The first edition of Overnight Film Festival took place on 26, 27 and 28 February 2016. Emma Dabiri, Ariane Labed and Jenn Nkiru joined the Overnight team as guest curators and the weekend saw nine programmes hit our screen.
Emma Dabiri Ariane Labed Jenn Nkiru
Films presented by Emma Dabiri
Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) (2003, Venezuela, Dir Mariana Rondón / 93 mins / Digital)An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012, US, Dir Terence Nance / 84 mins / Digital)
Films presented by Ariane Labed
Au Hasard Balthazar (1966, France, Dir Robert Bresson / 95 mins / 35mm)Woman of the Dunes (1964, Japan, Dir Hiroshi Teshigahara / 123mins / 35mm)
Films presented by Jenn Nkiru
Pariah (2011, US, Dir Dee Rees / 96 mins / Digital)Eve’s Bayou (1997, US, Dir Kasi Lemmons / 109mins / 35mm)
Films presented by Overnight Film Festival
Loves of a Blonde (1965, Czechoslovakia, Dir Milos Forman / 90mins / 35mm)Wildwood, NJ (1994, US, Dir Ruth Leitman & Carol Weaks Cassidy/ 56mins / Digital)Wanda (1970, US, Dir Barbara Loden / 102mins / 35mm)
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