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“Transitions” Thirteenth International Women and the Silent Screen Conference Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City June 8-11, 2027 Deadline for Proposals: October 21, 2026 The silent film era’s manifold shifts toward synchronous sound production approximately a century ago make the topic of “transitions” and cinema ripe for critical engagement from feminist, queer, trans, and decolonial perspectives.…
by Peter Krämer At the age of 43, Emily Blunt has reached another peak in her two-and-a-half-decade-long career with the back-to-back releases, in May and June 2026, of the comedy-drama sequel The Devil Wears Prada 2, for which she was billed third above the title, and Steven Spielberg’s science fiction thriller Disclosure Day, for which […]
Apply by September 15, 2026 The Women and Film History International (WFHI) Student Project Award recognises exceptional scholarly or creative work engaging women’s labour in historical cinema industries and cultures worldwide. We define “women” from a broad, anti-racist, trans-inclusive perspective. Sponsored by the San Francisco Film Preserve, the award consists of a $600 USD prize […]
Please join us for the inaugural Women’s Broadcasting Histories Conference, taking place at the University of East Anglia from 25 to 26 June. Don’t miss out — registration closes on 7 June. Keynote Speakers: Dr Vicky Ball (De Montfort University, UK); Dr Christine Ehrick (University of Louisville, USA) Industry Roundtable Speakers: Helen Serafinowicz (Motherland, Amandaland); […]
by Janet McCabe, Director of BIMI (Birkbeck Institute of the Moving Image) What does it mean to recover a filmmaker who left almost nothing behind? That was the question at the centre of Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence — a documentary about one of the most prolific female filmmakers of the silent era. Between 1906 and […]
The Women’s Film and Television History Network (WFTHN) presents two special screenings of Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence / Oltre il Silenzio (Valerio Ciriaci, 2025, 90 mins) this May, in collaboration with the film’s producers, at the University of Sussex and Birkbeck Institute of the Moving Image (BIMI). A pioneer of Neapolitan silent cinema, Elvira Notari […]
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Photo from JGPACA Join us as Onyeka Igwe discusses her new book, June Givanni: The Making of a Pan African Film Archive With Emma Sandon, Birkbeck, University of London and a director of the JGPACA Wednesday 25 February 2026, 17.00 – 18.30 GMT on ZOOM The June Givanni Pan African Film Archive contains thousands of films from […]
by Ben Keightley As part of my PhD research, which explores and analyses representations of women in the Third Golden Age of Television,[i] I have been watching many female-centric series. During this research, I have noticed the recurring presence of a narratological device that was virtually non-existent before this period: the voiceover. This blog post […]
by Julie Anne Taddeo Warning: This article is divided into two parts, but both have detailed descriptions of sexual violence in the book and TV series, Rivals. Author’s Note: This essay was written before the death of Dame Jilly Cooper. I’d like to believe that, as the executive producer of the TV adaptation of Rivals, she was […]
