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Feb 25, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan
Whip It Roller Girls including Drew Barrymore
On Saturday 6th February myself and Julia (also of Birds Eye View) approached a sports centre in Tottenham Hale with our BYOB in our hands and the anticipation of the unknown ahead of us.
We were walking into our first roller derby.
By the time we left we were on a high, super-excited about The BEVFF Closing Night Gala - London Premiere of Whip It + live roller derby action from the London Roller Girls and the London Rockin Rollers!
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Feb 24, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan
Papermint Poetry
We caught up with Dr Barbara Lippe (known as Babsi), Art Director & Consultant of Papermint, a fascinating indie games company, who have created an all-new animated virtual world which combines advanced casual gaming and social networking. Babsi and Chief Technical Officer, Claudia will be hosting a live game development session at the festival on Saturday 6th March as part of Birds Eye View Film Festival 2010’s Innovation strand. Read the full story
Feb 22, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan
Kathryn Bigelow at the BAFTAs last night
Last night Kathryn Bigelow picked up Best Film & Best Director for The Hurt Locker, Andrea Arnold won Outstanding British Film for Fish Tank, Martina Amati was awarded for Best Short for I Do Air and Best Short Animation went to Emma Lazenby and Sally Arthur for Mother of Many. Congratulations to all these winners! Yesterday really was a night to be celebrated for women in film.
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Feb 16, 2010 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View
Marion Davies in The Patsy
The Birds Eye View Sound and Silents Retrospective this year features three delightful blonde and boisterous stars. Kelly Robinson, BEV retrospective programmer, gives her insights into these actresses and the flaxen-haired characters they play. The Musicians: Patti Plinko, Gwyneth Herbert and Jane Gardner, who will be putting their own spin on the films with specially commissioned original scores, tell us how it’s going and what their personal take is. Read the full story
Feb 16, 2010 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View
By Lucy Bolton
Marilyn Monroe stars in Gentleman Prefer Blondes
The blondes who feature in the Birds Eye View Sound & Silents series and the Blonde Crazy Retrospective demonstrate the complexity of the images and personality traits that have been attributed to blondes from the earliest days of cinema. Like her fellow feminine filmic staples –the showgirl and the femme fatale – the blonde can be unfairly dismissed as a predictable set of conventions and relegated to the role of one-dimensional spectacle.
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Feb 16, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan
Kim Longinotto
‘Film-making saved my life’
Fantastic article in the Guardian on Friday on Kim Longinotto and her film Rough Aunties which is screening as part of our Festival at ICA Cinema 1, March 7, 2.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, March 9, 6.15pm. The Screening is partnership with Branchage Film festival
If you missed it click here. To get tickets and see the rest of our inspiring 2010 Docs programme click here.
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