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NEWS, 7 May 2025

Artists’ Lab: Ambient Animation

Join us 14 June 2 – 4pm for our next Artists’ Lab at the Burr of Berwick

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The Film Library

OPEN SATURDAYS, 12 - 4PM, 22 Bridge Street. Stop by and see Endless Love Tapes until 19 July.
image: Amelia Read • 19th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • 2024
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NEWS, 8 May 2025

Reviews 2025

The reviews have started coming in! Take a look at what the film critics say about the Festival and the Programme…

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Newsletter

Stay up to date with Festival news, programme updates and opportunities.
image: barrunto • Emilia Beatriz • Puerto Rico, United Kingdom • 2024
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2025 Catalogue
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Essay

The Temporal Entanglements of Assia Djebar’s The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting

by Philip Rizk

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Artists & Filmmakers

Explore the work of artists and filmmakers featured in previous festival years.  
image: Amelia Read • 19th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • Maria Fusco in Conversation • 2024

Essay

Intimate Exchanges: The Films of Ayanna Dozier

by Hannah Bonner