Mar 2, 2010 | No Comments | ByTamsyn Dent
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Tamsyn Dent, BEV’s Development and Outreach Manager (and new Mum!) reviews our 2010 Bring a Baby Film Junior, about a parent-child relationship – a generation on. According to Time Out, Junior is “Beautifully observed… a soulful movie about the importance of family” Read on to see what Tam had to say…
Junior is screening at 11am on March 5th at the Ritzy in Brixton for the Bring a Baby screening – you can also catch it that evening at the Ritzy at 6pm and at the ICA on Saturday March 6th and Monday March 8th.
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Jun 12, 2009 | No Comments | ByTamsyn Dent
Birds head to Belfast Queens Film Theatre
This May, for the first time ever, the Birds were invited to sunny Northern Ireland to host a guest season of events at the Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT) in Belfast.
The season took place from the 15th – 17th May and included highlights from our 2009 festival programme, a special panel discussion, ‘Women Make Movies’ with a specific focus on the film industry in Northern Ireland plus three cinema classics from our Femmes Fatales season.
Have a read of the following blog by Birds Eye View’s Development Manager, Tamsyn who hosted the event to find out all the goings on plus some top tips from Belfast based female filmmakers.
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Feb 23, 2009 | 4 Comments | ByTamsyn Dent
Hit by Slumdog Millionaire fever? Tamsyn Dent suggests you come watch a deeper and more realistic portrayal of women in India in Leena Manimekalai’s award winning documentary Goddesses.
India is everywhere at the moment! Even pre-last night’s Oscars smash, you could barely turn on your television or open the newspaper without seeing something about Danny Boyle’s wild card hit of the awards season, Slumdog Millionaire. Like it for its feel good factor and rags to riches storyline or loath it because of the negative image of the slum inhabitants of Mumbai, you can’t deny that this is a visually stunning film and through it Bollywood, and more importantly, India is seeping into the mainstream.
But what about the women in the film? To me the women lose out, the love interest is unconvincing and never fully explained and the only other strong female character is the stereotypical traditional mother.
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