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Learning on Screen Awards 2012
Published: 11 August 2011
The BUFVC Learning on Screen Awards 2012 were held at the BFI Southbank, London on Thursday 26th April 2012. View the list of leading educational media productions and winners -
Spring edition of Viewfinder
Published: 19 March 2012
Viewfinder 86 is now out and includes profiles of Sylvia Pankhurst, the radio archives of the British Library and a project to catalogue all stage plays ever shown on UK television. -
Register for free access to BBC Northern Ireland’s news footage
Published: 20 March 2012
The BUFVC is pleased to announce the pre-launch of Chronicle: BBC Northern Ireland’s television news from the 60s and 70s, for exclusive use by UK higher and further education institutions. Get free access for your institution here -
BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests
Published: 16 May 2012For the week ending 4 May 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes range from drama to social documentary, from depictions of Ancient Rome to modern child rearing. 1.MAKING SLOUGH HAPPY (BBC2) View TRILT record For more information visit the BBC website 2. THE DOLL: SHORT STORIES BY DAPHNE DU MAURIER (BBC …
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‘Short on Work’ Film Competiton
Published: 16 May 2012SHORT on WORK 2012 – International Competition of short documentaries on work Global short-video contest on contemporary work 2012 Deadline for entries: 10 July 2012. This short film competition is part of a research program by the Marco Biagi Foundation, International Doctoral Research School in Labour Relations, aimed at identifying new typological criteria – theoretical, …
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Creative Commons videos
Published: 16 May 2012Vimeo, the social networking video hosting hub, has developed a Creative Commons resource for those looking to re-use pre-existing moving image content under the carious CC licences. http://vimeo.com/creativecommons From this page users can browse the Creative Commons licensed videos on Vimeo. Learn about what they can and can’t do with other people’s videos on Vimeo …
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‘Powers of the False’ symposium
Published: 15 May 2012Institut Francais, London, 18-19 May www.powersofthefalse.org/powers_of_the_false/ A two-day symposium on the ethics of falsification and fiction in the documentary film is being held at the Institut Francais, London, on 18-19 May. Screenings and panels will address the complex ethics of the manipulation of real people and events in documentary, fact-fiction hybrid cinema and artists’ moving …
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‘Year of Shakespeare’ interactive website launched
Published: 11 May 2012yearofshakespeare.com is an interactive, digital project created by the Shakespeare Institute, the University of Warwick, and The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to document and discuss the performances and ideas emerging from the World Shakespeare Festival. The website features reviews of each of the World Shakespeare Festival productions special features from academics, artists, and educators involved in …
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BUFVC Weekly Top 5 TV & Radio Programme Requests
Published: 10 May 2012For the week ending 27 April 2012 the most requested titles from the BUFVC Off-Air Back-Up Service include programmes on Shakespeare, ceramics, autism and plastic. 1.SHAKESPEARE’S RESTLESS WORLD (BBC RADIO 4) View TRILT record or listen now on BoB National For more information visit the BBC website 2. CERAMICS: HOW THEY WORK (BBC4) View TRILT …
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56 Up at BAFTA today
Published: 8 May 2012The Seven Up series of TV documentaries by Michael Apted has followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964 at seven yearly intervals, with the next edition planned for screening on ITV later in 2012. Today there will be a special screening at BAFTA in London of 56 Up, the new film in the …
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Wartime Newsreel British News Now Online
Published: 4 May 2012Issues of the newsreel British News is now online and available for download from the British Council Film Collections website. This war-time newsreel was produced for the British Council by the Newsreel Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This meant that every week one of the five major newsreel companies, which made up the …
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British Council films online
Published: 3 May 2012Who We Were The British Council Film Collection Unveiled http://film.britishcouncil.org/ This evening at BFI Southbank a new collection of British Council films is being launched with an evening of reminiscence, debate and entertainment hosted by BBC Radio 4’s Francine Stock. To book, visit the BFI website: During the 1940s, the British Council was an enthusiastic …
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Recent additions to the Gateway
Published: 2 May 2012The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,000 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or amendments, please contact us by email or telephone. American Society of Cinematographers The ASC’s website contains a blog about recent publications and events, as well …
