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BEVs First Roller Derby

Feb 25, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan

Whip It Roller Girls including Drew Barrymore

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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Papermint on The World of Gaming

Feb 24, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan

Papaermint Poetry

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

A Record Year for Women Filmmakers at the BAFTAs

Feb 22, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan

Kathryn Bigelow at the BAFTAs last night

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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Musicians meet Silent Stars at BEVFF 2010

Feb 16, 2010 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View

Marion Davies in The Patsy

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

Blonde Crazy? Who’s Blonde Crazy?

Feb 16, 2010 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View

By Lucy Bolton

Marilyn Monroe stars in Gentleman Prefer Blondes

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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Kim Longinotto in the Guardian

Feb 16, 2010 | No Comments | ByClare Callan

Kim Longinotto

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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