Read reviews of the 21st Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, which took place 20 – 22 March 2026 in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Art Monthly

Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival

by Benjamin Barra

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished • Lesley Loksi Chan • Canada • 2025 • UK Premiere

“By the end of the weekend, I found my senses sharpened, reflecting that the world will always need the careful framing that BFMAF offers”

The Penitent Review

Rehana Zaman’s “Soft Fruit”

by Tom Jeffreys

Soft Fruit • Rahana Zaman • United Kingdom • 2026 • World Festival Premiere

“Those expecting a journalistic expose of egregious labour conditions will be disappointed. The hours are long, the work is exhausting, but there is little in the film to suggest any especially unpleasant or illegal practices. And perhaps this is the point: a focus on one controversy (a ‘bad apple’) might generate energies towards a singular fix. When really it is the system that is the problem – a system that continues to expropriate land for private ownership and loads people up with debt to compel them into exploitative wage labour.”