Birds Eye View at Edinburgh International Film Festival
by Laura Woodhouse // 18 June 2009, 10:37
The organisers of women's film festival Birds Eye View will be celebrating the contribution of women to the Edinburgh film festival this weekend:
Saturday 20th JuneBirds Eye View: Celebrating Women Filmmakers
1915 - 2030
Delegate Centre Café Bar
Free to all EIFF pass holdersJoin us and some of the women with films in the festival for an hour of inspiration, free drinks and female-friendly networking! Special guests confirmed so far include Najwa Najjar (Director - Pomegranate & Myrrh), Lindy Heymann (Director - Kicks), Sacha Horler (lead actress of the Sarah Watt film - My Year Without Sex).
Monday 22nd JuneBirds Eye View: Pitch and Connect
1530 - 1700
Sheraton Hotel, Glenkinchie Room
Free to all EIFF pass holdersBEV invites female writing, directing and producing talent to come and have a 15 minute one-to-one session exploring your film ideas with leading industry commissioners and producers. Your chance to get advice from the UK's best.
Click here for more information and a full list of the female-directed films and screening times at Edinburgh this year.
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