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Following a widely circulated open call, we're thrilled to welcome four new members to our Boards of Trustees: film financier and investment manager Carine Hejazi ;  creative industries coach and facilitator Holly Tarquini ; screen industries strategist Mariayah Kaderbhai ; and marketing and publicity specialist Sam Joly. Bringing their expertise to the charity’s mission to advocate for gender justice in cinema, Carine, Holly, Mariayah & Sam will join existing members: produc

Help support the charity championing women and marginalised gender filmmakers across the UK. As Women’s History Month begins and a major project fund concludes at the end of March, Reclaim The Frame is launching a vital funding drive to secure core support for the charity’s national advocacy, programmes, and infrastructure. At a time of significant cuts to arts and film funding, alongside widespread rollbacks in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion investment, the need for indepe

Congratulations to all of this year’s BAFTA nominees and winners. We are especially pleased to see Hamnet, a Reclaim The Frame supported title, recognised across categories. However, as in previous years, the 2026 nominations present a mixed picture for female filmmaking. While representation is visible in some categories, significant under-representation persists in others - particularly at the level of technical authority and top-tier recognition. Across all 252 nominees, w

Reclaim The Frame in collaboration with Showroom Cinema and BFI Academy presents a free, week-long course that offers young people between the age of 16-19 the chance to learn about film programming, distribution, marketing and audience engagement and put on a film festival at Showroom Cinema. We are searching for talented, enthusiastic and hard-working 16-19 years olds from across the UK to take part in this week-long, in person residential course. No experience is necessary

To mark the release of our 2025 annual report, we revealed the impact of our audience engagement work for the year, and data on the ‘distribution gap’ for 2025.  Over the course of the calendar year, we've supported 18 new release campaigns, produced 180+ events, in partnership with a range of 15 distributors, a network of cinemas across 20 cities, supported by BFI Film Audience Project Fund. Our analysis testifies to the fact that diversity behind the camera offers the poten