WHAT WE DO 

 

Birds Eye View is a UK-wide charity with a mission to bring a broader perspective of the world through cinema.

We support films by women & non-binary people, with the aim of building a community for those who make, show, release and watch them. We do this by bringing ever greater audiences to films by marginalised creatives, developing safe and accessible spaces for conversation, promoting a de-patriarchal and de-colonised lens on the world, and advocating for social justice in all film spaces.

 

OUR WORK

Our Reclaim the Frame project brings audiences together and builds communities for films by women & non-binary people through events and conversations at a network of 19+ cinemas in 15 cities across the UK. Our Reclaim the Frame x International project works in partnership to take our shared mission overseas.

 

We offer training and mentoring to filmmakers and distribution/exhibition professionals of marginalised genders to enable professional growth and, in turn, to address their historical under-representation as creatives and gatekeepers within the sector.

We use our voice and platforms to advocate for access and inclusion in cinema, and for a fair, just, and more compassionate film industry. 

 

How We Do It / Our Values

Birds Eye View is a values-led charity in what we do, how we work, and how we make our decisions.

 We aim to create a safe space in which our team, trustees, collaborators, filmmakers, and audiences can show up as their whole and authentic selves.

 We actively strive to create spaces that are safe for all, listening especially to those who experience misogyny, misogynoir, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, ableism, and class based discrimination.

 

In our relationships with each other we hold these values and qualities at all times:

● Care

● Compassion

● Humility

● Vulnerability

● Openness

● Showing Up

 

Using these qualities, we aim to create trust through the way we work and make decisions. To achieve this, we:

● Work with feelings and needs

● See, listen, and reflect actively

● Feedback with care

● Receive feedback openly

● Value lived experience and difference

● Share and collaborate

● Lean into uncertainty

● Give conversations the time they need

● Share successes, challenges, mistakes, and learnings

● Question, but don’t judge

● Aim to be active bystanders

 

We understand conflict is normal and take a restorative approach to resolution through dialogue and aim to mitigate by encouraging the giving and receiving of feedback.

Through the above we aim to lead by what feels right in relationship to others, in line with these shared values.

We hold ourselves accountable through this statement and welcome feedback on how we can do better.

 

Join Us

Click HERE to sign up to be an Advocate to hear about all our latest events and news, and how to help further our mission for wider perspectives of the world through cinema. 

Birds’ Eye View’s work is supported by National Lottery funding via the BFI’s Audience Fund. We uphold the BFI’s Diversity Standards and are Accredited Living Wage employers, certified by the Living Wage Foundation.