Women of the lens film festival
2022 programme
Empowering through knowledge and celebration
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Saturday 23rd April
Themes Of The Day
11.15am – Sankofa Women & Roll Call
2.50pm – The Future’s Here
4.20pm – Love Incommunicado
Saturday 30th April
Themes Of The day
10.30am – The Strength Of Acceptance
1pm – Documenting Justice
3.45pm – Advertising Race
Festival Highlights
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I Am More Than My Hair
29min I PG
Director: Alyscia Cunningham
Connie
1hr 29m 31s| 12
Director: Ché Walker
Satisfaction
6m 47sec | 12
Director: Yvonne Sewankambo
No Comprendo
15m 52s | PG
Director: Bukola Bakinson
Blue Corridor 15
5m 26s | PG
Director: Dubheasa Lanipekun
What We Are
24m 50s | PG
Director: Fey Okege
Black Creative
57m | PG
Director: Meena Ayittey
For Worse
9m 57s | PG
Director: Grace Edu
When I
8m 34s | PG
Director: Elishah St Juste
Gibberism
5m 14s | PG
Director: Maria Moss
When I Was A Younger
8m 52s | PG
Director: Noella Mingo
Room Without A View
1hr 15m | PG
Director: Roser Corella
Selcan
5m | PG
Director: Ria Said
A Time For New Dreams
16m 34s | PG
Director: Yvonne June Connikie
Anastacias
1hr 21s | 12
Director: Thatiane Almeida
Asunder
14m 30s | PG
Director: Janet Marrett
Control
18m | PG
Director: Erica Miller
Our Themes
This April, we’ll treat you to 7 Themes. They are Sankofa Women, Roll Call, The Future’s Here, Love Incommunicado, The Strength of Acceptance, Documenting Justice and Advertising Race. Have a look below to see which films are in each Theme. Enjoy!
Sankofa Women
In this Theme we will feature stories about migration, heritage, oral history and intergenerational legacy.
Date: Saturday 23rd April
Time: 11.15am – 2.30pm
Roll Call
Belonging, self-acceptance and resilience are brought to the fore through the eyes of children and young people in the Theme, Roll Call.
Date: Saturday 23rd April
Time: 11.15am – 2.30pm
The Future’s Here
The science fiction genre and its codes are played out in this Theme to explore what’s expected of us as women and how isolation can affect us
Date: Saturday 23rd April
Time: 2.50pm – 4.02pm
Love Incommunicado
Ahh…love. Do we communicate between each other to express what love means? Even as we get into relationships and time goes on, how well do we communicate some of the changes that we’re going through. Come and watch this Theme to get some questions answered.
Date: Saturday 23rd April
Time: 4.20pm – 5.36pm
The Strength of Acceptance
This is a Theme featuring documentaries that delve deep into our perceptions of beauty and after such analysis, we arrive at self-acceptance despite those perceptions. This Theme also is a sweet note to the bonds that we make as women between each other.
Date: Saturday 30th April
Time: 10.30am – 12.40pm
Documenting Justice
Injustices and the law are explored in this Theme as it tackles migratory workers, immigration and the judicial system.
Date: Saturday 30th April
Time: 1pm – 3.20pm
Advertising Race
Just how far has the UK advertising industry come in terms of diversity and repesentation within its ranks and by extension, the images we see in advertising. This Theme explores many questions with some probing answers.
Date: Saturday 30th April
Time: 3.45pm – 5.42pm
We’re very pleased that our 2022 event is supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmhub
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Women Of The Lens was created to reveal the complexity, diversity and multiplicities of black women and women of colour. We’ll work with productions to change perceptions and practice.