Artists' films curated by Shanay Jhaveri

Thursday 17 & 24 February, 6:30pm
Rivington Place

Films responding to Sheela Gowda's exhibition
Sheela Gowda's work explores the idea of a commitment to process, however visible or invisible, and the duration and the skill attached to it. These films have been selected by art historian Shanay Jhaveri around this notion.

17 February screening
Harun Farocki's In Comparison, 2009, depicts assorted traditions of brick production, travelling from Burkina Faso to India, and on to industrial production lines in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland.

24 February screening
Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's beautiful film Sweetgrass, 2009, follows the last modern day cowboys leading their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and dangerous mountains.

Find out more about the films and artists here.

Above: In Comparison (film still), Harun Farocki, 2009; Below:Sweetgrass (film still), Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, 2009

Artists' films curated by Nicole Wolf

Wednesday 2 March, 6:30pm
Rivington Place

Films responding to Sheela Gowda's exhibition
A selection of short experimental and documentary films which move from abstraction to the political, curated by Nicole Wolf, lecturer in film and visual cultures. They have been chosen to meet Sheela Gowda's work and interrogate layers of violence present in the context of a material to its habitat.

Filmmakers include: Wasim Mushtaq Wani, Ashish Avikunthak, Ayisha Abraham and Avijit Mukul Kishore.

View the programme, film synopses and artists' biographies here.

Vertical City (film still), Avijit Mukal Kishore, 2010

What's going on Elsewhere: Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011

8 - 17 March 2011
BFI Southbank, ICA & Southbank Centre

Celebrating Women Filmmakers
An electric showcase of women filmmakers including Susanne Bier's Oscar-nominated In a Better World; Turner Prizewinner Gillian Wearing's Self-Made; and Hawa Essuman's adventure through Nairobi's Kibera slum, Soul Boy.

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Gilllian Wearing, Self-made

What's going on Elsewhere: Pan-Asia Film Festival 2011

1 – 13 March 2011
Apollo Cinema (Piccadilly), Asia House, BAFTA, Ciné Lumière

New films from across Asia
A compelling selection of new independent Asian cinema, featuring award-winning premieres and work by acclaimed directors alongside fresh and emerging talent.

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Norwegian Wood, Directed by Tran Anh Hung