Film

Hackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show

Ayo Akingbade looks at housing in her home borough for her new solo exhibition

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show

Hackney’s Bukky Bakray nominated for Leading Actress and Rising Star at 2021 BAFTAs

Teenager played the lead in locally made film Rocks, which is up for seven prizes at the awards on 11 April

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s Bukky Bakray nominated for Leading Actress and Rising Star at 2021 BAFTAs

Theresa Ikoko: ‘Hackney is a hub of love, safety and home for so many’

Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley speaks to the co-writer of highly praised new film Rocks about the impact of the borough on her work, and why she wanted to use her platform to counter negative perceptions

Author: Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley

Theresa Ikoko: ‘Hackney is a hub of love, safety and home for so many’

Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards

Tamara von Werthern ‘over the moon’ after picking up the gong at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios this month

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards

Local playwright’s first film to show in Berlin after London Lift-Off triumph

Tamara von Werthern ‘delighted’ that her short film will be screened in her home country after impressing festival judges

Author: Hackney Citizen

Local playwright’s first film to show in Berlin after London Lift-Off triumph

New documentary dissects ‘anatomy of gentrification’ on Hoxton Street

Renowned photographer Zed Nelson’s debut feature The Street charts the ‘break-up of a community’ in a fast-changing sliver of Hackney

Author: Hackney Citizen

New documentary dissects ‘anatomy of gentrification’ on Hoxton Street

Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’

The new specialist bookshop, with its hypnotic, Twin Peaks-inspired floor, provides a ‘perfect escape from the bustle of Kingsland Road’

Author: Elettra Scrivo

Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’

Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year

Volunteer-led Fringe!, founded in 2011 in response to arts cuts, is back for six days in November

Author: Hackney Citizen

Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year

‘Lutes, lutes, lutes!’: Filmmaker Laura Stratford on her new documentary, #MeToo, and why she’s on the tail of Elaine Paige

The talented 26-year-old sat down with the Citizen to discuss her film about a brain injury survivor after its recent Rio premiere

Author: Max Eckersley

‘Lutes, lutes, lutes!’: Filmmaker Laura Stratford on her new documentary, #MeToo, and why she’s on the tail of Elaine Paige

Hackney-born filmmaker tackles gentrification in Whitechapel Gallery show

Hackney’s Bukky Bakray nominated for Leading Actress and Rising Star at 2021 BAFTAs

Theresa Ikoko: ‘Hackney is a hub of love, safety and home for so many’

Hackney playwright’s film wins Best Screenplay at illustrious Lift-Off awards

Local playwright’s first film to show in Berlin after London Lift-Off triumph

New documentary dissects ‘anatomy of gentrification’ on Hoxton Street

Ripley & Lambert, Dalston: ‘Café paradise for film fans’

Queer film festival to return to east London for its eighth year

‘Lutes, lutes, lutes!’: Filmmaker Laura Stratford on her new documentary, #MeToo, and why she’s on the tail of Elaine Paige

Charity documentary about a lute-playing brain injury survivor to premiere at the Rio

Spring loaded: East End Film Festival announces line-up for next month’s cinematic harvest – our preview

Future Hackney: New youth project captures gentrification on film