Coming Soon:
Moving Through | A Collection of Short Films
Saturday 28 May 2022 | 4 – 6pm
Bermondsey Project Space presents a collection of short films by, Yolanda Y. Liou, Candice Lo and Issy Wharton. These three filmmakers are connected by their use of dance and movement as a vehicle for emotional exploration.

These three film makers share an interest in dance and movement-based practices as a tool for emotional exploration and connection.
Trigger warning: contains references to sexual harassment and assault
Programme:
Dooes open at 4pm
Screenings 4.30 – 5.15pm
Talk and Q&A with the film makers 5.15 – 6pm
Featuring:
illusion (2022) – PREMIERE by Yolanda Y. Liou
Entangled (2021) by Yolanda Y. Liou
Flow (2015) by Yolanda Y. Liou
Split (2018) by Yolanda Y. Liou
Bodies of Water (2020) by Issy Wharton
Swelter (2019) by Issy Wharton and Tina Zoelln
The Tinted Bloom by Candice Lo
META ALARM 2.0| A Collection of Short Films
Saturday 11 June 2022 | 4 – 6pm
An Afternoon showcase of experimental films from graduates of the RCA Contemporary practice MA
Join us for an afternoon of experimental films that respond to our current cultural and political climate.
50% of ticket sales will be donated to IZOLYATSIA, an artist organisation in Ukraine: and 50% will support Bermondsey Project Space’s outreach fund working with local young people.
Doors: 4pm
Screening: 4.30 – 5.30pm
Talk / Q&A with the film makers: 5.30 – 6pm
Featuring works by: Louise Ørsted Jensen, Laura Moreton-Griffiths, Adri São Bento, Patrick O’Neill, Anita Marante, xiaoyu1002, Kevin Siwoff, Bess Andersen, Melle Nieling.

These three film makers share an interest in dance and movement-based practices as a tool for emotional exploration and connection.
Trigger warning: contains references to sexual harassment and assault
Programme:
Dooes open at 4pm
Screenings 4.30 – 5.15pm
Talk and Q&A with the film makers 5.15 – 6pm
Featuring:
illusion (2022) – PREMIERE by Yolanda Y. Liou
Entangled (2021) by Yolanda Y. Liou
Flow (2015) by Yolanda Y. Liou
Split (2018) by Yolanda Y. Liou
Bodies of Water (2020) by Issy Wharton
Swelter (2019) by Issy Wharton and Tina Zoelln
The Tinted Bloom by Candice Lo
Previous:
Canada’s Keepers
Saturday 12 March 2022
For Women’s History Month Art Forward Presented Canadas Keepers, a film about Canada’s dark past told by the country’s First Women.
Directed by Mia Frank, Produced by Monica Jamal
Starring: Kyra Harris, Zephiria Joseph, Robyn Lawson, Cynthia Taha, Chrystal Sparrow, Folisha Stevens, Rose Timbrell, Colleen White, Laurie Wilson.

Unearth Me and See Me Wildly Dance
Saturday 19 February 2022
As part of LGBTQIA+ History Month BPS presented’Unearth Me and See Me Wildly Dance’ – a collaborative art film based in a fantasy queer mythology. A film by queer and non-binary artists Raechel (Rae) Teitelbaum and Brody Mace-Hopkins. The screening was followed by a Q&A with the creative teame

Queer Stories
Saturday 12 February 2022
As part of LGBTQIA+ History Month BPS presented Queer Stories, a selection of five short films that told stories of queer identity and community. The screening was followed by a Q&A with the creative teames

Featured Films:
Other Voices
A Love Letter to the Basement
Eucalyptus cell, gently modified
HÄN
Fish Bowl
Queer Portraits
Saturday 5 February 2022
As part of LGBTQIA+ History Month BPS presented Queer Portraits a selection of four short films that painted nuanced portraits of queerness. The screening was followed by a Q&A with the creative teames

Featured Films:
Hän
You are a Letter, written not with ink, but with spirit
you must everywhere wander 你必顧盼
With You I See Light
Documenting Afrofutures: Filming Race and Reproduction in the Age of Black Lives Matter
22 January 2022
Emma Morgan-Bennett presented her recent documentary that explores themes of race and reproduction in the age of Black Lives Matter followed by a talk on Afrofuterism in film making.

Thursday 9 December
The Voices Film Series Presents:
Georgie Cowan-Turner

Lured by images of ‘glass skin perfection’ a young woman enters the world of a morning makeup routine only to discover it is not as perfect as it first seems. An experimental and darkly ironic film which holds the mirror up to past and present toxic beauty standards and unattainable ideals of perfection.
Saturday 4 December
Voices Film Series presents: Nina Mdwaba

Performance Artist Nina Mdwaba shared two of her Spoken Word Films “I’ll Believe It When I See It & #Elevatedvoices” and “Let’s Take It Home” followed by a talk and Q&A Session.
Nina Siphesihle Pinkie Mdwaba is a South African born (b.1995) writer, theatre-maker, spoken word, and performance artist. Nina explores subject matter relating to race, gender, and sexuality, and ritualistic healing. Nina has performed her works in over 20 art venues in Glasgow and London, including the GOMA, Modern institute, CCA, Transmission, Turner Prize contemporary, and a handful of festivals including Brainchild and Womenfest in London. She is now focussing on poetry for film.
The Voices film series presents: Monument
Saturday 4 December

The Women Now Film Series
12 – 20 August 2020

The Women Now Film Series at Bermondsey Project Space centred emerging female filmmakers and celebrated London’s vibrant film scene, through a series of screenings, Q&A’s and panel discussions. The program explored themes of identity, body image, and comunnity.
Featuring Carmen & Luisa, Issy Wharton, Ula Taylor-Riley, Tracey Francis, Mouni Productions, Georgie Cowan-Turner, Luna Carmoon, Nina Mdwaba, Sophie Farrell and WomeninFilmSE15

WomeninFilmSE15 are a collective rooted in the local neighbourhood. The collective’s focus is on discussing, screening and making films centred around women’s interests. Their main aim is to promote the female voice within film, bringing different narratives and diverse local communities together. For this series, they showed a collection of community-made animations.


The Series also included an event titled ‘Getting Into The Film Industry’ where producer and writer Helen Simmons talked to filmmaker Luna Carmoon about how she got started in the film industry, and the experience of making two incredibly well-received short films. This was followed by a panel discussion from prominent screenwriters Louise Nesbitt, KT, and Milly Thomas.
