Birds Eye View Film Festival: Celebrating Arab Women Filmmakers [3rd-10th April]

By David Pearson|March 30, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia & Islamica|0 comments

Next week sees the start of the 2013 Film Festival: Celebrating Arab Women Filmmakers along with two special events for International Women’s Week on 7th & 8th March. It runs from 3-10 April 2013 and takes place at the BFI Southbank, Barbican, ICA & Hackney Picturehouse, Southbank Centre. The program consists of features, documentaries, short films, events, live music and awards that give factual and fictional perspectives by, and on, Arab women.

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The 15th Asian Film Festival- 7th-17th March 2013

By Farzana Whitfield|February 11, 2013|Music, Media and Film Studies, South Asia|0 comments

    Image taken from: http://www.tonguesonfire.com/ Stop press! The programme for the 15th LAFF has been set! 7th to 17th March 2013 Tongues on Fire is proud to present the 15th London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) so make sure you save these dates and clear your diary for 7th to 17th March 2013. They are thrilled to be celebrating the centenary of Indian cinema this year with a focus on

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Music, Media and Film Studies – April 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|April 30, 2012|Music, Media and Film Studies|0 comments

Satchmo blows up the world : jazz ambassadors play the Cold War / Penny M. Von Eschen.  Music and globalization : critical encounters / edited by Bob W. White.  Women and popular music : sexuality, identity, and subjectivity / Shelia Whiteley.  Musical elaborations / Edward W. Said.  The challenge of the silver screen : an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad / by Freek L.

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