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ANAGRAM, award-winning immersive experience designers and residents at Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio, will premiere profound and playful experience The Collider at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The Collider is a machine, built to decode the mysteries of human relationships. Its mission: to identify and understand the invisible material that passes between people – the corrosive, delightful and mysterious matter…

The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) have just announced their successful Immersion Prototype teams.  The making phase will now commence and run through April, May, June with a final showcase at the end of June 2019.  Congratulations to all! For more information check out their website – http://swctn.org.uk Realtime Stagemaker Toolkit – Amy Rose…

A UK aid project has dramatically reduced women’s experience of domestic and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A project working to challenge the social acceptance of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the DRC saw women’s experience of domestic violence fall from 69% to 29% after two years of intervention…

The large-scale sonic installation will be displayed outside the Library in collaboration with British Council Qatar  Doha, Qatar, The Qatari community – and football lovers in particular – will have the chance to experience the rousing sound of football fans at a match played at The Grand Hammad Stadium via a large-scale sound installation currently…

To celebrate the momentous International Women’s Day 2019, TIME’S UP UK collaborated with the very brilliant female illustrator Diyala Muir @diyala.muir who created this gif to push our #4PercentChallenge campaign forward – challenging those working in the film industry to commit to announcing a project with a female director on a feature film in the next 18 months…

#4PercentChallenge On International Women’s Day, Friday 8th March – acclaimed British actor and producer Andrea Riseborough is announcing her commitment to working with a female director on a feature film in the next 18 months as part of TIME’S UP’s #4PercentChallenge. Over the last decade, only 4% of the top 1,200 studio films were directed by…

The pioneering Justice and Equality Fund managed by Rosa and supported by TIME’S UP UK, awards five new grants to women’s organisations on International Women’s Day The Fund is backed by film industry professionals including Andrea Riseborough, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson and many more On International Women’s Day, Rosa – the UK’s only fund for…

The University of Bristol, University of Bath and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), in partnership with Watershed, have recently announced the commissioning of three new bold and distinctive VR documentary works. The three projects have been commissioned within the Virtual Realities – Immersive Documentary Encounters EPSRC funded research project. The multi-disciplinary…

Women’s refuges, a crucial and sometimes lifesaving resource for victims of domestic abuse, are facing a real crisis caused by a lack of funds.   One in six refuges in England and Wales has closed in the last eight years, and six out of every ten women looking for a place in a refuge are…

West of England backs the future, bringing together the UK’s leading tech pioneers for ambitious 5G Smart Tourism Showcase On Saturday 16th March 2019, the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) will host Connected Futures, a 5G Smart Tourism Showcase in venues across Bristol, unveiling the results of the UK’s most ambitious 5G testbed to…

“I want to give a joyful and grateful shout out for all the women nominated this year from me, Emma Thompson, on a set which boasts a female cameraperson, two camera assists, line producer and UPM, all being completely brilliant, more, give us more!” Emma Thompson Last night at the 72nd EE British Academy Film…