Beyond Biba

" An Evening with Barbara Hulanicki" at FTM London

2010-08-25T17:52:00.000-07:00

Over the last two months the film has been broadcast on television in Australia, Brazil and the UK. We've had some great press in the UK with the Times calling the film "touching" and the Guardian "fascinating" one review which made us all laugh was by Grazia magazine who called the film "pure fashion porn".

Beyond Biba is released in the US next month. Updates as to where you can see and buy the film coming soon.

Sundance Channel buys Beyond Biba

2010-05-29T14:48:00.000-07:00

Fantastic news! The Sundance Channel has now bought Beyond Biba in over thirty countries. This is REALLY big news for November Films as this is our first film and it's quite a achievement.

If you want to buy Beyond Biba on DVD, along with lots of extras, you can do that here (disks are signed by Barbara Hulanicki). Thanks go to 3DD our sales agent who closed the deal.

Barbara Hulanicki in Milan with COCCINELLE

2010-05-29T06:13:00.000-07:00

Here's Barbara in Milan gallery CORSO COMO 10 with her new collection for Coccinelle. It's great to see the gallery as Beyond Biba DVDs are now available there.

Barbara & Fitz - Clip from the film

2010-05-27T10:03:00.000-07:00

This comes around twenty minutes into the film and really shows how important Fitz was to the whole Biba success story.

"SUS"

2010-05-10T04:16:00.000-07:00

Sus is a independent British film much like Beyond Biba. Based on Barrie Keefe’s 1979 stage play, this claustrophobic, intense three-hander was inspired by the late ’70s law that gave police officers the right to detain on suspicion anyone they saw fit, usually young black men.

It's showing in London at the Apollo Cinema in Piccadilly Circus and the Genesis Cinema in Mile End. Go out and see it and support British independent film!

Special Limited Edition DVD Now Available

2010-01-28T03:44:00.000-08:00

Now available from www.beyondbibamovie.com

The cost of the Special Edition DVD is £14.99. It's limited to 1000 and the first 500 will include a certificate of authenticity signed by Barbara Hulanicki. Each DVD will also contain a booklet about the film and four postcards.

DVD Extras:
* Commentary with Director Louis Price and Producers Tom Walters and James Collie.
* Interview with Director Louis Price
* Stills Gallery and Deleted Scenes
* Barbara Hulanicki "On Tour" documentary.
. The DVD is all-region (0) PAL. There will be a all-region (0) NTSC released soon.
'Beyond Biba' will leave you bubbly about Biba'. - LA Times
A fascinating portrait of the life of 1960s fashion legend Barbara Hulanicki. - The Guardian

Beyond Biba at Glasgow film Theatre October 09

2009-11-30T07:02:00.000-08:00

Podacast Interview with Tom Walters and James Collie

2009-11-09T05:40:00.000-08:00

To promote our upcoming screening on the 17th of November at Warwick Arts Centre, we were interviewed by Catherine Allen. It was recorded in a busy London cafe so turn the volume up so you can hear us..

Amazing Week of Screenings Across the UK

2009-11-01T09:47:00.000-08:00

Barbara at the Brighton University screening with students. Click to enlarge.

We've had a great tour this week around the UK. Over 1600 people came to the six screenings from Glasgow to Brighton. We we're looked after at each screening and met some great people along the way. On the night of the Glasgow Film Theatre screening we walked into the cinema to introduce the film and were amazed to see a full house of 400 people on a wet and cold Tuesday night.

We also want to thank everyone who came and supported the film and who were so generous buying our signed posters and book "In Biba" written by Delissa Howard and Chris Price which are both available from www.beyondbibamovie.com.

Beyond Biba UK Tour Starts Tomorrow

2009-10-25T06:21:00.000-07:00

Our week long tour around the UK with Barbara begins tomorrow. It's great to have her over from Miami exclusively for screenings of the film. Please come and out and support the film and meet the living legend. Ticket details below.

Monday 26th October - Cochrane Theatre London
Book Tickets - Returns Only

Tuesday 27th October - Glasgow Fim Theatre
Book Tickets

Wednesday 28th October - Cameo Picturehouse Edinburgh
Book Tickets

Thursday 29th October - Brighton University
Book Tickets - Returns Only

Friday 30th October - Lexi Cinema London
Book Tickets - Returns Only

Dinard Film Festival

2009-10-11T12:10:00.000-07:00

We've just returned from the festival and it was a wonderful experience. Dinard is a beautiful town in Northern France and puts on a British Film festival every year. We had two screenings and had a great reaction to the film. We also had the chance to meet the other filmmakers which was invaluable. I wish we could go every year...

