Welcome to our SCREEN DIARY archive where you’ll find all our writing from our travels across London’s alternative cinema scene. Thanks to all the indie exhibitors & venues who have projected stories on the wall for our continued entertainment & delight.
Listed alphabetically by main attraction (festival first…).
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- ABOUT A WAR d. Daniele Rugo & Abi Weaver, 2018 – Part 1 (at ArtHouse Crouch End, 01 MAR 2019).
- ABOUT A WAR d. Daniele Rugo & Abi Weaver, 2018 – Part 2 – Interview with the directors.
- African Odysseys – BESOURO d. João Daniel Tikhomiroff, 2009 (at BFI Southbank, 15 JUL 2017).
- African Odysseys – BOY 23 – THE FORGOTTEN BOYS OF BRAZIL d. Belisario Franca, 2016 (at BFI Southbank, 15 JUL 2017).
- ANDREI RUBLEV d. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966 (exhibited by Deptford Cinema at St Nicholas Church, 13 OCT 2018).
- A PETAL d. Jang Sun-woo, 1996 (exhibited by Korean Film Festival at Korean Cultural Centre, 11 MAY 2018).
- Aperture Film Festival – THE END OF THE TRACK d. d. Mou Tun-fei, 1970 (at Close Up Film Centre, 04 to 13 JUN 2019).
- THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE d. Dario Argento, 1970 (exhibited by Cult Classic Collective at Genesis Cinema, 23 JUL 2020).
- BFI London Film Festival 2017 – BEACH RATS d. Eliza Hittman, 2017 (at Picturehouse Central, 06 OCT 2017).
- BFI Flare 2017 – TORREY PINES d. Clyde Petersen, 2016 + Live Score (at BFI Southbank, 18 MAR 2017).
- BFI Flare 2018 – MY OWN PRIVATE HELL d. Pedro Diogenes & Guto Parente, 2018 + Q&A with Guto Parente (at BFI Southbank, 24 MAR 2018).
- BFI London Film Festival 2017 – THE MÆSK OPERA by SUPERFLEX (at BFI Southbank, 05 OCT 2017).
- BFI London Film Festival 2017 – SPOOR d. Agnieszka Holland, 2017 (at Ciné Lumière, 07 OCT 2017).
- BFI London Film Festival 2018 – BORDER d. Ali Abbassi, 2018 + Q&A with the director (at Cineworld Leicester Square, 12 OCT 2018).
- BFI London Film Festival 2018 – THE DEAD AND THE OTHERS d. João Salaviza & Renée Nada Messora + Q&A with João Salaviza (at BFI Southbank, 16 OCT 2018).
- BFI London Film Festival 2018 – SUBURBAN BIRDS d. Qiu Sheng, 2018 + Q&A with Lu Huang (at Vue West End, 11 OCT 18:30).
- BFI London Film Festival 2019 – FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC d. Werner Herzog, 2019 (02 to 13 OCT 2019).
- Bruce & Norman Yonemoto: The Future Of My Desire (at Tate Modern, 20 to 22 JAN 2017).
- Cao Fei: BLUEPRINTS at Serpentine Gallery (11 AUG 2020).
- Cheap Cuts Doc Fest 2020 – Next Stop: Spain I (online, 29 JUN to 05 JUL 2020).
- Cheap Cuts Doc Fest 2020 – Next Stop: Spain II (online, 29 JUN to 05 JUL 2020).
- Cheap Cuts Doc Fest 2020 – Take Two Shorts #1: Alcoholic Dads (online, 29 JUN to 05 JUL 2020).
- Cheap Cuts Doc Fest 2020 – Take Two Shorts #2: Luxury Builds (online, 29 JUN to 05 JUL 2020).
- Cheap Cuts Doc Fest 2020 – Take Two Shorts #3: Headphones Required (online, 29 JUN to 05 JUL 2020).
- COMMUNION d. Anna Zamecka, 2016 (at ICA, 12 DEC 2017).
- COSMIC RAY x2 (at Tate Modern, 17 FEB 2017 & BFI Southbank, 20 FEB 2017).
