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BFMAF is an artistically ambitious organisation for new cinema and artists’ moving image based in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

21st Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
20 - 22 March 2026

The Burr of Berwick Film Library
Open Saturdays, 12 - 4pm, Free Entry

01/04/2026

Our friends in Osnabrück are gearing up for a fantastic programme of films, events, performances, workshops + talks responding to the theme "An Incomplete Assembly" - from 22 April !

✨ BFMAF 2026 kicks off today !! ✨Forecast says we've got sunshine and a fantastic programme ahead of us this weekend - p...
20/03/2026

✨ BFMAF 2026 kicks off today !! ✨

Forecast says we've got sunshine and a fantastic programme ahead of us this weekend - perfect weather for a little bear hunt round Berwick's lovely local businesses in between screenings ;-)

17/03/2026

🎬 We’re delighted to be hosting the 21st Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival later this week! 🎉

Taking place 20–22 March at Maltings Cinema at Berwick Barracks, BFMAF 2026 is an invitation to contemplate, question and take inspiration in the collective environment of the cinema.

Shared meals and plenty of opportunities for conversation and exploration run throughout the programme, which reflects on how we hold and share space across different histories and places.

Find out more and secure a festival pass: https://bfmaf.org/

17/03/2026

Take a look at this exciting 2026 programme from our friends in Ghent! Courtisane

This year, we will be piloting a dedicated Relaxed Screen at the Town Hall Chamber, which will use the principles of a r...
12/03/2026

This year, we will be piloting a dedicated Relaxed Screen at the Town Hall Chamber, which will use the principles of a relaxed screening all weekend. Expect gentle lighting, lower volumes, and freedom to move around, make noise and come and go as you please. 🍃

The Relaxed Screen offers the same film programme to that in the Maltings’ Cinema at the Barracks, at the same time. There will be live captions in the Relaxed Screen for two programmes that are presented live at the Maltings Cinema at the Barracks: Disablement in the Age of Ambivalence and COMMS FAIL (Scratch Performance). We’ve also made some provisions to ensure Relaxed Pass holders can access filmmaker Q&As hosted at the Maltings’ Cinema at the Barracks.

We have plenty of information available on the website if you’re considering getting yourself a Relaxed Festival or Day Pass: https://bfmaf.org/tickets/relaxed-screen/

🖼️ Photos by Amelia Read • 19th & 20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • 2024 & 2025

Age 16-24? LGBTQIA+ / questioning / curious or an ally? Bring your opinions and questions on social media! 📣Explore how ...
05/03/2026

Age 16-24? LGBTQIA+ / questioning / curious or an ally? Bring your opinions and questions on social media! 📣

Explore how strong q***r voices bounce back, connect and thrive through film and media with this one-day workshop. The law is changing for younger people relating to the proposed under 16 social media ban. We want to hear about your experiences growing up Gen Z.

What's involved?

➡ Use green screen and ‘gonzo’ style journalism – where reporters use their wit and style to put their views and experience across with no compromise!

➡ Experiment with DIY video and make new friends exploring the ideas of ‘real’ and ‘digital’ communities, curiosity, care, and coming together.

➡ No experience is needed. Food and travel support are provided.

➡ Explore how q***r voices bounce back, connect, and thrive through the media and friendship.

Book your free place and come along on Saturday 14 March 2026, 11 - 4pm @ 22 Bridge Street!

🔗 https://bfmaf.org/screentime/gonzo-media-workshop-for-young-people/

The programme for the 21st Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is now LIVE!Taking place over 20 - 22 March, BFMAF 2026 is...
04/03/2026

The programme for the 21st Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is now LIVE!

Taking place over 20 - 22 March, BFMAF 2026 is an invitation to contemplate, question and take inspiration in the collective environment of the cinema. Punctuated by communal meals and ample opportunities for discussion and exploration, the programme reflects on how we hold and share space across histories and geographies.

🌟 New Cinema
Featuring International Premieres from Jenny Brady and Eoghan Ryan, as well as World Festival Premieres from Marianne Keating, Jordan Lord and Rehana Zaman.

📽️ Essential Cinema
With a non-fiction focus, Essential Cinema brings together histories born at the borders of nations and across intersections of identity. Featuring Shari Filot’s 1993 Black Nations/Q***r Nations? and an exclusive work-in-progress premiere of Marco J Federici’s Be Yersel! (Almost Ma Sel Again).

🔍 Focus: Mohaiemen + Sagar
We are welcoming Naeem Mohaiemen and Mollar Sagar, and their prolific works, into conversation across the Festival weekend. Featuring 5 European Premieres, 1 UK premiere and 1 World Festival Premiere.

💭 Propositions
Featuring a discursive event to launch Tom Campbell’s book Disablement in the Age of Ambivalence and Dub Epistemologies: Luton Carnival in the 2000s, a hybrid talk and live video essay from Ashley Holmes.

