The F-Rating
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
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
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
- Free Solo 12A
- Free Solo is a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock, the 3,200-foot El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, without a rope.
- Sun 20 Jan
- 10.30
- Tue 22 Jan
- 11.00
- Thu 24 Jan
- 11.00
- The Favourite 15
- An outrageously dark period comedy-drama from Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Dogtooth).
- Sun 20 Jan
- 12.50
- 18.00
- Mon 21 Jan
- 13.05
- 15.40
- 18.00
- Tue 22 Jan
- 12.40
- 15.20
- 20.30
- Wed 23 Jan
- 12.30
- 15.10
- Thu 24 Jan
- 12.25
- 15.05
- 17.40
