WFTV Christmas Party, NI Mentoring Launches and more…
Women in Film & Television (UK)
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Welcome From the Chair 
Hi Everyone, 
Huge thanks to everyone who came to our screening and discussion of The Morning Show last Friday with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon. The session which was held in partnership with Apple TV +, was our fastest selling event ever! We were very fortunate to have the executive producers Michael Ellenberg and Mimi Leder - who also directed three episodes - there too. They took part in our panel discussion, which was expertly chaired by Jenni Falconer. Many thanks to Jay Hunt and her team for helping us make this happen and we look forward to working with Apple on future events. 
Following the huge success of our mentoring scheme, I am delighted to let you know that as part of our continuing commitment to developing WFTV’s activities and events beyond the M25, I am going to the Belfast Media Festival on Wednesday, where I will be announcing the launch of our Northern Irish mentoring scheme. Applications open this Wednesday and close on Monday 13 January 2020. Best ___________________________________________________________________________ Upcoming WFTV Events WFTV Christmas Drinks 
Thursday 12 December, 18:30 | October Gallery, London The cattle are lowing… The baby awaits…Well, not quite, but it is time for the annual WFTV Christmas party! So if you would like to indulge in a few mince pies and a drink or three we would love to see you. We'll even have a Christmas choir and two chocolate fountains for you to throw yourselves into, to get into the festive spirit. Tickets are £10 for members, £15 for non-members. This year, we will be supporting the women’s charity Solace, and are encouraging guests to bring a gift to donate to a women’s refuge supported by Solace.
WFTV Events Round-Up 
And hello from the other side of the office! Scarlet and I are about to hop on a train to Bristol, we’ve got an exciting meeting with various production companies, and are hoping to see some regional activity develop here soon – watch this space 😊. Slightly further along the M4, we’ve got a Cardiff Networking event at Cameo Club, these are open to members and non-members and we encourage you to bring a friend along too, the more the merrier! As a new addition to our social events strand, we thought it might be nice to have a more relaxed sit down, get to know each other, opportunity. You’ll see that we’ve booked an evening at a fabulous boutique wine parlour and speakeasy, Grays & Feather. WFTV members will have exclusive use
of the upstairs area, and choice of a main course, pudding and glass of wine for £20. Sounds like a good way to spend a Monday evening to us! Best, ___________________________________________________________________________ WFTV Members' News 
Congratulations to writer Kirstie Swain who has been selected as one of this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough Brits. Kirstie, who wrote Channel 4 comedy-drama Pure, joins the scheme alongside 19 other talented newcomers from the film, games and television industries, having been selected by an industry jury. Meet all of this year's Breakthrough Brits HERE. Congratulations to writer/director Nessa Wrafter whose short film, Early Days, recently won Best Irish Short at the Dublin Feminist Film Festival. The gong follows on from a number of other wins and In Competition screenings at festivals in the UK, Ireland and beyond. The film has also been shortlisted for the Performance Insurance Short Film Competition. Good luck Nessa! 
Mnemophrenia, the science fiction feature film and directorial debut of Dr Eirini Konstantinidou, is now available to watch on Amazon. The film took seven years to complete and through three intertwining stories explores the effects of a new psychosis caused by advanced virtual reality that blends real and artificial memories. Watch the film on Amazon and leave a review HERE. Saints, sirens, sinners, and the enduring femme fatale – 1940s noir had issues with women! Join writer Helen Jacey for a lively talk at the Cinema Museum, 7:00pm on 4 December where she will put famous noir characters under the spotlight and explore reinventing the 1940s from a female gaze in her crime series, Elvira Slate Investigations. The event includes the launch of Chipped Pearls: Elvira Slate Investigations Book 2. Register HERE. 
