Events archive

30.07.2007 Many non-fiction films try to highlight injustice or bring about social change, but how many succeed? A season at the BFI Southbank season travels the globe to find out.

29.07.2007 Daratt (Dry Season) is the antithesis of Western film-making. Set in Chad after the country's lengthy civil war, it is slow, spare, measured, full of silences and ambiguities.

24.07.2007 A exhibition on Changing climate, changing lives? is running at the Royal Geographical Society in London. It explores the science behind the phenomenon, projections, and the possible effects and actions in the UK.

23.07.2007 Britishness is the theme at the Soho Theatre in London's Dean Street in the coming weeks. Plays include White Boy (what does it mean to be a white boy in Britain today?) and Victory Street (racial tensions in northern town).

23.07.2007 With a cast of thousands - well, 1000 - Pageant celebrates 1,000 years of immigration with words, music and "spontaneous happenings". And it's free.

22.07.2007 It's happening today, it's happening here, says Freefall theatre company in a production in London (31 July-4 August) about UK sex trafficking.

22.07.2007 It's happening today, it's happening here, says Freefall theatre company in a production in London (31 July-4 August) about UK sex trafficking.

19.07.2007 London's Lovebox festival (21-22 July) with headlining acts Sly & The Family Stone, Groove Armada and Blondie will get surprise visitors from outer space who are coming back from the future to warn people about global warming.

03.07.2007 The London Literature Festival has two key strands: Saying the Unsayable, which examines issues surrounding freedom of expression and the boundaries of offence, and Metropolitan Lines, which celebrates London as muse.

02.07.2007 In the 16-25 age group, feel strongly about global inequality, want to make an impact and use film to do it? Here's an opportunity.