Erik Poppe’s tough massacre drama is a warning to the world 22 July 2011. The small island of Utøya held the Norweigan Labour Party’s youth camp and, for 72 minutes, […]
Preview: Witches in the Woods
A new pop-up cinema is coming to Sheffield this October at Whirlow Hall Farm and bringing three immersive witch-themed screenings just in time for Halloween. The first showing in the […]
Film Review: I Am Not a Witch
The feature debut from Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni was understandably a highlight at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has been much-anticipated following her award-winning shorts Mwansa the Great (2011) […]
Patti Cake$ – Interview with Director Geremy Jasper
“Rapping is her secret superpower, which we see when her fantasy life is up there on screen.” Director Geremy Jasper Patti Cake$ is a coming-of-age story straight out of Jersey, […]
Cheap Thrills Zero Budget Film Festival Falls Silent
Cheap Thrills Zero Budget Film Festival Friday 12 May, Christchurch, Pitsmoor Road, S3 9AQ Now this is brilliant. I was getting bored with the project, but suddenly I’m interested again. […]
Rare Giants
First things first. What is Rare Giants and why did you set it up? Rare Giants is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to draw attention to the restoration and preservation […]
Transforming Cinema Film Festival
Sheffield’s first film festival championing transgender, gender nonconforming and non-binary communities took place last weekend. With film screenings, interactive workshops and guest talks taking place at a host of locations […]
The Cinema of Ousmane Sembène
“Whether it’s DeMille, Hitchcock, the Senegalese filmmaker Sembéne … we’re all walking in their footsteps every day…” – Martin Scorsese. Of the three filmmakers name-dropped by Scorsese, it is Ousmane […]
Celluloid Screams 2016 Preview
As the nights draw in and leaves begin to cavort around the streets, Autumn is the perfect time to embrace the darkness and all the mysterious portents therein. With danger […]
Transforming Cinema
Transforming Cinema is a project by E.D.E.N Film Productions, a Sheffield-based organisation who make “films, videos, and campaigns with a difference”. E.D.E.N’s newest project is about giving local people who […]
Afri-Kin
Brand new Sheffield-based video production company Afri-Kin will officially launch operations on 21 May 2016 at Foodhall on Eyre Street, Sheffield. Nurtured over the last six months with help from […]
Abbeydale Picture House
Sheffield’s love of cinema began in 1920, with The Call of the Road being the first movie shown in Abbeydale Picture House, then the largest and most luxurious movie theatre […]