If chocolate isn’t your thing, how about an advent calendar full of archive female filmmakers? We’ll tweet one filmmaker + 1 free film, everyday until Xmas - some famous names, some of our faves & some you might not have heard of. Happy Advent! #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar
1. A festive one! The Story of Christmas (Evelyn Lambart, 1973). Canadian Animator Evelyn Lambart (1914-1991) was known for her distinctive cutouts. Her films, often surreal, dreamlike tales, glow with luminous colour #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/37nI0bE 
1. A festive one! The Story of Christmas (Evelyn Lambart, 1973). Canadian Animator Evelyn Lambart (1914-1991) was known for her distinctive cutouts. Her films, often surreal, dreamlike tales, glow with luminous colour #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/37nI0bE 
1. A festive one! The Story of Christmas (Evelyn Lambart, 1973). Canadian Animator Evelyn Lambart (1914-1991) was known for her distinctive cutouts. Her films, often surreal, dreamlike tales, glow with luminous colour #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/37nI0bE 
1. A festive one! The Story of Christmas (Evelyn Lambart, 1973). Canadian Animator Evelyn Lambart (1914-1991) was known for her distinctive cutouts. Her films, often surreal, dreamlike tales, glow with luminous colour #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/37nI0bE 
2. Matilde Landeta (1910-1999) was 1 of the 1st women to break into the machismo riddled 1930s Mexican film industry. In My Filmmaking, My Life (Patricia Diaz, 1990) the then 70yr old Matilde talks about her amazing life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar http://patricia-diaz.com/films 
2. Matilde Landeta (1910-1999) was 1 of the 1st women to break into the machismo riddled 1930s Mexican film industry. In My Filmmaking, My Life (Patricia Diaz, 1990) the then 70yr old Matilde talks about her amazing life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar http://patricia-diaz.com/films 
2. Matilde Landeta (1910-1999) was 1 of the 1st women to break into the machismo riddled 1930s Mexican film industry. In My Filmmaking, My Life (Patricia Diaz, 1990) the then 70yr old Matilde talks about her amazing life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar http://patricia-diaz.com/films 
2. Matilde Landeta (1910-1999) was 1 of the 1st women to break into the machismo riddled 1930s Mexican film industry. In My Filmmaking, My Life (Patricia Diaz, 1990) the then 70yr old Matilde talks about her amazing life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar http://patricia-diaz.com/films 
3. Maureen Blackwood (1960-) cofounded Sankofa, a collective that fought for space for Black British voices in the '80s/90s. Home Away From Home (1992) is a bittersweet vignette about family & the push/pull of migrant life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/2I5a6zP 
3. Maureen Blackwood (1960-) cofounded Sankofa, a collective that fought for space for Black British voices in the '80s/90s. Home Away From Home (1992) is a bittersweet vignette about family & the push/pull of migrant life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/2I5a6zP 
3. Maureen Blackwood (1960-) cofounded Sankofa, a collective that fought for space for Black British voices in the '80s/90s. Home Away From Home (1992) is a bittersweet vignette about family & the push/pull of migrant life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/2I5a6zP 
3. Maureen Blackwood (1960-) cofounded Sankofa, a collective that fought for space for Black British voices in the '80s/90s. Home Away From Home (1992) is a bittersweet vignette about family & the push/pull of migrant life #FemaleFilmmakers #AdventCalendar https://bit.ly/2I5a6zP 
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