UnderWire Festival

07/03/2022

Tomorrow is International Women's Day and what better way to spend it, than watching a series of short films created by and starring the best up and coming female talent right here, right now.

This year we're taking it Online and Free, to give our filmmakers the best platform and biggest audience we can.

https://underwire.eventive.org/schedule

03/03/2022

Underwire Fest 2022 is HERE! We have 150+ short films from the best talent. We're ONLINE + FREE to give our filmmakers an even bigger audience and to give our audience access to a world of stories that need to be seen.

Discover + Book here:

This year we are prioritising accessibility for all our audiences - including those outside of London, those for whom ticket costs are currently outside of their reach, and those not yet ready to return to cinema spaces.

23/02/2022

We are bringing the UK's largest Women In Film festival back to YOUR screens, with a 6 day online festival, including Q&A's with the filmmakers and all kicking off on International Women's Day 8th- 13th March. The programme will be announced very soon.

29/11/2021

HEY YOU.
Yes, you. The filmmaker reading this. With the short film you've made. Our last deadline is TOMORROW. Send it it to us!!! Link below.

Underwire is the UK’s only film festival celebrating female filmmaking talent across the crafts. Founded in 2010 with the aim to change the face of the i...

16/08/2021

30/10/2020

EVENT KLAXON!
Underwire alumni Nana Opoku has produced WE ARE HERE: How Black Women have been the backbone to radical social movements. An exhibition at The Feminist Library for Black History Month. The in-person exhibition and virtual tour can be found here: http://feministlibrary.co.uk/black-history-month-exhibition-we-are-here/

01/04/2020

Thank you all so much for the love and kindness. It has been a tough decision but just know, that our passion and enthusiasm for this festival and all the women it champions in this industry, will never go away. Keep your eyes peeled for our exciting plans.

31/03/2020

An announcement from Team Underwire x

09/03/2020

We're proud to support a social movement aimed to shine a light on & empower the next generation of female filmmakers and directors, specifically women of colour. Full video on their Instagram page:

28/02/2020

The award-winning filmmaker walked away with the XX prize at this year's Underwire Festival. Here she discusses her new short, The Shift