Artist Neil Cummings wants to create a film-based celebration of Hackney using film from local people and aspiring filmmakers
Ambitious scale of the production means tickets have to cost more, says Secret Cinema founder
Cartoon gangsters and dodgy accents produce underwhelming results in this film about Hackney’s grittier side
Set The Thames on Fire is a dark, fantastical vision of East London starring the likes of Noel Fielding and Sally Phillips
James Lucas was awarded an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film for his film about a crisis helpline worker starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent
When her family were made homeless, Daisy-May Hudson picked up a camera and began filming the story of their displacement
Snow in Paradise is an East End gangster film based on the true story of screenwriter Martin Askew
A new arrival to an isolated island community causes a stir in animated short film Dead Air
Shoreditch arts organisation in financial dispute with council over £850,000 and withheld development money
Billed as a snapshot of 21st century Britain, this year’s festival received a record number of submissions
Filmgoers asked to wear dark suits and bring a gift to secret charity screening held simultaneously in East London, Rome and San Francisco
70×70 – Unlicensed Preaching: A Life Unpacked In 70 Films is a ‘cultural autobiography’ full of insight and ideas about cinema
