A couple of weeks ago, some of our Public Programmes and Collections team attended the opening week of Les Rencontres d’Arles, an international photography festival in France.
Despite stiff competition, Nicolas Steiner’s Battle of the Queens (2011) was undoubtedly one of the stand-out films from this year’s Bradford International Film Festival.
Today we heard the upsetting news that Eric Sykes, the very first recipient of the Bradford Film Festival Fellowship in 2006, has died aged 89.
On 4 July 1862 Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and Rev. Robinson Duckworth took three little girls—Lorina, Alice and Edith Liddell—on a rowing trip up the Isis in Oxford.
Until recently it was believed that there was only one print of Roger Fenton’s ’Pasha and Bayadère’ in existence, at the Getty Institute in Los Angeles; then another was discovered in the UK.
With BIFF over for 2012, here’s a quick rundown of the festival’s successes, plus links to some of the best coverage and the lovely things you said about us. Until next year…
The man who revolutionised the world of hairstyling with his geometric ‘wash and wear’ cuts has died at the age of 84.
Widescreen Weekend 2012 played host to a very special guest. He didn’t quite have the stature of Ray Winstone or Barbara Windsor, yet he’s been around for 50 years, and his film has been enjoyed by millions around the world…
Last night the museum and City Park were overrun by rampaging zombies… to promote our Fantastic Films Weekend, celebrating the best horror and SFF movies.
Olivier Assayas, the recipient of this year’s Bradford International Film Festival Fellowship Award, visited the museum to speak about the relationship between globalisation and film.
We’re happy to report that the much-loved Games Lounge has now reopened after its reolcation to Level 5 of the museum.
Congratulations to Lars Kornhoff and Rúnar Rúnarsson, the winners of this year’s Shine Short Films Award and the newly-launched European Features Competition.