Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
berwick film medium art festival bfmaf annual festival focus new cinema artist moving image festival programme take place across berwickupontweed north east england uk includes exhibition film screening live event school screening family activity festival established current chairman professor huw davy artist marcus coates peter taylor festival director since january art council england national portfolio organisation bfmaf receives regular funding art council england th edition festival take place berwick online – september th edition festival took place online thursday september – sunday october bfmaf featured new online platform artist filmmakers’ work expanded conversation new writing podcasts three week audience throughout uk filmmaker art professional across globe invited share festival programme embodied pluralist accessible cinema access festival pay basis uk professional accreditation available worldwide th berwick film medium art festival took place – september programme included berwick new cinema competition screened work total artist across five screening programme winning film name changed including truth altered onyeka igwe selected competition juror callum hill winner berwick new cinema award hyun jin cho film curator korean cultural centre uk julian ross programmer locarno film festival international film festival rotterdam berwick new cinema strand featured uk premiere lav diaz narimane mari angela schanelec bfmaf presented essential cinema retrospective series screened fresh look classic work overlooked masterpiece marilou diazabaya christian ghazi lionel soukaz djibril diop mambéty alongside cinema programme bfmaf also featured exhibition repopulated berwicks town wall historic building town centre included screening cinématon – one world longest film hour across five disused empty shop front around high street bfmafs exhibition programme included animistic apparatus curatorial project initiated may adadol ingawanij julian ross drew inspiration southeast asia exhibiting camera trap chris chong chan fui firework archive apichatpong weerasethakul alongside lav diaz’s uk premiere halt included introduction filmmaker animistic apparatus presented overnight outdoors screening diaz minute film lullaby sorrowful mystery bfmaf artist profile marwa arsanios presented moving image work two screening led seminar examined different stage creating work research writing performance film fantastika film series considered many way filmmaker utilised fairytale folktale fable work past sixty year curated bfmaf associate programmer herb shellenberger series international scope film colombia georgia niger yugoslavia elena gorfinkel king college london curated kira muratova retrospective critically acclaimed titan russian language cinema proposition strand included presentation aura satzs work curator steffanie ling presented survey mm film canadian artist berwick new cinema award winner julia feyrer holly argent lectureperformance rabz lansiquot presented dialogue work black british artist zinzi minott judah attille bfmaf also presented monthlong multipart exhibition double ghost featured work george clark gymnasium gallery exploring status potential unrealised fragmented history exhibition drew together mm film sound recording script fragment photography archival material filmed gathered chile france taiwan th berwick film medium art festival took place – september featured third edition berwick new cinema competition featured film made january included first major uk retrospective filmmaker shireen seno john torres whose studio film laboratory library platform los otros based manila philippine new programme strand proposition gave four filmmaker jessica sarah rinland sky hopinka morgan quaintance giles bailey opportunity develop expanded presentation work another programme strand festival screening forest curated dr graiwoot chulphongsathorn series took nature point departure presented film japan myanmar south korea taiwan thailand vietnam philippine bfmaf artist profile sophia almaria presented screening film cinema programme alongside exhibition film magical state magazine venue bfmaf also presented essential cinema retrospective series took fresh look classic work cinema overlooked masterpiece featured first screening year tale dumpster kid edgar reitz ula stöckl lip blood jean rollin interview personal matter lana gogoberidze african cinema classic hyena djibril diop mambéty terror nullius artistic duo soda jerk alongside cinema programme bfmaf also featured exhibition situated berwick various historic former commercial building included exhibition bfmaf berwick visual art resident lucy clout entitled solvent magazine gymnasium gallery opening film bfmaf empty metal adam khalil bayley sweitzer festival closed joint uk premiere shireen senos nervous translation organised collaboration berwick visual art annual residency opportunity artist movingimagebased practice create new work month period berwickupontweed premiered festival residency april lucy clout announced artist residence presented new body work titled solvent magazine bfmaf included sculptural video piece made sixmonth residency bfmaf berwick visual art new film title brought together research close reading body work us pleasure ambiguity tool think contemporary production knowledge evidence queer reproduction residency april charlotte prodger appointed artist residence proposal explore complex intertwining landspace time identity within rural context northumberland prodger work moving image sound sculpture writing performance mining intertextual relationship material residency may artist lucy parker selected artist residence parker researchled practice adopts collaborative filmmaking method making work community residency parker explored theme x two way axis graph measure change x file file given minimalpriority status concerned unexplained phenomenon residency residency undertaken sound video artist paul rooney created new film premiered berwick film medium art festival responded theme