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Akane Hayashi
May 13, 20245 min read
Chronic Youth Film Festival Presents Gregg Araki’s Nowhere + Discussion on Film Music
Outcast adolescents beneath the underdog take centre stage in Japanese-American director Gregg Araki’s youth-oriented films. Notorious...
Oisín McGilloway
May 13, 20249 min read
In Conversation With Barbican's Chronic Youth Film Festival Young Programmers
Ahead of Barbican Cinema's annual Chronic Youth Film Festival, the festival that celebrates the work of the young programmers in this...
Oisín McGilloway
Mar 11, 20245 min read
Opening Scenes: Elif Gönen, aka FORLUCK
A couple of weeks ago, visual artist Elif Gönen, aka FORLUCK, whose latest documentary Please Be Happy appeared at BFI Future Film...
Oisín McGilloway
Feb 27, 20246 min read
Opening Scenes: Emmanuel Li
For our first Opening Scenes profile, we sat down with writer, filmmaker and self-proclaimed “groovinator” Emmanuel Li to discuss his...
Anwesh Banerjee
Feb 27, 20247 min read
Saturday Shorts Screening At BFI Future Film Festival 2024: An Electric Selection Of Personal Stories, Rooted In Universal Resonance
The Saturday Shorts Screening event on Day 3 of the BFI Future Film Festival 2024 was an exhilarating mix of films that were deeply...
Ellie Stiff
May 12, 20235 min read
Barbican Chronic Youth Festival: A Room of My Own and Conversation with Programmers
Directed by Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze, A Room of My Own follows the story of Tina (Taki Mumladze) as she seeks a roommate in Tbilisi during...
Jorvell Ong
May 12, 20237 min read
Barbican Chronic Youth Festival: How to Save a Dead Friend and Conversation with Programmers
How To Save a Dead Friend is a documentary film by Marusya Syroechkovskaya, consisting of home footage spanning multiple years in her...
Maaya Karuppiah
May 9, 20235 min read
Barbican Chronic Youth Festival: Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and Conversation with Programmers
Barbican’s Chronic Youth festival feature of Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets can only be described as a haunting insight into loss. Set...
Sheba Kayley
May 8, 20233 min read
Barbican Chronic Youth Festival: Delphine's Prayer and Conversation with Chukwuma Ofungwu
Chukwuma Ofungwu stands outside Screen 2 in the Barbican Centre surrounded by excited, young film enthusiasts, swarming like bees round...
Sakshi Patil
May 31, 20222 min read
Taslima K at Never Fade Factory
Taslima K decided step off the conventional runway for London Fashion Week and produce her latest collection 'Addict' as a live studio...
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