27 May 2020 Eelyn Lee Awarded New Film Commission Delighted to announce that Eelyn Lee has been awarded a commission from Chinese Art Now [CAN] to realise her new film project, Casting Fu Manchu. Eelyn's project is one of six new CAN Digital C…
09 April 2020 Talking Identity & Purpose at Creative Mornings, Sheffield Eelyn will be talking about her practice in relation to the themes of identity and purpose at this month's Creative Mornings Sheffield. Usually these breakfast events take place at different venues a…
12 March 2020 Eelyn to Talk at gal-dem x Kickstarer Event Eelyn will be talking about 'Sustaining Your Creative Practice' at a special event organised by gal-dem and Kickstarter. Part of a tour of events aimed at equipping women and non-binary people of col…
10 March 2020 Britishness Screening at Festival of Debate Excited to annouce that Museums Sheffield will be holding a screening of Britishness on 21st April as part of this year's Festival of Debate. The film will be followed by a panel disucssion with film…
03 March 2020 Futurist Women Screening at SheFest Futurist Women has been selected to screen at SheFest, a film festival celebrating womxn filmmakers of colour, at Sheffield University. Eelyn will be speaking on a panel following the screening. - -…
15 February 2020 Britishness Screening in Bedford Delighted to announce that Britishness will be screening at The Place Theatre in Bedford on 15th April, at 7pm. The film will be followed by an opportunity to discuss themes of race, identity and bel…
17 January 2020 'Improfessional Organising' Eelyn Lee has been invited to speak at The Artist's Journey #3, a two-day event of talks and presentations by artists and researchers on forging a career out of art. This year's theme is 'Improfessio…
26 November 2019 Futurist Women and 16 Days of Activism Futurist Women has been selected to take part in this year's campaiging film festival, 16 Days 16 Films. Modern Films and Kering Foundation held an open call to female filmmakers in the UK, Ireland…
20 November 2019 Britishness Reviewed "it presents a comprehensive study of Britain’s internal borders, its binaries and human costs" - Raluca de Soleil Following a successful premiere of Britishness at Off the Shelf Festival in Shefiel…
25 October 2019 Futurist Women & Life & Deaf to Screen in Berlin Delighted to announce that Futurist Women has been selected for this year's Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin. Eelyn Lee was invited to suggest recent work for a special strand focussing on UK poe…
04 October 2019 Black History Month Screening of Britishness Pleased to announce that Britishness has been included in this year's Black History Month season at Sheffield's Showroom Cinema. Programmer Mikaela Smith has curated an inspired selection of films ex…
20 September 2019 Britishness to Premiere at Off the Shelf Festival The whole team involved in this creative documentary are excited to announce that Britishness will have it's public premiere at Sheffield's Off the Shelf festival on Sunday 20th Oct at 12.00 noon. Th…
13 September 2019 Special Industry Screening of Britishness It's great that the Independent Cinema Office [ICO] have programmed Eelyn's latest film, Britishness for their upcoming I.D. Screening Days event taking place 26-27 Sept in Nottingham. ICO Screening…
06 September 2019 Q&A with Eelyn Lee at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Join Eelyn Lee for the Black Arts World: Slate Weekeneder at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffiled, where she will be doing a Q&A with curator Melanie Abrahams. Melanie has programmed two of Eelyn's sho…
29 August 2019 Futurist Women Selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival Delighted to announce that Futurist Women of Barking and Dagenham has been selected for this year's BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York [6 - 10 Nov]. As regular supporters of her…
17 May 2019 It's a Wrap! Yesterday we wrapped on the Britishness film! We had a great shoot up at Park Hill as the summer sun set over Sheffield. Thanks to everyone who's travelled with us on this fascinating journey in to e…
26 April 2019 Social Art Summit Research Publication Launched "From the opening address, I began to see the Summit as a social practice project in its own right" - Cara Courage The Research Publication about the Social Art Summit officially launched at the Tat…
29 March 2019 Eelyn Lee Awarded Artist's Bursary to Visit Suzanne Lacy Retrospective in San Francisco Delighted to announce that Eelyn Lee has been awarded an Artist's Research Bursary from a-n to visit 'We Are Here', the Suzanne Lacy Retrospective exhibition in San Francisco. This seminal exhibition…
28 February 2019 Social Art Assembly at Tate Exchange 25th April 2019 A one-day Social Art Assembly will be held on 25th April at Tate Exchange. The aim of the day is to reflect on the learnings from the Social Art Summit, consider ideas for a Social Art Biennale and t…
31 January 2019 New Collaborations with Désirée Reynolds & Hive Young Writers Exciting to be working with Sheffield based writer Désirée Reynolds as well as Hive Young Writers, some of South Yorkshire's most exciting young writing voices. Eelyn Lee has invited both parties to…
15 November 2017 Creature of the Estuary Selected for Festival in Bogotá Delighted to annouce that Creature of the Estuary has been selected for the 15th edition of the Bogotá Short Film Festival. The festival received almost 4000 short films from 109 countries around the…
16 October 2017 Creature of the Estuary Selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival The BAFTA recognised Aesthetica Short Film Festival has selected Creature of the Estuary for their festival in York in November 2017. The film is programmed in 'Ghost Town', Artist's Film 2. Other f…
16 June 2017 Art of Change with the Barbican Eelyn Lee has been invited to devise a new project for the Barbican's Art of Change season. Working in collaboration with students from Sydney Russell School and commumity members from Barking and D…
09 May 2017 East End Film Festival Selection Creature of the Estuary has been selected for this year's East End Film Festival. It will screen alongside Jill Daniel's 'Journey to the South' at Rich Mix on 18th Jun at 3.30pm. East End Film Fest…
