Claire Oakley won Best Director in 2014 for Tracks. What’s your background? I studied English Lit at Edinburgh University and then started assisting...
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Victoria Wijeratne won the Best Composer Award in 2011 for First Bite. What’s your background? I currently score original music for feature and sh...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Victoria Wijeratne
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 happ...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Georgia Parris
Francesca Fowler received the Best Writer Award in 2012 for Pitfall and was nominated for the Best Actor Award in 2013. What’s your backgroun...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Francesca Fowler
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 program...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Alex Harwood
At July’s Time of the Month we announced the exciting collaboration with the Tommy Vine Fund on a Screenwriting Competition. The theme is “Reflect...
Read MoreWinners share success stories PLUS Screenwriting Competition with The Tommy Vine Fund
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 Hackne...
Read MoreExciting Plans for Year 6!
With the festival underway there’s plenty of opportunity to catch up with alumnae - not least being our Underwire Reunion on Saturday 15th...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Lucy Patrick Ward
In the run up to the 5th year of Underwire, we’ve been finding out what happened next for filmmakers who screened at the festival. This week, we...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Steph Wessell
As part of our series of interviews - catching up with Underwire alumni - we’ve been asking previous nominees and winners for their ...
Read MoreAdvice from Underwire Alumni
As Underwire 2014 approaches, we are still catching up with alumni. This week we hear from Emily Blickem, who won Best Producer at last year’s f...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Emily Blickem
As we continue to champion female filmmakers here at Underwire we are keen to keep track of our alumni and celebrate their achievements. In the run u...
Read MoreCatching up with Underwire Alumni: Justine Barker
As we approach Underwire 2014, we’ve been getting in touch with some of our alumni to find out what they’ve been working on since they sho...
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