Women Wednesdays
Spotlighting Regina King #WomenWednesdays
20 August 2021For four consecutive #WomenWednesdays entries, we're spotlighting 4 female actors who decided to take a seat in the director's chair! Utilising their knowledge and...
Introducing our new weekly series #WomenWednesdays!
20 August 2021We’re thrilled to introduce our new weekly series #WomenWednesdays, here on our LFA blog, highlighting the power, vision and genius...
Spotlighting Kinuyo Tanaka #WomenWednesdays
25 August 2021It’s #WomenWednesdays! This week we're continuing to put the spotlight on female actors-turned-directors; without further ado, let us give you a snapshot...
Spotlighting Ida Lupino #WomenWednesdays
01 September 2021For this weeks’ #WomenWednesdays we’re taking a trip back to the 1950s, to celebrate the female actor-turned-director, producer and screenwriter, Ida Lupino. ...
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Spotlighting Emerald Fennell #WomenWednesdays
08 September 2021For our last #WomenWednesdays instalment of female actors-turned-directors, we’re zooming in on the breakout career of Emerald Fennell. Image credits...
Spotlighting Janicza Bravo #WomenWednesdays
15 September 2021Janicza Bravo, the female American director who helmed this summer's hottest release, 'Zola'! Next up on #WomenWednesdays we're highlighting the life and work of this...
Spotlighting Nia DaCosta #WomenWednesdays
29 September 2021It's #WomenWednesdays, and today we're spotlighting the female American filmmaker Nia DaCosta, who directed this year's hotly anticipated, Jordan-Peele produced,...
Spotlighting Ava DuVernay #WomenWednesdays
06 October 2021For this month’s #WomenWednesdays posts we’ll be spotlighting the work of four Black female filmmakers who have made history with their pioneering, trailblazing and...
Spotlighting Amma Asante #WomenWednesdays
13 October 2021Today we’re continuing our series of #WomenWednesdays spotlights throughout #BlackHistoryMonth, by celebrating the formidable career of Amma Asante! This Black British director was born to Ghanaian parents,...
Spotlighting Euzhan Palcy #WomenWednesdays
20 October 2021Euzhan Palcy is one of the most significant and pioneering Black female filmmakers in history, but her name isn’t known as widely as you’d...
Spotlighting Dee Rees #WomenWednesdays
27 October 2021Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Rees had a unique entry into the world of filmmaking, working in a range of different job roles before...
#WomenWednesdays revisiting Alicia Malone’s incredible talk!
03 November 2021When you think of a film director, what image comes to mind? This is the question that Alicia Malone asks...
#WomenWednesdays Exploring Martin Scorsese’s female characters!
17 November 2021Happy birthday, Martin Scorsese! The legendary American director turns 79 today, marking a six-decades long career in the film industry....
#WomenWednesday Spotlighting Sarah Gavron
29 December 2021Our BA (Hons) Filmmaking class of 2021 were lucky enough to receive their undergraduate degree certificates at our LFA Showcase...
#WomenWednesdays Spotlighting Alice Lowe
19 January 2022Our Filmmakers’ Club members were treated to an exclusive Q&A session from Renaissance woman, and screen industry polymath, Alice Lowe,...
#WomenWednesdays Spotlighting LFA Alumni, Deana Uppal (Director: 'India's Forgotten People)
16 February 2022Deana Uppal graduated from the LFA Documentary Filmmaking Certificate in 2018, and is one of our treasured, female alumni. Since...
Celebrating #WomenInFilm in honour of #InternationalWomensDay
31 March 2022Did you know that women made up only 38% of behind-the-scenes roles in feature film productions from 2020-2021? And only...
#WomenWednesdays Marian Vosumets Interview: LFA MA Filmmaking Student and Writer/Director of ‘The Body Fights Back’ Documentary.
14 June 2022Marian Vosumets is an Estonian filmmaker, journalist and founder of the independent production house, Lola Productions. Having forged a career...