Photo provided by The New Black Film Collective
Price: Free
PictureEast is a free weekend of films and cultural events celebrating the borough’s diverse communities of all ages, providing a platform for local artists and filmmakers.
The film festival will take place from Thursday 30th January - Sunday 2nd February 2025. Each day will be an all-round celebration of our varied backgrounds and lived experiences in the borough.
PictureEast is being curated by local residents, with their suggestions shaping the programme and activities over the weekend. A Steering Group of Newham residents aged 16+ have been meeting on a monthly basis to their contribute ideas, creativity and community values in co-producing the festival.
PictureEast will include short and feature-length film screenings enhanced by an amazing lineup of performers, speakers, market stalls and other exciting events.
Our film festival will expand on the long running Newham Community Cinema, established at the heart of Stratford for over a decade - programming Black History Month, South Asian Heritage Month, Islamophobia Awareness Month, LGBT+ History Month, Srebrenica Memorial Day, Windrush Day, Holocaust Memorial Day and International Women’s Day plus monthly family screenings at the Discover Children’s Story Centre.
PictureEast is proud to reflect the diversity of our neighbourhood and embrace our differences as our strength.
Save the date and join us for an amazing programme of films from all over the world.
General admission tickets are on sale now - this will allow access to community screenings. Films shown in cinemas will be ticketed externally. Screenings which require different ticketing will be clearly labelled in the upcoming schedule.
Tickets for individual screenings will be released soon.
About the project
PictureEast is organised by The New Black Film Collective. Learn more about their organisation, project partners and the Film Festival on their Project page.
This event was commissioned as part of Shaped by Community. Learn more, and meet the rest of the projects on the Shaped by Community project page.
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