fact fiction residency video artist katie davy became partnership second artist residence march september artist lived practised berwick film lawes march responded festival theme border crossing premiered festival september residency cecilia stenbom first artist awarded artist residency opportunity residency period march – september created case movingimage piece premiered th berwick film medium art festival responded theme north northeast bfmaf host berwick new cinema competition annual prize awarded year film competition programme strand festival berwick new cinema award winner onyeka igwe film name changed including truth altered jury callum hill winner berwick new cinema award hyun jin cho film curator korean cultural centre uk julian ross programmer locarno film festival international film festival rotterdam berwick new cinema award given callum hill film crowtrap one film featured competition programme berwick new cinema award designed glasgowbased ceramicist mariella verkerk included £ award supported outset scotland jury berwick new cinema award winner sky hopinka film producer distributor sonali joshi artistfilmmaker gail pickering previous winner include sky hopinka dislocation blue camilo restrepo cilaos festival short film award supported independent travel company inntravel award showcased celebrated short form work created across uk internationally judged panel industry figure expert previous winner prize mondial roy dib lebanon premature gunhild enger norway canadian artist julia feyrer tamara henderson recipient bfmafs inntravel short film award consider belvedere th berwick film medium art festival took place – september festival featured artists’ work commissioned berwick exhibition nongallery space brand new cinema special programme retrospective indepth talk festival artist activity family young people cinema screening included first ever uk retrospective uzbek master ali khamraev plus berwick new cinema competition every film uk european international world premiere another focal point bfmaf ultramarine sea political space dynamic selection film reimagined complex relationship sea margaret salmon new commission mm celebrating th season berwick bandit soundtrack sacred paw bfmaf hosted thomas beard retrospective early clue new direction queer cinema stonewall film programme strand screened mmmm print berwick new cinema programme featured uk premiere el futuro perfecto nele wohlatz maud alpis gorge cœur ventre laure prouvost world premiere several film also presented including molly palmer shape without edge jenny perlins tender approved sophie michael watershow extravaganza also featured exhibition bfmafs exhibition programme included work artist profile claire hooper deborah stratman alongside festival commission persuasion lucy parker also included new work ghislaine leung jenny brady circa project presented live event world sudden part bfmaf appointed new director peter taylor following departure longserving director melanie iredale join sheffield docfest deputy director taylor took post january remit deliver th edition festival themed fact fiction bfmaf fact fiction turned curious eye grey area fact fantasy documentary narrative journalism propaganda programme featured expanded roster moving image installation screening moshen makhmalbafs iranian masterpiece salam cinema mm giffgaff commissioned series live event curated circa project artist profile deimantas narkevičius presented xx century exhibition artist oeuvre date seamus harahan presented newly commissioned ‘fucking finland’ series film explored cultural chink link aberration periphery europe festival presented th edition informed theme border crossing echoing theme inaugural festival date festival specifically chosen coincide scottish independence referendum theme explored concept border setting cross transcend border direction exploring border identity world first time year festival secured major corporate sponsor global strategic outsourcing firm mitie year festival two award success region march festival awarded best community event year north east press april best event northumberland journal culture award opening film mamarosh momcilo mrdakovic festival th edition themed north northeast used programme explore north east england scotland connection northern europe north sea opening film hidden child per hanefjord festival reverted run five consecutive day took theme picture motion examine relationship still moving image attempting raise question nature digital world opening film chasing ice jeff orlowski threeday th edition festival upon time explored enchantment fairy tale film one first example genre alice wonderland modern day opening film nasrine tina gharavi th edition festival ran five day explored theme staging looking role screen stage featuring dance film music documentary old classic live performance opening film keystone cut ups people like u ergo phizmiz th edition festival looked towards representation architecture space screen drawing line opening film ballast lance hammer festival produced collaboration northumberland light explored theme inner state light sound well cinema opening film cabinet dr caligari robert wiene rd edition festival ran nine day looked way artist filmmaker use overt conscious selfreference work create theme film film festival produced collaboration guest curator rebecca shatwell director av festival iain pate opening film big bad swim ishai setton produced smaller event following positive response inaugural festival minifest dedicated memory chris anderson early supporter festival chair st edition steering committee following passing family set chris anderson award promote work young filmmaker continues form part festival programme today opening film bobby emilio estevez first berwick film medium art festival themed crossing border reflected berwickupontweeds position border town history isolation come place falling country opening film jiminy glick lalawood vadim jean berwick film medium art festival berwick visual art catalogue catalogue catalogue catalogue catalogue catalogue