During our 2010 festival, Birds Eye View launched the latest in our series of training labs for women filmmakers. This time, our focus was animation. Through our 2010 programming research we discovered that although the first ever feature animation, The Adventures of Prince Achmed was made by a women, Lottie Reineger…very few women followed in her footsteps. In fact only a handful of feature animations have been made by women since this form came into play. And so, we decided to tackle this head on.Read the full story
The lucky participants with Amy and The Script Factory
Our She Writers are back together for their second workshop session at the end of this week. The 11 have already spent a weekend together on a residential course with Birds Eye View and The Script Factory back in May. This week they will here from the cream of the crop from the film industry who will share their experiences and knowledge with our lucky ladies.Read the full story
On 4th February 2009, the Last Laugh participants pitched 23 ideas to Warp X. We’re very excited to let you know that four projects have been selected for development. These are:
Last Laugh participants gather for a cheesy group pic
In 2008, Birds Eye View launched a whole new project to continue our support for women filmmakers beyond our annual festival. As our first BEV Lab, we have set out to discover and equip the next generation of female comedy film-writing talent, with our amazing production partner Warp X, with funding from Skillset. Read the full story
To celebrate the launch of the first ever BEV Lab: Last Laugh, we re-cut our special comedy trailer that was previously screened at the Comedy Retrospective programme in the Birds Eye View Film Festival 2008.
Watch Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones) Meera Syal (Goodness Gracious Me) Jessica Hynes (Spaced) and Jo Brand (comedian) commenting on the lack of women in comedy today, and the need for the Warp X and BEV Comedy Lab.
In partnership with Warp X, and with the support ofSkillset, Birds Eye View is launching a new initiative to seek out the next generation of female comedy feature filmmakers, and give them all the support and skills they need to make high quality, funny films. If you are a woman who has been working professionally in standup/comedy theatre/radio or tv, this could be just the opportunity for you… Be quick! Deadlines are fast approaching and we’d love to hear from you. More info here.
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