Welcome to the 2012 Underwire Festival!
This year, we’re at the Ritzy in Brixton for four knockout days of screenings, sessions and networking showcasing the very best raw cinematic talents of women working across the industry.
Scroll through the calendar below to see what tickles your fancy (you can change the view to suit your preferences).
Ticketing is through the Ritzy Box Office - we highly recommend giving them a call rather than online, especially if you’re looking to purchase an all evening ticket. The number is 0871 902 5739.
Any queries please email us at [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you all for a beer!
Gemma and Helen
Underwire Festival Co-Directors
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Nov20Tuesday: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Underwire and Creative Skillset would like to buy you a drink to kick the 2012 festival off in style. Join us in the bar from 6.00pm before heading into the XX Award screening at 7.30pm where we’ll hear a few words from the Underwire Directors.
The drinks event is completely free, come one come all! You will need to purchase tickets if you would like to go into the XX screening at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10.50 and can be be purchased by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov20Tuesday: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
XX
award supported by Object
The Campaigner - Rebecca Brand
Clench - Riffat Ahmed
Dylan’s Room - Layke Anderson
On Another Note - Emma Dove
Centrefold - Ellie Land
Tickets are £10.50. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov21Wednesday: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Supported by the Wellcome Trust, in partnership with Rich Pickings
The world of biomedical science is complex, fascinating and at times, beautiful. This programme of short films demonstrates the way filmmakers have explored these human and philosophical issues through a scientific lens, deftly combining knowledge, education and art.
Following the screening, weʼll be talking to two of the filmmakers who have made work, supported by the Wellcome Trust. Speakers include:
Carla MacKinnon (Rich Pickings),
Meroë Candy (Project Manager, Arts and Science at the Wellcome Trust),
Ellie Land (dir.The Centrefold Project)
and Maxx Ginnane (dir.Too Fast to be a Woman? The Story of Caster Semenya).
The Centrefold Project, dir. Ellie Land (9ʼ13”)
Combining personal stories with whimsical animation, The Centrefold Project tackles the increasing trend of labiaplasty surgery through patient testimonies. The film brings together clinicians from University College Hospital and a partnership from the Wellcome Trust to examine the medical aspects of the surgery, including detailed commentary on the burgeoning cosmetic procedure. Mixing together these two aspects of the intimate operation,
The Centrefold Project reveals the often unheard voice of women, and how this change has affected their bodies and minds.
Ex Memoria, prod. Mia Bays (15ʼ)
Ex Memoria comes face-to-face with the reality of dementia. Following a day in the life of Eva, a sufferer, the film challenges audiences to get behind the face of the disease. Inspired by half-forgotten memories, non-linear storytelling, and bold cinematic techniques, the film has become a mainstay introduction for dementia carers around the world, supported by research at the University of Bradford and in partnership with the Wellcome Trust.
Soft Materials, dir. Daria Martin (10ʼ50”)
Transcending physicality with graceful interaction, Soft Materials examines the relationship between body and mind by following robots at the University of Zurich who were designed with embodied artificial intelligence. The robots are programmed to learn sentience not from their minds, but from physical interactions with the world around them. Introducing two artists and their bodily movements, the film interprets how humans and machines can experience bodily pedagogy together.
An Eyeful of Sound, dir. Samantha Moore (10ʼ25”)
An Eyeful of Sound combines beautiful visuals with a superb soundtrack to illustrate the complex relationship between sound and imagery for those with audio-visual synaesthesia. Describing the evoked visual responses to music and noise, the subjects of this animated documentary expound on how notes translate in their mind, as visions dance across the screen. The project was a collaboration between a group of patients and Dr. Jamie Ward.
Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends, dir. Rachel Mayeri (5ʼ33”
The high drama of jealously, love, and territorialism are all at play in Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends, a twochannel video installation that compares high-stakes footage of baboon courtship and a re-enactment with human actors. Shot in the wilds of Kenya, the baboon footage is in collaboration with primatologist Deborah Forster who has extensively studied the cognitive sexual dynamics of the animals. The re-enacted footage, shot in a neo-noir style, highlights questions of anthropomorphism and primate relations depicted in mainstream cinema.
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for all screenings on Wednesday 21st November for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov21Wednesday: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Join underwire and sight&sound in the bar for the launch of an exciting new collaboration aimed at female film journalists.
for more details on the competition head here.
This event is FREE!
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Nov21Wednesday: 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
join Underwire and The Wellcome Trust to talk science and filmmaking over a glass of wine
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Nov21Wednesday: 8:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Best Sound Designer
award supported by Out Post Sound
Hot and Bothered - Mirella Pazzaglia
Moments - Rebecca Lloyd
Drink - Franziska Treutler
Small Sacrifices - Karen Collins
Storm House - Claudia Casasola & Victoria Prentice
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for all screenings on Wednesday 21st November for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov21Wednesday: 9:30 pm – 10:45 pm
Best Actor
award supported by Daniella Cesarei
with the Light Gallery. Hair and makeup by Debbie Storey
Passengers - Isla Ure
Her Next Door - Lizzie Roper
Shirin - Hussina Raja
Wild - Antonia Clarke
Pitfall - Stephanie Langton, Thea Cantell, Katie Redford
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for all screenings on Wednesday 21st November for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov22Thursday: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Underwire and Audio Network invite you to join them for a drink or two to talk about music and your next project.
This event is FREE!
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Nov22Thursday: 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm
Best Cinematographer
award supported by Sara Putt Associates
I am home: thoughts of a nomad - Anastasia Kirillova
Myrtle - Cathy Beasley
A Cullin Rising - Tania Galis
Racing Time - Adele Myers
Soledad - Justyna Szyszlo
Flight - Lauren Joy Kennett
Anatidae - Veronica Ibarra
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for all screenings on Thursday 22nd November for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov22Thursday: 7:45 pm – 8:50 pm
Best Producer
award supported by Women in Film and Television
Fifty - Rebecca Watkin
Ailema - Ceclilia Frugiuele
Stranger Danger - Debra Wootton and A D Cooper
Paper Mountains - Sophie Vickers
Stealth - Lorraine Edwards
The North London Book of the Dead - Shelley Rubenstein and Kath Mattock
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for all screenings on Thursday 22nd November for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov22Thursday: 9:15 pm – 10:30 pm
Best Editor
award supported by VET Post Production
Unravel - Prano Bailey-Bond
Hard to Say - Marta Pretty
Mother’s Song - Linda McCarthy
Orbit - Sian Clarke
Man vs Sand - Prano Bailey-Bond
Leonard - Joanne Postlewaite
AWOL - Lainey Adjoa Richardson
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for all screenings on Thursday 22nd November for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov23Friday: 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Best Screenwriter
award supported by Euroscript
Gerald’s Best Client - Stephanie Wessell
Island Queen - Nat Luurtsema
The Visit - Amelia Hann
Meconium - Rosanne Flynn
Pitfall - Francesca Fowler
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for both Dream Drafters and She Scores programmes for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov23Friday: 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm
Best Composer
Supported by Imagem
Glitter and Storm - Susan Stenger
Safe (A tale about Hope) - Francesco Ghersina
12 - Justine Barker
Spare - Lucy Claire Thornton
Unravel - Eleni Hassabis
Le Fiamme Di Nule - Rossella Faa
Breathe In - Mariah Wester
Tosh - Naomi McLean
Tickets are £10.50, or join us for both Dream Drafters and She Scores programmes for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov23Friday: 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
LOCO presents LIVE WIRE, a night of live and filmed comedy hosted by Cariad Lloyd. Featuring live comedy from Lou Sanders, Hils Barker, Briony Redman, Sonya Vine & Lady Garden and films by Alice Lowe & Jacqueline Wright, Becky Sloan, Louisa Fielden, Cariad Lloyd & the Blaine Brothers. Join us to celebrate Britain’s smartest and funniest women, and to meet other young comedy writers, performers and film-makers. LIVE WIRE is part of LOCO’s year-long focus on women in comedy, in partnership with Underwire. More details at www.locofilmfestival.com
Tickets are £10.50. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
A freelancer’s CV is their calling card. It may be the first thing an employer sees, therefore it has to work. Sara Putt Associates run CV clinics in order to advise people on how to present themselves in the best possible way through their CV. During a 15 minute session we analyse their existing CV and advise them on changes they should make.
