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Hackney Lullabies wins Berlinale Today Award

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 March 2011 at 14:10
Hackney Lullabies, a short film by Kyoko Miyake

Kyoko Miyake’s evocative documentary about immigrant mothers shines in international film competition

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Hackney filmmaker Michael Please bags BAFTA

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 March 2011 at 12:45
Hackney filmmaker Michael Please

Michael Please talks to the Hackney Citizen about his BAFTA award-winning short animation, The Eagleman Stag

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London Last Days: the final countdown for the East End

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 February 2011 at 22:47

The Citizen talks to Abi Weaver and Daniel Rugo about their film on life after the Olympics

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Winstan Whitter: a man on a mission

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 18 January 2011 at 20:31
Winstan Whitter photo Barnaby Sweet

The Citizen talks to the Hackney-raised filmmaker about the purpose of storytelling

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Interview: Vedide Kaymak, Director of the London Turkish Film Festival 2010

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 10:29
Vedide Kaymak, director of the London Turkish Film Festival

The founder of this fifteen year old movie extravanganza explains how it all began and gives the lowdown on the best new releases

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Hackney Film Festival makes the cut

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 9 October 2010 at 20:24
Film heads amass outside the Rio cinema in Dalston, one of the three host venues. Photos courtesy of and supplied by Hackney Film Festival

The lowdown on the borough’s first independent movie extravaganza

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Painting the world over: graffiti goes global

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 September 2010 at 15:49

The Baron from Burning Candy crew discusses his new film, which documents their creations across the continents

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East End Film Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 16 May 2010 at 21:50

Various venues, 22-30 April 2010

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Four Lions

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 16 May 2010 at 10:59

Chris Morris delivers a film that roars with humour and excitement

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The Rime of the Modern Mariner

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 3 May 2010 at 19:20

East End Film Festival 2010

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Peter Capaldi gets that Syncing feeling

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 March 2010 at 17:01

Hackney resident and film maker Tony Grisoni explores existential estrangement in his most recent film

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 22:37

The Rio Cinema is showing this unflinching thriller till 25 March

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Review: Screenings of Home

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 31 January 2010 at 19:07

Rio Cinema, Dalston

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Close encounters of the film kind

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 December 2009 at 13:36

Rio’s after-school cine-club is a reel success

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Wigan Casino

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 30 November 2009 at 22:03

Space Studios, till Saturday 19 December

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Review: London Turkish Film Festival

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 10:19

Wrong Rosary (Uzak Ihtimal) and The Bogeyman (Mommo-Kizkardesim)

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A grand history of the Rio

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 26 October 2009 at 12:52
Rio Cinema, Dalston

From the time it opened, Dalston’s Kingsland Palace was the people’s cinema

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Sun 18 Oct – Freedom to film: reclaiming our public spaces

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 17 October 2009 at 16:25

Mandeville Square E5, Ridley Road Market and outside Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street

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Call for home movies!

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 18 August 2009 at 09:23
Rio Cinema, Dalston

Hackney’s last remaining cinema is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a local community film project

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Thurs 20 Aug: Al fresco film at the Brittania, with Andrew Weatherall

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 14 August 2009 at 09:44

Small World of Sammy Lee (1963), hand picked by Andrew Weatherall, and followed by a DJ set by him

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