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All that’s happening on the film festival circuit, from up-and-coming indie events to SXSW, BFI’s Seasons and the London Film Festival.
FRIGHTFEST 2020 – Digital Edition: Aquaslash (2019)
Though obvious what director / writer Renaud Gauthier was aiming to achieve with the comedy horror Aquaslash, it quickly becomes apparent that he fails to hit the mark by a mile. Clearly intended as a gory, blackly humorous send-up of…
FRIGHTFEST 2020 – Digital Edition: The Columnist (2019)
Some films speak so pointedly to the period in which they're made, that you couldn't see them coming about at any other time. Take the new horror / drama from the Netherlands The Columnist, which manipulates the horrors surrounding the…
NEWSFLASH: Happy 21st Birthday FrightFest!
It may not be quite the way the organisers would have wished to celebrate 21 years of FrightFest, the UK's premiere horror and fantasy film festival. However because of ongoing concerns surrounding COVID-19, it was decided that this year's…
BFI London Film Festival to go virtual (and nationwide) in 2020
The BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express announced its plans for the upcoming edition of the Festival from 7-18 October 2020. In the most accessible version of the festival to UK audiences yet, film lovers will be…
NEWSFLASH: FrightFest 2020 Goes Digital!
Many horror aficionados - from Britain and abroad - were disappointed after the recent announcement that, due to the ongoing fears over COVID-19, the annual FrightFest film festival would be postponed for the first time in its twenty…
Ed Film Fest At Home – Full Line Up Announced
Edinburgh International Film Festival's Ed Film Fest At Home, in association with Curzon Home Cinema, begins today with Clemency and Fanny Lye Delivered.
The digital film festival runs from Wednesday 24 June till Sunday 5 July and…
Edinburgh International Film Festival launches Ed Film Fest At Home
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Curzon Home Cinema have teamed up to present Ed Film Fest At Home, an online festival of the best new cinema to be enjoyed at home.
This online festival will act as a virtual replacement for the…
We Are One Global Film Festival – A City Called Macau (2019)
Directed by Li Shaohong, A City Called Macau follows casino broker Xiao-Ou (Bai Baihe) working in Macau after its return to Chinese sovereignty in 1999. Amid financial and medical outbreaks, she encounters developer Duan Keiwen (Wu Gang)…
We Are One Film Festival – Sisterhood (2016)
Directed by Tracy Choi, Sisterhood follows thirtysomething Sei (Gigi Leung), a struggling alcoholic who runs an inn with her husband in Taiwan. When she spots a newspaper ad informing her that her former best friend Ling (Jennifer Yu) has…
NEWSFLASH: FrightFest Will Return!
Always topical - the new poster for ARROW FrightFest 2020, designed by artist Graham Humphreys, incorporates some of the reallife horrors facing the world today
It was inevitable, but disappointing none-the-less, to hear that this…