Norwich Women's Film Weekend
norwich womens film weekend nwfw twoday annual event ran year cinema city norwich organised promote encourage woman filmmaker present audience film dealing womens issue first programme put first event created curated managed implemented group called cinewomen nwfw lasted longer womens film festival uk form part history womens cinema feminism generally also history culture art norwich event initiated late ginette vincendeau started phd film study university east anglia uea member council management known norfolk norwich film theatre nnft partsponsored eastern art association british film institute bfi nnft became cinema city april vincendeau joined uea librarian biddy fisher postgraduate film student caroline merz teresa grime also filmmaker elizabeth bee lecturer education woman joined cinewomen certain time year existence time explosion feminist work significant impact cinema term filmmaking film theory creation nwfw encouraged feminist theoretician filmmaker laura mulvey followed successful event called woman film organised ginette vincendeau led directly first womens film weekend nwfw held cinema city norwich england one threeday weekend year except cinewomens aim make festival accessible many woman possible local including uea student across uk key aim free accommodation childcare onsite food cost price primarily festival incorporated discussion session live interview nwfw placed emphasis screening many themed film session possible less conferencestyle debate screening introduced variety speaker often filmmakerdirector range talk exhibition discussion ran event beginning nwfw showed range significant film european art cinema british war documentary workshop political film avantgarde cinema mainstream production however one major theme examination image woman recognising cinema screen dominated woman romantic figure sex object event aimed show woman filmmaker portrayed womens life elaborated feminist theme personal political accent work motherhood sexuality reclaiming place woman history nwfw also aimed reappraise womens role film production showing work classic director alice guy dorothy arzner germaine dulac ida lupino output thenneglected woman worked british industry including muriel box wendy toye kay mander jill craigie four latter came nwfw discus film audience festival also made point showing work contemporary woman director recast history female perspective helma sandersbrahms pat murphy claudia von alemann margarethe von trotta many film recognised pioneering film chantal akerman valie export sally potter margaret tait tina keane li rhodes yvonne rainer catherine breillat jan oxenberg shown nwfw throughout year also included distinctly militant brand cinema placed feminist struggle explicitly within term class well gender referencing womens struggle including greenham common womens peace camp dagenham sewing machinists’ strike another important strand film addressed sexual gender politics growing awareness acceptance queer called gay lesbian question politicised many practitioner comedy six unnatural act jan oxenberg screened event today recognised pioneering work queer cinema burgeoning network ukwide filmmaking group collective fed programming nwfw film made berwick street collective leeds animation workshop london filmmaker coop sheffield film coop birmingham film video workshop cinema action south wale sprokettes york member feminist film distributor cow cinema woman circle invited speak nwfw also offered exhibition space work photographer including jo spence terry dennett marianne majerus displayed lastly emanating directly academic film study strand reexamined classical contemporary hollywood film analyse construction strong female character – instance film noir reckless moment directed max ophuls similarly screening student nurse exploitation film directed stephanie rothman produced roger corman inspired feminist film theorist pam cook’s review film read grain showed stereotypical representation sexy bimbo film actually dealt crucial womens issue abortion offering powerful female character nwfw organiser include elizabeth bee pat carter biddy fisher teresa grime caroline merz heba saleh pat treasure ginette vincendeau organiser include mandy cran biddy fisher avril goodwin alison gumbley margaret o’connor france tye claire whiston sue winston september originator norwich womens film weekend elizabeth bee biddy fisher teresa grime caroline merz ginette vincendeau reunited virtual event norwich womens film weekend reclaiming history unique feminist event part art critic jonathan p watt public talk programme hosted norwichbased art organisation assembly online five cinewomen reflected origin life evolution annual nwfw year also open discussion qa session participant led watt october – round reduced personality redupers dir helke sander west germany student nurse dir stephanie rothman usa reckless moment dir max ophüls usa mildred pierce dir michael curtiz usa woman war uk wing shoulder canada jane brown change job ministry labour uk keep wheel turning ministry labour uk also serve dir ruby grierson uk nightcleaners strike part berwick street film collective uk shirins wedding dir helma sandersbrahms west germany animation live action dir vera neubauer uk rapunzel let hair dir susan shapiro esther ronay francine winham uk linda beyond unexpected dir audrey summerhill cow uk never promised