Events archive

28.03.2009 The Great Game: Afghanistan Film Festival is a programme of features, shorts and documentaries - including nine premieres and many Q&A sessions – that gives a celluloid glimpse into the joys, sorrows and adventures of everyday life in Afghanistan.

26.03.2009 A 17-year-old Iraqi pianist is putting on a recital at the Wigmore Hall in London to raise awareness about her campaign to set up the first National Youth Orchestra of Iraq.

24.03.2009 For three days, a new piece of writing inspired by August Strindberg's Miss Julie explores the many faces of modern migration.

24.03.2009 Fascinating selection of films at the East London Film Festival, 23-30 April.

24.03.2009 You've probably never heard of it, but it's worth taking a look at the Renderyard International Film Festival - "a festival for new and innovative feature films and documentaries."

23.03.2009 Can you condone committing a crime to prevent another? Tamsin Omond, a member of Plane Stupid and environmental activist, thinks so. Her film is part of a two-day TV special, Change the World, Break the Law.

06.03.2009 The Contingency Plan is a double bill of plays from the frontline of climate change. Together, they present an epic portrait of an England of the near future, in which huge flooding has destroyed Bristol and threatens to sink the east coast.

03.03.2009 The Freedom Film Festival of Malaysia features documentaries made in recent years "to create a space for social justice and human rights films amidst a controlled mainstream media and the lack of commercial backing."

01.03.2009 The world’s first truly, 100 per cent eco-friendly film premiere: "Solar-powered projector; gas lighting generated from London landfill sites and Royal Guards horse poop collected by volunteers; heating from stoves burning discarded free London papers made into logs by volunteers; actor Pete Postlethwaite to arrive by experimental solar-powered car, other celebs on bicycle rickshaws and electric vehicles charged from renewable energy sources; biodiesel for other vehicles, made from recycled cooking oil collected by volunteers from friendly local chip shops; no bottled water, disposable cups or other crap - and no flying! and no offsetting: offsetting is palpable nonsense."