Tag: Bermuda Documentary Film Festival
Loving Story, The Central Park Five To Screen
A documentary film that was short-listed for the Best Documentary Academy Award, and another that was considered the best documentary of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle, will screen at the Weekend Film Series on Sunday April 7. “The Loving Story” will screen at 3 p.m., while “The Central Park Five” will screen at 5.15... Read more of this article
Bermuda Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Character portraits of the tennis-playing Williams sisters, legendary drummer Ginger Baker, and U.S. President Barack Obama’s half-sister, are among 11 films screening at the expanded Bermuda Documentary Film Festival, October 18-21. Venus and Serena takes us inside the lives of the Williams sisters during a year when debilitating injuries and a life-threatening... Read more of this article
‘Bermuda Docs’ Expands, Films Announced
An expanded Bermuda Documentary Film Festival will open its new, four-day format on Thursday October 18 with the screening of two award-winning films from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The seventh edition of the festival, formerly held over three days, will open with The Queen of Versailles at 6 p.m., and follow with Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry at 8.30... Read more of this article
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... Read more of this article
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 three continents... Read more of this article
Oscar Short Films Series At BUEI
For the first time, film lovers in Bermuda can warm up for the Academy Awards by watching the entire slate of Oscar-nominated short films for 2012. Bermuda Docs and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] have teamed up to present the nominated short films in three series. The Oscar-nominated Documentary shorts will screen at the BUEI’s... Read more of this article
Weekend Film Series Resumes
An award-winning documentary film that examines the problem of waste in our consumer society, and a warm and witty Italian comedy, are the featured films at the “Weekend Film Series” on Sunday [Jan. 15]. “The Clean Bin Project” will screen at 3 p.m., and will be followed by a Q.&A. session with Vanese Flood-Gordon of Government’s... Read more of this article
Bermuda Soldier’s Story Documentary
Acclaimed local filmmaker Lucinda Spurling’s adaptation of a recent book about a Bermuda soldier killed in action just seven months before the end of World War Two is likely to premiere at next year’s Bermuda Documentary Film Festival. Senator Jonathan Smith published “In The Hour Of Victory” — based on letters his grandfather... Read more of this article
Bermuda Gets Trumped Again
Due to popular demand, there will be another Bermuda screening of “You’ve Been Trumped”, Anthony Baxter’s documentary about how a group of Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump over his plans to develop one of Britain’s very last stretches of wilderness. Following its sellout success at the Bermuda Docs film festival... Read more of this article
Bermuda Weekend Film Series Screenings
A documentary film about a baby Orca that makes human friends, and a humorous and charming award-winning French film, are the featured films at the Weekend Film Series on Sunday [Nov. 20]. The monthly event is held in the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI]. “The Whale” will screen at 3 p.m. while... Read more of this article
