Green Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Feline romantic – Homerton filmmaker releases debut feature Dead Cat
In the romantic comedy, a pair of old flames randomly meet at a time when both of their lives have reached an impasse
Kinoteka Film Festival set to showcase best of Polish film history
This month East London venues will be showing films by some of the defining figures of Polish cinema
Docs around the clock – Cheap Cuts Documentary Film Festival preview
A new film festival for documentaries aims to make filmmaking and watching accessible to all
Original Gravity: documenting London’s brewing ‘revolution’
Brewers raise a glass to London’s craft beer and micro-brewing scene in a new documentary
Short film Cosmico takes a swipe at organised religion
Promising animation by Bethnal Green director doesn’t discriminate with its criticism
London Short Film Festival: what’s on out East
Shorts offering a snapshot of modern Britain are on at Hackney Picturehouse, the Ace Hotel and the Round Chapel in Lower Clapton
This is East London: short film Jacked has true grit
Two car thieves make an unusual discovery in short film starring Charley Palmer Rothwell and This is England’s Thomas Turgoose
Rediscovering a classic: Sparrows Can’t Sing
Joan Littlewood’s only foray into film, this knotty East End romance starring Barbara Windsor – with a cameo from The Krays – has been newly restored
Fringe! festival returns with special emphasis on Brazil
East London’s queer film and arts festival returns with a bumper programme of work from across the globe