Film Festival Focus

Festival Focus: BFI Flare / Short Film Highlights

This year’s BFI Flare short film programme is a delightfully varied collection of shorts curated into seven different strands. With 38...

Mar 25, 20213 min read

For the past 6 months I've been lucky enough to play a part in putting together this year’s 14th (2nd digital) annual edition of The...

Mar 23, 20213 min read

Rebel Dykes (2021): Bohemia Media This year’s BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is yet another festival which despite the current...

Mar 22, 20212 min read

‘Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard’ The opening line for X-Ray Spex’s anarchistic anthem ‘Oh Bondage! (Up...

Mar 12, 20213 min read

Sweetheart: BBC Films Writer/director Marley Morrison’s delightful feature debut, Sweetheart, opens with one of the most familiar notions...

Mar 10, 20212 min read

Momentum Pictures What is lost from this year’s edition of Glasgow Film Festival from shifting entirely online is being made up for in...

Mar 1, 20212 min read

Despite the absence of a live cinema audience for the Glasgow Film Festival Opening Gala, watching the UK Premiere of Minari from my...

Feb 25, 20212 min read