Hannah

The Underwire Festival 2017

Interview date: 22/11/2017

Name: Hannah

Interview date: 22/11/2017

Location: BFI Southbank

Underwire is the UK’s only film festival celebrating female filmmaking talent across the crafts. It was founded in 2010 by Gabriella Apicella and Gemma Mitchell to address gender imbalance in film and change the industry from the inside out. The festival has awarded training and mentoring opportunities to over 50 filmmakers, and has screened over 300 films. The festival recognises female talent in ten skills-based categories: Directing, Producing, Screenwriting, Editing, Cinematography, Sound Design, Composing, Production Design and Animation. WinkBall reporters Jackie Adedeji and Pooja Chhabria report.

Reported by: Pooja Chhabria

Pooja Chhabria has worked both in front and behind the camera at WinkBall. She graduated from City University with an MA and has just been selected for a fellowship position with the BBC. Pooja has covered an array of events for WinkBall some of which has been some of our best reports to date.

Reported by: Jackie Adedeji

Jackie Adedeji graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in broadcast journalism. She has been working as a reporter for WinkBall since the start and has covered some of our best events to date. Whilst working at WinkBall she has worked as a studio and production runner for the likes of Channel 4, ITV and BBC.