Emerging Filmmakers Night is back with another live-streamed film event on 29 June via the official Facebook page. And so, to mark the end/easing/continuation of or whatever the hell new rules are regarding confinement, this month’s theme is .... (…) Continue Reading »

Cycle courier cooperatives are turning technology on the gig economy giants. "As a customer, I love the ease of Deliveroo, but I worry about the worker rights, I wish there was a worker-owned alternative," says a commentator on YouTube. Reclaiming Work addresses just that and should be shared far and wide. Made by Cassie Quarless and Usayd Younis of Black and Brown Film, it tells the story (…) Continue Reading »

Paul is a London based writer and director. His short films have screened at festivals around the world, including Tribeca, Palm Springs, Rhode Island, the Iris Prize and Aesthetica and collectively have over 900,000 views online. EFN have screened his work twice: the multi-award winning ROXANNE was part of our LGBTQ+ event in July and GOLD STAR was part of our livestream event in April! (…) Continue Reading »

Tommy’s review of the week is Xiang Zi’s A Dog Barking at the Moon, streamed on BFI Player as part of the #FlareatHome film festival. A Dog Barking at the Moon is a fittingly dramatic piece following the trials of a Chinese family as they deal (…) Continue Reading »

Despite our collective laptop confinement, the EFN team has managed to create a fun and interactive film experience in their 2nd LIVESTREAM event. The multi-award winning directors Francesco Gabrielle, Francesca Fowler and Ben Mallaby (…) Continue Reading »

“16 District, 16 Floors, 16 People”, is a short film featuring a district in Yerevan, Armenia, where the legacy of the Soviet Union still occupies the minds and daily lives of the residents living in these huge unfinished monolithic structures built to write the letters CCCP. The film highlights the communities everyday issues and concerns, linking the past and present with all its changes (…) Continue Reading »

Recently, I have become addicted to the Italian Netflix series Suburra: Blood on Rome. As a fan of Gomorrah, I met this series with trepidation, wondering if this Roman ’gangster show’ would be a shadow to its Neopolitan counterpart. How wrong I was! It is a compelling exploration of Roman society, and the real-life events of the Mafia Capitale investigation which culminated in 2014. On (…) Continue Reading »

Emerging Filmmakers Night’s Ben Plumb on the craft of acting. EFN’s next live streamed film event will be on Monday 18 May 2020 on Facebook - Caught in the Act! ’How do I act so well?’ asks Sir Ian. Andy says nothing. ’What I do is I pretend to be the person I am portraying in the film or play’ he insists, answering himself, a picture of sincerity. ’You’re confused…’ You might (…) Continue Reading »

Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival [JAEFF] producer George Crosthwait picks his three favourite films currently available on streaming platforms in the UK. This time tailored to suit precise days. It’s May and the world is (…) Continue Reading »

I’ll concede that my selection this week is eclectic but I’ll argue that the three picks are sort of tenuously linked together by their haunting qualities. Read in that what you will. So here’s a series, a doc and a fiction film. DEVS - Available on BBC iPlayer I think "haunting" probably best describes Alex Garland’s miniseries Devs. Absolutely gorgeously shot, Devs is set in some sort of (…) Continue Reading »