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Lights, camera, Cuba! Stories from my amazing film course experience

Lights, camera, Cuba! Stories from my amazing film course experience

You know that feeling when you’re just about to embark on a new adventure that makes you jump out of your comfort zone? That’s exactly what my recent trip to Cuba was like.

One of the most prestigious film schools in the world, the International Film and TV School of Cuba (EICTV) aims to build a utopia for filmmakers to disconnect from fast-paced city life and focus on the mantra of ‘learning by doing’.

Pushing the glass ceiling further away with events that bring female directors closer together

Pushing the glass ceiling further away with events that bring female directors closer together

I’m a woman. I work with women, employ women, and many of my direct clients are women. Yet, I feel more than ever that it’s important to actively support other women in the media industry. It's easy, particularly when you're no longer in the freelance world, to sit in your bubble thinking everything is moving forward. But then Trump gets elected, Me Too happens, Google has a 20,000-person walkout, and the gender pay gap continues.