Underwire Film Festival

The Underwire Film Festival is an annual event held in the UK which is the only film festival dedicated to promoting and celebrating female talent across the television and film industry.[1]

History

The Underwire Film Festival began in 2010 founded by Gabriella Apicella and Gemma Mitchell to help tackle the gender imbalance within the film industry. [2] The Underwire Film Festival is a BAFTA recognised film festival. [3]

The 2020 festival has been cancelled due to the Covid19 pandemic. [4]

Aims

The Underwire Awards are given in recognition of the teamwork, skill, artistry, vision or endeavour of women who have excelled in key production roles. [5] The long-term goal to improve equality statistics not just in front of the camera, but behind it too for traditionally male dominated roles like directing, producing, screenwriting, editing, cinematography, sound design, composing, production design and animation [5] The festival covers a broad range of genres including drama, documentary, music video, artist film and animation, with the only stipulation being, that one of the major production roles is led by a woman. [5] The festival awards training and mentoring opportunities as part of the award prize. [4]

Awards

Each category receives a number of nominations from which the eventual winner is decided. [4]Categories are:

  • Best Actor
  • Under 25: for outstanding work by a female practitioner aged 15-25
  • XX Award: for the best onscreen female protagonist
  • Best Director
  • Best Producer
  • Best screenwriter
  • Best Editor
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Composer
  • Best Sound Designer
  • Best Production Designer
  • Best Animator

Previous winners include:

References
  1. "Underwire Film Festival". bbc.co.uk. 18 December 2007.
  2. "Underwire Addressing gender". asff.co.uk. 2020.
  3. "Underwire Festival" (PDF). bafta.org. 2019.
  4. "Underwire Festival". filmfreeway.com. 2020.
  5. "Underwire Festival". Festical.ca. 2020.
  6. "Award Winners". underwirefestival.com. 2020.

Official website Underwire Film Festival

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