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Nov 8, 2011 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward
Young Heathcliff (Solomon Glave) and Cathy (Shannon Beer)
Andrea Arnold is celebrated as one of Britain’s most important contemporary filmmakers. Birds Eye View’s very first event back in November 2002 featured Andrea Arnold’s beautiful and disturbing short film Dog. Her third short, Wasp, won her an Oscar, and was screened at the first Birds Eye View Film Festival in 2005. Andrea then sprung into feature film with the tension thrilled Red Road which won the jury award at Cannes, as did her second feature Fish Tank, which won the Birds Eye View Marie Claire Best Film of 2009-10 Award, presented by Gillian Anderson at our 2010 film festival. For the first time, Andrea has delivered an adaptation of a classic novel for her third, equally distinctive feature film. We had the opportunity to chat with her about the experience:
Interview questions by Rebecca Brand, Head of Communications and Operations at Women in Film and Television UK , with many thanks from BEV!
Aug 10, 2011 | No Comments | ByBen
BEV Founder-Director Rachel Millward
When I founded BEV in 2002, I never expected to see a decade of such phenomenal growth. Our first event was seen by just 200 people, and now over 18,000 join us at the Festival and on tour every year, with a further 650,000 via online and broadcast channels.
But we don’t want to rest on our laurels. We need to keep on our toes and stay relevant, and we need you to help us do that.
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Jun 23, 2011 | No Comments | ByLouise Forbes
Just Do It
This is a one-time only offer, guys! BEV subscribers can get an exclusive taste of Nest membership with our special preview screening of acclaimed new documentary Just Do It for the member rate of only £3.
Just Do It offers unprecedented access into climate change activism in an astonishing journey behind the scenes of a community that refuses to sit back. Followed by an exclusive Q&A with director Emily James (director, The Luckiest Nut In The World; exec producer, The Age of Stupid) and producer Lauren Simpson who used a crowd-funding model to finance the project.
Learn more and watch the trailer here: http://justdoitfilm.com/
Join us at this very special event on Thursday 7th of July, at 7pm
at The Hospital Club, 24 Endell Steet, London WC2H 9HQ
Available to the public at the Nest member rate: £3 only www.birds-eye-view.eventbrite.com
Jun 6, 2011 | No Comments | ByLouise Forbes
The Round Up
BEV has teamed up with Revolver for our special preview of French box office hit The Round Up, plus a Q&A with director Roselyne Bosch. We have a whopping TWENTY tickets available to the event at 6PM, 16th June at the Everyman Cinema, Hampstead for BEV Nest Members.
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May 26, 2011 | No Comments | ByLouise Forbes
From the film 'Persepolis' (2007) adapted from the graphic novel
Nest members can win tickets to join Marjane Satrapi, the critically acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and author of Persepolis (2000) in conversation with film critic Jason Solomons as they explore the relationship between the graphic novel, the animated moving image, politics and memory. Just email zoe@birds-eye-view.co.uk for your entry. For more info and to book tickets: http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/event-detail.asp?ID=12270
May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment | ByLouise Forbes
Female Soldier from Belongings
Belongings
A Hampstead Downstairs production
Written by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, directed by Maria Aberg
Taking a jaunt into the land of theatre, BEV is delighted to offer 2 lucky Nest members a pair of free tickets to the world premiere of Belongings, at the Hampstead Theatre, including a pre-show event with drinks and conversation with writer Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and director Maria Aberg on 1st June at 6:30pm (performance starts 7:45). Read the full story
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