Hackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show
Ayo Akingbade looks at housing in her home borough for her new solo exhibition
Film
Hackney’s Bukky Bakray nominated for Leading Actress and Rising Star at 2021 BAFTAs
Teenager played the lead in locally made film Rocks, which is up for seven prizes at the awards on 11 April
Theresa Ikoko: ‘Hackney is a hub of love, safety and home for so many’
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley speaks to the co-writer of highly praised new film Rocks about the impact of the borough on her work, and why she wanted to use her platform to counter negative perceptions
Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards
Tamara von Werthern ‘over the moon’ after picking up the gong at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios this month
Local playwright’s first film to show in Berlin after London Lift-Off triumph
Tamara von Werthern ‘delighted’ that her short film will be screened in her home country after impressing festival judges
New documentary dissects ‘anatomy of gentrification’ on Hoxton Street
Renowned photographer Zed Nelson’s debut feature The Street charts the ‘break-up of a community’ in a fast-changing sliver of Hackney
Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’
The new specialist bookshop, with its hypnotic, Twin Peaks-inspired floor, provides a ‘perfect escape from the bustle of Kingsland Road’
Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year
Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November
‘Lutes, lutes, lutes!’: Filmmaker Laura Stratford on her new documentary, #MeToo, and why she’s on the tail of Elaine Paige
The talented 26-year-old sat down with the Citizen to discuss her film about a brain injury survivor after its recent Rio premiere
Charity documentary about a lute-playing brain injury survivor to premiere at the Rio
Filmmaker Laura Stratford follows the story of musician Stephanie Feeney, who nearly died at the age of 11 after being hit by a car
Spring loaded: East End Film Festival announces line-up for next month’s cinematic harvest – our preview
The 17th annual festival of features, documentary and all sorts in between comes to venues around Hackney and beyond from 11-29 April
Future Hackney: New youth project captures gentrification on film
‘We wanted to bring up the production values from previous community film projects and do something a bit more ambitious…’
Your chance to win a FREE ticket to a Russian Revolution documentary
Students and those unemployed can take advantage of the offer to attend a screening of ‘myth-busting’ film 1917: Why The Russian Revolution Matters – without paying a rouble
Fringe! Queer Film Fest: pushing boundaries and celebrating queer history
We check out a screening of The Misandrists at the film festival, which is on across East London until Sunday
‘Porn is a medium, not a genre’: performer, director and activist Pandora Blake talks ethical smut
The spanking specialist gave a talk – and screened some explicit clips from throughout porno history – at Shoreditch venue The Book Club at the start of the month. Our reviewer was there to ‘listen and learn’…
London Feminist Film Festival returns tomorrow
LFFF is based, as in previous years, at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, but the full programme includes many other talks, workshops, and is capped by a screening of Iranian film The Sealed Soil