Journal

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The female-directed films to watch at Karlovy Vary, the biggest film festival in Central Europe

GiF Prague founder Julie Zackova shares what she's looking forward to at this year's KVIFF

Watch the films screened at our latest event Under The Radar

For those that missed our latest screening, you can now watch our curation online.

Listen To Me, I'm Human...

Feminist exploration of fierce humanity of ineffable icon.

Losing Patience with Jamaican filmmaker Teeqs

Caribbean director Teeqs discusses her very mini web series about those annoying little moments.

Legendary director Beth B on the importance of Lydia Lunch and creating a female language of cinema

Be fearless. We really have to be fearless.

Pratibha Parmar, A Place of Rage: Revisiting a Resistance

As history threatens to repeat itself, we revisit this seminal film on black female voices of resistance.

All This Panic exhamines girlhood through a nurturing female gaze

All This Panic unpacks the good and bad of teenage life of close knit Brooklyn girl group.

Celebrating female friendship of Brown Girls

Brown Girls reminds us of cruciality of seeing female & queer narratives on screen.

The Fits transfixes you with the spirituality of movement

The Fits transfixes you in the physicality and spirituality of movement

Afrofuturism Imagines: Exploring the 1969 Zambian Space Program

The term envisioning spaceman, Afros and charting the history of an ambitious space program

A cinematic voyage through the trials and tribulations of LOVE

'You never know anyone when you fall in love, not even yourself...'

Terrains Of the Body reiterates the importance of female narrative

After Womens March on Washington comes another serving of female narrative with strong message.

Afrofuturism Imagines: Water Wars

Sci-fi film that addresses the geopolitical concerns of both Kenya, and the Earth globally.

Nadira Amrani blends fiction and documentary to explore our migrant society

Nadira Amrani blends fiction and documentary to explore and celebrate our migrant society.

Decoding Cranes In The Sky: Radical Softness As A Weapon

Soft subtlety rules in Solange’s video, capturing a regal black femininity and its exquisite state of beauty.

Jungian Archetypes, Female Psyche: The Magical Alchemy of Love Witch

'In tongue-in-cheek way, what I'm trying to say is men are sissies when it comes to emotions.'

American Honey Casting Director On Finding Diamonds In The Rough

Lucy Pardee has a knack for finding the stars of tomorrow on the road.

New Wave of Czech Cinema Turns Its Lens On Strong Female Characters

Second New Wave of Czech Cinema has arrived and its focus is on women.

Baden Baden servers relatable and human take on quarter-life crisis

Rachel Lang's finale to Ana trilogy sees her navigating through mid-20s fixing bathroom and her relationships.

Okimi Nine, the VHS archivist of Neverland Clan

Okimi Nine, the VHS archivist of Neverland Clan

Trading Spaces: Jessica Bishopp in Berlin

Our series on how travel imposes on creativity - Jessica Bishopp in Berlin

Ask Ashley: How To Get (Properly) Paid As A Freelancer

Freelancer's agony aunt Ashley Renders is here to tell you how to get your shit together.

Sasha Litvintseva on geological filmmaking

The reason my work exists and the only thing it is ever going to do is give rise to feelings in humans.

Pastel-hued darkness of Rachael Heller's films

Visual artist dealing with relation between mental and physical space

Films that influence the subversive filmmaking of Chantal Adams

NTS radio's Chantal Adams teams up with Russian brand ZDDZ to create new visuals for GiF

Trading Spaces: Kristina McCormick In Los Angeles

From Northern Ireland through Glasgow and London, Kristina aka Diet Clinic, travels to LA to inject some sunshine into her practice.