Film
Stoke Newington animator's new film is an analogy for modern Britain
A new arrival to an isolated island community causes a stir in animated short film Dead Air
Read MoreExclusive: Rich Mix could go bust over Tower Hamlets Council ‘loan’
Shoreditch arts organisation in financial dispute with council over £850,000 and withheld development money
Read MoreLondon Short Film Festival gets underway this weekend
Billed as a snapshot of 21st century Britain, this year’s festival received a record number of submissions
Read MoreSecret Cinema to hold charity screening to protest against The Interview hackers
Filmgoers asked to wear dark suits and bring a gift to secret charity screening held simultaneously in East London, Rome and San Francisco
Read MoreIain Sinclair unpacks life in 70 films for new book – review
70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked In 70 Films is a ‘cultural autobiography’ full of insight and ideas about cinema
Read MoreJames Lucas: 'I’d like to produce a film that’s stylish, unflinching, slightly feral and entertaining'
With his debut short film tipped for an Oscar, Hackney based screenwriter James Lucas offers a preview of his latest script about an East London motorcycle gang
Read MoreArgentine film festival returns to Hackney
Yearly celebration of Argentine cinema to feature films by some of the country’s most promising directors
Read MoreIranian activist TV channel is operating out of Hackney Downs
Zanan TV grew out of the 2009 Green Movement and aims to fight for greater freedom for women in Iran
Read MoreDocumentary charts last days of the Haggerston Estate
After learning that their homes were to be demolished, the residents of Samuel House set about making the most of what time they had left there
Read MoreEast London sees return of Fringe! Underwire and Homeless film festivals
November is a bumper month for film with three film festivals returning to East London screens
Read MoreRay Winstone: I got my big break on the way I walked down the corridor
Hard man of film talks about getting his breakthrough role in Scum and growing up in East London
Read MoreLove Hotel documentary – leaving reservations at home
The Japanese phenomenon of short stay ‘love hotels’ is the focus of a new documentary by Hackney’s Native Voice Films
Read MoreFree film festival to get under way in London Fields
Ryan Gosling ‘all-dayer’ and documentary Under the Cranes are some of the highlights of the first ever London Fields Free Film Festival
Read MoreLondon Film Festival – a focus on East London
A white working class Hoxton boy who converts to Islam and East End arts organisation ACME feature in films to be shown at this year’s London Film Festival
Read MoreBring food – not a ticket – to see Rainbow Collective's documentary about Bangladesh
Whitechapel production company to run Food for Film initiative at screening of Mass E Bhat, a story about growing up in the slums of Bangladesh
Read MoreSir Charlie Darwin Film Festival's 'natural selection'
Audiences get to decide whether films are worth watching at the Sir Charlie Darwin Film Festival
Read MoreCrime is of the essence: Where now for the East End gangster flick?
From The Krays to Snatch, East London has provided inspiration for countless films about organised crime, but as local identity shifts is it time to consign the genre to history?
Read MoreSecret Cinema: Back to the Future review – a party for the fans
Fictional town of Hill Valley is brought to life by impressive 1950s set and actors larking about as jocks and nerds
Read MoreHackney pensioner wins Mervyn Peake prize for short film
Two-minute film about Parkinson’s asks whether ‘control’ is a friend or foe
Read MoreEast End Film Festival – three films that stood out
Among the 100 features and 80 short films shown during last month’s East End Film Festival a trio of films stood out
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