Mar 8, 2009 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View
Real World Films: Portraits from Brazil and Palestine is screening tomorrow 6.45pm at the ICA, and rather excitingly, will be a world premiere. Rebecca Frankel tells us more about how these films have come about:
A Vida Politica, screening at Real World Films
“Real World is a pioneering documentary scheme to create and distribute positive images of women in the developing world. Filmmakers collaborated with academics to find stories in their chosen region.
They received training to develop their skills, and £20k to make a series of innovative short documentaries. 2 sets of films have been produced so far. They are 12 mins long each, about Brazil and Palestine, by Kat Mansoor (Animal Monday) and Paulino Tervo.
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Mar 3, 2009 | 1 Comment | ByBirds Eye View
Sophie Ivan writes about Peace Mission and why you should get yourself along to the ICA on Monday March 9th for An Introduction to Nollywood – the third largest film industry in the world.
Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima at her desk
Never mind Nollywood, Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima is a one-woman industry all of her own. We first catch sight of her, a mobile phone clamped to each ear, arranging a slew of business meetings as she is driven in a blacked-out car through the choc-a streets of Lagos. Producer, director, talk-show host, founder and CEO of the African Movie Academy, which produces the continent’s equivalent of the Oscar’s each year, Peace is the embodiment of the energy which she describes as Nollywood’s driving force. It produces well over a 1000 films a year, and is Nigeria’s second largest employer (after the oil industry): in terms of sheer output, that makes it the third biggest film industry in the world.
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Mar 3, 2009 | No Comments | ByBirds Eye View
Rebecca Frankel, former Editor of FourDocs is a big fan of American Teen, screening at Birds Eye View film festival on Sat 7 Mar 6.30pm at the ICA in London and will see its opening weekend this Friday. We asked her to tell us a little bit about why she likes it so much:
“American Teen received rave reviews at Sundance last year. As well as setting off a bidding war with distributors, Nanette Burstein was awarded the Documentary Directing Award for it.
Set in Warsaw, Indiana, the film focus on five students in their final year of high school. Each fits one of the archetypes we know from, well, high school movies. So there is the jock, nerd, cheerleader, loner and rich kid. This cliche has been used to brilliant effect in the poster – a marketing rip off of The Breakfast Club poster.
American Teen poster pays homage to The Breakfast Club
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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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Feb 16, 2009 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward
I caught up with Jocelyn Cammack, after watching her wonderful doc: The Times of Their Lives – screening at the festival on Sunday March 8th at the ICA at 4.30pm. This is one of the festival events I’m most looking forward to – particularly as Hetty (103) will be attending. A centenarian campaigner, with us, on International Women’s Day! Get ready to be seriously inspired…
Hetty, in trademark felt hat, marching for peace at the age of 102, photographer Hugo Glendinning
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