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.

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The Father of my Children

5th March 2010

Highly accomplished and superbly acted Cannes-winning drama exposing the travails of the film industry, guaranteed to shock and absorb.

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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