Film
Spotlight
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Nadia Denton
23rd October 2017
Nadia is a curator, producer, event organiser and author of the book Beyond Nollywood.
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Dr Tim Boon
9th October 2017
Dr Tim Boon is Head of Research and Public History for the Science Museum Group and a historian of the public culture of science. His books include Films of Fact and Material Culture and Electronic Sound.
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Dan Kokotajlo
6th September 2017
The writer/director of Apostasy talks about his love of films ranging from Lost Highway to Peeping Tom.
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Deborah Haywood
1st August 2017
Deborah's debut feature Pin Cushion premieres as the opening film of Venice Critics' Week.
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Charlie Swinbourne
14th June 2017
Charlie Swinbourne is an award-winning filmmaker, writing and directing dramas, comedies and documentaries with a difference – they’re made in sign language.
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Alice Cabanas
6th June 2017
Our new film programme manager Alice, who joins British Council from Encounters, talks about her love for Wim Wenders and American Honey.
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Chris Martin
9th May 2017
Chris Martin is the producer representing the UK in EFP’s Producers on the Move at Cannes 2017.
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Rory Alexander Stewart
3rd May 2017
The Scotland-based writer/director will have his film Wild Horses premiering in Cannes.
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Moin Hussain
7th May 2017
Moin Hussain's short film Real Gods Require Blood has its world premiere at Cannes Critics' Week.
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Jayisha Patel
11th April 2017
Jayisha Patel launched her new VR project Notes To My Father at the Oculus House at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and also presented the work at the SXSW Film Festival in March.
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Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis
21st February 2017
Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis are the co-directors of Generation Revolution, a feature-length documentary about BAME activists who are changing the social and political landscape.
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Rafael Kapelinski
7th February 2017
London-based filmmaker Rafael was born in Poland and left a job in banking to work for the Camerimage Film Festival. He subsequently attended the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw and the National Film and Television School in the UK. His three short films have won more than 25 awards at international film festivals. He started developing his first feature Butterfly Kisses at Cannes Cinefondation Residency.
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Ed Gibbs and Rubika Shah
26th January 2017
As their latest short doc begins its festival journey, premiering in Sundance this month, and heading to Berlin next, we ask London-based filmmaking duo Ed Gibbs and Rubika Shah for their film highlights.
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