Emma gives her verdict on Red Poet, a documentary exploring the life and career of American poet and activist Jack Hirschman.
If you’re trying to decide which screenings to attend over the next few days, here’s a quick run-down of some of the special events still to come, sure to captivate and delight their audience…
Neil Young is instrumental in putting together the Uncharted States strand of our film festival; here talks about his selection of movies for 2010.
Ben Haller, freelance writer for US and Canadian television, is a member of the selection committee for BIFF.
Film programmer Tom Vincent explains why BIFF 2010 will include a strand of teen movies.
Patience is a virtue when working on a film festival of the size, scope and complexity of BIFF. Having an international dimension also presents its own unique challenges.
A peek behind the scenes reveals how our IMAX team transfers Avatar, the largest and longest IMAX film print ever made, onto our giant screen.
King Coal is a curated collection of short films charting Britain’s coal industry from 1901 to 2004. Katy McGahan of the BFI travelled to Cubby Broccoli Cinema to introduce the films.
At the end of the first decade of the new century, how did this year’s cinema-going stack up? Did new classics emerge? Were there five new films that you just had to recommend to friends?
Lars von Trier’s controversial Antichrist has divided audiences. Tom Vincent finds out what Bradford cinemagoers made of the film.
The museum could be coming to a big screen near you very soon—this week the director and producer of Canadian documentary Sacred Cinema paid us a visit.
Roving festival programmer Neil Young brings us his latest report, from the 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival.