Call for Articles: Women's Film and Television History Network – UK/Ireland
Call for Articles: Women's Film and Television History Network – UK/Ireland
At the Women's Film and Television History Network – UK/Ireland, we are dedicated to exploring and celebrating the invaluable contributions women have made to the evolution of film and television. We invite you to share your insights, ideas, and research with our community.
If you are not familiar with our work, you can find out more here.
Share Your Ideas!
If you have a concept or topic related to film or television that you’d like to explore, we would love to hear from you. Your perspectives are vital to our mission of amplifying women's voices in the industry.
Ways to Contribute
If you’re interested in contributing but don’t have a specific idea in mind, here are several opportunities to get involved:
1. Book Reviews: We are excited to introduce a new section for book reviews on our blog. We’re starting with the following titles:
- Laura Minor’s Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK TV Comedy Read more here
- Marianne Kac-Vergne and Julie Assouly (eds.), From the Margins to the Mainstream: Women in Film and Television
Read more here
- Anna Bogutskaya’s Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold On Us Read more here
If any of these titles pique your interest, please reach out.
- Interviews: We are keen to feature interviews with contemporary women filmmakers. If you have any suggestions, please reach out.
- Coverage of the BFI's Woman with a Movie Camera Summit 2025: We are looking for contributors to cover the BFI’s Woman with a Movie Camera Summit. This can include a retrospective on the Summit's programme since its inception or coverage of next year’s event. If you’re interested in writing a retrospective, we would love to publish it as soon as possible. For those interested in covering next year’s Summit, please express your interest, and we’ll be in touch next year.
- Festival Coverage and Film Reviews: We are looking for someone to cover the Women of the Lens Film Festival 2024, happening in November. If you’re interested in covering the entire event, that’s fantastic! Alternatively, if you’d prefer to focus on individual film reviews or specific articles, please let us know. Learn more here.
- Podcast Reviews: We welcome reviews of podcasts that explore women’s roles in film, such as Girls on Film or Making It: Women in Film. If you have a specific episode or series in mind, we’d love to hear your thoughts.
- Film and Filmmaker Pieces: We have some ideas for pieces that seek to highlight the contributions of women in film:
- Invisible Women: Seek out and champion the work of women and filmmakers with marginalized identities who have been overlooked, uncredited, or excluded from the history of cinema.
- Emerging Female Filmmakers: Consider filmmakers such as Charlotte (Scrapper, 2023), Raine Allen Miller (Rye Lane, 2023), Molly Manning Walker (How to Have Sex, 2023), Charlotte Wells (Aftersun, 2022), Adura Onashile (Girl, 2023), and Georgia Oakley (Blue Jean, 2023).
We look forward to your contributions.
If any of the above interests you, please get in touch with Bruna Foletto Lucas (Foletto.b@gmail.com) or Sophia Satchell-Baeza (ssatchellbaeza@yahoo.co.uk). If you’re interested in pitching for our Television blog, contact Laura Minor at l.j.minor@salford.ac.uk
Thank you.
Dr Bruna Foletto Lucas