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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

L-R: Jennifer Lawrence , Andrea Calderwood , Justine Ciarrocchi and WFTV CEO Katie Bailiff 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 . In Die My Love Grace (Lawrence), a writer and young mother, is slowly slipping into madness. Locked away in an old house in and ar

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.

We are delighted to announce that applications for the 2025 WFTV Fast Track to Fearless Leadership Programme are now open. The purpose...

WFTV is delighted to unveil the 2025 cohort of the Julie Burnell Scholarship: WFTV Production Management Programme, supported by the ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund with contributions from UK HETV productions.

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

L-R: Corrina Antrobus , Lily Gladstone and WFTV CEO Katie Bailiff Yesterday we were thrilled to host a very special luncheon with star of Killers Of The Flower Moon Lily Gladstone , in partnership with Apple Original Films . There was a Q&A with Lily over coffee and dessert, moderated by Corrina Antrobus . Killers Of the Flower Moon is an epic western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Based on a true story and told through the improbable

Women in Film and TV (UK) has launched its 2024 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme, designed for mid-career women working in film, television and

The prestigious Women in Film & Television Awards 2023 ceremony, in partnership with Sky, took place at London Hilton Park Lane to celebrate

L-R: WFTV CEO Katie Bailiff, Emerald Fennell and WTV Board Member Josephine Brassey Last night WFTV UK had the great pleasure of hosting a very special screening of Saltburn , directed by Emerald Fennell , and starring Barry Keoghan , Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan at the May Fair Hotel. The screening was followed by a up an up close and personal Q&A with writer and director Emerald Fennell, hosted by Wendy Mitchell . Thank you so much to Amazon Studios, Premier Comms, Eme

Women in Film and Television UK (WFTV) is pleased to announce the 2023 cohort of its WFTV Kay Mellor Screenwriters’ Lab, which started on Mo

One of the most frequent questions we’re asked when clearing films, documentaries, comedies, dramas and – well, anything celluloid, really,

Bad Wolf’s Jane Tranter & other women working in Welsh film & TV recently attended a networking event hosted by WFTV in partnership with EP

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

The film and TV industry still has many roles where women are underrepresented, and that is particularly stark in post production. WFTV...

WFTV launches 2023 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme

Women and Film and TV (UK) is delighted to announce Sarah Wright as the new Director of its Four Nations Mentoring Scheme for mid-career wom