The third Argentine Film Festival takes place at the Ritzy cinema and Hackney Picturehouse in London from November 27-30, providing a unique showcase for the best contemporary films from and about Argentina.
WILD TALES (Relatos salvajes) the riotous black comedy by Argentine director Damian Szifron will open the festival. Produced by the Almodovar brothers, the film took the Cannes Film Festival by storm earlier in the year, has already sold more than 2 million tickets in its native Argentina, and is one of a number of blockbuster films which form part of the programme at this year’s festival.
The Argentine Film Festival, the only festival of its kind in Europe, will include a programme of 10 contemporary features, as well as the Nuevos Talentos section with a selection of 7 short films by some of Argentina’s most promising young directors.
In addition, this year the festival will feature a dedicated wine hub, Punto Argento, at the Gallery Bar at Hackney Picturehouse, with a hand-picked selection of Argentine wine, as well as tango performances from the Tango Light dancers in between screenings.
Sofia Serbin de Skalon, the Festival’s Director said:“We’re delighted to be back for our third edition with a knock-out programme that includes three of Argentina’s highest-grossing films from the last 18 months, as well as some amazing gems from the international festival circuit and some unique documentaries. We’re also thrilled to be launching Punto Argento at the Gallery Bar at Hackney, where we invite audiences to enjoy a glass of fantastic Argentine wine with these films, and get a real taste of Argentina.”
Gay activist, Rory O’Neill aka drag queen Panti was presented with a Humanitarian Award as part of the Smirnoff Winter Pride Art Awards on Saturday evening.
Panti aka Rory O’Neill
WINTER PRIDE was moved and inspired by Panti’s ‘Noble Call’ speech at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin following a performance of James Plunkett’s 1913 Lockout drama, The Risen People.
Rory delivered his memorable speech after the Irish Broadcaster RTE redacted comments made by Rory on the Saturday Night Show on January 11, in a debate defining homophobia in modern Ireland.
RTE later issued an apology for Rory’s comments and paid out over 80,000 Euros in damages to members of the Iona Institute Catholic Lobbying group.
In making the award, Winter Pride said they believe that emotive speeches of the kind given by Rory help to make a positive change in bigoted attitudes towards members of the LGBT community.
The winners of the Smirnoff Winter Pride Art Awards were announced at a dazzling ceremony at Tobacco Dock in East London on Saturday November 15 2014.
Overall Performance Art Award went to Kimatica for SIMULACRUM “A contemporary Ritual”. Kimatica gave a mesmerising dance and site mapping performance to the packed audience of VIP celebrities and international artists, including sculptor Frances Segelman, Queen of Harps Catrin Finch, Made in Chelsea star Ollie Locke, Lucian Freud’s muse and model Sue Tilley, Olympian Goldie Sayers, and X Factor’s Lucy Spraggan.
Irish broadcasting personality Brendan Courtney hosted the awards ceremony with introductory speeches by Winter Pride founder Rebecca Paisis and BBC Art Correspondent Brenda Emmanus who talked about diversity and equality in the arts.
The Winter Pride Art Awards Ceremony included a performance by Nevedya with her new song Miosis, a rousing tribal dance by Haus of Sequana, a moving short film by Hattie Lauren Grover and Danny-Joe Harrison, erotic poetry for vegans and vegetarians by Julie Mullen and East End’s infamous club performers Sink the Pink.
A spectacular display of artwork was showcased – a bronze figurative nude by Frances Segelman, pop art sculptures by Finn Stone, glass art by Iluá Hauck da Silva celebrity photographs by Barry Lategan, kinetic light sculpture by Paul Friedlander, floral couture pieces by Cyrill Tronchet, wearable art by Laura Iosifescu, drawings by Eleanor Pearce and Jane Moore, a mouth-watering Tree of Unity cake by The Cake Enigma, body-painted models by Seventa Image and screen print tablecloths by the art and design students at Middlesex University.
Visual and performance artist XXXora presented The Binary heard featuring one black sheep and one white sheep from Sheer Sheep, each having their wool cut into a box by Europe’s leading creative groomer Su Eld Weaver.
Stephen Fry, winner of the inaugural Smirnoff Winter Pride Luminary of the Year, said:“Winter Pride is a unique opportunity for up-and-coming artists and performers to showcase their creativity at a key LGBT artistic and cultural event – creative ventures of this kind are all-important for both the arts and LGBT communities.”
An exhibition of the winners, finalists and runners-up of the Winter Pride Art Awards will take place at new British art gallery Lacey Contemporary Gallery, 8 Clarendon Cross, London W11 4AP from November 18-29, 2014.
Stonewall, the equality charity, working in partnership with celebrities, workplaces and schools, is calling on individuals and organisations to tackle abusive language this Anti-Bullying Week by supporting the NoBystanders campaign.
NATIONAL Anti-Bullying Week takes place between November 17 and 21.
The campaign has already been backed by celebrities including Stephen Fry, Nicole Scherzinger, Perez Hilton, Sinitta, Clare Balding and David Walliams and comes in response to shocking figures from Stonewall research that reveal more than 75,000 young people will be bullied this year simply for being gay, and 21,000 of these will attempt suicide.
Homophobic bullying and abuse has a devastating impact on young people’s self-esteem, with one in three gay pupils who experience homophobic bullying changing their plans for future education because of it.
Stonewall has sent Anti-Bullying Week education packs, which contain NoBystanders pledge posters and guidance on how to mark Anti-Bullying Week, to more than 1,000 schools and local authorities.
700 Stonewall Diversity Champions – who together employ more than six million people – have also been sent materials to help them tackle abuse in the workplace.
James Taylor
James Taylor, Stonewall’s Head of Policy, said:‘This Anti-Bullying Week we’re asking individuals and groups to do their bit to tackle abuse and prejudice that still blights too many lives.
