The first in the BFI’s new annual series dedicated to contemporary British cinema focuses on women filmmakers with a bold approach to cinematic form and a tangible, demonstrated vision.
To win some tickets to a screening, see the bottom of this article!
The Alcohol Years
• 7 Apr 18:20
• 13 Apr 20:45
Carol Morley’s audacious, funny and moving documentary about the five years she abandoned to booze and lasciviousness.
Andrea Arnold & Lynne Ramsay: Shorts Programme
• 6 Apr 18:10
• 15 Apr 15:50
Six films from two of Britain’s leading directors.
The Arbor
• 2 – 5 April
Clio Barnard intertwines rare documentary footage and immaculate reconstructions to depict the life of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
Archipelago
• 27 Apr 20:50
• 28 Apr 18:20
• 29 Apr 15:30
A doting mother gathers her family together at their holiday home in Tresco, sparking off conflict and resentment.
Blindsight
• 8 Apr 16:00
• 14 Apr 20:50
Two blind men embark on a trek with six students to reach the top of a 23,000 foot mountain.
Countdown to Zero
• 8 – 26 April
Lucy Walker’s gripping documentary exposes the prevalence of nuclear weaponry and the secret history of its development and expansion.
Dreams of a Life
• 28 – 30 April
The haunting true story of a young woman discovered in a London flat three years after her death.
Edge
• 22 Apr 20:50
• 28 Apr 20:50
• 29 Apr 16:20
Lost souls gravitate towards a shabby hotel in Carol Morley’s impressionistic feature debut.
Fish Tank
• 7 Apr 17:50
• 10 Apr 20:30
• 12 Apr 20:40
Andrea Arnold’s award-winning exploration of a 15-year-old girl who aspires to escape her wayward mother to become a dancer.
Made in Britain: Next Gen
• 2 Apr 18:30
Outstanding short films from British women filmmakers.
Morvern Callar
• 9 Apr 20:40
• 15 Apr 18:10
Samantha Morton gives a stunning performance as a woman who wakes up to discover her boyfriend dead on the kitchen floor, in Lynne Ramsay’s ravishing second feature.
Ratcatcher
• 9 Apr 16:00
• 15 Apr 20:30
Lynne Ramsay’s compelling first feature, set on a Glasgow council estate during the 70s binmen’s strike.
Red Road
• 6 Apr 15:50
• 14 Apr 18:20
The life of a security worker is shattered when she spies the shadowy figure of a man from her past, in Andrea Arnold’s striking debut.
Self Made
• 4 – 18 April
Artist Gillian Wearing creates an absorbing, slippery and challenging film about the power of representation and identity.
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom + Devil’s Playground
• 7 Apr 20:20
• 13 Apr 18:15
Two documentaries from award-winning filmmaker Lucy Walker, examining an Amish community and the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese Tsunami.
Unrelated
• 27 Apr 18:30
• 30 Apr 18:15
A woman’s arrival at the Italian holiday home of an extended bourgeois family exposes middle class sensibilities in Joanna Hogg’s debut feature.
Waste Land
• 7 – 17 April
Lucy Walker’s Academy Award-nominated documentary accompanies Brazilian artist Vik Muniz on a confronting creative journey to Rio.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
• 19 Apr 18:00
• 20 Apr 20:50
• 22 Apr 18:10
Lynne Ramsay’s acclaimed film stars Tilda Swinton as the mother of a spree killer.
Wuthering Heights
• 9 Apr 18:10
• 11 Apr 20:30
• 14 Apr 20:30
Andrea Arnold’s radical and beautifully filmed adaptation of this classic tale of obsessive love.
MORE INFO:
Birds Eye View
BFI – Made in Britain
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