PROJECT SUPPORTED 2011/2012

City Screen
Access Cinema
Award: £8,670
Delivered across all London City Screen sites, Access Cinema aims to improve the provision for, engagement with and attendance by disabled audiences. The project will see a mixture of family, school and general screenings for d/Deaf and autism audiences, a special programme of BSL signed screenings of films that are not normally accessible to d/Deaf audiences (Signed Screen) and a programme of films highlighting representations of disabled people on screen (As Seen On Screen). City Screen will develop their services through specially developed marketing, staff training and the creation of resources to better assist people with additional access requirements. The project will also incorporate a seminar for exhibitors and distributors looking at the issues surrounding accessible cinema, ways to overcome any barriers, information about new technology in the field, and to share best practise and encourage a discourse between d/Deaf and autism campaigners and the industry. The project combines programming and audience development with the needs of a specific poorly represented audience at its centre.
www.picturehouses.co.uk

London Indian Film Festival
Award: £10,000
The third edition of the London Indian Film Festival, planned for June 2012 will provide screenings of rarely seen independent films from India, its diaspora (including UK Asian) and neighbouring countries.  The festival serves both Asian audiences (from a range of language groups) and non-Asian audiences interested in this area of world cinema.  The festival also includes high level industry events for UK industry professionals to network and learn about the Indian film industry.  The Festival's strategic approach has seen it develop rapidly into a major fixture in the film calendar.
www.londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk

The Palestine Film Foundation
The London Palestine Film Festival
Award: £5,000
The London Palestine Film Festival will take place at the Barbican, SOAS and UCL between 20 April and 3rd 2012.  30 titles will be presented at 20 screenings enhanced by informal education and exchange opportunities led by 20 expert speakers. With a clear understanding of audience development informed by their monitoring and evaluation activity the festival strives to see an increase on attendance figures in 2012 through specific aims and objectives.
www.palestinefilm.org

The Film and Video Workshop
The London International Animation Festival
Award: £7,000
The 10 day festival in October will showcase an international programme of animation at a broad range of venues in the capital: Barbican, Horse Hospital, Rio Cinema and Picturehouse cinemas.  Alongside the screenings many local and international animators will attend the festival to present their films, take part in talks and discussions, run masterclasses and showcase their work to enthusiastic audiences. The festival will also host a 2-day industry event in partnership with Skillset attended by several leading panellists from the animation industry.  The festival's unique offering has a strong geographical presence and has successfully made transition to the Barbican as the new main venue.
www.liaf.org.uk

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PROJECTS SUPPORTED 2010/2011 (Round Two)

London Borough of Bexley
Bexley Anime and Manga (BAM) Festival
Award: £5,360

 

The Bexley Anime and Manga (BAM) Festival returns for a second year to bring together the best of Anime film and vibrant, interactive cultural workshops. Providing a unique opportunity for fans to meet and celebrate East Asian film and culture, BAM Festival will be held in April exclusive to the London Borough of Bexley.  Working with Film London and its partners the festival aims to strategically develop audiences and grow attendance, reinforce its position in Bexley's bourgeoning cultural offering and to establish itself in the wider film calendar as a far reaching genre festival.
http://elibrary.bexley.gov.uk/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME

London Indian Film Festival
London Indian Film Festival
Award: £6,000

Building on the huge critical success of its inaugural year The London Indian Film Festival will take place in July 2011 at cinemas and arts venues across London.  The festival will showcase the best of independent filmmaking from the Indian sub-continent and the Asian diaspora.  In addition to UK premieres, there will be cast and crew Q&As; informal learning activities; dedicated industry events encouraging Indo-UK co-production; and an international conference on changing Indian cinema delivered in partnership with the University of Westminster. The festival is dedicated to capturing the zeitgeist of emerging new Indian cinema and building new audiences for Indian independent films.  Film London will support the festival team to develop this emerging festival into a significant feature on the UK festival calendar.
http://www.londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/

The Palestine Film Foundation
The 2011 Palestine Film Festival
Award: £4,000

Building on over a decade's experience curating film and video work related to Palestine, the 2011 Palestine Film Festival will engage London audiences with a fortnight of bold documentary, fiction, and experimental cinema by artists from around the world. Film exhibition will be enriched by an exciting series of screen talks, panel discussions, Q&As and a stunning exhibition showcasing the work of photographer JC Tordai (Barbican Centre, from April 24^th). With the support of Film London, the 2011 Festival will be able to increase, improve, and evaluate its screen talks, venue partnerships, outreach and audience development projects, ensuring the Festival continues to grow while remaining responsive to the interests of its London audience.
http://www.palestinefilm.org/

  

