Invisible Women

Our guest writer Hipatia Argüero makes the case for the film editor as auteur celebrating Gloria Schoemann, Queen of the Mexican Golden Age.

This February we champion Zeinabu irene Davis, an underappreciated heroine of US indie filmmaking who might finally be finding her moment.

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

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

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 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.

This is a fan letter to Kay Mander, who captured our hearts the moment we heard her sassy account of working in the 1940s film industry.

Our first SPOTLIGHT focuses on Ngozi Onwurah, a wildly imaginative filmmaker and first black female director to release a feature in the UK.