Sessions must be booked in advance. Click here for the booking form.
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Nov24Saturday: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Euroscript’s Script Clinic that regularly features at the BFI and London Screenwriters’ Festival, visits with UnderWire to provide an opportunity for writers to get advice from experienced script doctors about their stories, scripts and ideas.
Sessions must be booked in advance and materials need to be submitted. Click here to book your slot, between 11am and 1pm on Saturday 24th November.
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Nov24Saturday: 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
with Abigail Addison
Panel discussion featuring several talented ladies who bring their ideas to life using animation techniques. The speakers will show work and share their career stories.
Speakers include Lizzy Hobbs, Birgitta Hosea, Ellie Land, Kate Anderson and Matilda Tristram.
Tickets are £7.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Walking the Wire: the practicalities of building, managing and succeeding in the creative media industries.
A mega marathon of a workshop providing practical and empowering information vital for women working in the creative and media industries. From how to do it to who’s doing it great, from having kids to finding a mentor, we’ll be covering it all. This is the careers shot in the arm we all need, from those just embarking on their professional journey to those finding themselves at a fork in the road.
This event is FREE! but please make sure to complete the form below to secure a place.
Produced by Tamsyn Dent: PhD Researcher on Gender and the Creative Media Industries and Olivia Bellas – Consultant to the Cultural Industries, Director of The Original Ranch
1pm - 1.45pm - A Guide to Wearing Multiple Hats
Practical tips on how to get work and stay in work as well as juggling different roles across different sectors. Q&A with Jules Wright; Founder/Director The Wapping Project, Film & Video Curator, Theatre Director
1.45pm - 2.30pm - Making Work Work for You
Revealing current industry and academic research this section will both inform participants on the realities facing women working in the creative industries and provide some examples of good practice – women who have made it work for them.
2.30pm - 3.30pm - Spread the Love
Benefits of Networks, mentors, role models: Find them, keep them, create them, become them.
Panel discussion with:
Mentees from WFTV (Women Film and Television) Mentoring Scheme
Sian Harries is a comedy writer who writes gags for TV and Radio and was the winner of the BBC Radio One Best Comedy Drama Sketch 2006.
Uli Hesse has produced and directed for 15 years: Documentaries, current affairs and specialist factual programmes on medical science, history and arts.
Cindy Pace Depasquale - Based in London, England, Cindy Pace Depasquale an award winning writer/producer/director from Los Angeles
And joined by -
Fatima Najm: Journalist, filmmaker and founder of Creatives against Poverty: film making workshops, mentoring programmes and voluntourism projects in Congo, India, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
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Nov24Saturday: 2:10 pm – 3:20 pm
Outstanding work by female practitioner aged 15 - 25
supported by BFI Future Film
The Golden Bird - Director - Cat Bruce
Breathe In - Director - Kate Dolan
The Peculiar Case of Mr Pretzel - Director - Leesa Ulanova & Writer - Veera Burger
Candy Girl - Director - Lucy Luscombe
Wild - Production and Costume Designer - Anna Oldham-Cooper
Tosh - Director - Daisy Jacobs
Fifty - Composer - Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Passengers - Director, Producer, Writer and Co-Editor - Isla Ure
Tickets are £10.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15.Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Continuing the spirit of our national Underwire Tour we are offering 10 places for an in depth chat with Sarah Mosses (Partnerships Manager) from the BRITDOC Foundation, getting you up to speed on all things doc. Do you have questions about funding, distribution, marketing, social impact? Sign up for the forum and get the answers you need. As part of the session, please bring a 60 second clip of your documentary in progress / or a doc you really like on DVD.
