Image Credit: Photograph of London Fetish Film Festival Directors, Venus Raven (left) and Tainted Saint (right), taken by Caroline Bonarde. Fetish culture has long shaped contemporary art, fashion, popular culture and cinema – from underground performance and body art to…
Image Credit: Still from ‘VPL – Visible Panty Line’ (Dir. Ka! Ka! Studios / 1993). Screened as part of Everybody’s Darling: Melodrama in 80s & 90s Punk Cinema (+ extended intro). Sun, 25 Jan 18:20. BFI Southbank. From late-night screenings…
Image: Garden Pieces (1998) Dir Margaret Tait, Courtesy of Margaret Tait and LUX, London. See film on Wed 5 Nov 2025, 19:00. barbican.org.uk As the world prepares for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, we turn to Dr Becca Voelcker – BBC…
Image: Fucktoys Here to help you look beyond the red-carpet glare: the 69th BFI London Film Festival serves up a 247-strong programme of films, series and immersive works, threaded through eight thematic strands – from Love and Debate to Dare,…
On opening day at BFI LFF, Georgia “Zeta” Gkoka’s short You Can Call Me Lou joins the Roots and Branches programme – a tender portrait of Louise Kramer, an ex-dancer whose 1980s transition is remembered through movement, memory and chosen…
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Image: Chris McGill, Founder of Rebel Reel Cine Club
Chris McGill, Rebel Reel Cine Club founder finds joy and success with his (relatively) new cinema concept (outdoor and online) including curated images and music. Here he tells us the story of how his love of film became his pandemic saviour.
Image credit: 'DAZZLE: SOLO' at LFF Expanded
For 2020, the organisers of 64th BFI London Film Festival have announced the launch of LFF Expanded, the festival’s new dedicated strand of XR and immersive art. Using cinema as a jumping off point, LFF Expanded will be an expansive space for programming, featuring virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and including live immersive performance.