We saw Mugabe And The White African at the festival and it's a great documentary and comes highly recommended. It gives a truthful account of the war raging between Mugabe and the White African farmers in Zimbabwe. The film is an independent production like ours and they need all the support they can get. For more info Click Here. I met the film's producer Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock who gave us lots of great advice.

Beyond Biba In Brazil

2009-10-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

There are 14 fashion documentaries showing in the festival this year. We are in some very good company, other films screening include The September Issue, Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton, Annie Leibovitz - Life Through A Lens. The festival runs from the 6th-14th of October at the Centro Cultural Banco of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian title of Beyond Biba is A Vida de Biba - "The Life of Biba"...

Screening Times:

6/10/09
16h00 – Identidade de Nós Mesmos (Dir: Wim Wenders, 1989)
18h00 – Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton (Dir: Loïc Prigent, 2007)
20h00 – A Vida de Biba (Dir: Louis Price, 2009)

14/10/09
16h00 – A Vida de Biba, (Dir: Louis Price, 2009)
18h00 – Valentino: The Last Emperor, (Dir: Matt Tyrnauer, 2007)
20h00 – The Day Before Jean Paul Gaultier, (Dir: Loïc Prigent, 2009)

New Poster and London Screening 30th September

2009-09-27T04:44:00.000-07:00

Special screening at 19:30pm at the Horse Hospital - Colonnade, Bloomsbury, WC1N 1HX. Introduced by the film's director Louis Price. Pre-screening, Model Jan de Villeneuve & artist and illustrator Daisy de Villeneuve will be in conversation with editor of Plectrum, Guy Sangster Adams, telling Biba tales and discussing Biba's continuing influence.

Tickets are £9. Each ticket includes a copy of Plectrum issue 3. Beyond Biba posters signed by Barbara Hulanicki, artwork and books by Daisy de Villeneuve will also be for sale on the night.

Reserve tickets by emailing guy@theculturalpick.com.

Notting Hill Gate Screening

2009-09-20T19:56:00.000-07:00

We had our second SOLD OUT screening in London today at the Notting Hill Gate Picturehouse. The film screened in front of 185 people followed by a post-screening Q&A with Barbara Hulanicki and Louis Price (pictured above - director of Beyond Biba). It was our favorite screening so far.

A big thank you to Mike Matthews who organized the event. Once the Q&A finished pandemonium broke out when we started selling our film posters signed by Barbara. We ended up selling over 60 which was amazing! We're looking forward to screening with more Picturehouse cinemas in Greenwich, Clapham and Edinburgh next month.

Screening in Kent this week

2009-09-18T09:38:00.000-07:00

We are screening at the Kino Digital in Hawkhurst Kent from tonight until the 23rd of Sepember. Tonight and Saturday there will be post-screening Q&As with the filmmakers.

Update: The Kino have held Beyond Biba over for a second week which is great news.

Sunday 27th September, 4:45pm

Monday 28th September, 2:40pm

Tuesday 29th September, 5:15pm

Thursday 1st October, 2:45pm

New Cinema Sound Mix

2009-09-07T07:34:00.000-07:00

A big thank you to Anvil Post-Production for creating a 5.1 cinema surround sound mix for our upcoming digital cinema release. Come along and hear it next weekend at Hawkhurst Kino on Friday 18th & Saturday 19th, and at The Gate Picturehouse on Sunday 20th September.

LA Screening 3rd-7th October

2009-08-31T10:26:00.000-07:00

We're pleased to announce details of our Los Angeles release.
From the 3rd to the 7th of October we are screening at the
Downtown Independent Cinema. Barbara Hulanicki with be doing a post-screening Q&A on the 3rd and 4th of October. Producer James Collie will also be doing a Q&A on the 5th of October which should be a lot of fun. Book Tickets Here

Dinard Film Festival 8th-11th October

2009-08-27T05:08:00.000-07:00

We've just found out Beyond Biba has got into the Dinard Film Festival in France. It a great platform to release the film in Europe and is a well respected film festival. Our first film festival..

Beyond Biba Producer Tom Walters on BBC Radio Derby

2009-08-12T18:32:00.001-07:00

Tom was interviewed on Aleena Naylor's Morning Show to get the message out there about our screening at the Derby Quad. His appearance definitely added a few more people to the screening. It turned out to be a great screening with a lively Q&A.

