Workshop
Join artists Mary O’Neill and Paul Stewart for a sharing of work in progress towards a new film made across our coastline, while you hand-make a gift for the North Sea.
Programmes
Workshop
Many artists – from writers, to musicians and filmmakers – find inspiration in archives. This discussion, marking the launch of Cinenova’s new website, is an opportunity to hear about using archives as a creative tool. We’ll then share some food together before our evening film screening, Rhythm Disrupts the Archive, which includes two Cinenova films. Food will be provided by Dewa’s Sri Lankan Delights at 5pm.
Screening & Discussion
This film screening, programmed by BFMAF with filmmaker and writer Val Phoenix, explores feminist DIY punk in the late 20th century. The films in this programme share experiences and visions of women who created alternative spaces, scenes, zines and took to the stage to challenge conventions of beauty and gender within the punk scene, as well as issuing a challenge to the wider world. Food will be provided by Dewa’s Sri Lankan Delights at 5pm.
DATE
19 September, 17:00 – 20:45
LOCATION
St Aidan’s Peace Church
Run Time
160 mins
Archive Playlist
During Berwick Open Studios 2026, The Burr of Berwick Film Library Exhibition will feature select archival films in partnership with Cinenova, a volunteer-run organisation preserving and distributing the work of feminist film and video makers. Cinenova was founded in 1991 following the merger of two feminist film and video distributors, Circles and Cinema of Women, each formed in 1979.
Monday 1 June, 00:00
How do recycled architectures of containment complicate and unsettle ideas of contemporary Irish nationalism? Carceral Jigs laces footage of anti-migration protests and talking-head interviews with children’s television tropes, 3D puppetry, and linguistic tongue twisters to consider how control is choreographed through culture, policy, media, and the built environment – and how the spectacle of belonging is maintained and malformed by its systematic denial.
Exhibition
Starting With a Gesture Made Towards One Another is a public presentation of the Cinenova collection, shared here for the first time through a newly commissioned online catalogue — designed by Brussels-based studio those.tools. Launched with commissioned texts, archival scans and access to over 300 films, opening this vital feminist film collection to wider public encounter.
Workshop
Passionate about video games and music? You think nobody can make a career out of that, right?!
Here is an opportunity to see how video game music is made!
Exhibition
Sick of the mainstream internet? Sick of the noise of constant advertising across boring streaming services and broken social media platforms? Over the next few Saturdays, join the Burr’s friendly host and guest Programmer Dennie, whose loose guide to the internet will show you how to enjoy human-made art again.
Workshop
Learn to navigate the world wide web safely and enjoyably. Join us to discover the ultimate Internet Survival Guide, live and in person!
Workshop
Create, modify and explore alternative worlds with G-Mod Maps. Drop into 22 Bridge St and dive into a whole new world!