- DARK NIGHT d. Tim Sutton, 2016 (at ICA, 20 AUG 2017).
- DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME d. Bill Morrison, 2016 + Bill Morrison In Conversation with Kevin Brownlow (exhibited by Kennington Bioscope at The Cinema Museum, 18 OCT 2018).
- DEMON LOVER DIARY d. Joel DeMott, 1980 (at BFI Southbank as part of Woman With A Movie Camera, 26 SEP 2017).
- Early Japanese Animation (at Barbican Centre, 09 JUN 2019).
- Edge Of Frame – Labyrinths: The Films Of Peter Burr (at Barbican Centre, 03 MAR 2018).
- THE EVIL WITHIN d. Andrew Getty, 2017 + Q&A with producer Michael Luceri (exhibited by Cigarette Burns Cinema at Regent Street Cinema, 08 AUG 2017).
- THE FARTHEST d. Emer Reynolds, 2017 (at Bertha DocHouse, 05 SEP 2017).
- Films Sacred & Profane: Jordan Belson Retrospective (at BFI Southbank, 28 FEB 2017).
- For An Impossible Cinema: Cuban Documentaries (at BFI Southbank, 01 AUG 2017).
- FOUR SQUARE STEVE d. Ernst Laemmle, 1926 + Shorts (exhibited by Kennington Bioscope online, 08 JUL 2020).
- Fragments Festival – SEARCHING EVA d. Pia Hellenthal, 2019 + Q&A with Eva Collé (at Genesis Cinema, 07 to 15 JUN 2019).
- Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2019 – BEING IMPOSSIBLE d. Patricia Ortega, 2018 (at the Rose Lipman Building, 12 to 17 NOV 2019).
- Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2019 – (Deep) Into You (at the Rose Lipman Building, 12 to 17 NOV 2019).
- Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest 2019 – Fish Out of Water (at the Rose Lipman Building, 12 to 17 NOV 2019).
- HAGAZUSSA d. Lukas Feigelfeld, 2017 (at Austrian Cultural Forum, 21 FEB 2019).
- HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING d. RaMell Ross, 2018 + RaMell Ross In Conversation with Ifeanyi Awachie (at ICA, 04 DEC 2018).
- Haunted By Cinema (at BFI Southbank as part of Experimenta/Stephen King on Screen, 14 SEP 2017).
- HER SKETCHBOOK d. Masaya Ozaki, 2017 + Q&A with Masaya Ozaki (exhibited by Japan Foundation at ICA, 02 FEB 2020).
- THE HUMAN SURGE d. Eduardo Williams, 2016 + Q&A with Eduardo Williams (at Tate Modern, 24 FEB 2017).
- The Jarman Award 2017 (at The Whitechapel Gallery, 2017, 18 & 19 NOV 2017).
- Judy Judy Judy – THE SLIPPERS d. Morgan White, 2016 + THE HARVEY GIRLS d. George Sidney, 1946 (exhibited by Fringe! at The Cinema Museum (27 JUL 2019).
- KING KONG d. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933 projected live on 16mm from The Castle Cinema by Ciné-Real 16mm Film Club (30 JUL 2020).
- La Fête Du Cinéma – LA JEUNE FILLE SANS MAINS d. Sébastien Laudenbach, 2016 + NOCTURAMA d. Bertrand Bonello, 2016 (at Ciné Lumière, 25 to 28 JUN 2017).
- Leystonstone Loves Film (27 to 29 SEP 2019).
- LITTLE JOE d. Jessica Hausner, 2019 + Jessica Hausner In Conversation (at BFI Southbank, 21 FEB 2020).
- London Short Film Festival 2019 – Airdraft (12 to 13 JAN 2019).
- LOVE, GILDA d. Lisa D’Apolito, 2018 + Lisa D’Apolito In Conversation with The Celluloid Sorceress (at Phoenix Cinema, 08 DEC 2019).
- Lunchtime Film Society Week 1 (exhibited by RADIANT CIRCUS at the Bridewell Theatre, 22 OCT to 01 NOV).
- Lunchtime Film Society Week 2 (exhibited by RADIANT CIRCUS at the Bridewell Theatre, 22 OCT to 01 NOV).
