film festival Archive

  • Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews

    Mordecai Richler: The Last of the Wild Jews

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    Mordecai Richler was a Jewish Canadian author and essayist, infamous for being bullish, outspoken, and constantly accompanied by a cigar and a glass of scotch. Born in the Jewish St. Urbain neighbourhood of Montreal, Richler openly criticised Quebecois nationalism and Canadian nationalism, as well as elements of his own Jewish background and upbringing. The documentary [...]

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  • Short and Sweet Film Festival Encourages Student Filmmakers

    Short and Sweet Film Festival Encourages Student Filmmakers

    On Thursday 12th May, Kent University was swarming with young student filmmakers eager to show their latest short works. This was all part of the Short and Sweet film festival which has now been running for several years under organiser Samuel Steele. It aims to encourage student filmmakers from all over the UK and abroad [...]

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  • Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Winners

    Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Winners

    It’s been ten years since Robert De Niro and Producer Jane Rosenthal founded Tribeca Film Festival, and since then it has exhibited a variety of films from both veteran and fresh faced directors. This year has been no different with a wide variety of films being shown from gritty drama NEDS to Norwegian horror Trollhunter. Jane [...]

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  • Birds Eye View Film Festival 2010

    Birds Eye View Film Festival 2010

    The Birds Eye View Film Festival is an annual film festival in London that celebrates and screens films made be female directors or films with iconic female performances. We take a look at the highlights of whats on at the festival

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  • BFI Film Festival – 14/29th October 2009

    BFI Film Festival – 14/29th October 2009

    Its almost time for the 53rd Annual Film Festival from the British Film Institute. Showcasing some of the best films from around the Globe, the Film Festival offers film goers special screenings of new movies like Fantastic Mr Fox and Nowhere Boy. They also focus on British Cinema, French Cinema, and European entrants into the [...]

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