💞 Q***r Care
The Q***r Care Caravan project comes to a close over the Festival weekend, featuring a Palliative Care workshop facilitated by Mikiki, film screenings and informal Morning Meetings.

Explore the full programme, and get your Festival Pass before they’re all gone: https://bfmaf.org/

🖼️ Image Credits

Carceral Jigs • Eoghan Ryan • Ireland • 2025
Concealed and Denied • Jordan Lord • USA • 2025
The Glass Booth • Jenny Brady • Ireland, Belgium • 2025
Black Nations/Q***r Nations? • Shari Frilot • USA • 1995
Ashley Holmes • Photo by James Clarkson
Lloyd Wong, Unfinished • Lesley Loksi Chan • Canada • 2025
Abu Ammar is Coming • Naeem Mohaiemen • Bangladesh, UK, Lebanon • 2016
A Missing Can of Film • Naeem Mohaiemen • Bangladesh, India, Ireland • 2025 • UK Premiere

📣 Save the date for Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, taking place 20 - 22 March 2026 !This summer we’ve been busy kic...
02/12/2025

📣 Save the date for Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, taking place 20 - 22 March 2026 !

This summer we’ve been busy kicking off year-round programming at our new venue on 22 Bridge Street and planning for our 21st Edition next March.

After 20 years in The Maltings' Main House and Henry Travers Studio, we’ve also been thinking about how our event might look while our main partner venue undergoes an exciting transformation.

We are immensely fortunate to be able to host the Festival at the Maltings’ temporary Cinema, nestled in the historic Berwick Barracks. Albeit a smaller venue, limitations can prove to be the wellspring of creativity, and we’re taking this opportunity to reimagine the next Festival.

With a smaller programme and lower funding meaning we are working with a smaller team, we’ve made the difficult decision not to open the Call for Entries this year. With a smaller capacity, we’ll be presenting a more intimate and discursive Festival experience. BFMAF 2026 will be an invitation to contemplate, question and take inspiration in the collective environment of the cinema.

We’ll soon be announcing a programme of new cinema and artists’ moving image that is no less ambitious, featuring works that push against the boundaries of form and genre, transcending normative conceptions of what cinema can be with radical, reflective and pluralistic verve.

BFMAF has always been a work-in-progress and we’re excited to continue experimenting with this next iteration, taking this opportunity as a reminder of the essentially communal experience of cinema.

You can read more via the link in bio - we look forward to welcoming you to Berwick-upon-Tweed over 20 - 22 March 2026 🌱

🔗 https://bfmaf.org/news/save-the-date-2026/

📷 Photos by Amelia Read • Events at the Maltings’ Cinema at the Barracks • 20th Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival • 2025

Two weeks left to visit our Film Library Exhibition and catch the latest Vertical Screen Commission! 🌟⏰ Film Library ope...
02/12/2025

Two weeks left to visit our Film Library Exhibition and catch the latest Vertical Screen Commission! 🌟

⏰ Film Library open Saturdays, 12 - 4pm
🗓️ 30 August - 16 December 2025
📍 22 Bridge Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1AQ
🆓 Free Entry
🔗 https://bfmaf.org/year-round-programme-2025/

You can swing by and see the commission through the window 24hrs a day, or watch it on our website anytime.

Image credits:
Vertical Screen Commission: What would it take to convince you something was real? • Andrew Wilson • UK • 2025

Film Library: Miners' Weekend School • Amber Films' Current Affairs Unit • UK • 1984

Our next Vertical Screen Commission is now on show in the window of 22 Bridge Street and on the BFMAF website.“What woul...
18/11/2025

Our next Vertical Screen Commission is now on show in the window of 22 Bridge Street and on the BFMAF website.

“What would it take to convince you that something was real?” by artist Andrew Wilson explores the intersection of coercion, democracy, and trust via a video-collage made entirely from footage painstakingly identified from existing online media platforms.

Find out more: https://bfmaf.org/programme/what-would-it-take-to-convince-you-that-something-was-real/

The Film Library Exhibition of Miners’ Weekend School has been EXTENDED until 13 December 2025. ✨Filmed in Ashington in ...
29/10/2025

The Film Library Exhibition of Miners’ Weekend School has been EXTENDED until 13 December 2025. ✨

Filmed in Ashington in 1984 by Amber Films’ Current Affairs Unit, the tapes provide an intimate look into the discussions and strategies of the mining community during a pivotal time in British industrial history.

Amber’s Current Affairs Unit (1983-5) offered an opportunity to examine current issues surrounding working class self-education, exploring the conditions surrounding workers rights and community organising which still hold relevance today.

👉 Drop into 22 Bridge Street on Saturdays 12 - 4pm, where all six parts of the Miners’ Weekend School are free to watch independently.

Head to the link in bio for more!

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Berwick On Tweed
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