BIFF To Screen “The Kid With A Bike”

BIFF today announces that it has secured “The Kid with a Bike” for the big screen in Bermuda. The film will be shown as the next instalment in BIFF’s monthly BIFFlix series on Sunday, May 27, 2012, 6.30pm at Tradewinds Auditorium at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) on Crow Lane in Hamilton. “The Kid with [...]

Video Previews: Bermuda Docs Weekend Films

A lush new documentary that provides an intimate view of the women whose images have defined our sense of beauty over the last five decades, and a sports adventure film that features some of the world’s most dramatic snowy landscapes, are the featured films at the ‘Weekend Film Series’ this coming Sunday, May 20. “About [...]

Date Change: Screening Of “The Take” Film

On Tuesday 22nd May CURB will be screening The Take, a full-length feature film, dealing with the controversial topics of crime, forgiveness, and punishment. The screening date has been changed from what was previously reported. A synopsis of the film said: “It offers a riveting view of the human side of crime. We meet Ana, [...]

Documentary Preview: ‘In The Hour Of Victory’

The Bermuda Documentary Film Festival later this month features the world premiere of award winning Bermudian director Lucinda Spurling’s film, “In the Hour of Victory,” which is based on the book by Senator Jonathan Smith. Senator Smith published “In The Hour Of Victory” — based on letters his grandfather Major Toby Smith sent to his [...]

Video: Performing Arts Scholarship Winners

At City Hall yesterday afternoon [Apr.12] four Bermuda teenagers, Berkeley Institute students Patience Lowe (18) and Waverley Moran (16); Somersfield Academy student Camila Papadopoulo (14); and ex-Saltus student Ruggero Barlaba (16), currently in the UK studying for his A-Levels; were the recipients of scholarships from the Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Committee. These performing arts scholarships are [...]

“Ryan’s Heart” To Premiere on NJ TV

A documentary covering the life saving gift given after the tragic death of 15-year-old Dakarai Tucker will be broadcast on NJ Today. Baristanet reports that, “NJTV’s news program NJ Today will broadcast a three-part series this week about a Montclair State University student and heart transplant recipient Ryan Miller and his journey to meet the [...]

Video Previews: Bermuda Docs Film Festival

Two films that made their world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival will screen on the opening night of the sixth Bermuda Documentary Film Festival on Friday April 20. Chasing Ice, which won a Cinematography Award at Sundance, tells the story of the Extreme Ice Survey, a massive photography project utilising 30 cameras over [...]

Air Canada Buys Rights To Whale Film

Bermuda’s waters and the humpback whales that pass through them will be showcased during Air Canada flights, with the airline having purchased the rights to show “Where the Whales Sing” on its flights for a two-month period. In addition, a television station in Iran has bought the rights to broadcast the film in the Middle [...]

Burghley: Bermuda’s Olympian Governor

Known as the “Lord of the Hurdles”, one-time Bermuda Governor Lord David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley [1905-1981] was one of the most popular gold medallists at the 1928 Olympic Games [he is pictured here on his way to winning the 400 metres hurdle event]. Heir to the Marquess of Exeter, he first appeared in the [...]

Online Magazine Cinespect Zooms In On BIFF

One of the world’s leading website’s on films and filmmakers is zooming in on the recently wrapped 15th annual Bermuda International Film Festival, with visiting journalist Carlos Segura saying  ”this may end up being one of my most positive and memorable film festival experiences.” BIFF —  held from March 16 through 22 — was an outstanding [...]

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