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News from our friends

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.

Enjoy the read!

Birds Eye View in the Times

Oct 7, 2009 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward

“Need for Girls in Film: a festival may help women break into movie directing, says Peter Davey”

Birds Eye View featured in today’s The Times supplement on Where Women Want to Work. Sadly it’s not online so it’s tricky to link to it, but we’ve uploaded a pdf scan to our site, which you can download by clicking here and scrolling down to the first article under ‘Print Press Coverage’.

Enjoy the read!

Last Laugh film projects announced, plus Last Laugh mini-doc live online

Mar 24, 2009 | 2 Comments | ByBirds Eye View

On 4th February 2009, the  Last Laugh participants pitched 23 ideas to Warp X.  We’re very excited to let you know that four projects have been selected for development. These are:

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In today’s Independent: Whatever happened to the femme fatale?

Feb 27, 2009 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward

Today’s Indie boasts a fabulous article about our wonderful retrospective of SCREEN SEDUCTRESSES: Vamps, Vixens and Femmes Fatales.

Whatever happened to the femme fatale?

Sultry, smouldering temptresses lit up the screen in cinema’s golden age – but where are they now? Sheila Johnston pays tribute to the femme fatale

Read it all here: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/whatever-happened-to-the-femme-fatale-1633088.html

… and enjoy the perspectives of Mary Harron, our visiting director, and Rowan Pelling, one of the contributors to our Sex on Screen Debate.

BEV on bite

Feb 26, 2008 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward

See festival director Rachel Millward chat BEV on C4′s “Bite” – produced by an old BEV team gal, Rachna Suri. We’re the second item on this… watch out for Ami’s burning record! Crazy rockin’ lady ;-)

Rxx