Screening Sexual Violence

✨SPOTLIGHT FILM ✨

It’s an honour to share a new film on the *xualviolence resource - HEART EYES AND A WORLD, a stunning documentary by

🎞 HEART EYES AND A WORLD follows four 15-year-old girls navigating self-image, validation and social media. It asks what happens to a sense of self that is still forming when it is already visible to the world.

Blending observational and empathetic storytelling with a reflective look at digital culture, the film enters the girls’ world at eye level, without judgement. It asks who is really watching when a teenage girl posts an image online, who benefits, and where responsibility lies.

Head to the Screening Sexual Violence resource to support and deepen conversations around the film and the topics and themes it raises - from s*xualisation and power to online safety and the pressures of growing up in public.

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💭 Read insights from director Rosie Morris in the filmmaker interview

💬 Explore discussion questions for awareness raising, education and training

📝 Read the Curator Note - a new addition to the Screening Sexual Violence resource offering critical context on each film package

💌 Sign up to hear about new films, materials and events related to the Screening Sexual Violence project

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🌍 International Women’s Day 2026

To mark International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, we’re inviting you to explore the Screening Sexual Violence film resource - a growing collection of short films made by women that open up space for thoughtful conversation, reflection and learning.

There are nine brilliantly impactful and thought‑provoking films available now, with a new film and accompanying engagement materials added every month. We’d love to invite you to watch a film, share it with someone in your network, and start a conversation about the themes and perspectives it raises.

You can read more about how the resource was created in a new blog post for Cinema & Social Justice:�https://cinemasocialjustice.org/2026/03/03/screening-s*xual-violence-creating-a-film-resource-for-social-change/

Explore the full film library and materials and sign up for new film notifications here:�https://screenings*xualviolence.com/

Screening Sexual Violence: Creating a Film Resource for Social Change Donna Peberdy International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month invite us to pause: to recognise achievements, acknowledge progress, and call attention to areas where change remains painfully slo…

Two new short posts to explore this week:

🟣 Cinema & Social Justice blog

A reflection during on developing the Screening Sexual Violence film resource – thinking about what short film can offer to representation, education and social change.

Read here: https://cinemasocialjustice.org/2026/03/03/screening-s*xual-violence-creating-a-film-resource-for-social-change/

🟣 Screening Sexual Violence website

A short post based on a talk at the Anglia Ruskin University Researcher Wellbeing Symposium, which reflected on the emotional and ethical realities of working with sensitive and emotionally challenging research.

Read here: https://screenings*xualviolence.com/2026/03/02/researcher-wellbeing/

If you work with film, education, social justice or researcher wellbeing, I’d love to hear your thoughts or connect with others exploring similar questions.

Screening Sexual Violence: Creating a Film Resource for Social Change Donna Peberdy International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month invite us to pause: to recognise achievements, acknowledge progress, and call attention to areas where change remains painfully slo…

✨ SPOTLIGHT FILMS ✨

For the first time, we’re spotlighting two films at once — EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS and 11 — both directed by Miranda Stern.

Together, these films offer a powerful exploration of s*xual violence in the world of work, from the personal to the collective.

🎞 EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS is a drama that follows Phoebe, a young woman navigating a new office job where s*xual harassment escalates. Unable to speak out at work, she turns to vlogging and social media, exposing how gendered power inequalities shape silence — and how gender equality is everybody’s business.

🎞 11 weaves together eleven women’s testimonies of s*xual harassment and assault across a wide range of professions, from waitress and flight attendant to lawyer, teacher and MP. The film exposes the everyday culture of s*xism women contend with at work, while also gesturing towards empowerment, activism and solidarity as routes to change.

Seen together, these films move between fiction and documentary, individual experience and collective voice, asking urgent questions about work, power, disclosure and responsibility.

Head to the Screening Sexual Violence resource created in association with 16 Days 16 Films to support and deepen conversations around these films and violence against women and girls.

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💭 Read insights from director Miranda Stern in the combined interview
💬 Explore discussion questions for education and training
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When Dr Donna Peberdy, associate professor of performance, s*x and gender at Southampton Solent University, began to see a lot of representations of violence against women in work made by female filmmakers, she realised what a useful tool they could be. So, in collaboration with the 16 Days 16 Films festival, she started Screening Sexual Violence, a research project and online resource.

Jen caught up with Donna to talk about the work she’s doing, what she’s seeing, and whether or not AI is about to make it so much worse.

Dig in! https://buff.ly/03ShSLD

This week *xualviolence features on the brilliant !

Project lead chats with about the aims of the research project, the purpose behind the web resource, and the power of made by in opening up conversations about the causes and consequences of violence against women and girls.

Thanks for the conversation, Jen! Grateful for the opportunity to share this work 🧡

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The government’s new VAWG strategy was published today. We’re still digesting but we’re encouraged to see a strong focus on prevention, education and media literacy - all central to our mission of using film as a tool for awareness and change.

🎬 This week, we made our 4-minute short film Now Your Turn available on the Screening Sexual Violence resource. Created with 12–16-year-old boys at The Polygon School, Hampshire charity and Southampton , the film explores consent, respect and healthy relationships through young voices.

We believe film can spark conversations that matter - in schools, communities, and beyond. Watch now via the link in bio and stay tuned: in the New Year, we’ll add discussion questions, a filmmaker interview, and a lesson plan. Sign up for early access!

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Films can spark change. This week we screened a short we helped make — and the audience were fantastic. Full house. Loud applause. Big conversations. More soon…

The complex, stark yet beautiful animation MORGANE is our current spotlight film.

At 2 minutes long, it is one of the shorter films included in the Screening Sexual Violence project but no less powerful.

Directed by Lilou Massouty while at college, MORGANE is a short experimental animation that reveals the psychological impact of domestic abuse. Moving beyond stock images of beaten and bruised women, the hand-drawn animation complicates how domestic abuse victims are depicted in popular culture.

The experimental approach invites us to interpret the actions and behaviours that comprise domestic abuse as well as the conflicting emotions felt by victim-survivors. It is an urgent reminder that, without intervention, domestic abuse can lead to death.

Head to the film resource created in association with to inspire, support and inform conversations about this film, gender-based violence and s*xual violence against women and girls.

🎞 Login or register to watch MORGANE (it's free!).
💭 Read fascinating insights from filmmaker Lilou Massouty.
💬 Start a conversation about this film using the question bank
💌 Sign up to hear about new films and materials added to the resource.

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The complex, stark yet beautiful animation MORGANE is our current spotlight film.

At 2 minutes long, it is one of the shorter films included in the Screening Sexual Violence project but no less powerful.

Directed by Lilou Massouty while at college, MORGANE is a short experimental animation that reveals the psychological impact of domestic abuse. Moving beyond stock images of beaten and bruised women, the hand-drawn animation complicates how domestic abuse victims are depicted in popular culture.

The experimental approach invites us to interpret the actions and behaviours that comprise domestic abuse as well as the conflicting emotions felt by victim-survivors. It is an urgent reminder that, without intervention, domestic abuse can lead to death.

Head to the film resource created in association with 16 Days 16 Films to inspire, support and inform conversations about this film, gender-based violence and s*xual violence against women and girls.

🎞 Login or register to watch MORGANE (it's free!).
💭 Read fascinating insights from filmmaker Lilou Massouty.
💬 Start a conversation about this film using the question bank
💌 Sign up to hear about new films and materials added to the resource.