- NINOTCHKA d. Ernst Lubitsch, 1939 (exhibited by Wimbledon Film Club at Curzon Wimbledon, 03 DEC 2019).
- NO BLADE OF GRASS d. Cornel Wilde, 1970 + Talk by Abi Aspen Glencross (exhibited by Science Fiction Theatre at The Institute Of Light, 14 AUG 2017).
- Nova Nights #8 – My Eyes! My Eyes! (at The Horse Hospital, 16 JAN 2018).
- Open City Documentary Festival – THE ISLAND OF ST. MATTHEWS d. Kevin Jerome Everson, 2013 (08 SEP 2017).
- Origins Festival of First Nations – Tanya Tagaq In Concert with OOK OF THE NORTH d. Robert J. Flaherty, 1922 (at National Maritime Museum, 25 JUN 2017).
- PATEMA INVERTED d. Yasuhiro Yoshiura, 2013 + Intro by Helen McCarthy (exhibited by Japan Foundation, 21 APR 2018).
- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA d. Rupert Julian, 1925 presented by Pitshanger Pictures with live organ accompaniment by Henry Tozer at St Barnabas Church, Ealing (31 OCT 2020).
- Raindance 2019 – DARK, ALMOST NIGHT d. Borys Lankosz, 2019 (18 to 29 SEP 2020).
- Raindance 2019 – LA DEUXIÈME d. Jelle Stroo, 2019 (18 to 29 SEP 2020).
- Raindance 2019 – FERAL d. Andrés Kaiser, 2018 (18 to 29 SEP 2019).
- Raindance 2019 – MACABRE d. Marcos Prado, 2019 (18 to 29 SEP 2019).
- Raindance 2019 – THE WAITER d. Steve Krikris, 2018 + Q&A with the director (18 to 29 SEP 2020).
- Raindance 2019 – WORLD BEYOND MY MIND d. Eibe Maleen Krebs, 2018 (18 to 29 SEP 2019).
- SANJURO d. Akira Kurosawa, 2019 (exhibited by Classic Cinema Club – Ealing at Ealing Town Hall, 11 OCT 2018).
- THE SEARCH FOR WENG WENG d. Andrew Leavold, 2013 + Q&A with the director (at The Horse Hospital, 11 AUG 2017).
- SHOPLIFTERS d. Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018 (exhibited by Richmond Film Society at The Exchange, 24 SEP 2019).
- Shorts On Tap – Any Colour You Like (at 93 Feet East, 19 SEP 2017).
- Smartphone Film Festival 2019 – Part 1 (exhibited by Last Frame Club at The Birds, 28 to 29 SEP 2019).
- Smartphone Film Festival 2019 – Part 2 (exhibited by Last Frame Club at The Birds, 28 to 29 SEP 2019).
- SPARKLE d. Sam O’Steen, 1976 + The Celluloid Sorceress In Conversation with Samira Ahmed (at The Cinema Museum, 28 OCT 2018).
- THE STUD/THE BITCH d. Quentin Masters, 1978/Gerry O’Hara, 1979 (exhibited by SUPAKINO/Zodiac Film Club as part of MIDNIGHT EXCESS at Rio Cinema, 16 FEB 2019).
- TEN DARK WOMEN d. Kon Ichikawa, 1961 (exhibited by Japan Foundation at ICA, 01 FEB 2020).
- TOM OF FINLAND d. Dome Karukoski, 2017 (at ICA, 11 AUG 2017).
- Walthamstow Smartphone Film Festival (at CentrE17, 23 NOV 2018).
- WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER d. Amos Gitai, 2017 + Amos Gitai In Conversation with Nico Marzano (at ICA, 23 NOV 2017).
- WOFFF Best Of The Fest UK Tour 2019 (at Mother’s Ruin, 03 FEB 2019).
- YEELEN d. Souleymane Cissé, 1987 + Intro by Ben Okri + THE DARK CRYSTAL d. Jim Henson & Frank Oz, 1982 (at BFI Southbank, 16 MAR 2018 / at The Prince Charles 29 MAR 2018).
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