Reframe and Rejoice – International Women’s Day Shorts Showcase

2025 marks 20 years since the inaugural Birds’ Eye View Film Festival – a platform for women filmmakers that was launched at BFI Southbank. Now, as Reclaim The Frame, the charity, is returning to celebrate this milestone together with talent from across the UK, in collaboration with British Council. Join us this International Women’s Day for a special curated selection of shorts, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.

From one's intimate relationships - with their mothers, and their own bodies - to their communities or society at large - these shorts explore nuanced and multifaceted experiences of womanhood, gender, identity and expression.

Three Meals - European Premiere

UK/USA 2024. Director Pelin Keskin. 15min

When her brother's health worsens, Yasmin returns home from living abroad to convince her mother to turn off his life support machine.

Made In Thamesmead

UK 2024. Director Mary Martins. 14min

An experimental animated documentary that explores past racial tensions and the migration of African and Caribbean communities into Thamesmead, South London.

Quantised Bits Of Light Till It Added To A Whole

UK 2024. Director Riley Tu. 6min

An animation examining cyborg identities and the intricacies of self-representation within digital spaces, embodying themes of politicised care and algorithmic resistance.

Roll Down The Window - London Premiere

UK 2024. Director Lipa Hussain. 10min

In this documentary, a filmmaker’s neurological condition intertwines with identity battles and seeking retribution.

Dédé (Ancestor) - World Premiere

UK 2024. Director Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume. 4min

Dédé (Ancestor) delves into diasporic female identity through an exploration of Director/Animator's Bété ancestry, a tribe in central Ivory Coast.

Robert And Georgie

UK 2024. Director Clare Richards. 16min

Made over 5 years, a vibrant portrait of the close relationship between a mother and son as he finds his way as an artist and a trans woman.

The programme will be introduced by Reclaim the Frame director Melanie Iredale and Birds’ Eye View co-founder Pinny Grylls. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers hosted by Reclaim the Frame Head of Audience Engagement Aashna Thakkar.

Presented as part of Reclaim, Reframe, Rejoice, in partnership with British Council and University of Westminster QHT Live Performance Project, and supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Reclaim the Frame are a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.