F-Rated

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

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 15: The grieving mother of a murdered teenager wants answers from her community about the lack of progress in catching her daughter’s killer, by painting three billboards calling out the incompetence of the chief of police.

Britishness U: In this thoughtful, locally made documentary, Eelyn Lee and a group of young writers from Sheffield go on a quest to find out the meaning of Britishness.

Official Secrets 15: In 2003, as politicians in Britain and the US push to invade Iraq, GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that advocates spying on members of the UN Security Council.

A Dog Called Money 15: Award-winning photographer Seamus Murphy provides a glimpse into the creative process of groundbreaking British musician PJ Harvey.

First A Girl U: This little-known British adaption of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria sees a shop girl pretending to be a boy in order to perform onstage as a female impersonator.