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'The industry is waking up' – award-winning film documents Hackney venues' journey to greater accessibility

The upcoming documentary follows Marion Marincat, who became profoundly deaf aged 26, and Oscar Acoustics as they work to make three cultural spaces in the borough more audio-inclusive

Author: Lizzie McAllister

'The industry is waking up' – award-winning film documents Hackney venues' journey to greater accessibility

East London filmmaker explores ‘universal language of grief’ in award-winning short film

Joe Borg’s ‘Resaca’, now available to stream on Omeleto, follows a pair of neighbours on an unexpectedly cathartic walk

Author: Lizzie McAllister

East London filmmaker explores ‘universal language of grief’ in award-winning short film

Former men’s-only members club launches inaugural Women’s History Month celebrations

The Mildmay Club opened to men only in 1888, and only became fully accessible to women in 2010

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Former men’s-only members club launches inaugural Women’s History Month celebrations

Women’s History Month arts programme shines spotlight on 'extraordinary' East London figures

Alternative Arts’ programme of workshops, exhibitions, talks and performances begins on 1 March and takes place across the East End

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Women’s History Month arts programme shines spotlight on 'extraordinary' East London figures

Hackney's unsung heroines to be celebrated at International Women’s Day film screening

‘Women from Hackney’s History’, inspired by the two-part book series of the same name, will premiere at the Rio Cinema next month

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney's unsung heroines to be celebrated at International Women’s Day film screening

London Short Film Festival comes to iconic East End venue to raise disability awareness

The six films on show ‘engage with perspectives that address the lived experience’ of disabled people in the UK

Author: Elspeth Rees

London Short Film Festival comes to iconic East End venue to raise disability awareness

Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced

East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties

Author: East End Review

Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced

The Hard Stop, an interview with filmmaker George Amponsah: Language of the unheard

Documentary-maker George Amponsah talks Mark Duggan, Met policing and the best way to protest police violence

Author: East End Review

Protesters in Tottenham voicing their anger at the police shooting of Mark Duggan.

Stutterer: film review – universal themes in modern East London

Short film set in Hackney was an under-the-radar Oscar success, portraying an East London man’s struggle to live with a debilitating speech impediment

Author: East End Review

Slave’s Lament – an art film with “raw immediacy” from Mile End auteur

A Robert Burns song is given a reggae makeover in a film by Matt’s Gallery artist Graham Fagen

Author: East End Review

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

Author: East End Review

Michael (Sebastian Armesto) and Kristen (Sophia Dawnay) share a moment in Dead Cat

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

Author: East End Review