Suzi Quatro Performing Devil Gate Drive Live @ BIBA

2009-07-30T16:48:00.000-07:00

Beyond Biba Trailer

2009-07-30T16:39:00.000-07:00

Screening - Derby Quad Cinema 11th August

2009-07-27T08:53:00.001-07:00

Screening at 8;30pm. With inroduction and post screening Q&A with Producers Tom Walters and James collie. Tickets available here

Beyond Biba in the USA

2009-07-23T11:19:00.000-07:00

Beyond Biba opens in the USA on the 11th of September at the Miami Beach Cinematheque. There are screenings at 8:30pm on the 11th of September and then 7pm on the 12th, 13th and 14th. Tickets available here

The Beyond Biba Mini & Premiere

2009-07-18T06:26:00.001-07:00

BMW have very kindly lent us the car for a week of screenings and they even arranged putting the title of the film on the car. After a year and a half of filming, traveling, editing, and stressing, the World Premiere of Beyond Biba happened last night at the V&A in London. A sellout crowd of 300 packed into theatre for the film and a post-screening Q&A with Barbara Hulanicki. The audience was great, and although the evening is still sort of a blur for me, from the amount of laughs and applause we got it seemed like everyone really enjoyed the film.

I’d like to thank Jo Banham, Mark Eastman and everyone at V&A for having us there and for doing such a great job with the screening. Thanks!

If you couldn't get tickets for the screening our next screening in London is on the 20th of September at the Notting Hill Gate Picturehuse at 1pm. Barbara Hulanicki will be giving a post film Q&A. Tickets are available here

Beyond Biba hits France - "Boutique de la vie"

2009-07-14T08:36:00.001-07:00

Article about the history of Biba and the film Le Figaro

Back to Biba

2009-07-12T04:47:00.000-07:00

Back to Biba: New film explores the fashion label that helped define a decade. A good article about the film in The Independent

Screening - London September 20th

2009-07-03T14:31:00.000-07:00

Special Screening - Notting Hill Gate Picturehouse, Sunday 20th September at 1pm. Post-screening Q&A with Barbara Hulanicki.

Our Premiere is Sold Out!

2009-06-29T10:11:00.000-07:00

When we started making the film in February 2008, we dreamed about having our premiere at the V&A Museum in London....

Beyond Biba World Premiere!

2009-06-11T07:44:00.000-07:00

Beyond Biba world premiere at 7pm Friday 17th July, V&A Museum, London. Barbara Hulanicki will give a post screening Q&A.

SOLD OUT

Nearly there...

2009-06-04T05:04:00.000-07:00

They are putting the finishing touches to the film. It means "Beyond Biba" will be finished at the start of July. They also gave us an amazing deal. www.ascentmedia.com

Cannes Update

2009-05-20T12:53:00.000-07:00

We're back from Cannes and it was a successful trip. We had a great reaction from people when we spoke about the film. We even met a woman from the British Film Institute who worked at the "Big Biba" store..

The picture above is from a French film called "A Prophet" . We saw it at the festival and loved it. It will be out later this year.

Screenings

2009-05-14T05:45:00.000-07:00

If you work with a film festival, museum, cinema, or arts group and would like to inquire about possibly organising a screening, please contact us via email: info@novemberfilms.co.uk

We are also looking for commercial sponsorship for our screenings and events.

Cannes!

2009-05-10T05:23:00.000-07:00

We are off to Cannes in a few days to meet European TV broadcasters, countries include Poland, France and Italy.

Our limited edition poster of the film signed by Barbara Hulanicki is selling well. You can buy one at www.beyondbibamovie.com

We're also about to release details of our Premiere in London on July 17th with special guests. Tickets will be available soon.

Launch Party

2009-04-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

We had the pleasure of going to the launch party last night for the new range at Topshop. It was a fun evening with champagne cocktails and complimentary drinks.

The new range is getting good reviews:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/apr/22/biba-topshop-verdict-pictures?picture=346255800

Barbara returns to the UK high street...

2009-04-13T14:44:00.000-07:00

Her new collection at Topshop is available nationwide from April 28th.

First Post...

2009-04-13T13:45:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our "Beyond Biba" blog. Things are starting to move quickly with the film and I will try keep you up to date with screenings, starting with our world premiere in London in July. It's been a long year of filming and editing but we're getting very close to finishing the film with just the color grade and sound mix left to finish.

Thank you to everyone who has been involved in the film and thanks for your interest in it.

Thanks

James