Join the NFVF for a virtual Women's and Heritage Month panel discussion, highlighting women empowerment and heritage storytelling.
21 September 2023
10:300 am - 12:00 midday
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https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/story-circle
Participants announced!
The Story Circle programme is for women screenwriters/filmmakers from Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, who have a strong idea for a short film that can be developed and produced over the next year and screened during the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Supported by the British Council, this project is part of our 75th anniversary activity.
2022 participants in The Story Circle are:
EIFF will work with United in Film who support emerging film talent through their filmmaking workshops, to deliver two online story development workshops in September and October to help expand the participants understanding of story structure and character development.
There will then be an in-person residential workshop in Uganda where story editors will work with the participants to move the projects forward to a full script.
Each of the writers will then receive a financial commission to allow them to make their film in their local region with support from United in Film.
LADIMA FOUNDATION ANNOUNCEMENT
Ladima Foundation Women of Influence Zoom Panel: Overcoming Gatekeepers (tearing down the gates in the film industry)
One of the issues that gets raised again and again for aspiring (and even professional) filmmakers, particularly those already disadvantaged or facing exclusion, such as women, is the topic of gatekeeping and lack of access and inclusion.
Gatekeeping and gatekeepers refer to a process where through actual obstructions to access, or the perception of obstruction to access, certain groups or individuals are excluded from accessing opportunities.
The panel will address the importance of recognizing both the actual and perceived barriers to entry, and the even more important need to address and redress these obstacles. The panel will speak to those who may inadvertently be acting as gatekeepers, and also to those who may have been faced gatekeepers in their professional journeys.
The discussion will include women from a diversity of backgrounds who now hold significant roles within some of the more recognized organisations in the industry.
Time: Dec 10, 2020 05:00 PM in West Central Africa
Webinar Registration
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_erAL8rLYSqK6jWPuRcjfaA