The Call for Papers for the 13th International Women and the Silent Screen Conference (2027) is now live on our website! La convocatoria de participación para el XIII Congreso Internacional de Mujeres y el Cine Silente (2027) ya está disponible en nuestra página web. www.wfhi.org/2027-mexico-...

Are you coming to @cineredis.bsky.social? At 14:05 on Saturday 25 July I will be introducing QUEEN KELLY at the Watershed. Afterwards, around 4pm, I will be selling/signing copies of my book THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY and raising a glass to the whole endeavour. I hope to see you there!

📣 Call for Papers - Special issue of Early Popular Visual Culture Theme: Digital Methods, Artificial Intelligence, and the Study of Silent Cinema Guest editors: Adelheid Hefberger and Mario Slugan 🗓️ Deadlines for abstracts: Monday, 3 August 2026

There are still two months left to submit to our Student Project Award!

Women and Film History International@wfhinetwork.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WFHI is pleased to announce the inaugural Women and Film History International Student Project Award. Sponsored by @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social. Visit our website for more info: www.wfhi.org/student-proj... Apply by September 15, 2026

“The story of how Marion & Kate Corbaley tricked the studio executives into paying Lorna Moon $7,500, while reviving Marie Dressler’s career, should be a legend in the history of female networking in the motion picture business” —from the @wfpproject.bsky.social wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-...

archivalspaces.com/2026/07/10/4... My Archival Spaces blog reviews an excellent new book about the Weimar film actress Ellen Richter.

403:  Ellen Richter

Archival Spaces 403: Weimar Germany’s Most Popular Unknown Film Star Uploaded 10 July 2026 Ellen Richter in Moral (1928, Willi Wolff) Despite having starred in ca. 70 films, despite having been one…

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📣 Save the Date for Entr'acte 2026 on November 6 & 7! More information will be shared in the coming months!

No one will be surprised about my picks for the 5 Best Films of 1913! Thanks @ettletodd.bsky.social for the fun conversation. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

1913 E2 - Shelley Stamp

Podcast Episode · The 5 Best Films of Every Year Ever · June 17 · 50m

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Here is an excerpt from my conversation with @shelleystamp.bsky.social about WHAT 80 MILLION WOMEN WANT for The Complete Catalog: 1913. Links in quoted post!

Tristan Ettleman@ettletodd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Hqx... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1... www.the5bestfilmsofeveryyearever.com/list to submit your own top five for 1913!

It was such a pleasure to chat all things #SilentFilm w/Stewart Lee on the @goldensilentscast.bsky.social podcast, which I highly recommend!! ❤️🎞️🎶 Topics include @nastysilents.bsky.social, the Denver Silent Film Fest, QUEEN KELLY, @wfpproject.bsky.social, galore! 🎊 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Exploring Silent Cinema with Maggie Hennefeld

Podcast Episode · The Golden Silent Films - A Silent Movie Podcast · June 6 · 41m

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Alejandra Rosenberg Navarro's "Aesthetics of Development: Modern Industries in the Ehlers Sisters’ Mexican Films (1919-1922)" is now FREE for a limited time! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

Very excited to read Alejandra Rosenberg Navarro’s essay (CURRENTLY OPEN ACCESS!) in new issue of @femmediahist.bsky.social. I first learned about Adriana and Dolores Ehlers from Julia Tuñón’s profile on @wfpproject.bsky.social! wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-...

Feminist Media Histories@femmediahist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Alejandra Rosenberg Navarro's "Aesthetics of Development: Modern Industries in the Ehlers Sisters’ Mexican Films (1919-1922)" is now FREE for a limited time! doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

WFHI is pleased to announce the inaugural Women and Film History International Student Project Award. Sponsored by @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social. Visit our website for more info: www.wfhi.org/student-proj... Apply by September 15, 2026

Queen Kelly is coming to the UK! silentlondon.co.uk/2026/05/29/c...

Cinema Rediscovered: Queen Kelly in Bristol this July

Royals like to take international tours, don’t they? Now Queen Kelly has played Venice, Lyon, Sao Paulo and many, many cities in the US, the royal entourage is finally en route to the UK. Whe…

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New online resource: "Searching for Lotte Reiniger" From our partners at @davif.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy comes a visual analysis of film historical metadata by Sarah-Mai Dang (@sarahmaidang.bsky.social) & Christian Laesser. lotte-reiniger.oabooks.de

Lotte Reiniger – What can data tell us about women* in film history?

The data visualization was created by the BMFTR research group "Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film History" (DAVIF) in collaboration with data visualization designer Chri...

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Women built early Hollywood from the ground up. The story of how they were written out of it is just as important as the story of what they created. Who were Hattie Tabourne, Elizabeth McGaffey, Julia Heron, and Viola Lawrence? 1/4

Mabel Normand tries to break into Hollywood in THE EXTRA GIRL

THE CINEMA OF ALICE GUY BLACHE, co-edited by Clara Auclair @clarasilentfilms.bsky.social and me, is now officially under contract with University of Illinois Press! 🥳 Thank you to our amazing contributors! #aliceguyblache #aliceguy #womensfilmhistory #feministfilmhistoriography #wfpp

We're so back!! Check out the thread below for full programme & registration details for our Rethinking Weimar Cinema conference, happening 17-19 June in Oxford!

German Screen Studies Network@g-s-s-n.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/4: Registration for the Rethinking Weimar Cinema conference (organised by @weimarfilmnetwork.bsky.social) is now open! The conference will take place 17-19 June at Worcester College, Oxford. Spaces are limited so register via the link below to secure your place!

Save the date for the next edition of our Women and the Silent Screen conference!

Boundless thanks to the inspirational @wfpproject.bsky.social for sharing my new book THE CURSE OF QUEEN KELLY in their news pages wfpp.columbia.edu/2026/03/31/n...

a man in a suit and tie stands next to a woman in a black dress who says i 'm a star

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands next to a woman in a black dress who says i 'm a star

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QUEEN KELLY comes to Blu-ray, 16 June from @kinolorber.com and @milestonefilms.bsky.social – the new reconstructions of this wild and ambitious romance, in all its glory! kinolorber.com/product/quee...

Brush up your Swanson and Stroheim with our Instant Expert guide to QUEEN KELLY silentlondon.co.uk/2026/03/24/i...

Instant Expert: Queen Kelly

Name: Queen Kelly Age: Somewhere from 92 to 96 years old. Or brand new, maybe? Appearance: Decadent visions of dissipated European royalty in palatial grandeur, and seedy expat iniquity in East Afr…

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Happy International Women's Day! WFHI is committed to fostering and supporting scholarly, archival, and creative work on women's global film history. 👋 Not yet a member of WFHI? Join today: www.wfhi.org/join 🙏 If you became a member since Spring 2025, you're all set. Thank you for your support!

Very pleased to be doing this upcoming online research seminar for University of Reading's Film, Theatre & TV department: Wednesday 25 February, 14.00 - 15.30, "Muriel Box, 'The Truth About Women', and the truth about women directors" www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/muriel-box...

Muriel Box and the Truth About Women Directors

Professor Melanie Williams presents her current research on the work of film director Muriel Box and her 1957 film The Truth About Women

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In “Doing More with Less: Informed Speculation as Method,” Allyson Nadia Field embraces the forms of imaginative, creative, and experimental writing of film/media history while at the same time urging rigorous and responsible scholarship Download for free and hold it close— doi.org/10.1525/fmh....

Hey NYC nasty women!!! We're overjoyed to announce that Karen Pearlman's brilliant archival doc BREAKING PLATES will screen in NYC at Cinema Village on March 15 in the 2026 Socially Relevant Film Festival. 🍽️🌪️📽️ *Please spread the word and don't miss the film! ❤️* www.ratedsrfilms.org/the-schedule...

The 2026 Schedule at a Glance | Socially Relevant FF

This is a list of the films at our Rejoice Resist: BIPOC Films Program, March 12 & 13, and at Cinema Village from March 14-16. They are the documentaries, the narrative features, and one block of shor...

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Coming in April from @criterion.bsky.social! FINALLY! 🎉 @wfhinetwork.bsky.social www.criterion.com/boxsets/8685...

Great piece by WFPP contributor @laurah.bsky.social! playgirl.com/entertainmen...

Moviemaking Before Men | Playgirl

Elinor Glyn, June Mathis, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber: The many women who achieved dazzling success in the first years of Hollywood.

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Congrats to the indomitable @aurspiers.bsky.social on official publication of ARCHIVING THE PAST. Go to @ucpress.bsky.social to order your copy! @wfhinetwork.bsky.social is proud to be hosting virtual members-only book talk w/ Aurore later this month. To join WFHI... www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...

Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Aurore Spiers@aurspiers.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's here! Go and pre-order a copy of ARCHIVING THE PAST for yourself and for your library! The book uncovers the story of women in France who, from the 1920s–1970s, played critical roles in the production of global cinema's history, as archivists, witnesses, and activists. @ucpress.bsky.social