Between the Lines Festival

03/01/2014

In October we welcomed award-winning filmmaker Olly Lambert to the Ritzy Cinema to discuss in depth his experiences of filmmaking on the front line in Syria. This extended Q&A is now available to watch online.

On 28 October 2012, a government jet dropped a bomb on the village of al-Bara. Only 300 meters away, Olly Lambert was filming a meeting of rebel soldiers. While keeping his camera rolling, Lambert documented the shocking impact of the regime air strike on a civilian population.

29th October 2013 | The Ritzy Cinema On 28 October 2012, a government jet dropped a bomb on the village of al-Bara. Only 300 meters away, Olly Lambert was filming…

25/11/2013

Come down this evening - beautiful doc!

08/11/2013

Catch up on Monday's screening of No Fire Zone through this brilliant blog from The Frontline Club!

On 5 November, No Fire Zone was shown at Riverside Studios as part of a series of Between the Lines follow up events hosted by Frontline Club and DocHouse. This documentary chronicles the last 138 days of the civil war in Sri Lanka, revealing the brutal tactics employed by the Sri Lankan army and g...

07/11/2013

If you're heading to IDFA this year, check out their one day conference about the future of interactive media and documentary storytelling in the age of the interface!

One of the presents will be Caspar Sonnen who joined us at Between the Lines and took part in our panel, Storytelling in the New Landscape – The Medium and the Message. You can watch the session with Caspar here: https://vimeo.com/70396815

05/11/2013

Join us at Riverside Studios this evening for our final Between the Lines follow-up event! Director Callum Macrae will present and discuss his shocking doc No Fire Zone.

Tickets available on the door, the film will start promptly at 8pm.

Riverside Studios is a unique arts and media centre on the banks of the River Thames in Hammersmith in West London which has a reputation for both quality and innovation through an eclectic mix of theatre, cinema, dance and visual arts programming, often at the creative cutting edge.

05/11/2013

Before our evening of shorts on 25 October, director Jason Lee visited the BBC to speak about his film Letters from Pyongyang.

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31/10/2013

Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Ritzy Cinema on Tuesday to hear Olly Lambert discuss his experiences filming in Syria alongside a screening of his extremely powerful 36 minute doc, The Bombing of al-Bara.

If you missed it you can watch the film on YouTube, and keep an eye-out for the Q&A which will be available to watch online soon! You can also catch up by reading The Frontline Club's blog: http://www.frontlineclub.com/the-bombing-of-al-bara-and-the-camera-that-captured-it/

Watch the full-length episode at http://video.pbs.org/video/2364993210/ (US Only) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/syria-behind-the-lines/ [Warning: G...

29/10/2013

TONIGHT at the Ritzy Cinema we'll be joined by Olly Lambert to discuss his experiences filming in Syria alongside a screening of his acclaimed doc, THE BOMBING OF AL-BARA.

On 28 October 2012, a government jet dropped a bomb on the village of al-Bara. Only 300 meters away, Olly Lambert was filming a meeting of rebel soldiers. While keeping his camera rolling, Lambert documented the shocking impact of the regime air strike on a civilian population.

The film will start promptly at 8.30pm.

Between the Lines: Olly Lambert and The Bombing of al-Bara on sale now at Ritzy Picturehouse | London

28/10/2013

If you missed Friday's Between the Lines shorts night at The Frontline Club you can read about the event in the Frontline Club's blog, by Antonia Roupell.

By Antonia RoupellBetween the Lines Follow-Up Events once more succeeded in showcasing a diverse range of films at the Frontline Club on the 25th October. Each of the five documentaries opened a window onto a subject rarely documented from places like North Korea, Yemen and Iraq. Multimedia journali...

25/10/2013

Tonight we're at The Frontline Club to present a diverse selection of short documentaries that 'film the unfilmable'.

From 7pm, tickets still available on the door!

Join us for an evening of short documentaries, showcasing films from different parts of the world, covering a wide range of topics. As part of Between the Lines the selection will focus on ‘filming the unfilmable’, followed by a discussion on how to document events that that are difficult to access.

21/10/2013

If you missed our Between the Lines follow-up screening of WHICH WAY IS THE FRONT LINE FROM HERE? on Thursday, you can read about the event in The Frontline Club's blog which includes snippets from the Q&A with producer James Brabazon!

“Why do young men go to war?” was asked again and again at the Between the Lines follow-up screening of Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington on Thursday 17 October at the Lexi Cinema. It was a question that occupied Hetherington during his lifetime and a quest...

18/10/2013

Tickets are now on sale for Between the Lines follow-up event No Fire Zone, + Q&A with director Callum Macrae.

Riverside Studios | November 5th | 8pm

Carefully evidenced and powerfully measured, No Fire Zone is a feature-length film about the final devastating months of the 26 year long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it.

It is a meticulous and chilling portrayal of some of the worst war crimes, and crimes against humanity, of recent times - told through the extraordinary personal stories of a small group of characters and also through some of the most dramatic and shocking video evidence ever recorded.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Callum Macrae.

Carefully evidenced and powerfully measured, No Fire Zone is a feature length film about the final awful months of the 26 year long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it. It is a meticulous and chilling expose of some of the worst war crimes and crimes against humanity of rece...