The UnderWire Awards
The Underwire Awards 2011 will take place on the evening of Saturday 26th November. For Underwire, awards should be more than having something shiny for your mantlepiece! We want to award our winners something that will support their continued development and we’ve been working hard finding partners who think the same too. We’ve got some...
Writer, critic and broadcaster Bidisha to host UnderWire Awards
One of the great perks of running UnderWire is getting to meet so many interesting and creative people that we may never have otherwise crossed-paths with. Bidisha is one such person. She very kindly got in touch during the early stages of the festival to give her support, and we immediately wanted to get her...
Winners of the Film Journalism award announced
This year, UnderWire launched a new awards category to recognise and encourage the work of women who were writing about film journalistically, but who perhaps had not yet been published or had the opportunity to share their work. Whilst there are growing numbers of women who are resident or freelance film critics for broadsheet and...
2011 Festival Programme Launch!
We’re thrilled by the doubling of submissions for our 2011 festival, and at the standard of work that came through by women working across a range of crafts. This year we’ve introduced two new categories - Film Composition and Film Journalism - which drew to the surface some of the real talent that exists in...
She Shoots, She Scores: Composer Programme
She Shoots, She Scores Composer Programme Shortwave Cinema Friday November 25th, 19:45 still from ‘Comes But Once A Year’ Dear Foreigner (2010), 05.10 - Stephanie Angel and Caro Snatch A woman writes a letter to the son she gave up at birth, 27 years later. The film adaptation of a real...
XX Award
XX Award supported by Object Shortwave Cinema Wednesday November 23rd, 19:30 still from ‘Nocturn’ Nocturn (2010), 15.46 - Leanne Welham Jody has insomnia. Almost every night she leaves her sleeping husband and young child and walks the lonely streets of suburbia. But one night, she decides to mix things up. Symphony in...
Looking Glass: Cinematographer Programme
Looking Glass Cinematographer Programme, supported by Kodak Shortwave Cinema Friday November 25th, 21:30 still from ‘Night Shift’ We Were Here (2010), 04.29 - Lauren Hatchard A journey through the abandoned corridors of a 1970’s British fire station evokes ghostly memories contained in the community’s station. Fading faces of the past live on through this...
Ring Masters: Producer Programme
Ring Masters Producer Programme, supported by WFTV Shortwave Cinema Thursday November 24th, 19:45 still from ‘Shoreditch Slayer’ Shoreditch Slayer (2011), 2.16 - Mavreen Brown Vampires have hunted humans since the dawn of time. Yet with rising inflastion and soaring unemployment, it’s vampires who are currently struggling for survival. Follow five vampires as they attempt,...
Dream Drafters: Screenwriter Programme
Dream Drafters Screenwriter Programme, supported by Euroscript Shortwave Cinema Thursday November 24th, 18:00 still from ‘Myra’ Blind Date (2010), 11.45 - Abigail Blackmore Steven’s quiet evening in his local pub is interrupted when Rachel arrives looking for her blind date. The Holiday (2010), 10.48 - Ida Akesson Banter is always animated around the burger...
In the Cut: Editor Programme
In the Cut Editor Programme, supported by VET Shortwave Cinema Thursday November 24th, 21:30 Still from ‘Sunday’ Radio Amina (2011), 08.15 - Katie Bryer Radio Amina tells the story of Amina Dibir, a 12 year old street hawker from Kano, Nigeria and her imaginary radio show where she gets to say all of...
Celluloid Sculptures: Director Programme
Celluloid Sculptures Director Programme, supported by Directors UK Shortwave Cinema Friday November 25th, 18:00 still from ‘Our Ordered Lives’ N25 (2010), 10.00 - Treasa O’Brien Passengers on a night bus face their moral dilemmas when a situation arises that prompts them to act. The Reward (2011), 15.00 - Lucy Patrick Ward Explore the...
UnderWire 2011 Tickets
for screenings: Screening 23rd Nov - Opening Night & The XX Award £5.00 24th Nov - 6pm - Dream Drafters Screening £5.00 24th Nov - 7.45pm - Ring Masters Screening £5.00 24th Nov - 9.30pm - In the Cut Screening £5.00 24th Nov - all evening ticket £10.00 25th Nov -6pm - Celluloid Sculpters Screening...
