First Weekenders Club
The Birds Eye View First Weekenders Club promotes the all-important opening weekend of feature films created by women.
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WHY? HOW?...
Find out why supporting women filmmakers on their opening weekend is so important and how we can show the love simply by going to see their films.
Out Now
The Lovely Bones
19th January 2010
The story of a life and everything that came after... Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
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She, A Chinese
26th February 2010
A fresh and imaginative cross-cultural story about an enigmatic young woman's search for herself and a place to belong.
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The Unloved
19th February 2009
The directorial debut from Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton, this powerful drama about a young girl growing up in a children's home provides an intimate child's-eye view of the UK's care system
"The Birds Eye View First Weekenders Club is an excellent initiative- reminding audiences of their power to make a difference at the box office and to influence the success of women directed features"
Gurinder Chadha
"By going to see films made by women on their first weekend, women could eventually make a difference to the numbers of stories told by women that we are able to see any night of the week. "
Natasha Walter, The Guardian