Birds Eye View Film Festival

You might want to network, you might fancy a nice squidgy vanilla slice... Either which way, this is the place for you.

The Brick Lane director shares her experiences in this one-off workshop. Book quick!

The UK premiere for this delicate and brave documentary focusing on two women, employer and servant, in Mumbai.

A success at Cannes last year, this gripping period piece from Catherine Breillat stars the devilishly seductive Asia Argento.

A gorgeous, poetic film looking at people's relationships with the earth, from Siberian firefighters to Alaskan fishermen, German miners to Russian cosmonauts.

Four Brazilian teens find their escape from poverty through music, but the daily trials of chauvinism and violence get in their way.

Heart-wrenching tale of grief and belonging from Mozambique. UK premiere.

A masterclass from the London Film Academy.

A masterclass on taking advantage of the digital age and bring your films to a worldwide audience.

A pair of startling new documentaries focused on the ferocious resolve of two young men.

Relive your misspent youth at the ICA Bar.

A look at the unsettling side of family holidays, located somewhere between meditation and dream.

Small in size, but not in impact, these are little windows into other worlds, sneaky peaks into the theatre of real life.

A Stellar Network workshop on how to sell your idea to the people who can make it become reality.

A riveting round-up of recent music videos from women at the cutting-edge of the industry.

Powerful, award-winning documentary about the mass murdering in Darfur, explored through the experiences of photographer and former US marine Brian Stiedle.

An open-screen event for emerging auteurs hosted by the indie filmmakers network.

UK premiere of a warm-hearted and original film described as the anti-Memoirs of a Geisha.

An actress struggles professionally and yearns for a lover and a child, and meets the smouldering young Louis Garrel...

UK premiere for this tale of an Iranian-American woman's adventures back in Iran.

Zillah Bowes leads an NFTS masterclass looking at the pros and cons of High-Definition film-making.

The best of British animations and short dramas.

A masterclass with Katie Ellwood, Sony writer and producer.

Make your own short film on a mobile phone, and then - maybe - see it screened at the ICA.

Five films from women at the cutting edge of film-making.

Screenings of new fashion-film collaborations, plus a panel discussion with Bella Freud, Toyin and more.

Panel discussion: is the pram in the hall always going to get in the way of your filmmaking potential?

The best in observational doc making, psychological drama and comedy.

Documentary portrait of a young autistic woman, by her older sister. UK premiere.

The harrowing story of a Gaza-born Palestinian woman divorced by her Israeli Arab husband and left without a home, her children or even the legal right to stay in Israel.

Wonderful documentary about a 15-year-old in smalltown Maine who is, in his own words, "different in the mind".

What do Pakistanis really think of President Musharraf? UK premiere for this insightful and timely documentary.

Touching, melancholy tale of the friendship between a retirement home worker and an old man living there.

Panel discussion debating the gender stereotyping at play in the world of gaming and the role played by women in this heavily male-dominated arena.

Documentary masterclass with the writer director of the epic, and rather amazing, Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman.

The honest, uncompromising story of Stevie, a 14-year-old girl coping with the whims of her hippy parents.

A compelling journey through the last 30 years of Afghanistan's history as lived by three Afghan women.

An unhappily married woman heads to a friend's Tuscan villa and comes face-to-face with the realities of her life.

A young Iraqi film student meets up with a Hollywood actor-director, but the expected heartwarming cultural exchange fails to materialise...

A panel of industry professionals discuss strategies to manage the transition.

One of the best and most distinctive animated films for grown-ups in recent years.

Self-absorbed parents are unable to cope with an introverted teenage son in this affecting, careful drama. UK premiere.

Kim Longinotto's new documentary visits a boarding school for disturbed children where violent behaviour is met with compassion and patience.

The tale of a young hermaphrodite coping with her condition, and with how those around her react.

A lovely comedy-drama set around a Beirut beauty parlour.

Samantha Morton stars as a sweet-tempered meter maid who falls in love with a troubled fellow parking officer. UK premiere.

Filmmaker Armstrong talks about her climate change epic The Age of Stupid, featuring Pete Postlethwaite, and shows clips.

The Birds Eye View festival closing film is a brilliant docu-style portrait of five Westerners travelling across well-trodden paths of Asia.

Look back over a week of cinematic excellence and great achievements by women filmmakers across the world, and celebrate!