Inspiring and supporting informed conversations about violence against women and girls and gender-based violence.
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About Screening Sexual Violence
Screening Sexual Violence is a research project and curated, research-led film resource designed to support teaching, training and community conversations about sexual violence and its impacts.
People come here for many reasons – to learn, to teach, to support others, to understand their own experiences, or to open difficult but important conversations. This resource brings together exceptional short films, prompts and research to help people engage with sexual violence thoughtfully and with care.
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Spotlight Film
“We are bombarded with really graphic scenes of violent sexual violence so I knew I wanted to withhold that. We can be desensitised to seeing it too much.”
Filmmaker Insights: Miranda Stern on EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS and 11
Watch and Explore
A woman who has experienced domestic abuse realises her body is fragmenting over time and her time is running out. Watch EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS and 11, read the film summary, take a look at the topics and themes the film explores, and more…
Filmmaker Insights
Filmmaker Miranda Stern reflects on how the films came about, finding the right approach, withholding violence violence, featuring in your own films, self-care, support and guidance, advice for filmmakers, and more…
For Discussion
What factors contribute to the women’s silencing? Consider this and other questions, prompts and activities in the question bank, designed to encourage discussion about the films and the topics and themes that they explore.
• sexual harassment • sexual assault • work and workplaces • silence and voice • effects and impacts • disclosure responses • online and digital • solidarity and friendship
Blog posts
Reflections on Researcher Wellbeing
At the end of February, I was invited to speak about the Screening Sexual Violence project at the ARU Researcher Wellbeing Symposium – a one‑day event centred on reflections and shared discussion about the realities of working with sensitive and emotionally challenging (SEC) research.
My talk – “Screening Sexual Violence: Reflections on Creative Inquiry, Film…
16 Days of Activism & 16 Days 16 Films 2025
The global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence has begun and, with it, the launch of this year’s 16 Days 16 Films festival. Undoubtedly, this filmmaking initiative is at the heart of why we created the Screening Sexual Violence resource…
Why Screening Sexual Violence?
What role do film and television have in how we understand and make sense of sexual violence? How do film and television contribute to or challenge prevailing myths around sexual violence? What does it mean to screen sexual violence? This week, I had the opportunity to attend an event that sums up for me why screening sexual…
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