Alison Poltock, the Artistic Director of the East End Film Festival tells us that this year's festival programme has, as ever, a great deal to offer children and adults alike. A special day will be Bank Holiday Monday, May 2nd, when a variety of events, all of them free, including film shows, live performances, exhibitions and interactive opportunities to learn about film making will be taking place in many venues at Spitalfields Market and in Brick Lane. On the same day at the Barbican there is an opportunity to see the most recent productions of young film makers from Tower Hamlets. The films are continuing to look at the influence of the coming Olympic Games on the Tower Hamlets community.
There are also outstanding films being shown all through the week in the east end. Visitors to the goodenoughcaring site who are in London during the week of the festival may wish to take an opportunity to watch :
Udaan directed by Vikramaditya is about the experiences of Rohan a 17 years old who is expelled from his boarding school for watching an adult movie.
Pink Halo Halo directed by Joselito Altarejos tells the story of Natoy, a young boy who along with his mother tries to cope and come to terms with the dramatic fate of his father, a soldier in the ongoing war in Mindanao in the southern Philippines.
The Cage directed by Adrian Sitaru explores the conflicts between father and son when a boy brings home a sick dove.
Ways to Live Forever directed by Gustavo Ron is the tale of two teenage friends both suffering from Leukaemia who meet in hospital and draw up a list of things they want to do before they die. This includes learning about UFOs, horror movies, airships, ghosts and scientists, answers to their questions about dying and finding out how it feels to kiss !
There is also a reprise showing of the Scottish thriller Red Road directed by Andrea Arnold in which Jackie a CCTV operator observes the lives of people on a Glasgow housing scheme from a bank of television screens. The showing of Red Road is linked with the London premiere of the film Donkey is the second film of the Advanced Party Project trilogy of Scottish films using the same actors. Donkey is directed by Morag Mckinnon and is a film about the disastrous relationships of Alfred, an inveterate liar.
There are many more films to be seen during the week. To read the full festival programme of films and events go to
http://www.eastendfilmfestival.com/index.php?/programme/C27/
The festival's partner is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and its funding bodies are Film London, the UK Film Council and the Arts Council.
This news article first appeared on the goodenoughcaring home page at http://www.goodenoughcaring.com
on April 23rd, 2011.
