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Counting the women in key production roles in British films of the 21st century.

Recorded interviews with 50 women who work in film production in the UK.

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Calling the Shots: Women and Contemporary Film Culture in the UK, 2000-2015 is a large Arts and Humanities Research Council funded (£589,710) four-year project researching and writing the contemporary history of women working in the UK film industry.

Calling the Shots Team

Calling the shots team

Dr Shelley Cobb (PI) and Prof Linda Ruth Williams (Co-I) head up a team of six w...

Shetland Film Festival

Impact activities

Publications from Calling the Shots

Reports and publications

Film news

26 March 2018

Student Film Festival Success

Friday, March 16 was the University of Southampton Student Film Fes...

14 August 2017

Dongguk Summer School and Film Award

11 December 2016

Southampton film students win big in the 4...

On the evening of 28th October, 20 teams met in Southampton city ce...

Recent tweets from callingtheshots

RT @DEikhof: Now @bellecobb on why "fixing women" isn't what we need to do. We need to look at men. Oh. My. Yes. We. DO! #CAMEO2019 https:…

@womencallshots - Mon 09 Sep

RT @hopedickle: I've just submitted a story of being bullied in the UK Film Industry & it's been treated with such sensitivity & wi ...

@womencallshots - Thu 22 Aug

RT @RaisingFilms: Please share and talk to your networks about this vital investigation from @FilmTVCharity - the industry’s first ever stu…

@womencallshots - Thu 20 Jun

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