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Can F-rated films help overcome sexism in Hollywood?

BBC Online By Ian YoungsArts reporter 4 December 2015 The inequality between men and women in the film industry has been brought into sharp focus by stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Geena Davis and Cate Blanchett. Could a new F rating - for films made by or with major roles for...

Gimme an F!

Bristol 24/7 Robin Askew, November 28, 2015 Bath Film Festival has always punched above its weight. Its enviable selection of events and exclusive previews draws an audience from a 40 mile radius, including plenty of cineastes from Bristol, which has no direct equivalent. But last year something strange happened. The festival...

London’s Genesis Cinema introduces ‘F-Rating’ to celebrate female talent in film

i-D Lula Ososki 4 April 2016 An idea originally coined by the Bath Film Festival, the 'F Rating' identifies films directed, written by or starring women The idea that women should be recognised in cinema is nothing new. In 1985, Alison Bechdel articulated a test for gender bias that rated...

The AV Club

“F” rating designed to highlight female-led films debuts in the U.K. A.v. Club By Danette Chavez@bonmotvivant Dec 4, 2015 3:45 PM 2015 may have been the year of Furiosa, but women continued to experience trouble in the film industry as a whole. A recent university study underscored just how underrepresented...

Do films really need an ‘F’ rating? (Yes, that stands for female…)

[actually, it stands for Feminist! - ed] Daily Telegraph By Radhika Sanghani 10:41AM GMT 14 Nov 2014 The Bath Film Festival has introduced a new 'F' rating for films with strong female credentials - whether the stars, directors or plot. Radhika Sanghani asks the festival's producer whether it's really necessary...

Feminism reaches the cinema

Daily Mail By KATY WINTER FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 14:53, 9 November 2014 | UPDATED: 16:03, 9 November 2014 Feminism reaches the cinema: Films with a strong female character set to be given a special new 'F' rating at upcoming Bath Film Festival Bath's 24th Film Festival to introduce new 'F'...

Movies with strong female credentials to receive special F-rated certificate

The Independent Kate Youde Sunday 9 November 2014 Bath Film Festival 2014: Movies with strong female credentials to receive special F-rated certificate Seventeen of the 42 films being shown during the 10-day festival will fit into the new category When choosing what to watch on the big screen, cinemagoers are often...

Bath film festival goes Wild with F rating for feminist films

The Guardian Ben Child Tuesday 11 November 2014 11.26 GMT Reese Witherspoon’s Wild is among 17 of the 42 films being shown at the 24th Bath film festival to be given an F rating for their strong female leads, directors or screenwritersBath Film Festival goes wild with F-rating for feminists films...

‘F-rated’ films shown at Bath Film Festival

BBC OnLine 12 November 2014 A new feminist film classification is to be used at this year's Bath Film Festival to highlight the lack of women working in the movie industry. Organisers believe it is the first UK festival to use the "F-rating" which will go to 17 of the...

English film festival gives movies feminist ‘F’ ratings

Entertainment Weekly Posted November 11 2014 — 4:19 PM EST An “F” at the Bath Film Festival, is a good thing. Films that get an “F” prominently feature women either in front of or behind the screen. The criteria is fairly general, festival producer Holly Tarquini tellsEW. ”We haven’t been emphatic about...

The new ‘F’ for feminism film rating: a good idea?

Marie Claire A new way to identify films with feminist credentials has been introduced at the Bath Film Festival Hollywood has long talked about the lack of female representation in movies along with a shortage of writers, directors and multi-dimensional roles for women. In an attempt to highlight the issue...

Bath Film Festival’s F-Rating on BBC Points West

Ali Vowles presents a piece about the F-Rating featuring Holly Tarquini, Cosima Spender, Melissa Silverstein and Cate Blanchett. With clips from Palio, The Assassin, Carol and Victoria. [embed]https://vimeo.com/148414990[/embed]