March 8th is International Women’s Day.
IWD 2022 campaign theme: #BreakTheBias
Imagine a gender equal world.
A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination.
A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
A world where difference is valued and celebrated.
Together we can forge women's equality.
Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias.
Birds Eye View: Reclaim the Frame
Reclaim the Frame x International will kickstart with an online talk as part of Beirut Women Film Festival on International Women’s Day, 8th March, featuring representatives of each of the partner festivals. Watch live and thereafter on the Birds Eye View YouTube Channel.
Birds Eye View Director Melanie Iredale, along with inspirational women in film like Film4 's Farhana Bhula, BFI Fund's Mia Bays, Picturehouse's Claire Binns, spoke to Screen International about the films and pioneering women that have inspired her career for #IWD2022.
Read here.
International Women’s Day
See post from last year for more about International Women’s day and related links. Including Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts - collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists.
Zarah Sultana writes about the radical socialist and internationalist roots of #InternationalWomensDay in this article in Tribune Magazine.
