Invisible Women

A second round for the overlooked women of Mexican action cinema.

Video artist & documaker Eunice Gutman has dedicated her career to shedding light on the roles of women in Brazilian society.

With 'Focus on María Luisa Bemberg' we aim to look back at her extraordinary career and indelible contribution to feminist filmmaking.

Dorothy Arzner was one of very few women to find credited work as a director within the early Hollywood studio system.

In this spotlight we delve deeper into the life and legacy of one of cinema's most mesmerising stars: Dolores del Río

Extended intro to Amor, mujeres y flores, screening as part of 'Cursed Flowers and sacred leaves: The militant cinema of Marta Rodriguez'

‘Perhaps she will be one of the great ones…’ An art dealer has travelled a great distance to track down a painter who he believes could...

Costume designers don’t often become household names, but if anyone deserves to be more widely known outside the industry, it’s Sandy Powell

Female emigrees played an important role in shaping Hollywood’s Golden Age – both behind the scenes and in front of the camera.

Our guest writer Hipatia Argüero makes the case for the film editor as auteur celebrating Gloria Schoemann, Queen of the Mexican Golden Age.

This February we champion Zeinabu irene Davis, an underappreciated heroine of US indie filmmaking who might finally be finding her moment.

Dika Ofoma introduces us to '90s Nollywood rebel Amaka Igwe, whose work lay the foundations for a new generation of Nigerian filmmakers.

This is the first instalment of a two-parter centred on Scottish filmmaking sisters Ruby and Marion Grierson.

This month we deep dive into the fascinating story of inimitable Polly Platt and her extraordinary contemporaries.

This pride month we’re basking in the glorious queer gaze of Sandra Lahire. A central figure in the feminist workshop movement of the 1980s.

This months Spotlight focuses Mary Blair, the wildly creative and impossibly chic Art Director who shaped the Disney studio’s iconic imagery

Meet Fronza Woods, an American director whose short films are warm, witty and revealing explorations of the interior lives of Black women.

February’s Spotlight is on Evelyn Lambart, a trailblazing animator whose irresistible films never fail to make us smile.

We felt as Black artists that we needed to have space where we could create, because it’s only when you have that space, that you can...

Like many wonderful filmmakers Wendy Toye came to film through dance. What is it about dance that often seems to lead to the camera?