Archive · 14 Aug 2025
Film Theorist Laura Mulvey to Receive BFI Fellowship
Laura Mulvey, a film expert who wrote a very important essay about how movies are made, is getting a special award from the British Film Institute (BFI).
The award ceremony will be at the BFI Southbank.
They will also show a collection of her movies.
Her famous essay talks about the 'male gaze,' explaining how movies sometimes seem to be made for men to watch.
This means movies often show things from a male point of view.
Her work is still taught to students today.
Laura Mulvey will receive a BFI Fellowship.
The award ceremony will be held at BFI Southbank on November 4th.
A retrospective of her work, titled 'Laura Mulvey: Thinking Through Film,' will be shown.
Mulvey is known for her essay 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema'.
The essay introduced the concept of the 'male gaze' in cinema.
- Who
- Laura Mulvey, a film theorist and filmmaker.
- What
- Laura Mulvey is receiving a BFI Fellowship.
- When
- The award ceremony is on November 4th. The film retrospective runs through November and December.
- Where
- BFI Southbank.
- Why
- To honor her contribution to film theory and filmmaking.
- Award
- BFI Fellowship
- Recipient
- Laura Mulvey
- Known For
- Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema
- Location
- BFI Southbank
- Event Date
- November 4th