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225 FILM CLUB - SUBMISSIONS EXTENSION

Promoting Female Excellence in Film Direction since 2018, 225 Film Club brings together filmmakers through introductions and their short film festival supported by BFI Inclusion and LipSync Post. Submissions are open until Monday 5 August 2024 6pm. The festival takes place in the newly refurbished NFT3 at the BFI on Thursday 5 December 2024.

225 Film Club encourage submissions from female and non binary film directors of all backgrounds. Including and not limited to female and non binary filmmakers from historically underrepresented backgrounds, underrepresented socio-economic backgrounds, underrepresented geographical areas, disabled, neurodiverse and LGBTQIA+ female and non binary filmmakers.

CINEGIRL IS A PROUD MEDIA PARTNER FOR THE RISE AWARDS 2024

We are thrilled to announce that Cinegirl is a proud media partner for the Rise Awards 2024!

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, is currently accepting nominations for their annual Rise Awards.

Submissions and nominations are encouraged from across the global broadcast media technology audience to showcase talent across the industry whether in a manufacturer, service provider, engineering or broadcaster role. Nominations are open now through Friday, July 19th and are free to enter. The shortlist will be announced at the IBC2024 show.

Taking place at Troxy in London on Tuesday, November 19th, the awards will be streamed live.

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ORCHARD CREW DIARY SERVICE EXPANDS BEYOND SPECIALIST DIT AND VIDEO PLAYBACK

After a successful year growing their roster of DIT and Video Operators, Orchard Crew are now welcoming roles across the wider camera department.

Orchard Crew, ‘A Diary Service with a Difference’, launched in June 2023 by Digital Orchard Group, signing a roster of highly skilled technicians each equipped with their own kit and transportation, ready to cater to even the most challenging of shoots. The diary service operates alongside Digital Orchard’s DIT and Video Playback on-set talent agency and equipment services and will now also represent skilled freelance technicians across the camera department.

FOLLOWING ON FROM THE SUCCESSFUL PUBLICATION IN 2022 OF ‘COLLECTED LIGHT VOLUME ONE: WOMEN LIGHT ARTISTS’, LIGHT COLLECTIVE WILL PUBLISH A THIRD BOOK IN THE SERIES, ‘COLLECTED LIGHT VOLUME THREE: WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT LIGHTING’ IN NOVEMBER 2024

Light Collective, a UK-based lighting consultancy have spent the last 25 years working with light in many formats. As well as architectural lighting design, the company is known for its role as light activists within the lighting industry. This has ranged from Guerrilla Lighting demonstrations around the world, showing the transformative nature of light within cities to the global community, to the networking project Women In Lighting, set up to raise the profile of women working with light and to celebrate their achievements.

THE WOMAN IN THE WARDROBE

This year Ruby Phelan (Writer-Director) and Cheri Darbon (Producer) became the Activists in Residence at The Feminist Centre for Racial Justice.

Their film ‘The Woman in the Wardrobe’ is an intimately epic tale of hope against the backdrop of destruction. The film follows Nadiya, a woman who finds sanctuary inside her family wardrobe, whilst giving birth to her daughter.'

Alongside their narrative film, they’ve been working with the UNFPA, in order to gather aid and incite action led conversation around women’s birthing conditions in war zones.

“My mother is an NHS midwife with over fourty years experience supporting women bearing new life. I’ve been brought up in a feminist household where women’s reproductive rights were at the forefront of my growth. My mothers passion for her profession, and my past experience working alongside her as a Maternity Care Assistant, has shaped the bedrock of my latest on-screen collaboration with the FCRJ. The ongoing global conflict has deeply affected women’s maternal survival and the heart wrenching statistics led me to write this highly intimate screenplay whilst in a shroud of hopelessness. As Activists in Residence we aim to give an autonomous voice to the birthing experience on screen and carve an avenue for narrative cinema to call for direct action.”
Ruby Phelan.

“The UNFPA provides life-saving support to pregnant women in crises around the world, and we will be partnering with them to announce our fundraiser in the coming weeks. At a time when we all feel so powerless it’s important to remember our humanity - small actions can go a long way. Let's keep reminding each other of that.”
Cheri Darbon.

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DIGITAL ORCHARD GROUP UNVEILS NEW REBRAND, USHERING IN A BOLD NEW ERA OF INNOVATION

Digital Orchard announces the launch of its fresh rebrand, designed to reflect not just a new visual identity, but a renewed dedication to serving their clients with cutting-edge solutions and unparalleled capture-to-post services.

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Cinegirl Members now have their hands on our brand-new Spring/Summer 2024 issue, packed with fabulous, female-focused features.

Enjoy all the benefits of the Cinegirl community by becoming a Cinegirl Member. As well as our print issues, you’ll get exclusive invites to our exciting events, where you can make new, long-lasting connections with others making their mark in the industry, in a relaxed atmosphere.