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    IWD 2017: The most powerful female superheroes on screen

    When you think of films with empowering female characters you might focus on the likes of ‘Erin Brockovich’, ‘Wild’ or ‘The Blind Side’ but in reality the role of women on screen was revolutionised, far before any of these pictures existed, with what started on the pages of a comic book. Despite being portrayed as a man in the comic books for over 50 years, Hollywood broke gender stereotypes casting the brilliant Tilda Swinton as a female version of the character.

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    IWD 2017: A United Kingdom director Amma Asante shares inspirational 'Be Bold For Change' advice

    Amma Asante is one of the most exciting directors working in the British film industry right now. The former ‘Grange Hill’ star made her feature debut in 2004 with the critically-acclaimed ‘A Way of Life’, which she recently followed up with ‘Belle’ in 2013, and 2016’s ‘A United Kingdom’ which arrives on Blu-ray and DVD 20 March.

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    IWD 2017: Things are improving for female filmmakers, but there's no time for complacency

    Mia Bays is the producer of 12 features and 4 short films (including 2005 Oscar-winner ‘Six Shooter’, and 2008’s BAFTA-nominated ‘Scott Walker – 30 Century Man’, exec produced by David Bowie ) and Director of Birds Eye View Film, a UK charity that advocates and elevates the female perspective in film, since 2015. Birds Eye View believes in the power of film to reflect and effect change within society. Established in 2002, Birds Eye View ran a film festival until 2014 that showed films by women