in November 2002, at the first ever Birds Eye View event! In 2005 we were the first festival to screen her Oscar-winning follow-up, Wasp, and welcomed Andrea for a Q&A just after receiving the award. And in 2006 Andrea spoke at a BEV event about the experience directing her first feature, the acclaimed Red Road, so - to put it mildly - BEV has been getting just a little excited about feasting our eyes on Fish Tank… Read the full story

BEV gathers women filmmakers in Cannes for panel debate

May 18, 2009 | No Comments | BySophie Ivan

Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold

Fresh from a screening of Fish Tank, directed by long-time friend of BEV, Andrea Arnold, we got the chance to bring together some of the best female filmmakers at Cannes 2009 for a panel discussion at the UK Film Council Pavilion. Now an annual BEV tradition, the event featured women from all over the world, and a mix of upcoming and established talent. It was chaired by BEV’s founder Rachel Millward.

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