happy ending dir maggie seller cow uk taught girl dir mari peacock melanie chait cow uk two plus two dir caroline sheldon uk home movie dir jan oxenberg usa comedy six unnatural act dir jan oxenberg usa lucía dir humberto solás cuba october – le rendezvous danna dir chantal akerman francebelgiumwest germany nea young emmanuelle dir nelly kaplan francewest germany smiling madame beudet dir germaine dulac france mesh afternoon dir maya deren usa land dir maya deren usa amy dir laura mulvey peter wollen uk christopher strong dir dorothy arzner usa baby banner dir lorraine gray womens labour history film project usa one way another dir sara gómez cuba daughter rite dir michelle citron usa working title dir teresa grime uk sigmund freud dora dir anthony mccall claire pajaczkowska usa thriller dir sally potter uk alive dir womens film workshop uclacalifornia institute woman usa india song dir marguerite dura france october – la fiancée du pirate dir nelly kaplan france blind spot die reise nach lyon dir claudia von alemann west germany fall romanov dynasty dir esther schub ussr triumph dir leni riefenstahl germany germany pale mother dir helma sandersbrahms west germany house divided dir alice guy usa blot dir lois weber usa ritual memory dir pat murphy uk shadow journey dir tina keane uk maeve dir pat murphy john davy uk outrage dir ida lupino usa merrily go hell dir dorothy arzner usa october – invisible adversary dir valie export austria backland famous five film uk epic poem dir lezlian barrett uk live cinema action uk zechmeister dir angela summereder austria picture pink paper dir li rhodes uk come bride dir france bowyer uk question silence dir marleen gorris netherlands two german sister dir margarethe von trotta west germany nightshift dir robina rose uk funny valentine dir maya brandt uk doll eye dir jan worth uk april – give u smile leeds animation workshop uk born flame dir lizzie borden usa guard dir susan lambert australia serious undertaking dir helen grace australia good cause wimmin dir penny florence noe mandelle uk hunger year land plenty hungerjahre dir jutta brückner west germany woman dir jill craigie uk blue scar dir jill craigie uk question choice sheffield film coop uk entre nous coupe de foudre dir diane kurys france red skirt clydeside sheffield film cooperative uk home people dir kay mander uk gold digger dir sally potter uk half life dir christine noll brinckmann west germany toute une nuit dir chantal akerman francebelgium march – fast time ridgemont high dir amy heckerling usa peppermint freedom dir marianne rosenbaum west germany woman steel sheffield film cooperative uk sudden wrench bbc tv writer paula milne uk class itv dir marilyn gaunt uk future emily dir helma sandersbrahms west germany bitter wage dir audrey droisen uk street corner dir muriel box uk anne devlin dir pat murphy ireland april – desperately seeking susan dir susan seidelman usa pumping iron ii woman dir george butler usa love letter dir amy holden jones usa binding love dir karin ingham uk dust dir marion hänsel belgium mary dir wendy toye uk done dir debra j robinson usa illusion dir julie dash usa marriage dir valeria sarmiento france rue casesnègres dir euzhan palcy france open space contemporary filmmaker screened work listing may – rate x dir paula de koenigsberg lucy winer usa related voice dir sophie o’neill uk cutting edge dir karen ingham uk springfield dir emma calder uk madame potatoe dir emma calder uk men dir doris dörrie west germany home brave dir laurie anderson usa working girl dir lizzie borden usa man envied woman dir yvonne rainer usa girl zone birmingham film video workshop uk crop robber leeds animation workshop uk wonderful woman dir betty houlden sylvia greenwood sheffield film cooperative uk hour star hora da estrela dir suzana amaral brazil golden eighty dir chantal akerman francebelgiumswitzerland london story dir sally potter uk june – making mr right dir susan seidelman usa near dark dir kathryn bigelow usa making biscuit dir sharon laura australia damsel damned dir wendy thompson australia colour poem dir margaret tait uk place work dir margaret tait uk tailpiece dir margaret tait uk aerial dir margaret tait uk peel dir jane campion australia passionless moment dir jane campion australia girl story dir jane campion australia nice coloured girl dir tracey moffatt australia life without steve dir gillian leahy australia high tide dir gillian armstrong australia wheel dir elisabeth kozmianledward uk gun democracy guatemala dir patricia goudvis usa passion dir sylvia chang hong kong selection short film british independent filmmaker including taking stage dir noeleen gratton video dir video vera uranium hex dir sandra lahire gladis underground dir maya brandt girl night dir joanna quinn murder foul dir gillian lacey dreaming river prod sankofa workshop black dog dir alison de vere may – behind veil dir ahmed jamal sabiha sumar pakistanuk kill priest dir agnieszka holland usafrance coffee coloured child dir ngozi onwurah uk best wish dir ngozi onwurah uk need must devil drive video womens trade union history detail salaam bombay dir mira nair indiafranceuk virgin dir catherine breillat france grass deep dir jennie russell uk diary lover dir márta mészáros hungary five woman painter c dir teresa grime uk assembly online event youtube norwich womens film weekend september norwich womens film weekend official website