WFTV News & Blogs

This morning we were delighted to host Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Ardern for a very special breakfast and Q&A celebrating the new documentary Prime Minister, a brilliant portrait of a brilliant leader.

To celebrate Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, we were delighted to invite WFTV members and guests to a special luncheon with actress Renée Zellweger, director Michael Morris and author Helen Fielding, including a Q&A hosted by Rhianna Dhillon.

We are thrilled to announce applications are now open for The Elouise Carden Rising Star in Post Production Bursary, in partnership with Radiant Post Production Group. The bursary recognises and supports early-career women working in post production in memory of Elouise Carden , the co-owner and joint managing director of Rapid Pictures and Radiant Post Production. We are delighted to announce that 25 nominees will each receive a free annual membership to WFTV, providing valu

Hope Elliott-Kemp spends her days dreaming up stories that keep you awake at night. An award-winning British writer-director and provocative Gen-Z voice, she creates work that’s funny, fearless and original: danger with a heart, and something to say. She was longlisted for BIFA Best Debut Screenwriter 2025 for Lifehack , a genre-defying heist thriller produced by Timur Bekmambetov ( Night Watch , Day Watch , Wanted ). Her films have screened at Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying fe

On Saturday we were so thrilled to be joined by some of the talent behind Lynne Ramsay’s extraordinary new film Die My Love, including casting director Lucy Pardee, producers Andrea Calderwood and Justine Ciarrocchi and lead actor Jennifer Lawrence.

Women in Film and Television UK (WFTV) is continuing its commitment to female leadership with the launch of the 2025 Fast Track to Fearless Leadership Programme. The programme for women in leadership roles, in partnership with Sunbelt Rentals, equips female leaders with the skills, agility, and vision to reshape the future of film, television, screen industries and creative media.

Last week WFTV members were invited to a preview screening of Materialists, written and directed by Celine Song and starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, hosted by Sony Pictures.

Candid Broads is a BAFTA-nominated production company founded in 2020 by French-British producer Oriane Pick . The company aims to...

It was wonderful to see so many of members enjoying our inaugural WFTV Festival at the Garden Cinema in central London on Friday 7 March in celebration of International Women's Day 2025.

Women in Film and TV (UK) (WFTV) is stepping up its efforts to empower women in the screen industries with the launch of its 2025 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme. Designed for mid-career women working in film, television, and creative media, the scheme offers unparalleled opportunities to accelerate careers in an industry where women remain underrepresented in leadership roles. Photo credit: Helen Murray | The England 2025 Cohort The scheme brings together over 50 mentees from

Storm Patterson is a festival manager with over a decade of experience delivering world-class film festivals and cultural events. She...

Caroline Evans is a hair and makeup artist for all hair and skin types based in South Wales. She has experience in working with textured and Caucasian hairstyles and a passion for working with hair extensions and hairpieces, box braiding, plaiting, twisting, Bantu knots, locks, blocking and styling of wigs, setting and cutting and styling also can provide basic barbering and beard trim.

Aggie is a Bristol-based Kenyan filmmaker. She has directed, produced and edited both short and long form content for broadcast TV and...

Zoe Hunter Gordon is a writer and film director. Her work has been broadcast on the BBC, commissioned by the BFI, programmed at the...

Women in Film and Television UK (WFTV) is continuing its commitment to female leadership with the launch of the 2024 Fast Track to Fearless Leadership Programme. The programme for women in leadership roles, in partnership with Sunbelt Rentals, equips female leaders with the skills, agility, and vision to reshape the future of film, television, screen industries and creative media.

Screen Alliance North in the North of England partners with Women in Film and TV to boost the careers of seven women in the screen industry through a mentoring scheme.

Rosemary Baker is a multi-award-winning documentary Producer Director and visual artist. She cut her teeth directing short films for The...

Women in Film and Television (UK) presented the Elouise Carden Rising Star Award for Post Production in partnership with Radiant Post...

Valeria Bullo is Production Inclusion and Wellbeing Director at Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as an Inclusion Consultant. She has...

Christiana is an award-winning NFTS trained drama director and former WFTV mentee who was selected for the BAFTA Elevate 2017 scheme to...