A reminder to BSFF folk about the second British event of the International Woman and Film History project – meet old friends, discover more about the women working in silent British films….

Women and Silent Britain 2: Writers

Saturday 7th November 2009, BFI Southbank, NFT3 10.00 – 17.00.

This is the second study day of the British contingent of the international project to rediscover the work of women in cinema. It will consider all aspects of writing for the screen by the surprisingly large number of women involved in the cinema industry of the silent era, whether as screenwriters, critics, columnists, publicists, or authors of source novels and plays. Featuring new research on the delightfully catty critic, Nerina Shute , Elinor Glyn, the novelist who put the it in IT! and the prolific screenwrier Lydia Hayward.The day will consist of screenings from the BFI National Archive, talks and workshops, followed by Adrian Brunel’s rarely screened silent classic The Constant Nymph (1928) which was based on the play of a novel by Margaret Kennedy and Basil Dean and adapted for the screen by Alma Reville.

The study day will include contributions from Christine Gledhill, Jane Gaines (Duke University), Drake Stuseman (editor Framework), Alexis Wheedon (University of Bedfordshore), Laurence Napper (Kings College, University of London), Claire Watson (UEA), Matthew Sweet (journalist and broadcaster), Amy Sargeant (Warwick University) and Nathalie Morris and Bryony Dixon of the BFI.

Tickets  for the day are £15 (concs £10) which includes the evening screening Of Constant Nymph which will be accompanied by Stephen Horne

To book:    http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/calendar/southbank/day/20091107