A recent dip in female-led theatrical releases in the UK - back to 2018 levels of 26% reminds us that our work is far from over; that we cannot be complacent.
Below you can read about the research we conduct into gender representation in film and the wider industry, tracking the release landscape to present an accurate picture of investment in films by filmmakers of marginalised genders.
Here you can also find out about news and opportunities at Reclaim The Frame, along with curated film recommendations, filmmaker interviews, and creative responses.
With her light touch and observational acumen, Chloé Zhao, the creator of quiet indie dramas like Songs My Brothers Taught Me, The Rider, and now Nomadland, is now the most-sought-after director in Hollywood.
Happy Birthday Chloé, from all at Birds’ Eye View!
The Rider
Director Chloé Zhao walks a fine line between fact and fiction in this nuanced study of a young rodeo star recovering from a brain injury.Brady Blackburn, a rodeo rider, meets with an accident that leaves him with a severe brain damage. He refuses to quit horse riding despite the doctor’s warning.
“A visceral, organic western” – BFI
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Written & directed by Maya Forbes
Infinitely Polar Bear is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Maya Forbes, and starring Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, and Ashley Aufderheide. The film premiered in competition at the 30th Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.
In Boston, a bipolar individual (Mark Ruffalo) takes over sole responsibility for his two spirited daughters while his wife (Zoe Saldana) attends graduate school in New York.
Maya Forbes is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with Infinitely Polar Bear. Her other writing credits include the screenplay of The Rocker and many episodes of The Larry Sanders Show.
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Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is an unfulfilled Staten Island kindergarten teacher and aspiring poet. When she discovers one of her five-year-old charges has a gift for poetry it sends her into a downward spiral of obsession. The film rightly sits on the shoulders of Gyllenhaal’s towering performance, which finds a lot of depth in-between the lines opening up an interesting discussion as to how far a child’s talent should be nurtured. Solid support comes from Gael García Bernal as Lisa’s poetry teacher, and Parker Sevak as the intriguing prodigy. Based on the Israeli film The Kindergarten Teacher.
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