Introduction:
As with other areas of WFTHN’s website resources, we are listing those that are: newly, or relatively newly active, and have an interest in women’s film and/or television history; older but still active and have their own history or archive, which can be enormously valuable to our research interests; no longer in existence, but are important to women’s film and/or television history (some of these may be traceable through the BFI Reuben Library, London South Bank).
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List of relevant organisations:
BECTU (Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union)
Represents over 40,000 staff, contract and freelance workers in the media and entertainment industries. https://bectu.org.uk. Bell, Melanie (2021). Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema (Urbana: University of Illinois Press).
Birds’ Eye View
Birds’ Eye View champions films by women and non-binary people that give us alternative, more diverse, perspectives through advocacy, conversation, community, and special events. https://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/
Cinema of Women
1980s feminist film distributor.
See the WFTHN blog entry on Cinema of Women.
Norwich Women’s Film Weekend / Cinewomen online archive
The Norwich Women’s Film Weekend (NWFW) was a two-day annual event that ran for 10 years, from 1979 to 1989, at Cinema City in Norwich. It was organised to ‘promote and encourage women film-makers and present the audience with films dealing with women’s issues’, as the first programme (1979) put it. It was the first event created, curated, managed and implemented by a group called Cinewomen. The NWFW lasted longer than any other women’s film festival in the UK. https://norwichwomensfilmweekend.wordpress.com/
Raising Films
Raising Films’ mission is to support, promote and campaign for parents and carers in the UK screen sector. Lists support organisations in film & TV (UK and Éire). https://www.raisingfilms.com/support/support-organisations/
Women in Animation
Global, showing 9 chapters (?), including London and Dublin https://womeninanimation.org/chapters/
Women in Film History International
Women and Film History International is a network of affiliated scholars, researchers, archivists, and film programmers, all dedicated to the study of women’s film history. The organization has maintained a special focus on the period before synchronous sound through two key scholarly endeavours: the international conference WOMEN AND THE SILENT SCREEN, and the source books created by the WOMEN’S FILM HISTORY PROJECT (formerly known as the WOMEN FILM PIONEERS PROJECT). https://www.womenandfilmhistory.org/
Women in Film and TV (UK)
Part of an international network of over 12,000 women, covering a broad range of professions spanning the entire film and television industry. Membership is open to women working in any role within the media industries.
Women in Film and TV (UK) run online and in-person events throughout the year, a prestigious awards ceremony every December and a four nations mid-career mentoring programme for women. Collaboration with industry bodies on research projects, bursary initiatives, and lobbying for women’s interests. https://www.wftv.org.uk/about See also the international https://www.wifti.net .
Women Make Movies
A US film distribution and production support organisation, founded in 1972. Also useful for an extensive resources list. https://www.wmm.com
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