Eelyn Lee will be working with the Barbican Centre for the second year running in designing and delivering their Barbican Box for filmmaking.
Inspired by the Barbican’s world class arts programme, the Barbican Box is, literally, a portable box filled with the ‘ingredients’ for making and creating either theatre or film.
Created in collaboration with artists, the Boxes contain a range of stimuli designed to encourage an imaginative, adventurous approach to arts learning and are accompanied by a bespoke package of learning resources for each art form.
'The films the AS class made turned out to be excellent, and the majority of the students scored really high grades.' Alex, Skinners Academy
ALL EYES ON US will be screening at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this Saturday 7th September to mark National Paralympic Day. As part of the day the Major of London will be presenting the Liberty Festival, an exciting programme of deaf and disability arts including a newly commissioned show by Graeae Theatre. There will also be paralympic sport throughout the day in The Copper Box Arena.
ALL EYES ON US screens at 12.30pm. More details here.
Pleased to announce that ALL EYES ON US, a film about the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be screening alongside a filmed version of Danny Boyle's grand opening of the Olympic Games, at the Shuffle Festival in East London. Danny Boyle who is a Bow resident has programmed a selection of films that will screen in an old asylum on the Mile End Road. ALL EYES ON US can be seen on Tuesday 13th August at 4pm. FREE ENTRY.
And it's not just a film festival - there are bars; a gallery; a picnic area and live music too. Read an interview with Danny Boyle to find out more about the festival here.
The 30 minutes of the documentary are packed with emotion, beautiful images and interesting insights into the performers’ lives. The film perfectly captures the spirit of London 2012 from the point of view of four very different disabled people.
Although it tells personal stories, ‘All Eyes On Us’ never feels intrusive, and during both screenings, all people involved confirm that the filming was a supportive experience. Director Eelyn Lee, says that to her, crossing the boundary from the outside into the Olympic Park was an important moment, and that, although the film had a big production crew, she felt a very strong bond with everyone. It reflects in the way the documentary captures the bond between the Paralympic performers.
On Sunday ALL EYES ON US was well-received at the East End Film Festival. The film looked great at the Rio Cinema in Dalston and was followed by a lively Q&A with cast and crew. We were also joined by Jenny Sealey, co-Artistic Director of the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games. We're now gearing up to a series of screenings in September that will mark the one-year anniversary of the London 2012 Paralympics.
Photo from left to right: Steve Moffitt, Jenny Sealey, Jacqui Adeniji-Williams, David Ellington, Sandy Abdelrahman, Eelyn Lee, Muzzammil Hashmi, Shajna Begum.
Cross and Cave, a 5-minute film by emerging filmmaker Muzzammil Hashmi will premiere at a special event in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Saturday. The film captures the making of a new piece of public art by Heather and Ivan Morison which is situated in the North Park on the former Olympic site.
Eelyn Lee was commissioned by A New Direction to produce the film whilst working with young filmmakers from east London. Eelyn collaborated with cinematographer Winstan Whitter in factilitating the making of the film and with Francis Morgan-Giles in post-production.
Watch the full film on Vimeo and the teaser film above. Both the artwork and the film were commissioned by LLDC [London Legacy Development Corporartion].
ALL EYES ON US, a 25 minute documentary about the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games is to screen at the British Film Institute on Monday 2nd September. There are two screenings at 12.30 and at 13.30 so pop down during your lunch break....
Tickets are FREE. Reserve a place for the 12.30 screening here. Reserve a place for the 13.30 screening here.
A selection of films made by young people whilst working with Eelyn Lee will screen this weekend at the OPEN EAST Festival which marks the opening of the first phase of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Watch out for Muzzammil Hashmi's short teaser about the new public art commission from Heather and Ivan Morison, CAVES AND CROSS and a series of 6 x 1min films about inspiring young people, STORIES FROM THE OLYMPIC HOST BOROUGHS. The Barbican who are programming the festival have also selected MOVING STATUE, a great little film by Ifthekar Ahmed. Take a sneak preview of this his above. Tickets for the festival are available here.
Watch the teaser clip for a new film we're making about an exciting public art commission for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Heather and Ivan Morison are making a new piece of work for the re-vamped Olympic Park. Inspired by caves and shelters the sculptures will sit like urban relics in a newly landscaped northerly section of the park which is due to open on 29th July.
Directed by 19 year old Muzzammil Hashmi, the film crew comprises young filmmakers from East London working alongside the Eelyn Lee Production team. The longer film will be released at the end of the month.
Commisioned by A New Direction for LLDC [London Legacy Development Corporation].
Pleased to announce that All Eyes on Us, a 26' documentary about the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympic Games will have it's world premiere public screening at this year's East End Film Festival. Last summer Eelyn Lee and her crew of local young filmmakers were granted unique access to rehearsals taking place in secret locations around East London. The film captures the spirit of an Olympic summer through the experiences of four inspiring performers.
'The East End Film Festival is the perfect place to premiere our film which is a story about the world's eyes all focussing on a major event in East London.' Eelyn Lee
The film will screen at the Rio cinema in Dalston on Sunday 30th June at 1.30pm. For ticket info click here. Watch the trailer above and get updates on the Facebook page. Watch the subtitled version here.
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 Eelyn has been commissioned to make a new piece of moving image work, to be exhibited at the Richmond Arts and Ideas Festival, 13-29 June, 2025; São Paulo Biennial, Sept, 2025, and the Karachi Biennial, Oct 2026. Building on her research and work made along the Thames Estuary in 2016, Eelyn will continue her exploration of the tidal Thames as a... Read More...
Thursday, 14 November 2024 An illustrated discussion with artist Eelyn Lee and writer-researcher, Dr Yen Ooi about their ongoing collaboration –a call and response creative dialogue between artist and writer. Drawing on migratory energies and ancestral stories, their work creates new orientations, shaped by East and Southeast Asian [ESEA] diasporic experiences. Book FREE... Read More...
Thursday, 15 August 2024 Ancestral Futures 源流之後 is a processional street performance in honour of the first recorded Chinese people in Sheffield –a group of magicians on tour from China who performed at the Whitsuntide Festival, 1855. On 31st May, 1855, the lead magician, Teh Kwei 德貴, buried his 5-week old baby in a Sheffield graveyard.... Read More...
