By Melissa Palleschi on 12/01/2014
Festival Guide, Film

Cutting East are looking for the next generation of film festival programmers. Last year the film festival was the youth-led contingent of the East End Film Festival and aims to showcase young talent and create a platform for young people to talk about issues that concern them today. They are currently looking for people who live […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 18/10/2013
film, hackney
Feature, Film, Interviews

Screenwriter Steven Cutts has written a new low-budget film inspired by his own true story from his wild school days called ‘Adieu Marx’, which will have its premiere in Hackney on the 27th of October. ‘Adieu Marx’ was mostly shot in Hackney during the very eventful Olympic summer of 2012 and concerns the lives of five 20 […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 07/10/2013
Culture, Film, Film Reviews

Even if you have never read any of Slavoj Žižek‘s books you probably have seen his face somewhere. Maybe on a youtube video passed around on your Facebook news feed or an article re-tweeted by a critical theorist friend. He is what a friend of mine, who is studying for his PhD in Cultural Studies, […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 26/09/2013
Festival Guide, Film

This week kicks off the 5th Annual Brazilian Film Festival in London’s West End. Brazil’s rich cinematic culture will be celebrated from the 27th of September to the 1st of October at the Odeon in Covent Garden. There is a Brazilian buzz in the air with the upcoming World Cup event and the Olympics in Rio […]
By Hackney Hive on 12/04/2013
Festival Guide, Film

With the lobby of the Hackney Picturehouse heaving with exciting vibes and tight nit culture – the audience waiting to get into the sold out opening screening for the Fringe! Film Festival. In its third year now, it has brought and championed some real treats of queer cinema to East London screens as well as […]
By Hackney Hive on 08/04/2013
Festival Guide, Film

Bird’s Eye-View have been championing and celebrating women in film through yearly festivals, programmes and events in what is still a massively phallocentric industry. Because cinema is ingrained so deep in culture, it is easy for many to never even notice the lack of female directors or screenwriters so BEV are an important organization […]
By Remi on 14/10/2012
Film, Lead

Throughout Black history month this October (until 25 Oct), The New Black Film Club(TNBFC) is screening a selection of productions at the The Picture House in Hackney, Stratfford and Ritzy Picture House in Brixton. Along with the award winning documentaries, features and independent films there will be Q&A sessions and debates about a genre […]
By Melissa Palleschi on 25/09/2012
Festival Guide, Film

Australia took over The Hackney Picture House for three days last week. Formally known as London Australian Film Festival and held annually at the Barbican, this smorgasbord board of Australian celluloid now in a new incarnation, has partnered with Picture House. Melissa Palleschi popped over to see what all the fuss was about. Hackney Picturehouse […]
By Remi on 06/09/2012
Film
Formally known as London Australian Film Festival and held annually at the Barbican, this smorgasbord board of Australian celluloid now in a new incarnation, has partnered with Picture House. Celebrating 18 years of show casing Aussie Films in London, the new partnership gives the organizers a broader outlet at various locations throughout the UK. Starting […]
By Hackney Hive on 10/07/2012
ray winstone, the hot potato
Film

Since starting in 2000, the East End Film Festival has established its self as one of the UK’s Largest Film Festivals attracting an annual audience of over 30,000. Showcasing work from local and international filmmakers to London’s most dynamic quarter, the festival boasts an array of international premieres and industry master classes. A hotly […]