Catching up with Underwire Alumni: Victoria Wijeratne
Victoria Wijeratne won the Best Composer Award in 2011 for First Bite. What’s your background? I currently score original music for feature and short films, as well as having a…
Catching up with Underwire Alumni: Georgia Parris
Georgia Parris won the XX Award in 2014 for A Moment to Move. What’s your background? I trained as an Actor but soon realised I was much happier behind…
Catching up with Underwire Alumni: Francesca Fowler
Francesca Fowler received the Best Writer Award in 2012 for Pitfall and was nominated for the Best Actor Award in 2013. What’s your background? I started acting professionally in…
Catching up with Underwire Alumni: Alex Harwood
Alex Harwood was nominated for Best Composer in 2011, and scored Satan has a Bushy Tail which screens in the In the Cut: the Best Editor Award programme at Underwire…
PRESS RELEASE: Underwire Festival 2015
UK’s only short film festival for women filmmakers showcases feature films for first time. Underwire Festival 2015, the only film festival in the UK to focus on female filmmaking talent,…
Round-up: Freelancing 101
Top industry speakers and experts came together on Friday 11th September in Hackney Attic, at Hackney Picturehouse, to share their knowledge and advice with freelancers. Attendees working across all areas…
Winners share success stories PLUS Screenwriting Competition with The Tommy Vine Fund
At July’s Time of the Month we announced the exciting collaboration with the Tommy Vine Fund on a Screenwriting Competition. The theme is “Reflections” and there is a prize of…
Screenwriting competition
We have teamed up with the Tommy Vine Fund who are offering writers the opportunity to win £700 towards making a short film of their script. The Tommy Vine Fund…
Focus on our partner VET
East London post house, VET, has partnered with Underwire since its inception, producing the programme files that we screen each year to ensure that every film is shown at its…
Time of the Month: July 2015
Tuesday 21 July 7pm - 9pm Hackney Attic Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, London E8 1HE Travel: Hackney Central Overground or buses 48, 55, 106, 254, 277, 394 Free entry, pay bar. This…
Exciting Plans for Year 6!
On 3rd June at Hackney Attic, we announced our plans for the 6th year of Underwire. The festival will take place from 20th – 22nd November at Hackney Picturehouse and…
A few words from our Patron Laura Mulvey
https://vimeo.com/73846050 We're thrilled to be able to share this insight from the legendary feminist film theorist, Laura Mulvey, who is a great supporter of the work we do. “I’m really…