Arts Could your premises be used as a film location? The Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth, released earlier this year, and Channel 4 drama The Fear are among film and TV productions shot partly on location in Brighton & Hove. A public information session is being held for people interested in finding out whether their home or business premises coul By Besi • 2 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Oska Bright Film Festival Oska Bright is an international festival of short films. All of the work featured in this Oska Bright Film Festival Tour event is made by learning disabled film-makers from Brighton & Hove. The event is for everyone interested in film and film-making and will open your eyes to a different way of loo By Besi • 1 min read
Arts Argentine Film Festival The third Argentine Film Festival takes place at the Ritzy cinema and Hackney Picturehouse in London from November 27-30, providing a unique showcase for the best contemporary films from and about Argentina. Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) the riotous black comedy by Argentine director Damian Szifron By Besi • 2 min read
Arts ‘Off the Page’ A series of ‘micro-plays’ uniting journalism and theatre The first Royal Court and Guardian micro-play will be available to watch online from 12pm today. Monday, November 17. The worlds of theatre and journalism collide in ‘Off the Page’, a unique new collaboration. Guardian journalists are partnering with Royal Court playwrights, theatre directors and a By Besi • 3 min read
Arts Sitges Tales A trip to Sitges always yields surprises. None more so than during the Festival International de Film Fantastic de Catalunya, now in its 47th year. Hollywood Film Directors pop up for photo opportunities overlooking the gay naturist beach, horror film geeks pack the bars and souvenir stands and hund By Contributor • 2 min read
Arts McKELLEN supports LGBT film to tackle homophobia in football Sir Ian McKellen is supporting a Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds towards the production budget of a new film called WONDERKID. He appears in the promotional video for the project which is also being supported by the The Kevin Spacey Foundation and LGBT anti-violence and hate crime charity Galop. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts FILM REVIEW: The Way He Looks Daniel Ribeiro’s film, based on his earlier short, is a bright, sunny coming-of-age drama. In a Q+A session after the screening the director said that one of the motivations behind making his movie was to empower the gay children who would see it. This is laudable, and absolutely makes for a great t By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Arts Winter Pride UK Arts Awards 2014 The second Winter Pride UK Arts Awards will be hosted by Irish broadcasting personality Brendan Courtney at Tobacco Dock in East London on Saturday, November 15. Winter Pride UK, a unique celebration of creativity and a dazzling display of the finest performance and visual arts, is open to all artis By Besi • 2 min read
Arts FILM PREVIEW: ‘The Way He Looks’ Hot off the heels of its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, the Duke’s at Komedia are screening this Brazilian coming-of-age drama. Eyes Wide Open present the award winning movie ‘The way he looks’ followed by a question and answer session with the director Daniel Ribeiro on Wednesday, Oct By Besi • 1 min read
Arts PREVIEW: Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival Fringe! returns to East London for the fourth year running from Hovember 4-9. East London’s alternative queer film and arts festival, Fringe!, returns this November with a programme of film, art, workshops and parties! Alex Karotsch, the Festival Producer, said: “We’re delighted to bring back Fringe By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Writing a film for Leisa Rea When Deborah Espect joined Twitter a few years ago, she started to follow a famous English actress who starred in a cult 80s lesbian film. Deborah was shocked and ecstatic to see that, a few days later, the said actress was following her back. For days, she tried to find something interesting and wi By Besi • 2 min read
Arts Channel 4 launch Patchwork project More than 100 people attended a Channel 4 event in London last week to celebrate the creation of 25 short My Genderation films for the Patchwork project, a collaboration between Lucky Tooth and All About Trans. Fox and Lewis created the short, insightful films over the past six months, filming with By Contributor • 2 min read
