"The East End of London is the typical planet earth place... It's like a little picture of the general world's state."
— With Gilbert and George, EEFF 2007
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Selection of Press Quotes
The Times No.1 in their Top 5 events:
“Super festival that celebrates local filmmakers as well as showcasing big international films”
The Guardian:
“Designed not only to celebrate East End culture but also to advance and inspire new local Talent”
EEFF 2009 has been another successful year, wide covered by all media including local, national and international paper press along with local, national and International Radio, TV and online.
Request a full press pack for EEFF 2009 by emailing or calling +44 (0)207 364 7917
A selection of national paper press clippings including:
The Guardian, The Independent, The Time, The Evening Standard, Time Out, Boyz…
A selection of Local paper press clippings including:
East End Life, The East London Advertiser, Newham recorder, Hackney Today, London Lite…
A selection of Polish paper press clippings including:
Goniec Polski, Cooltura, Dziennik Polski
For a full press pack for EEFF 2008 please email or telephone +44 (0)207 364 7917
A selection of national paper press clippings including:
The Times, The Guardian, Guardian Guide, The Daily Mail, The Daily Star, Time Out, The Independent, The Evening Standard, The London Paper, Screen International, Metro, Jewish News, Pink Paper, Boyz, Jewish Telegraph.
A selection of Local paper press clippings including:
East End Life, Newham Mag, East London Advertiser,
The Wharf, The Docklands
A selection of Polish paper press clippings including:
Cooltura, Nowy Czas, Polish Weekly, Polish Express,
Goniec Polski, Polish Times
‘During eight days of film festivities the East End rejoices in its diverse cultural and plethora of new talent.
During April the East End will host over a week of films screenings and events to celebrate both new and established talent in the visual arts. Alongside films there will be workshops, talks and parties, which encompass fashion, music and comedy.
Opening night, on Thursday 19th April, will be a gala evening screening of a biography of internationally acclaimed local artists Gilbert and George.
... As well as local features, films from Singapore, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Japan, Spain and the USA will also be shown.
... One of the most enjoyable things about the East End Film Festival, which is supported by Tower Hamlets Council, is the broad range of viewing opportunities it offers.
Choosing the best work from local filmmakers and showing it alongside international films allows the audience to see both in different contexts, emphasising the cultural diversity and artistic variation that exists in the area today.’
Hannah Preston
‘Local film makers are being invited to enter their work into the 2007 East End Film Festival where they could see their film watched by thousands on the big screen…
... Lead councillor for culture Lutfur Rahman said: “The festival embraces and celebrates east London’s unique diversity. The high profile event is the perfect place for film makers to showcase their talents on a wide platform…
... A panel of judges will select films to be screen. They will be shown alongside the best interntational short and feature film. All short films selected will be entered into the East End Kodak Audience Award for which prizes include film stock, software and training opportunities...’
Lara Cerroni
‘There’s no rhyming slang term for “film festival” but that hasn’t deterred the organisers of this event designed not only to celebrate East End culture but also to advance and inspire new local talent...’
The documentary film-maker Julian Cole’s portrait of Gilbert and George is the opening night film at the east End film Festival - appropriately enough, as the director spent a great deal of time with the artist duo at their Spitalfields home and studio during the 17 years he spent filming them.
..."When you go round to Gilbert and George’s restored wood-panelled house (it’s like a creaking ship) they just make you a cup of instant coffee.” says Cole. “they don’t have a kitchen because the don’t want to be distracted from their life’s mission of creating and exhibiting their art. They eat in local cafes to same time.”
..."At the time nobody was interested in a film about them,” recalls Cole. “What a different story it is now.” The last of Cole’s footage shows the pair at the opening of their major retrospective at Tate Modern in February.
Other festival highlights include a sneak preview of Julien Temple’s ‘Joe Strummer: the Future is Unwritten”, the UK premiere of John Pilger’s “The War on Democracy”, a master class with the “Last King of Scotland” producer Andrew Macdonald, whose new film “28 Weeks Later” is set in Canary Wharf, and more than 100 sorts about the East End - some by local film-makers, including Tessa Garlands’s three-minute super market horror film “Zombie”, shot on a mobile phone.
Charlotte Cripps
The Clash’s late frontman Joe Strummer and artists Gilbert and Goerge are among the subjects of London’s east End Film Festival, which starts on 19 April. the documentary “Joe Strummer:The Future Unwritten” and a world premiere about the lives of Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore are among 20 films to be shown.
Super little festival that celebrates local film-makers as well as showcasing big international films. featuring documentaries on Gilbert and George and Joe Strummer, among much more. Various Venues, East London.
The recent East End Film Festival, now in its sixth year, took place at venues across east London, offering as eclectic mix of inspirational features, short films and special events…
Ben Stevens