Cinenova Special Screening presented by the Society of Explorers and Creative Producers
film • 22 May 2025 6pm–8pm
Join us for an evening of short films selected from the Cinenova collection by two of Site Gallery’s youth programmes, Creative Producers and Society of Explorers.
Site Gallery’s youth programmes, Creative Producers and Society of Explorers, have been engaging with the films and history of Cinenova – a volunteer-run organisation dedicated to preserving and distributing the work of feminist film and video makers.
This programme of films responds to the themes of Subjects of State, Labours of Love, Site Gallery’s current exhibition by artist filmmaker Rhea Storr. Her work captures the shared joys, celebrations, struggles, oppressions and complexities experienced by Caribbean heritage communities.
Join us for an evening of collectively programmed and introduced short films that connect the histories of feminist filmmaking with contemporary issues at stake.
The full programme will be announced soon. This event is free, but capacity is limited – please reserve your place in advance.
Photo credit: Kaisa Lassinaro.
Artists
Cinenova is a volunteer-run organisation preserving and distributing the work of feminist film and video makers. Cinenova was founded in 1991 following the merger of two feminist film and video distributors, Circles and Cinema of Women, each formed in 1979. Cinenova currently distributes over 300 titles that include artists’ moving image, experimental film, narrative feature films, documentary and educational videos made from the 1910’s to the early 2000’s. The thematics in these titles include oppositional histories, post and de-colonial struggles, representation of gender, race, sexuality, and other questions of difference and importantly the relations and alliances between these different struggles.
The Cinenova Working Group, founded in 2010, oversees the ongoing work of preservation and distribution, as well as special projects that seek to question the conditions of the organisation.