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  • BEV celebrates & supports international women filmmakers. The flagship BEV Film Festival runs at London's BFI Southbank and ICA, with exclusive previews, shorts, retrospectives, training and cutting-edge live performances.

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Party Time! BEV meets Temper Temper’s Wendy Bevan

Mar 9, 2011 | No Comments | ByBen

Wendy Bevan

BEV wouldn’t be BEV without our legendary Festival Party! And this year we’ll be throwing in some twisted treats in celebration of BEV’s Bloody Women with a fab line-up including Wendy Bevan‘s Temper Temper, hotly tipped songsmiths Paper Aeroplanes and the deliciously outrageous Madam Laycock and her Dabeno Pleasures – all rounded off with Groove Armada colaborator Crazy Girl and the gorgeous mixture of DJ’ing and decadence that is the Bees Knees. Headliners Temper Temper take their influences from the mysterious underworld of 1930′s Berlin Cabaret and play a dark concoction of forgotten jazz standards and original material. BEV caught up with Wendy Bevan for a sneak peak of what Saturday night has in store…

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Oh What A Night! Day 1 at BEV 2011

Mar 9, 2011 | No Comments | ByWill

Zoe Wanamaker & Rachel Millward

Kicking off BEV 2011 in style, yesterday’s sold-out Opening Night Gala was introduced by our special guest Olivier Award winning and BAFTA-nominated actress Zoe Wanamaker, who launched the Festival with a career’s worth of gravitas. After her stirring speech, BEV director Rachel Millward introduced a live performance by experimental pop sensation Micachu previewing Friday’s spectacular Sound & Silents at Southbank Centre - alongside a spellbinding showcase of international shorts and the cinema premiere of Sam Taylor-Wood’s EQUALS campaign film starring Bond actor Daniel Craig. Read the full story