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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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,...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • 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...
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Oct 28, 2011 • UnderWire tickets are now no-longer available for presale BUT we do have tickets left for our workshops on Saturday the 26th so please come down to Shortwave Cinema in Bermondsey Square to make payment. The awards ceremony this evening is free, and will commence at 7.30pm promptly.
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Aug 16, 2011 • You can imagine our delight when we were approached by Sophie Mayer - author of Her Various Scalpels (2009), The Cinema of Sally Potter (2009) and The Private Parts of Girls (2011) - to sit down and talk about UnderWire for the f-word. Having played such an important role for feminists over the last ten years,...
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Aug 8, 2011 • One-time face of Channel 4 news. check. BBC correspondent. check. Radio 4 presenter. check. Interview Tony Blair in his rusty old banger. check. It seems like Samira Ahmed has spent her time as a journalist, broadcaster and writer pretty well, but we’re pleased to know she also has time for the most important things in...
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Jul 29, 2011 • Yesterday was a good day, and not just because it was Thursday (which means it’s nearly Friday and that means it’s nearly the weekend. Get our thinking??). No, our excitement came from the news that the BRILLIANT Kim Longinotto has come on board to support UnderWire - to put it in her own words “Your...
