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How Do Black Women Position Themselves In A Changing Broadcast Environment? What Is Broadcast Today? Panel Discussion Begins To Find Ways
If one works in the industry, it's often difficult to imagine a time without the Internet. As technology progresses and advertising revenues fluctuate between traditional and alternative platforms of broadcast, the blurring of what we'd understood to be broadcast has...
The Women Of The Lens Festival Team Tell Us Why They Love Film
We continue our series where we get to know the inner workings of our team. Anastasia Abiom graduated in Journalism in 2012 and is currently a freelance content and social media writer. Anastasia really has her sights set high as she begins to tell us about her...
Women Of The Lens Festival Team Tell Us Why They Love Film
Building a cohesive team is essential for the Festival in order to deliver an event which is productive for all participants. That's why we're so enamoured by the team we've recruited in our inaugural year. They're committed and more importantly...Love Film! In the...
‘Hopscotch’ Film Director Recounts Her Own Experience of Harassment
Based on true accounts, Hopscotch is a film about the first-hand experience of violence and street harassment experienced by minority ethnic and Muslim women. The film’s director Roxana Vilk has already been awarded for her filmmaking efforts with a Royal Television...
Film Festival’s Made Easy By Director Daphne Schmon
Film festivals and entry to such platforms can be a minefield for filmmakers - especially first timers. The industry has shifted to the extent that festivals have not diminished, they've become more inventive and ingenious in their efforts to remain relevant and to...
Our Directors Provide Insight Into Their Work
The reasons behind telling a story can provide backdrop for making sense of what we see on screen. Our Festival is packed with challenging productions which straddle many of the notions of humanity in our societies. Here we spoke...
Director Suza Singh Takes On The Action Genre
Action films seem to be the preserve of men. It's hard to summon the name of an action-driven film where the lead is a woman. But there are some seeking to change that dynamic and director Suza Singh is one such woman. Born...
Director Naomi Grant, “I’d ‘marry’ Calvin!”
We decided to play a game and have a little fun with our directors based on that infamous BBC3 television programme called ‘Snog Marry Avoid’. Do you remember it? It’s a show where the viewer is presented with a poor suspect (er…victim?!) who is in need of a...
Leon Mayne Snog, Marry or Avoid?!
We decided to play a game and have a little fun with our directors based on that infamous BBC3 television programme called 'Snog Marry Avoid'. Do you remember it? It's a show where the viewer is presented with a poor suspect (er...victim?!) who is in need of a...
Tribute To A Classic: Burning An Illusion (1981) Directed By Menelik Shabazz
Tribute To A Classic is part of the Festival and will feature in the Theme, Who Do You Think You Are?! Chapter One. Journalist Debbie D'Oyley writes a timely review and provides context to this important film. Burning An Illusion is the astonishingly astute,...
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