Invisible Women

Dika Ofoma introduces us to '90s Nollywood rebel Amaka Igwe, whose work lay the foundations for a new generation of Nigerian filmmakers.

In part 2 of the Grierson Sister spotlights we focus on Ruby's lesser known but equally fascinating sister. Let's talk about Marion Grierson

This is the first instalment of a two-parter centred on Scottish filmmaking sisters Ruby and Marion Grierson.

Want to write for us? Every month we publish a Spotlight article - a lovingly researched, in-depth profile of a female filmmaker. We try...

"Collectivisation" features two films that upend the exploitative power dynamic of director and subject, using the camera’s power for change

The films in “Payslip” deal with timely themes around the value of work, pay equity, unsafe working conditions and lack of care.

“Clock In, Clock Out” pairs two filmmakers who challenge the stereotypes of the cleaning lady, symbol for invisible female labour.

The opening programme of punch in/out: iterations of labour has the title “Double Shift”, examining how home and labour intersect.

This month we deep dive into the fascinating story of inimitable Polly Platt and her extraordinary contemporaries.

This pride month we’re basking in the glorious queer gaze of Sandra Lahire. A central figure in the feminist workshop movement of the 1980s.

This month we celebrate brilliant Anglo-Indian filmmaker Sarah Erulkar, who broke her way into the white male-dominated 1950s film industry.

This months Spotlight focuses Mary Blair, the wildly creative and impossibly chic Art Director who shaped the Disney studio’s iconic imagery

Meet Fronza Woods, an American director whose short films are warm, witty and revealing explorations of the interior lives of Black women.

February’s Spotlight is on Evelyn Lambart, a trailblazing animator whose irresistible films never fail to make us smile.

We felt as Black artists that we needed to have space where we could create, because it’s only when you have that space, that you can...

Like many wonderful filmmakers Wendy Toye came to film through dance. What is it about dance that often seems to lead to the camera?

This month’s Spotlight will transport us to 1930s Berlin, as we explore the story of the women behind queer classic Mädchen in Uniform.

After several decades hiatus, Jenny Gilbertson returned to filmmaking in the 1970s. An extraordinary, inspiring second act story.

This Spotlight focuses on filmmaker and writer Kathleen Collins, the great lost-then-found chronicler of race, class and gender in 1980s NY.

Sarah’s story is a simple tragedy of lost potential. Yet despite her tiny body of work, she has become a legend of the indie underground.