The Hackney Citizen meets Noriko Okaku and Robin Mahoney, two filmmakers who have come from the Far East to the East End

The annual celluloid celebration reels in the crowds, showcasing a captivating variety of multimedia experimental works by local auteurs

Pedro Almodóvar’s film about an obsessive plastic surgeon is a strange and compelling tale

Witty, weird and wonderful – and twice as big as last year

A journalist uncovers a secret while researching a story about the deportattion of Jews in Paris during WW2

Until 4 August 2011, Rio Cinema

A fridge mountain was the inspiration for this pop-up cinema just across from Hackney Wick

Until 28 July 2011, Rio Cinema

Hackney Film Festival 2011 calls for submissions; closing date 12 August

At the Intersection: Art and Economies documents the area