Ania Ostrowska, Author at The F-Word

Circus Kathmandu: survivors of trafficking reclaim their skills

Ania Ostrowska26 March 2018

Kate McLarnon, one of the directors of documentary Even When I Fall, tells Ania Ostrowska about the extraordinary journey of her subjects...

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Empowered by numbers

Ania Ostrowska28 February 2018

Our film editor Ania Ostrowska summarises the latest report on the numbers of women directors and cinematographers in British film industry...

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How do you measure the distance of reasonable fear?

Ania Ostrowska18 September 2017

Ania Ostrowska talks to American documentarian Yance Ford about his powerful debut Strong Island, available on Netflix...

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Women make documentaries! Sheffield Doc/Fest roundup

Ania Ostrowska1 July 2017

Ania Ostrowska is still slightly intoxicated with the abundance and diversity of women-made documentaries at this year’s Sheffield International Documentary Festival...

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You are born free and you are born brave

Ania Ostrowska13 March 2017

Ania Ostrowska chats to Erin Heidenreich, director of documentary Girl Unbound showing at the Human Rights Watch Festival in London...

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How close can you get? Karen Guthrie in conversation

Ania Ostrowska6 September 2016

Ania Ostrowska talks to Karen Guthrie about the making of her intimate family documentary The Closer We Get...

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The editor rotates, again

Ania Ostrowska15 July 2016

Ania Ostrowska passes the editorial baton on to Holly Combe...

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From Serena Williams to Sonita Alizadeh: women in docs at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016

Ania Ostrowska8 July 2016

Ania Ostrowska looks at women on screen and behind the camera at the recent Sheffield Doc/Fest, the UK’s biggest documentary festival...

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Mustang: girls who want to run free

Ania Ostrowska15 May 2016

Ania Ostrowska recommends Mustang and chats to women behind The F-Rating and #genesisters...

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Calling the shots, calling out gender bias in film industry

Ania Ostrowska10 May 2016

Ania Ostrowska rounds up three recent reports on inequality in the UK film industry...

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“When we come out, our parents go into the closet themselves”: interview with Sophia Luvarà

Ania Ostrowska8 March 2016

Ania Ostrowska chats to Sophia Luvarà about her first documentary feature Inside the Chinese Closet and recommends you check out the Human Rights Watch Festival where it will soon be screening...

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Hill farming, no sugar coating: an interview with the makers of Addicted to Sheep

Ania Ostrowska10 January 2016

Director Magali Pettier and co-producer Jan Cawood talk to Ania about their maverick documentary about farmers who breed sheep in the North Pennines...

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Fringe! Fest highlight: Women and the Word director Q&A (plus competition)

Ania Ostrowska18 November 2015

Interview with Sekiya Dorsett, director of the documentary Women and the Word: The Revival Movie ...

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Underwire festival: 20-22 November @ Hackney Picturehouse

Ania Ostrowska10 November 2015

Underwire festival is back, in its sixth year, and we have some tickets for you!...

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See Suffragette with other The F-Word readers!

Ania Ostrowska16 October 2015

We're giving away tickets to a special The F-Word screening of Suffragette, in partnership with Vue...

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Suffrajitsu with Nikki Sahota

Ania Ostrowska12 October 2015

To coincide with the release of Suffragette, women were taught self defence in a jiu-jitsu workshop...

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Girls and the city

Ania Ostrowska6 April 2015

Ania Ostrowska recommends The Group, a cinematic grandmother of Sex and the City and its cousins ...

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Hip Hop Hijabis: new documentary about two unlikely Emcees

Ania Ostrowska5 March 2015

Two years ago documentary filmmaker Mette Reitzel blogged for us about the fascinating project she was working on at the time, inviting The F-Word readers to co...

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