Writer/director Victoria Thomas will be speaking on the Direct to Success panel taking place at the TriForce Short Film Festival at BFI Southbank on Saturday 30 November. Victoria will be talking alongside a range of other industry creatives and execs at the event, which has a focus on recognising and supporting diverse talent. Find out more and register HERE. Natasha Markou of London Production Studios is the Executive Producer of Lead Belly, which has just completed production. The film has been made to support the charities Soldiers Off The Street, Combat Stress and Broughton House. Their cause has gathered support from stars of Hollyoaks and Emmerdale such as Jamie Lomas, Sammy Winward, Jacob Roberts and Anthony Quinlan, as well as other talented cast and crew. 
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Around the Industry... A wealth of female creative talent was recognised at last night’s BAFTA Scotland Awards, including Nicole Taylor, Faye Ward and Jessie Buckley - the writer, producer and star respectively of Wild Rose. Script supervisor Pat Rambaut was awarded the Outstanding Contribution To Craft Award. This year’s BIFA nominations have been revealed. On- and off-screen female talents are represented in the Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Producer categories as well as many others. Winners will be announced on 1 December. Warner Bros. Pictures has signed a multi-film pact with Locksmith Animation, the studio co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch which is co-run by Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart. Film London has announced the 10 participants selected for its new Equal Access Network leadership programme for BAME professionals. MindSet is a new mental health awareness training programme for film and TV producers, managers and HoDs taking place in Cardiff on 4 & 5 December. Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation have launched a 10-point Creative Industries Manifesto. Screen Yorkshire is recruiting for an Administrative Assistant for its Beyond Brontës programme. This is a full time job based in Leeds. The deadline to apply is 18 November. This Wednesday at the Belfast Media Festival, find out about the BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund, explore diversity and representation within youth content and lots more. Submissions are now open for BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which will take place 18 - 29 March 2020. Get your films in by 19 December. Femspectives is looking for Scottish short films produced in the last 5 years, directed by womxn and telling a feminist story. Send submissions to he...@femspectives.com. The BBC Writers Room Wales Festival will take place in Cardiff on Monday 9 December. Tickets are free and you can secure yours today. Present your first, second or third features at Sofia Meetings Co-Production Market to connect with potential financiers and partners. Apply by Sunday 1 December. Northampton’s Q-Film Weekender returns 8-10 November at the Northampton Filmhouse. Explore the line-up, which celebrates LGBTQIA+ films and voices. This Saturday afternoon at BFI Southbank, catch docudrama Barrow: Freedom Fighter followed by a Skype Q&A with director Marcia Weekes. Global Action Plan’s Flickers of the Future competition is calling on creatives aged 18 - 29 to enter ideas that showcase alternative, sustainable ways of living. This Thursday, join CVP in Fitzrovia for an early access look at the new flagship Sony FX9 with expert Richard Lewis. The programme for this year’s Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest is now live. Taking place 12 – 17 November at various venues in East London. Find out what’s on and book today. Geena Davis has received an honorary Oscar for her efforts to promote a more balanced representation of women on screen. Watch her speech here. On now: explore women’s voices at the London Korean Film Festival, taking place until 14 November. Women in the EU still earn on average 16% less than men. Today is European Equal Pay Day, which symbolically represents when women stop getting paid for doing the same job as their male counterparts. Festival Watch ATTEND: 30 Oct - 9 November: UK Green Film Festival | 1 - 17 November: Doc’N Roll Film Festival London | 1 - 14 November: London Korean Film Festival | 6 November: Belfast Media Festival | 6 - 10 November: Aesthetica Short Film Festival | 6 - 21 November: UK Jewish Film Festival | 7 - 17 November: FilmBath
| 8 - 10 November: Q-Film Weekender | 24 - 27 November: Document Human Rights Film Festival | 26 November: Future of Film Summit SUBMIT TO: 6 December: Sheffield Doc/Fest (early bird) | 15 December: Alchemy Moving Image Festival (late deadline) | 19 December: BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival | 20 December: Open City Documentary Festival (early bird deadline) | 20 December: British Independent Film Festival | 20 December: British Documentary Film Festival | 5 January: LOCO (final deadline)
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