Events archive

25.10.2008 The BFM International Film Festival - the largest black world cinema event in the UK - opens on 7 November and takes place at venues across London. This year’s festival reflects predominantly British work but also showcases films from African and the Caribbean.

22.10.2008 “I don’t want to be a martyr and get it banned and boast about it,” says actress Nandita Das of her directorial debut, Firaaq. But she is aware that her film about people caught up in the anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002 might be controversial.

21.10.2008 Full marks to the Canadian High Commission in London for organising a photographic exhibition on climate change. Fewer marks for the actual show.

18.10.2008 "I was 16 when I ended up in an Asian women's refuge. On my second night there, the girls took me to a pub - I had never been in a pub in my life! I had no idea what to drink and how to ask for it. The girls told me to ask for sweet ciders." Sweet Cider by Emteaz Hussain at the Arcola Theatre.

17.10.2008 More than 40 events - film, photography, literature, critical theory, architecture and planning - to throw light on cities ‘from the ground up’, including discussions, films, workshops, symposiums, exhibitions and a walk, free.

08.10.2008 I Come From There: New Plays from the Arab World runs at the Royal Court on 11-15 November.