The London film festival (LFF) is aiming to create a “special festival moment” to “to celebrate the enormous contribution women make to the film industry”: a group photograph of female film industry professionals that will coincide with the one-year anniversary of the #MeToo campaign and its impact on the film industry.
The BFI London film festival runs until 21 October.
It is inspired by the silent protest led by Cate Blanchett on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival in May.
The Cannes protest took place against a backdrop of roiling discontent about the treatment of women in the industry in general and at Cannes in particular.