Women and Film History International

🎉 We're so excited to share the schedule for Entr'acte 2026, which will take place online on November 6 & 7! Don't miss this fantastic lineup of speakers. This virtual event is free and open to all (registration required). www.wfhi.org/2026-entracte

Two weeks to go!

Thank you to our speakers and the 70+ attendees! 😭 Next up from @wfhinetwork.bsky.social Entr’acte coming 6-7 November. Watch the WHFHI account for details dropping next week!

Good news for those still finalizing their proposals: we have decided to extend the deadline for Women and the Silent Screen XIII to after the midterm period. Proposals are now due by November 9, 2026! www.wfhi.org/2027-mexico-...

Been working on this event for awhile! Glad it has come together! Thread for registration details (we’ve opened to non-members). I relish talking research methodologies + when it comes to my own research, have been pointedly asked many times: "why should we care about this person*?” soo here we go!

I’ll be moderating a terrific conversation on Friday, October 23. Join us!

looking forward to participating in this WFHI roundtable with very inspiring co-panelists on feminist film historiography, women’s careers, and research methods, Friday October 23rd !

Nasty women at the Filmoteca de Catalunya!!! 🎞️🧯😂@nastysilents.bsky.social @wfpproject.bsky.social @wfhinetwork.bsky.social www.filmoteca.cat/web/ca/cicle...

Reminder: The deadline is one month away (October 21)!

Deadline extended to 9/25! Students, there's still time to share your work!!

A cool opportunity! Opportunity to propose sessions for BFI's "Woman with a Movie Camera" summit 2027! Deadline in about three weeks. www.bfi.org.uk/jobs-opportu...

The deadline for the WFHI Student Project Award is fast approaching on September 15! For more information, please visit the WFHI website: www.wfhi.org/student-proj...

The Call for Papers for the 13th International Women and the Silent Screen Conference (2027) is now live on our website! La convocatoria de participación para el XIII Congreso Internacional de Mujeres y el Cine Silente (2027) ya está disponible en nuestra página web. www.wfhi.org/2027-mexico-...

There are still two months left to submit to our Student Project Award!

WFHI is pleased to announce the inaugural Women and Film History International Student Project Award. Sponsored by @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social. Visit our website for more info: www.wfhi.org/student-proj... Apply by September 15, 2026

📣 Save the Date for Entr'acte 2026 on November 6 & 7! More information will be shared in the coming months!

"This young female artist had the vision and skills to create a timeless classic that still speaks to audiences across the world. Even 100 years on, we're still thinking, 'How did she do that?'" https://loom.ly/4jb1RoQ

Alejandra Rosenberg Navarro's "Aesthetics of Development: Modern Industries in the Ehlers Sisters’ Mexican Films (1919-1922)" is now FREE for a limited time! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

WFHI is pleased to announce the inaugural Women and Film History International Student Project Award. Sponsored by @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social. Visit our website for more info: www.wfhi.org/student-proj... Apply by September 15, 2026

New online resource: "Searching for Lotte Reiniger" From our partners at @davif.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy comes a visual analysis of film historical metadata by Sarah-Mai Dang (@sarahmaidang.bsky.social) & Christian Laesser. lotte-reiniger.oabooks.de

Women built early Hollywood from the ground up. The story of how they were written out of it is just as important as the story of what they created. Who were Hattie Tabourne, Elizabeth McGaffey, Julia Heron, and Viola Lawrence? 1/4

Please join us in welcoming the newest members of the WFHI Steering Committee: Rose Albayat, Elyse Singer, and Juju Pratiwi 🤍 Meet the entire Steering Committee on our website: www.wfhi.org/steering-com...

THE CINEMA OF ALICE GUY BLACHE, co-edited by Clara Auclair @clarasilentfilms.bsky.social and me, is now officially under contract with University of Illinois Press! 🥳 Thank you to our amazing contributors! #aliceguyblache #aliceguy #womensfilmhistory #feministfilmhistoriography #wfpp

Save the date for the next edition of our Women and the Silent Screen conference!

Brilliant & provocative roundtable on Reframing Feminist Film Theory!!! ❤️🏳️‍🌈🎞️📺🔥 #scms2026

This piece on Feminist Film Curating Collectives has been in the works for a while!! 🎞️🏳️‍🌈 It was *such a joy* to speak to the organizers/curators of these crucial collectives! lareviewofbooks.org/article/femi... Long live the queer feminist film archive!!! ❤️🎞️📽️‼️

Join Karen McNally for their virtual book launch which will focus on examining and revising film history in the aftermath of women's stories, past and present, that have come to light. 🔗 buff.ly/llwWK4F 🗓️ 18 March @illinoispress.bsky.social @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social @londonmetuni.bsky.social

Happy International Women's Day! WFHI is committed to fostering and supporting scholarly, archival, and creative work on women's global film history. 👋 Not yet a member of WFHI? Join today: www.wfhi.org/join 🙏 If you became a member since Spring 2025, you're all set. Thank you for your support!

February’s riveting edition of ONLINE WITH SFFP is now streaming! 1/3

Meet Elaine Basil (pictured here with better-known documentarian Leo Seltzer)! Directed/co-directed at least three nonfiction films in late 1930s and ‘40s, including FROM HAND TO MOUTH for WPA. Naturally, I want to drop everything else I’m doing and learn more about her. archive.org/details/amer...

Delighted to be hosting a book launch for the new edited collection WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD’S DREAM FACTORY: TALES OF INEQUALITY, ABUSE & RESISTANCE. Join us March 18. 📚 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Congrats to @hahumiaomiao.bsky.social!! Her book To Be an Actress: Labor & Performance in Anna May Wong's Cross-Media World won Honorable Mention in the Media, Performance & Visual Studies category of the 2026 Assoc for Asian American Studies Book Awards!! www.ucpress.edu/books/to-be-...

In “Doing More with Less: Informed Speculation as Method,” Allyson Nadia Field embraces the forms of imaginative, creative, and experimental writing of film/media history while at the same time urging rigorous and responsible scholarship Download for free and hold it close— doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

Hey NYC nasty women!!! We're overjoyed to announce that Karen Pearlman's brilliant archival doc BREAKING PLATES will screen in NYC at Cinema Village on March 15 in the 2026 Socially Relevant Film Festival. 🍽️🌪️📽️ *Please spread the word and don't miss the film! ❤️* www.ratedsrfilms.org/the-schedule...

Even though I was late today, was still inspiring to attend @aurspiers.bsky.social’s book talk @wfhinetwork.bsky.social event. Her work and the community of attendees virtually gathered to discuss is much needed during these challenging times!

Coming in April from @criterion.bsky.social! FINALLY! 🎉 @wfhinetwork.bsky.social www.criterion.com/boxsets/8685...

Join us this Friday for a fascinating dive into silent-era style. When films didn’t speak, fashion did. 1/5

Great piece by WFPP contributor @laurah.bsky.social! playgirl.com/entertainmen...

Congrats to the indomitable @aurspiers.bsky.social on official publication of ARCHIVING THE PAST. Go to @ucpress.bsky.social to order your copy! @wfhinetwork.bsky.social is proud to be hosting virtual members-only book talk w/ Aurore later this month. To join WFHI... www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...

🎬 Wien: Vom 16. Januar bis 04. Februar 2026 zeigen das Filmarchiv Austria und das Filmmuseum Düsseldorf die Retrospektive “First Action Heroes”. Spielort ist das Metro Kinokulturhaus: www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuelles/ar... #stummfilmmagazin #filmmuseumdüsseldorf #filmarchivaustria #wien