We ventured into the wilds of Waltham Forest to imbibe the warming spirits of Mother’s Ruin & (really) enjoy the Women Over 50 Film Festival’s ‘Best Of The Fest’ pop-up event, part of a new UK tour. Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup.
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SCREEN DIARY: AIRDRAFT at LSFF 2019 (12 to 13 JAN)
We love it when indies experiment… The opening weekend of this year’s London Short Film Festival saw the 16th edition of the event taking up residency at Grow Hackney, where you could clamber aboard floating inflatable AIRDRAFT to watch some rubberised short film (12 to 13 JAN 2019).
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NOW SHOWING: London Short Film Festival 2019
The 16th London Short Film Festival (11 to 20 JAN 2019) opens this week and many screenings are selling fast. We thought we’d take a look at all the special events you can still buy tickets for at the time of posting… Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS top ten picks of this year’s LSFF. Please click quickly!
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QueerBee Fest
12 short films, 93 minutes running time, BBFC classification 15
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COLLECTIVES – MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN
A short film night that explores how working together – for a brief or long period – can make a film idea come to life for the underrepresented voices in film.
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AWARD WINNERS: Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival 2018
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival has announced this year’s award winners. Find out who won – and our RADIANT CIRCUS views – of the many outstanding short docs we saw at Hackney Attic and Rio Cinema.
Read more![LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR (2017) screened at Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival [17 MAY 2018].](https://i2.wp.com/radiantcircus.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/LOVE-THY-NEIGHBOUR.png?resize=692%2C428&ssl=1)
SCREEN QUEST: Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival – BEST OF BRITISH Part 2
Cheap Cuts is the UK’s only short form documentary film festival (17 to 20 MAY 2018). We went to the first night screening – BEST OF BRITISH at Hackney Attic – and caught up with filmmaker Irene Carter afterwards for a chat about her film, LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR. Here’s our interview.
Read more![CRICKLAND (2017) screened at Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival [17 MAY 2018].](https://i2.wp.com/radiantcircus.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CRICKLAND.png?resize=692%2C431&ssl=1)
SCREEN QUEST: Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival – BEST OF BRITISH Part 1
Cheap Cuts is the UK’s only short form documentary film festival (17 to 20 MAY 2018). We went to the first night screening – BEST OF BRITISH at Hackney Attic – a programme of 5 state of the nation shorts + Q&As with the filmmakers. Here’s our writeup.
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NOW SHOWING: Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival [17 to 20 MAY]
Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival is the only event dedicated to short form documentary in the UK. The 3rd edition opens this week and runs for four days at Rio Cinema and Hackney Attic. We caught up with Directors & Programmers Vera Hems Anderson and Natalia Garay Ceron to chat about this year’s event.
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JEAN PAINLEVÉ: SILVER, PHOTONS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS
Discover nature’s microscopic wonders in this rare screening of Jean Painlevé’s abstract films.
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