Dear Screen-L subscribers, The programme for the 2018 edition of the Essay Film Festival is now live: http://www.essayfilmfestival.com Featuring films by Pietro Marcello, Nicole Vedrès, Mani Kaul, Otolith Group, Susana de Sousa Dias, Jef Cornelis, Robert Clift & Hillary Demmon, Pierre Creton, Vivenne Dick, Barbara McCullough, Thomas Elsaesser, João Moreira Salles, and Johann Lurf. Screenings and events take place at Birkbeck Cinema, ICA, and French Institute. The Birkbeck events are FREE but require booking. Tickets for those at ICA and French Institute are now on sale, with various concessions available including a multi-buy offer at the ICA. Looking forward to seeing you there! On behalf of the Essay Film Festival: Michael Temple, Matthew Barrington, Kieron Corless, Catherine Grant, Ricardo Matos Cabo, Janet McCabe, Raquel Morais, Laura Mulvey, Treasa O’Brien Michael Temple Director of Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image and Essay Film Festival Twitter: https://twitter.com/@Birkbeck_BIMI BIMI: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/arts/research/birkbeck-institute-for-the-moving-image EFF: http://www.essayfilmfestival.com/ Latest publication: The French Cinema Book, revised and expanded second edition, eds. Michael Temple and Michael Witt, BFI Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018: https://tinyurl.com/yczfnhzg ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu