06 September 2019 Q&A with Eelyn Lee at Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Join Eelyn Lee for the Black Arts World: Slate Weekeneder at the Showroom Cinema, Sheffiled, where she will be doing a Q&A with curator Melanie Abrahams. Melanie has programmed two of Eelyn's sho…
29 August 2019 Futurist Women Selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival Delighted to announce that Futurist Women of Barking and Dagenham has been selected for this year's BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York [6 - 10 Nov]. As regular supporters of her…
17 May 2019 It's a Wrap! Yesterday we wrapped on the Britishness film! We had a great shoot up at Park Hill as the summer sun set over Sheffield. Thanks to everyone who's travelled with us on this fascinating journey in to e…
26 April 2019 Social Art Summit Research Publication Launched "From the opening address, I began to see the Summit as a social practice project in its own right" - Cara Courage The Research Publication about the Social Art Summit officially launched at the Tat…
29 March 2019 Eelyn Lee Awarded Artist's Bursary to Visit Suzanne Lacy Retrospective in San Francisco Delighted to announce that Eelyn Lee has been awarded an Artist's Research Bursary from a-n to visit 'We Are Here', the Suzanne Lacy Retrospective exhibition in San Francisco. This seminal exhibition…
28 February 2019 Social Art Assembly at Tate Exchange 25th April 2019 A one-day Social Art Assembly will be held on 25th April at Tate Exchange. The aim of the day is to reflect on the learnings from the Social Art Summit, consider ideas for a Social Art Biennale and t…
31 January 2019 New Collaborations with Désirée Reynolds & Hive Young Writers Exciting to be working with Sheffield based writer Désirée Reynolds as well as Hive Young Writers, some of South Yorkshire's most exciting young writing voices. Eelyn Lee has invited both parties to…
15 November 2017 Creature of the Estuary Selected for Festival in Bogotá Delighted to annouce that Creature of the Estuary has been selected for the 15th edition of the Bogotá Short Film Festival. The festival received almost 4000 short films from 109 countries around the…
16 October 2017 Creature of the Estuary Selected for Aesthetica Short Film Festival The BAFTA recognised Aesthetica Short Film Festival has selected Creature of the Estuary for their festival in York in November 2017. The film is programmed in 'Ghost Town', Artist's Film 2. Other f…
16 June 2017 Art of Change with the Barbican Eelyn Lee has been invited to devise a new project for the Barbican's Art of Change season. Working in collaboration with students from Sydney Russell School and commumity members from Barking and D…
09 May 2017 East End Film Festival Selection Creature of the Estuary has been selected for this year's East End Film Festival. It will screen alongside Jill Daniel's 'Journey to the South' at Rich Mix on 18th Jun at 3.30pm. East End Film Fest…
06 February 2017 London Premiere of Creature of the Estuary Creature of the Estuary will premiere at the Whitechapel Gallery, London on Thurs 23rd Feb at 7pm in a special estuary-themed event hosted by Film Curator, Gareth Evans. Eelyn Lee will be taking pa…
06 February 2017 A Critical Evaluation by Dr R.M. Sánchez-Camus 'The estuary is anthropomorphised and presented as alive, breathing and watching' Creative Practitioner, R.M. Sánchez-Camus has written a critical evaluation of Eelyn Lee's latest collaborative film…
05 December 2016 Double-Bill Screening from the Monster Trilogy For the first time ever Eelyn Lee's latest film Creature of the Estuary will screen alongside Monster - marking an exciting opportunity to see the first two films in Lee's Monster Trilogy together…
17 October 2016 Article in Vice about Creature of the Estuary Click the image to read the full article.
04 October 2016 An Atmospheric Screening at Coalhouse Fort Last night 180 people sat in deck chairs to watch a special outdoor preview screening of Creature of the Estuary at Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury. Introduced by writer and curator, Gareth Evans [Whitechape…
04 October 2016 Creature of the Estuary Starts Filming Principal photography on Eelyn Lee's latest film, Creature of the Estuary began this week along the South Essex stretch of the Thames Estuary. Eelyn welcomes back BAFTA-winning actor Anamaria Marinca…
01 August 2016 Stories of Transformation with the Barbican Last week Eelyn Lee ran a 5-day project with young people [aged 11-19] at Spotlight, a youth centre in Poplar, East London. Commissioned by the Barbican with funds from Into Film, Eelyn conceived of…
04 October 2016 Eelyn Lee Runs Fear Labs to Develop her New Film As part of the development process for her latest film, Creature of the Estuary, Eelyn is running a series of 'Fear Labs' with residents of Benfleet and Canvey Island. Working in collaboration with A…
08 July 2016 Arts Council to Fund New Work on Thames Estuary Happy to announce that Arts Council England have funded Eelyn Lee to make the second stage of her Monster Trilogy. Following extensive research along the South Essex stretch of the Thames Estuary thr…
04 October 2016 Monster to Screen at Aesthetica Art Symposium Eelyn's first iteration of the Monster Trilogy, Monster [2015/16mins/digital] has been selected to screen at Future Now: The Aesthetica Art Prize Symposium in York on Thurs 26th May, 19.30 - 20.30…
25 February 2016 London Premiere of Monster at Close-Up Film Centre Eelyn Lee's latest film Monster will have it's London Premiere at Close-Up Film Centre in Shoreditch at 8pm on Sat 5th March. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Monster marks Eelyn's first ite…
20 January 2016 Eelyn Lee Selected to Lead Artists' Forum Eelyn Lee has been selected by Artquest to put together a group of artists working at the forefront of social and collaborative practice to form a PEER FORUM. Between February and July 2016 the group…
