Birds Eye View Film Festival starts with a bang this Thursday 6th at BFI Southbank wth the Opening Night Gala hosted by Maureen Lipman and featuring incredible shorts from Bolivia to Denmark plus a Silent Comedy with piano accompaniment by Imogen Heap! There are not be missed films, docs and events taking place at the ICA, BFI, Curzon Soho, Brixton Ritzy and others..
Comedy Gala-BFI Southbank: 9 March 6:45-8:30pm Opened by Minister of Culture Margaret Hodge. An unmissable launch of BEV's hunt for the UK's new comedy filmmaking talent hosted by Jo Brand, Jessica Hynes and Shazia Mirza with riotous gems from cinema's earliest stars and accompanied by cutting edge musicians Nikki Yeoh and Serafina Steer Ecology- Q+A with Director - ICA CINEMA 1: 8 March 3:30PM A look at the unsettling side of family holiday takes the themes of destruction and renewal as metaphors in Sarah Turner's visually compelling experimental feature Ecology. For info see: http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/2008/ecology.htm Her Name is Sabine- ICA CINEMA 1: 9 March 6.15PM An intelligent, moving and beautiful portrait of Sabine, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her actress-sister, Sandrine Bonnaire. For more info see: http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/2008/sabine.htm Unrelated + Q&A with Director and Producer, hosted by Jonathan Romney (Independent on Sunday)- ICA CINEMA 1: 11 March 6.15PM A continental-style gem following 40-something Anna as she arrives at friend Verena's Tuscan villa. After a humiliating episode Anna fears she is condemned to a life on the periphery. For more info see: http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/2008/unrelated.htm Expired +Q&A with Director, hosted by journalist, writer and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor. ICA CINEMA 1: 13 March 8.30PM Repeated ICA CINEMA 2: 14 March 6.15PM *UK premiere* Claire (Samantha Morton) is an unimposing, sweet-tempered meter maid whose sheltered existence with her stroke-afflicted mother is jolted when she meets Jay (Jason Patric), a troubled fellow parking officer. For more info: http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/2008/expired.htm XXY + Q&A <http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/2008/xxy.htm> with actors Ines Efron and Martin Piroyanski, hosted by Dave Calhoun - film editor, Time Out. ICA CINEMA 1:12 March 9PM A young hermaphrodite child and her friend explore their sexuality and differences with open-mindedness, while her parents battle against society's prejudice. For info see: http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/2008/xxy.htm For full programme see: http://birds-eye-view.co.uk/festival.php
