Friday 28 March, 16:00
Two powerful, de-centering works from Eri Makihara that challenge the dominance of conventional cinematic forms and representations of disability.
Run Time
140 mins
Programmes
Sunday 30 March, 14:15
Tourism, war, and sunsets – films in this programme capture flows of life, the imprints we leave as we move and the many selves we encounter when we arrive.
Run Time
110 mins
Friday 28 March, 19:30
Vive L’Amour • Tsai Ming-Liang • Taiwan • 1994
The second feature from acclaimed master of Taiwan’s Second New Wave, Tsai Ming-liang, follows three characters sharing a seemingly empty Taipei apartment…
Friday 28 March, 16:30
Melted into the Sun tells the story of Al-Muqanna (The Veiled One), an 8th-century mystic and revolutionary from Khorasan who fought for a just society – questioning land extraction, hierarchy and property. Al-Muqanna’s proto-socialist ideas and magical practices have reverberated throughout the history of Central Asia.
Run Time
45 mins
4 August, 10:00 – 16:00 • Free Entry
Amelia Read • 19th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • 2024
For the Berwick Bridge 400 celebrations come and say hello, at our market stand on Berwick Quayside! Our handy, portable film library will feature BFMAF curated films related to Berwick’s historic infrastructure and our commission Enceindre by Luke Fowler.
The Burr is a film library of stories made in and around Berwick – exploring its past and present, thinking of the future. Berwick residents & visitors can look through the films and watch them on demand. Have a chat with our staff who’ll show you something that interests you, if you’re not sure!
The library is an ongoing project, year-round it will pop up in community spaces in Berwick and host The Burr of Berwick events.
We hope the library triggers conversations and gets the ideas flowing. Maybe you know something about Berwick that we don’t!
What film would you like to see made / or to make yourself in Berwick? Could your interests, or work fuel a filmmaking discovery?
Monday 26 August, 10:00 • Tuesday 27 August, 10:00 • Wednesday 28 August, 10:00 • Thursday 29 August, 10:00
Credit: Amelia Read • 19th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • 2024
This hands-on workshop is perfect for anyone eager to dive into the art of filmmaking for the first time.
Are you 16-25? Interested in seeing how a film is made?
This summer, unleash your creativity and learn the art of storytelling for the big screen! Join us for an unforgettable experience at our free 4-day summer filmmaking workshop!
Connect with other film lovers, learn new skills, and bring your creative visions to life with help from some amazing creative talent.
No experience necessary – this is a taster to experience filmmaking for the first time!
Saturday 17 August, 14:00
Credit: Jumana Manna • Wild Relatives • 2018
In collaboration with the Berwick Food and Beer Festival, The Burr of Berwick will host a film screening of Wild Relatives directed by Jumana Manna followed by a discussion at The Straw Yard. The event features a community film screening in a relaxed cinema setting, followed by an informal discussion co-hosted by Sustainable Food Berwick.
Come and enjoy a film & conversation together in the new Straw Yard Theatre during the Food & Beer Festival!
The 2018 film Wild Relatives by Jumana Manna explores simple seeds – how they illuminate biodiversity and international politics from Lebanon to Svalbard. This original film brings perspectives on sustainable food that reach far beyond the future of humanity.
Friday 8 March, 15:15
When freedom is at stake, who has the right to speak? Two films troubling the politics and poetics of language in public life; how it might be bent and shaped towards liberation of our individual and collective selves.
Run Time
98 mins
8 March 2024
A raw, moving portrait of motherhood and mutual aid in a Chilean prison, captured by inmates on banned mobile phones. Testimonies from mothers serving long sentences shape a collaborative narrative touching on ways in which friendship, intimacy, resilience and community bloom in conditions of impossibility. Malqueridas is a generative example of the documentary form and a powerful contribution towards the case for abolition.