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Just Eat It & Althea Films To Screen At Weekend
An entertaining and award-winning film about the global issue of food waste, and a profile of pioneering tennis champion Althea Gibson, will screen at the Weekend Film Series, sponsored by Gosling’s, on Sunday February 15. Screening at 3 p.m., Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story has won awards at festivals in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.... Read more of this article
Pelican Dreams, Art And Craft Films To Screen
A beautiful nature documentary by Sundance-and-Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving, and a second doc that is shortlisted for the 2015 Academy Award® for Best Documentary, will screen at the Weekend Film Series, sponsored by Gosling’s, on Sunday January 18. Screening at 3 pm., Pelican Dreams is an intimate portrait of an iconic seabird species.... Read more of this article
“Our Man In Tehran” To Attend Bermuda Docs
Former Canadian ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor, who played a key role in the escape of six American diplomats from Tehran during the Iran Hostage Crisis, is among three special guests travelling to the Bermuda Documentary Film Festival, set to be held from April 17-20 at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI]. Mr. Taylor features prominently... Read more of this article
9 Videos: Bermuda Docs Film Festival Trailers
Bermuda Docs has announced the line up of films to be presented at the upcoming Bermuda Documentary Film Festival, set to be held from April 17 through April 20 in the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI]. A host of films will be shown, and you can watch the previews below. Official “Plot for Peace”... Read more of this article
Bermuda Docs Announces Film Festival Line Up
Bermuda Docs has announced the line up of films to be presented at the upcoming Bermuda Documentary Film Festival, set to be held from April 17 through April 20 in the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI]. A spokesperson said, “An award-winning film about the never-before-told intrigue behind the end of... Read more of this article
Videos: ‘Bermuda Docs’ Film Festival Trailers
The four-day Bermuda Documentary Film Festival will take place from October 17-20, with tickets set to go on sale this coming Friday [Oct 4]. The Festival will feature a number of award winning documentaries including Blood Brother, Womanish Ways, Anita: Speaking Truth To Power, The Summit, People of a Feather, The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne, Dirty... Read more of this article
‘Bermuda Docs’ Announce Film Festival Line-Up
A double award-winner from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and an award-winning film from The Bahamas, will screen on the opening night of the four-day Bermuda Documentary Film Festival, October 17-20. Blood Brother, winner of a Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance, is a beautifully crafted and intimate film about the power of love. American... Read more of this article
Documentary Film Festival To Be Held In October
Tickets will go on sale Friday, October 4 for the ninth edition of the Bermuda Documentary Film Festival to be held October 17-20 in the Tradewinds Auditorium of the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The film line-up will be announced on Wednesday, October 2. “Filmgoers can expect a number of films that won awards at Sundance this year, as... Read more of this article
Video Previews: “Building Hope” & “Mud” Films
A documentary about the building of the first high school in a remote Kenyan community, and a feature film starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon, will screen at the Weekend Film Series on Sunday [July 21]. Building Hope will screen at 3 p.m., while Mud [rated PG] will screen at 5.15 p.m. Building Hope tells the joyful story of the construction... Read more of this article
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
