Curator of Non-Fiction @BFI. It's a creative treatment of actuality thing. It's all about films! Sometimes tweets to John Grierson... as if he could reply!
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Today we officially release our guidelines, “Best Practices for Use of GenAI in Documentaries”! Please make sure to read the “Methodology” section to get an idea of everyone who contributed. #GenAI #Documentary #archives
Read them here: bit.ly/3ZjCp2O
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A hundred years after the invention of 16mm, we dig into the history and technology of a film format that transformed the way moving images were made and distributed.
#FilmOnFilm bfi.org.uk/features/all-abou…
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Thrilled to share that my score for Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen has been nominated for an @IvorsAcademy Ivor Novello Award for Best Television Soundtrack! #TheIvors 🕺👑🥂🥳 #theunseenqueen #unseenqueen
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Журнал Sight & Sound і British Film Institute написали про Центр, наші покази, Київ і війну:
bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/f…
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The 100 Best Films in the History of Ukrainian Cinema—a Letterboxd list by Ukrainian Film Academy member and programmer Denis Budanov (@den_oscar), from a @dovzhenkocentre survey of Ukrainian film critics and experts. 💛 🇺🇦 💙
boxd.it/cvJAa
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<Searching> There is a sincere lack of Ukraine-specific documentary lists. But there is this gem about art during wartime: boxd.it/oiRk
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So pleased to screen this powerful doc in our @BFI season The Camera is Ours: Britain's Women Documentary Makers - and that more tickets are now available! bit.ly/bfi-hostile @jonsnowC4
Hostile @hostiledoc is screening @BFI on Tuesday 15th March. Thrilled to announce that @jonsnowC4, Former Anchor for @Channel4News is hosting the Q&A and in conversation with Sonita Gale. Further tickets added due to sell out! Book Now at: bit.ly/bfi-hostile
#BFISouthbank
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Find out more about our #StoryTrails project, which is one of the ten commissioned projects part of @unboxed2022 👉 story-trails.com
With StoryTrails, immerse yourself in lost stories from our past, brought to life with 21st-century technology in streets, squares and libraries around the UK. Deep dive into our collective history in 2022.
unboxed2022.uk/storytrails
@StoryFutures #unboxed2022 #AugmentedReality
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50 years ago today the first televised liftoff from another world took place, as the Apollo 15 LM left the moon captured from a camera mounted on the lunar rover. 16mm footage in mission control caught the moment from various angles. #apolloinrealtime #Apollo50 @BenFeist @nepetro
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Whicker fans heading to #BFISouthbank can also explore a new career-spanning collection of 100 programmes from the @BFI National Archive FREE in the Mediatheque. Most unavailable to view elsewhere!
Book a slot here: bit.ly/3lkxf2r 📺
"[Alan] was my inspiration. He had an honesty of delivery and questioning that we could all learn from." - Sir Michael Parkinson
Alan Whicker was #BornOnThisDay 100 years ago. Join us this Saturday for a celebration of his life and work at #BFISouthbank theb.fi/3lmX3uQ
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The life expectancy of a character in a public information film was roughly 4.3 seconds.
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The story behind Oscar-winning wartime documentary, Target for Tonight - released 80 years ago theb.fi/2Wf4EkD
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I always find premieres scary, but sometimes they're followed by reviews like this :hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
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A favourite film this morning on our archive programming seminar on #CCE is Mary Field’s 4 & 20 Fit Girls available on @bfi player. Thankyou for the recommendations @robinalexbaker !
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Excited to share the CFP for a 2022 conference: The ‘little apparatus’: 100 years of 9.5mm
film (16, 17, 18 June 2022) an international conference hosted in person and online by @FilmUoS sites.google.com/view/100yea…
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A fab 1934 article extolling the virtues of amateur filmmaking. Written by Eleanor MacDonald for The Mirror and appearing opposite the ‘To-Day’s Gossip’ column, it is apparently aimed at aspiring women filmmakers. #womenfilmmakers #amateurfilmmaking #femalefilmmakers
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Birds turn their heads as she approaches,
Stare from bushes at her blank-faced coaches.
@RoyalMail
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"Cinema is limitless, and She isn’t going anywhere" - Tilda Swinton
#HereForCulture
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“Extraordinary. Unexpected. Fantastic.”
A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story.
Coming soon.
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"We come together in these special buildings, we see ourselves reflected, we learn from each other’s stories, we escape, we belong. Independent cinemas need our support." - Olivia Colman on the importance of cinema.
#HereForCulture #CultureRecoveryFund
