In the Cut: Editor Programme
In the Cut Editor Programme, supported by VET Shortwave Cinema Thursday November 24th, 21:30 Still from 'Sunday' Radio Amina (2011), 08.15 - Katie Bryer Radio Amina tells the story…
Celluloid Sculptures: Director Programme
Celluloid Sculptures Director Programme, supported by Directors UK Shortwave Cinema Friday November 25th, 18:00 still from 'Our Ordered Lives'N25 (2010), 10.00 - Treasa O’Brien Passengers on a night bus face…
UnderWire 2011 Tickets
UnderWire tickets are now no-longer available for presale BUT we do have tickets left for our workshops on Saturday the 26th so please come down to Shortwave Cinema in Bermondsey…
f-you! We’re in the f-word.
You can imagine our delight when we were approached by Sophie Mayer - author of Her Various Scalpels (2009), The Cinema of Sally Potter (2009) and The Private Parts of Girls…
This is what a feminist (and UnderWire patron) looks like - Samira Ahmed gets behind the festival
One-time face of Channel 4 news. check. BBC correspondent. check. Radio 4 presenter. check. Interview Tony Blair in his rusty old banger. check. It seems like Samira Ahmed has spent…
Kim Longinotto is latest patron to join UnderWire
Yesterday was a good day, and not just because it was Thursday (which means it's nearly Friday and that means it's nearly the weekend. Get our thinking??). No, our excitement…
We’re off!
At last! UnderWire 2011 is now open for submissions. We're looking for women who are working on the best short films in the UK right now, across all key areas…
WINNER: Representation Award 2010
A touching portrait of the relationship between pregnant teenager Jude and her own young father Michael, with a bold performance from rising star Shomarri Diaz. The team behind Knock Off each receiving…
WINNER: Editing Award 2010
Made with funding from the Diesel New Voices project, Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautiful, verite style, 16mm film about the lives of 2 young skateboarders from Afghanistan.…
WINNER: Cinematography Award 2010
Sis is a remarkable film which walks a delicate line of portraying pedophilia in a story with a sense of humour. Writer/Director, Deborah Haywood, and producer, Tina Pawlik, put together…
WINNER: Screenwriting Award 2010
Writer/Director, Susan Everett, won one year's worth of bespoke script development from Euroscript with her short film, Mother, Mine. A young woman is grieving the death of her adoptive mother. Trying…
WINNER: Producing Award 2010
At only 3m 26secs, short film Pussy packs a punch. Ellie is being sexually bullied at school. Finding it too much to deal with alone, she eventually gets help, then she sees…
WINNER: Directing Award 2010
The skin-tingling Marigolds explores what goes on behind 'closed doors' of a seemingly normal family, living in a sleepy village. It exposes the fragile state of a 25-year lifeless and…