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.
Developing audiences and promoting the circulation of films by women, internationally
Birds Eye View (UK), Flying Broom Foundation (Turkey), Beirut International Women Film Festival (Lebanon) are delighted to announce that their joint venture Reclaim the Frame x International has been successful in its application for support from British Council’s International Collaboration Grant.
The project, Reclaim the Frame x International, aims to support culturally diverse women & non-binary filmmakers from 5+ countries through the circulation of works, collaboration and a professional development programme. With our shared mission to increase gender diversity and inclusion in cinema, Beirut International Women Film Festival (Lebanon), Birds Eye View (UK), Flying Broom Foundation (Turkey), and Regards de femmes: festival international de film de femmes (Tunisia) will create a network which advocates and builds audiences for films by women & non-binary creatives. The aim of the network is also to help the partners learn from each other and improve how we meet the challenges of ending gender inequality and exclusion in film.
British Council’s International Collaboration Grants aim to support UK and overseas cultural partnerships to develop digital, face-to-face and hybrid artistic projects.
Reclaim the Frame x International will kickstart with an online talk as part of Beirut Women Film Festival on International Women’s Day, 8th March, featuring representatives of each of the partner festivals. Watch live and thereafter on the Birds Eye View YouTube Channel.
Time:
UK – 12 noon / 12:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Tunisia – 1pm / 13:00 (Central European Standard Time)
Lebanon – 2pm / 14:00 (Eastern European Standard Time)
Turkey – 3pm / 15:00 TRT (Turkey Time)
An annual day of events and activities which take place around the World when wheelchair users celebrate the positive impact a wheelchair has on their lives.
Since it was first launched in 2008, celebrations have taken place in Australia, Nepal, Senegal, South Africa, Bangladesh, Pakistan, United Kingdom and United States of America.
It has grown year on year and we look forward to 2022 being bigger and better than ever.
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Directed by Patty Berne
32 minutes
“There is no right or wrong body of a conscious revolutionary mind.”
Sins Invalid witnesses a performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of colour and queer and gender-variant artists. Since 2006, its performances have explored themes of sexuality, beauty, and the disabled body, impacting thousands through live performance. Sins Invalid is as an entryway into the absurdly taboo topic of sexuality and disability, manifesting a new paradigm of disability justice.
Sins Invalid Documentary is distributed by New Day Films, a filmmakers’ cooperative and the largest distributor of documentaries to the academic market. We are also available for streaming on the Kanopy platform, available through many colleges, universities, and libraries. The film includes options for Closed Captions and Audio Description.
SINS INVALID is a REVOLUTION in both performance and society, a REVELATION showcasing bold new talent that audiences have been missing and an EVOLUTION where everything you think you know about disability is breathtakingly redefined. – Lawrence Carter Long, media enthusiast, founder/curator of the disTHIS! Film Series
An important document of a ground-breaking performance project, Sins Invalid: An Unashamed Claim to Beauty does much more than make a claim to beauty. It offers up entertainment, excitement, and resistance. It’s erotic and difficult, thought-provoking and funny. For those of us who have never been able to see the show live, it provides a glimpse of the magic that has been happening in the Bay area since 2006. For educators, the film can serve as a flexible and indispensable tool, bringing issues of sexuality and gender, race and class, embodiment and disability into the room in a powerful and immediate way. Because Sins spends it’s time showing more than telling, the resulting film provides much richer for classroom and group discussion. – Cory Silverberg, sex educator and author on Sexuality Guide, About.com, and co-author, “The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability”
Available on New Day Films and Kanopy
English subtitles
Access: The film has descriptive subtitles for those who are D/deaf or hard of hearing and audio description formats for those with sight loss.
Sins Invalid is a fiscally sponsored project of Dancers Group.
The Aims of International Wheelchair Day
To enable wheelchair users to celebrate the positive impact a wheelchair has in their lives.
To celebrate the great work of the many millions of people who provide wheelchairs, who provide support and care for wheelchair users and who make the World a better and more accessible place for people with mobility issues.
To acknowledge and react constructively to the fact there are many tens of millions of people in the World who need a wheelchair, but are unable to acquire one.
Get some ideas from previous year’s by downloading a FREE copy of “The History of International Wheelchair Day“.
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An annual day of events and activities which take place around the World when wheelchair users celebrate the positive impact a wheelchair has on their lives.
Since it was first launched in 2008, celebrations have taken place in Australia, Nepal, Senegal, South Africa, Bangladesh, Pakistan, United Kingdom and United States of America.
It has grown year on year and we look forward to 2022 being bigger and better than ever.
By
Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht
Down the road from Woodstock, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, transforming their lives and igniting a landmark movement. CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION is an untold story co-directed by Emmy® Award winner Nicole Newnham and film mixer and former camper Jim LeBrecht. Executive producers include President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, Tonia Davis and Priya Swaminathan, and Oscar® nominee Howard Gertler (How to Survive a Plague).
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The Aims of International Wheelchair Day
To enable wheelchair users to celebrate the positive impact a wheelchair has in their lives.
To celebrate the great work of the many millions of people who provide wheelchairs, who provide support and care for wheelchair users and who make the World a better and more accessible place for people with mobility issues.
To acknowledge and react constructively to the fact there are many tens of millions of people in the World who need a wheelchair, but are unable to acquire one.
Get some ideas from previous year’s by downloading a FREE copy of “The History of International Wheelchair Day“.
