News Archive

2007

December


November

  • 12 November
    A FESTIVAL OF EARLY CABARET & BURELESQUE CINEMA 1895 - 1933

    The Smoking Cabinet presents an exotic array of films that epitomise the flair, eroticism and joie de vivre of burlesque, fin de siècle follies, the machine age, and modernist cabaret.
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  • 1 November
    ENCOUNTERS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL FILM SCHOOL: THE PRODUCERS STORY

    Everything you wanted to know about the producers job description and the detail of producing film will be revealed in this film School.
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October

  • 26 October
    BFFS Announces Date for National Conference

    The British Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) has announced its 2007 National Conference for Film Societies and Community Cinemas as 1 December 2007.
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September

  • 18 September
    SHAPE, THE UK'S LEADING ARTS ORGANISATION FOR DEAF AND DISABLED PEOPLE PRESENTS LINK UP MEDIA CAREER DEVELOPMENT DAY

    Link Up is a unique career development programme developed by Shape, the UK's leading arts organisation for deaf and disabled people. The programme provides invaluable insights and practical information on finding employment and developing a career, particularly within the creative industries.
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  • 3 September
    WATERSHED IS 25 THIS YEAR!

    Watershed first opened its doors in 1982, capturing that shift in media at a point when satellite and Channel 4 were just beginning. Arguably, it is only really recently with the explosion of the web that we are beginning to realise what a ‘Media Centre’ might actually be or mean. To open up the debate, we welcome Andrew Keen, author of recent web 2.0 polemic ‘The Cult of the Amateur’, to share his thoughts about the way in which the web impacts the production and consumption of culture. At the other end of the spectrum we're delighted to be continuing the tradition of presenting silent film with a gala screening of Pandora's Box with a newly commissioned orchestral score from composer Paul Lewis performed by members of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia at Colston Hall. These are just two of the anniversary events, for more info visit: www.watershed.co.uk/25/
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July

  • 1 July
    27TH CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: MICROCINEMA

    This summer Microcinema, the artists' film showcase at the Cambridge Film Festival, goes back to nature with Future Landscape: essential cinema that teases apart the way artists frame the natural world through experimentation, play and a pioneering sense of adventure. Programmes include new and archive work from Andrew Kotting, Roz Mortimer, Marine Hugonnier, Mai Yamashita & Naoto Kobayashi, Sutapa Biswas, Elizabeth McAlpine and many more.
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May

  • 15 May
    DepicT! '07 — CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR 90 SECOND FILM COMPETITION

    DepicT! short film competition, part of the renowned Encounters International Short Film Festival (Wed 21 – Sun 25 Nov 2007), once again challenges filmmakers from across the globe to come up with a compelling, imaginative idea and distil it into 90 seconds of cinematic originality.
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  • 4 May
    CLUB DES FEMMES PRESENTS SUMMER CAMP FOR GIRLS

    Club des Femmes kicks out this June as a new queer/feminist film and video event. This summer enrol for Club des Femmes' Summer Camp for Girls, a shaded, leafy space in the hot glare of contemporary conservatism. At Summer Camp relive the freedom of punk attitude as Club des Femmes revisits Vivienne Dick, Sadie Benning, Lizzie Borden — filmmakers who defined a new world order and gave back to girls the Power of Camp.
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February

  • 1 February
    WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION LAUNCH WORKLINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SKILLSET AND THE UK FILM COUNCIL

    Women in Film and Television has launched Workline, a new confidential employment advice website and helpline, supported by Skillset and the UK Film Council. The free, confidential, nationwide service is available to anyone working in the UK film and television industry, including employees, employers, full and part-time workers and those who are self-employed.
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January

  • 25 January
    MINIMA PLAY A SPECIALLY COMPOSED LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT TO DULAC'S CONTROVERSIAL CLASSIC ‘SEASHELL AND THE CLERGYMAN’

    Arguably the first example of Surrealist cinema, The Seashell and the Clergyman was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1928 with the words: ‘This film is so cryptic as to be almost meaningless. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable.’

    Minima's new live soundtrack strikes up an unexpected relationship with the film...an intense, yet delicate atmosphere. Drums, bass, guitar and cello with no laptops or backing tape — this is a live show...

    For details on upcoming shows in February, and further information including how to book the event in your cinema, please see: http://www.myspace.com/minimaband