‘More than half of gay pupils experience verbal bullying and one in six experience physical abuse. People can show their support for the campaign by tweeting using #nobystanders and by ordering their free pin badge at nobystanders.org.uk.’”
Stonewall will also be marking Anti-Bullying Week with a Twitter Q&A – using #InfoLineLive – dedicated to discussing bullying on Tuesday, November 18 at 6pm
To hear from schools that have used the NoBystanders campaign effectively, click here:www.stonewall.org.uk/abw
Additional content will be shared throughout the week via Stonewall’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts (all @StonewallUK).
To sign and share the NoBystanders pledge, click here:
National Anti-bullying week is coordinated annually by the Anti-Bullying Alliance – a coalition of organisations working to stop bullying for all.
The first Royal Court and Guardian micro-play will be available to watch online from 12pm today. Monday, November 17.
Off The Page: Britain’s Not Eating. Micro-play collaboration between the Royal Court Theatre and the Guardian.
THE WORLDS of theatre and journalism collide in Off the Page, a unique new collaboration. Guardian journalists are partnering with Royal Court playwrights, theatre directors and a stellar company of actors to create a series of six ‘micro-plays’, each around five minutes long, to be showcased on theguardian.com and responding to key areas of Guardian coverage.
Royal Court theatre-makers have drawn upon the specialist expertise of the Guardian’s feature writers, columnists and editors for the plays.
The first film – on the subject of food – is released today at noon.
Britain Isn’t Eating explores food banks and the nations obsession with cookery shows. It stars Katherine Parkinson and Evening Standard Award-winner Kyle Soller.
It is a collaboration between playwright Laura Wade (Posh), food blogger and regular Guardian contributor Jack Monroe, Guardian social affairs correspondent Amelia Gentleman and director Carrie Cracknell. The film can be viewed on theguardian.com from 12pm today and audiences can join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #microplays.
Subsequent micro-plays cover music, fashion, politics, sport and education. The casts feature some of today’s most exciting actors including Rafe Spall, Tobias Menzies and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis. The other creatives involved are playwrights Rachel De-lahay, Robin French, Chloe Moss, Tim Price and Roy Williams and directors Clint Dyer, Christopher Haydon, Gbolahan Obisesan, Hamish Pirie and Bijan Sheibani.
The Guardian journalists taking part include Aditya Chakrabortty, Hadley Freeman, Barney Ronay, Michael Rosen and John Harris, whose article on England’s identity crisis was an early inspiration for the project.
Chris Wiegand, Stage editor of Guardian News & Media, said:“Over the past few years there has been a huge transformation in Guardian journalism – we are responding to stories in more ways and in more depth than ever before. Our project with the Royal Court allows us to interpret current affairs in a new, informed and really creative fashion. The micro-plays are a true extension of our journalism. We’ve brought together some fantastically talented people and set them quite a challenge – with the names involved, I know these six pieces will be witty, smart and hard-hitting.”
Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the Royal Court, said:“This partnership between the Guardian and Royal Court feels truly ground-breaking and reflects the strengths and vision of each organisation. Playwrights and theatre-makers are continuously hungry for inspiration and challenge and that is frequently found in the pages of our great newspapers. The journalistic instinct to speak truth to power and uncover the previously uncovered feeds directly into the Royal Court’s drive to say what has been unsaid and bring us to a deeper understanding of the world we live in. The form of our micro-plays, where theatre meets film in an inescapably theatrical setting, feels like a new adventure.”
The other five collaborations are as follows:
Music – playwright Robin French, Guardian journalist John Harris and director Bijan Sheibani
Sport – playwright Roy Williams, Guardian journalist Barney Ronay and director Clint Dyer
Fashion – playwright Chloe Moss, Guardian journalist Hadley Freeman and director Christopher Haydon
Politics – playwright Tim Price, Guardian journalist Aditya Chakrabortty and director Hamish Pirie
Education – playwright Rachel De-lahay, Guardian education editor Richard Adams, education correspondent Sally Weale, writer and Guardian contributor Michael Rosen and director Gbolahan Obisesan.
Guardian Live and the Royal Court will present the Big Idea: Off The Page – a celebratory screening of all six films, with introductions from the artists and journalists involved, at the Royal Court on Friday, December 5 at 6pm, tickets are £10.
Organisers of Winter Pride have made an urgent appeal for the return of artworks by artists Jane Moore and Eleanor Pearce stolen during the Winter Pride Art Awards at the weekend.
Jane Moore: Self Portrait
Eight pieces of artworks by Jane Moore and Eleanor Pearce were stolen on Saturday, November 15 were stolen off the exhibition wall of the ‘John Sizzle and A Man to Pet Cabaret Room’ (Great Gallery upstairs) at Tobacco Dock during the Winter Pride Art Awards 2014.
Eleanor Pearce: The Constant Bloom (triptych)
Three men were seen removing the artworks probably between 2-3am, including:
• One man dressed all in black
• One man 30-45 years old approx. 5’9″ bald with thick rimmed glasses
The artists are devastated so if you have any information please email:
Jane Moore: Martin Cohn 16-04-14Jane Moore: Androgony 06-09-14Jane Moore: Erika 15-04-14Jane Moore: Brandon 07-09-14Jane Moore: Lauren Bacall 13-08-14Jane Moore: The Foxtrot 20-10-14
WILD TALES (Relatos salvajes) the riotous black comedy by Argentine director Damian Szifron will open the festival. Produced by the Almodovar brothers, the film took the Cannes Film Festival by storm earlier in the year, has already sold more than 2 million tickets in its native Argentina, and is one of a number of blockbuster films which form part of the programme at this year’s festival.
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