To reserve your place, please complete the form below:
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Nov24Saturday: 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
with the London Short Film Festival
A filmmaker, a critic and a programmer look at the gender gap, roll up their sleeves and get myth-busting on common misconceptions about female filmmakers and the struggles they face in making the transition from short films to features. Carol Morley (Dreams of a Life), Hannah McGill (Sight & Sound, The List), Lizzie Francke (Senior Production Executive at British Film Institiute Film Fund) and Kate Taylor (Independent Cinema Office) will take a series of familiar complaints, rip them to shreds, and then read the shreds like tea leaves, looking forward to a time when the question “How does it feel to be a woman filmmaker?” is never asked again.
Tickets are £7.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Why DSLRs are changing DIY filmmaking from the avant garde to the mainstream
From Aardman Animations to many of Underwire’s submissions, the film industry is taking notice of the beautiful quality of projects shot on DSLRs. This workshop will identify key areas of growth for the technology; whether distributed online or in professional formats, DSLR shooting techniques are becoming the norm and we will trace the development of the style. Using filters, post-production techniques, and manual shooting settings, the session will also illustrate some of the best techniques to help productions achieve the camera’s sought-after professional and dreamy look. We will feature clips from up-and-coming artists as well as more mainstream productions to pinpoint and identify just why DSLR shooting is on the rise
Tickets are £7.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
with S4London
A prize winning film from UnderWire 2011, “Nocturn” is being re-shown at the 2012 festival as a case study for the process of short film production, along with a series of Q&As from the team that made it. See the film’s trailer here.
Join writer/director and XX Award winner Leanne Welham, Producing Award winner Rosie Crerar, director of photography Kate Reid and make-up designer Kari Rodnes to talk about writing and making this great short film. 2011 Producing Award judges at Underwire Film Festival 2011 were impressed by Rosie Crerar “skillfully negotiating a night shoot in several locations and securing a top-class professional cast, while managing a relationship with the film’s funding bodies, UK Film Council and Screen South, throughout the production.”
S4 is an on-going screening night taking place on the third Wednesday of every month that forms an in-depth look at the craft of short films & their writing, shooting and production via a series of Q&As and screenings. See www.facebook.com/s4london and @s4london for more info.
Tickets are £7.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Female Filmmaking Duo Bert&Bertie host a fun Game Show format session that pits co-creatives against single genii in an hour-long test of wit, skill and creativity.
Panellists include Rob Lord (Composer), Tameem Antonaides (Game Director), Bert&Bertie (Filmmakers) and Helen Jack and Gemma Mitchell (Co-Directors, UnderWire). Our honorary Bob Holness will be performed by Harriet Fleuriot.
Expect questions, creative challenges and audience participation as the Bertish Council discover the answer to their burning question: ARE TWO HEADS BETTER THAN ONE?
Tickets are £7.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm
Best Director
award supported by Directors UK
Skirt - Amanda Boyle
Days of Awe - Rehana Rose Khan
This Life That Chose Me - Chloe White
Belly - Julia Pott
Sweetheart - Eva Riley
Candy Girl - Lucy Luscombe
Summit - Medeni Griffiths
Tickets are £7.50, or join us ALL DAY on Saturday 24th Nov for just £15. Buy tickets by calling the Ritzy Box Office on 0871 902 5739 or online here.
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Nov24Saturday: 8:00 pm – 12:00 am
Join us for a celebration boogie from 8pm at the Kaff bar, just a two minute walk from the Ritzy cinema
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