The F-Rating
Diversity statistics across the industry are extremely poor: 13.6% of all films made in the UK over the past 10 years have had a female screenwriter attached, and only 11% employed a female director.
Despite recent publicity suggesting equality in cinema is on the rise, statistics show very little growth or improvement, both in the UK & oversees. The F-Rating is a response to this, designed to support and promote women in film, both on and off-screen
The F-Rating will be applied to all films in our programme which are directed by women and/or written by women and/or have significant women on screen:
F-Rated: Either directed by a woman and/or written by a woman and/or starring significant women
Triple F-Rated: Directed by a woman AND written by a woman AND starring significant women
About The F-Rating
Developed by Bath Film Festival and now expanding across the UK, the F-Rating is a new film rating which highlight films made by and featuring women.
Any film that answers yes to one of these questions is awarded the F-Rating stamp of approval.
- Does it have a female director?
- Is it written by a woman?
- Are there significant female characters on screen in their own right?
The aims of the F-Rating are:
- To champion women in film and highlight the fantastic work they are doing.
- To encourage conversation around who tells the stories we see on screen – and whether that matters.
- To act like a Fairtrade stamp, giving the audience an opportunity to #VoteWithYourSeat, and support women in film.
Find out more at f-rated.org, on Facebook or @F_Rating on Twitter
F-Rated Films
- Akeelah and the Bee 12A
- Akeelah is a charming but insecure 11-year-old girl from gang-ridden South Central LA who discovers an unusual talent for spelling.
- Sat 10 Aug
- 10.30
- Sun 11 Aug
- 10.30
- Gwen 15
- A dark folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution, starring Eleanor Worthington-Cox and Maxine Peake.
- Sat 20 Jul
- 20.45
- Sun 21 Jul
- 18.35
- Mon 22 Jul
- 13.15
- 20.45
- Tue 23 Jul
- 13.55
- 18.35
- Wed 24 Jul
- 13.35
- 18.15
- Thu 25 Jul
- 11.30
- 18.35
- Midsommar 18
- From the visionary mind of Ari Aster comes a dread-soaked fairytale where a world of darkness unfolds in broad daylight.
- Sat 20 Jul
- 14.30
- 20.00
- Sun 21 Jul
- 14.30
- 20.00
- Mon 22 Jul
- 11.50
- 17.30
- Tue 23 Jul
- 14.50
- Wed 24 Jul
- 12.15
- 17.30
- Thu 25 Jul
- 13.20
- Blinded by the Light 12A
- Music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalogue of Bruce Springsteen and his world is turned upside down.
- Fri 9 Aug
- 12.50
- 15.25
- 18.00
- 20.35
- Sat 10 Aug
- 12.50
- 15.25
- 18.00
- 20.35
- Sun 11 Aug
- 12.50
- 15.25
- 18.00
- 20.35
- Mon 12 Aug
- 12.50
- 15.25
- 18.00
- 20.35
- Tue 13 Aug
- 11.15
- 13.50
- 16.25
- 20.35
- Wed 14 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Thu 15 Aug
- 13.10
- 15.45
- 18.15
- 20.45
- Fri 16 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Sat 17 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Sun 18 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Mon 19 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Tue 20 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Wed 21 Aug
- 11.35
- 14.10
- 17.25
- 20.35
- Thu 22 Aug
- 14.50
- 17.25
- 20.40
- Blinded by the Light (Baby Friendly Screening) 12A
- Music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalogue of Bruce Springsteen and his world is turned upside down.
- Mon 19 Aug
- 11.00
- Blinded by the Light (Early Doors) 12A
- Music fanatic Javed discovers the illustrious back catalogue of Bruce Springsteen and his world is turned upside down.
- Thu 22 Aug
- 11.00
