Black Film Across London
From November to March 2009 Londoners can take advantage of an exciting programme
of festivals and events that will showcase and celebrate Black film talent. It
will include screenings, exhibitions, masterclasses, glittering awards ceremonies
and education programmes together with DJ nights delivered by organisations whom
have benefited from invaluable financial support from Film London, UK Film Council
and Skillset.
Images of Black Women Film Festival
Taking us into 2009 is the Images of Black Women Film Festival, an international
film festival that celebrates African descent women film-makers on screen and
behind the screen.
The festival will celebrate the organisation's 5th year and runs from 27 March
to 29 March 2009 at Rich Mix. As the first UK film festival dedicated to African
descent women, it has proved to be an undeniable success. For more information
please email info@imagesofblackwomen.com.
Previous events include:
BFM International Film Festival
The largest black world cinema event in the UK. Marking their 10th anniversary,
the festival took place at venues across London, including BFI Southbank, the
British Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Rich Mix and Bernie Grant
Arts Centre.
Running from 7 - 17 November 2008, the festival opened with a screening of Horace
Ove's The Ghost of Hin King Estate. For more details log on to: www.bfmmedia.com/festival.
The London African Film Festival
Africa At The Pictures, in partnership with the Royal African Society, celebrates
African cinema in The London African Film Festival.
The festival consists of 50 films in six major arts' venues across the capital
(BFI Southbank, Renoir, Barbican, ICA, Rich Mix and the October Gallery). Amongst
the highlights in a programme, that promises to excite, entertain and enlighten,
is a retrospective of Abderrahamane Sissako, one of Africa's leading film-makers
(Bamako/Waiting for Happiness).
There will also be a showcase of early South African cinema from the 1900s to
the present day, Q&As with more than a dozen of the continents' most exciting
up-and-coming directors and established directors, a selection of the latest rich
pickings from Nigeria's booming home video 'Nollywood' industry, and an animation
programme for children.
The festival runs from 29 November to 7 December 2008. For details of the full
programme visit: www.africaatthepictures.co.uk.
The British Urban Film Festival
Celebrating the best in new urban film-making on Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 December
at the Genesis in Mile End and Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, E1.
The full programme is available at www.buffenterprises.co.uk and tickets for all screening events are free - simply call 08712 885 785 to
reserve your seat.