The Roxy Bar and Screen
Scala Season
Award: £3,000

Roxy's Scala Season will celebrate and relive the infamous and influential Scala Cinema, by presenting a series of double-bills and all-nighters across a number of London venues with guest speakers, bands and discussions accompanying the screenings.  The season will be coordinated around a special commemorative programme that will feature contributions from leading film figures on their memories of the Scala.  With Film London's support the Roxy plans to establish a network of ongoing regular 'Scala' screenings as its legacy.
http://www.roxybarandscreen.com/

  

Tower Hamlets Arts and Events
Project name: East End Film Festival
Award: £10,000

The East End Film Festival showcases hot new talent and homegrown films alongside larger independent releases and special events, informing and inspiring a new generation of filmmakers and audiences from across London and beyond, and raising the profile of this vibrant and diverse area. The Festival is committed to delivering unique film-orientated events both for and to the community, and offers a comprehensive programme of Features, Shorts, Workshops, events and discussions, creating new and innovative ways for films to be seen while reflecting and enhancing the experience of living in east London. The festival has established itself in a crowded film calendar and Film London will work with the festival team to continue to develop and grow audiences.
http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/

 

 

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PROJECTS SUPPORTED 2010/2011 (Round One)

London Short Film Festival
The 8th London Short Film Festival
Award: £7,000
Now in its 8th year the London Short Film Festival will take place in early January, at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Curzon Soho, Roxy Bar & Screen, Rio Dalston, Soho Film Lab, and other cinemas and venues across London. Renowned for daring cross-arts programming, the Festival showcases Britain's raw filmmaking talent. Offering a bridge between grassroots creative talent and the UK film industry, the 2011 festival combines independent shorts with live music, training, networking and art. Film London will work with the festival team to develop its business planning and infrastructure to ensure the festival cements its status as a significant event in the UK film calendar.
www.shortfilms.org.uk

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PROJECTS SUPPORTED 2009/2010

UK Jewish Film Festival
UK Jewish Film Festival 2009: Identity and Coexistence
Award: £5,000
Identity and Coexistence is a programme of films and events that will explore and provide a springboard for discussion on issues surrounding self-identity, understanding between and challenges of co-existence among diverse communities in a multicultural society. The festival will collaborate with a number of partner organisations, including the young Muslims network Radical Middle Way.
www.ukjewishfilmfestival.org.uk 

The Screen Community CIC (The Screen Biz)
Urban Screen
Award: £5,000
Urban Screen is a series of monthly screenings held at four different venues across London at. It will exhibit films with an urban theme (interpreted as 'being from the city') from the UK and abroad. The screenings will be supplemented with Q&A sessions; post-screening music events; and film workshops.
www.thescreen.biz

Balik Arts
15th London Turkish Film Festival
Award: £5,000
The 15th London Turkish Film Festival will bring the year's most recent Turkish and Turkish related feature and short films and film-makers to London. This year will include a major development for the Festival with the introduction of their 'UK Digital Distribution Award'.
www.ltff.org.uk 

The Film & Video Workshop
The London International Animation Festival 2009
Award: £5,000
The London International Animation Festival will screen approximately 250 short and feature length animated films from around the world, as well as several satellite events including a substantial educative component. There will be competition sessions, special guests, seminars, children’s sessions, an art exhibition, and animation workshop.
www.liaf.org.uk 

Tower Hamlets Arts and Events – East End Film Festival
LOOK EAST at the East End Film Festival 2010
Award: £5,000
The festival’s LOOK EAST strand showcases UK premieres of mainstream and non-mainstream work from Eastern Europe. The programming reflects the desire for otherwise unseen low-budget work from debut directors and more commercial work from Europe's popular film-makers. The screenings will be accompanied by director, producer and cast Q&As. This year the festival will also host a Director In Residence programme, inviting the winner of 2009's 'Best International First Feature' Award to attend the festival for the duration, leading workshops and masterclasses.
www.eastendfilmfestival.com

Roxy Bar & Screen
The Extraordinary Film Season
Award: £3,000
The “extraordinary film season” will screen more than twenty films over two three-month seasons – the first from September 2009 and the second from February 2010. The films to be screened are billed as ‘the most astounding, remarkable and unforgettable films in the history of cinema.’ Screenings will be supported by introductions from writers and film-makers, post screening discussions and Q&A's with key cast and crew, special guests and three or four specially commissioned film rescores.
www.roxybarandscreen.com

Discovering Latin America
8th Discovering Latin American Film Festival
Award: £5,000
The festival will bring a wide variety of feature, experimental and short films, documentaries, retrospectives, master-classes and discussions with well-known industry professionals to London. Special to this year’s festival is the Women Filmmakers from Latin America, which will comprise the UK premiere in London of the film La Teta Asustada/The Milk of Sorrow (2009) and a Q&A session with its award winning director Claudia Llosa, as well as a masterclass that will address topics related to genre and cinema, and issues on cultural and national identity.
www.discoveringlatinamerica.com/film-home.html