Every Sunday in September, experience films which demonstrate the vitality and creative energy of women in British filmmaking and their significant contributions to UK film culture. This includes some of the leading British film directors of the past decade - Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Callar, Sun 6 Sep), Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Sun 13 Sep) and Clio Barnard (Selfish Giant, Sun 27 Sep) accompanied by Bristol based producer Kate Swan and her last film Kiss the Water (Sun 20 Sep). Each film is accompanied by a short which includes rare screenings of works by influential directors Maya Deren and Margaret Tait. We also welcome director Carol Morley (The Falling, Dreams of A Life), one of the most daring, honest and exciting talents to have emerged in the past decade in the UK to choose her Desert Island Flicks (Thu 17 Sep, 20:30) as part of Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival.

This season is part of Onwards and Outwards, a unique UK wide programme of films made by British women filmmakers over the last 50 years. Led by the ICA, in partnership with eleven other UK venues and cultural centres throughout the country, it draws attention to the lack of knowledge surrounding the conditions for women working in the UK’s film industry, highlighting women filmmakers who have excelled in making works of independence and originality and raising the profile of these key issues.

Join the conversation at #OnwardsOutwards

Onwards and Outwards is made possible with support from the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.

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