Did you know that only 7% of directors are women? Birds Eye View provide women with the opportunity to change this.
Birds Eye View Film Festival 6 - 14 March
The UK's celebration of women filmmakers returns with a stunning selection of international features, docs and short films at the ICA and a special retrospective of women in comedy cinema at BFI Southbank. Opened by the fabulous Maureen Lipman, highlights include the UK premiere of Cannes hit Expired starring Samantha Morton, LFF critics choice Unrelated, Hotel Very Welcome – a special mention from Berlin starring Chris O'Dowd, and some mind-blowing and award-winning docs from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Nepal. Plus the epic Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman with Jennifer Fox at the Curzon Soho.
The comedy retrospective at BFI Southbank features live music to silent film, plus comediennes from the golden era of Hollywood, with special guests including Jo Brand, Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson), Arabella Weir, Lucy Porter, Sally Phillips and Shazia Mirza.
A new innovation strand brings mobile phone filmmaking, women in video games, music vids, fashion films, a one off Whitechapel Gallery Late Night event starring a high profile all girl line up of live artists, VJ’s and DJ’s, Late at Tate Britain in partnership with Artprojx and up-to-the-minute training sessions. Plus the chance to take part in an Overheated Symphony.
Bigger and better than ever – don’t miss out!
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The main Submissions for the 2008 Festival are now closed. Thanks for all your short films, documentaries, features, interactive and new media work.
Short Fashion Film Submissions are now open!
Calling all women fashion filmmakers! We are looking for short fashion films for an event as part BEVFF08 that focuses on female filmmakers interpretation of fashion and moving image.We are looking for short films, documentaries, features, interactive and new media works for our 2008 film festival.
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