by Lucy Wilcox | May 30, 2024 | Profiles, Representation
Athena Mandis is an award-winning filmmaker and lecturer in Film Practice at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Her works include the short films Daughter and Losing Grace. She is currently working on her first feature – which she’s keeping details...
by Jesselyn Whiteside | May 28, 2024 | Profiles, Representation, Top reads
Tobi Kyeremateng is a BAFTA award-winning cultural producer, working across film, theatre, live events and community engagement. Her endeavours to showcase the experiences of Black British people across the diaspora has helped open up previously exclusionary spaces....
by Ming Gana | May 24, 2024 | Deep-dives, Profiles
With the Sheffield International Documentary Festival, colloquially known as Sheffield DocFest, about to begin on 12 June, DirectHer has talked to Mita Suri, the festival’s Film Programme Producer, for a deeper look behind the UK’s largest documentary festival and one...
by Ming Gana | May 23, 2024 | Profiles, Top reads
Meet up-and-coming film director, Cadenza Zhao whose aim is to use her experiences growing up in different countries and cultures to make more diverse and multicultural movies that resonate with audiences. ‘In the polarised world of today, I aim to be a bridge between...
by Lucy Wilcox | May 23, 2024 | Profiles
The daunting prospect of making new friends as you grow older is an oft-discussed issue. For film fans, a film club may be the answer. Tasha Jagger founded Film Girls Galore, a budding female-only film club at a local independent cinema, Showroom Workstation in...
by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 23, 2024 | Deep-dives, Genre, Profiles
In L.A., 21-year-old Amarise Defranco has just completed her first short film, Lakay. The challenges Defranco has faced in her journey to this point are reflected in the experiences of another young animator, Rebecca Huang. These two women’s experiences in...
