Bechdel Test Fest

The Bechdel Test Fest is an ongoing screening collective who present films with a positive representation for women in film. We screen events throughout the year in and around London and guest curate for film festivals nationwide. ‘The Bechdel Test’ was inspired by cartoonist Alison Bechdel‘s 1985 tongue-in-cheek comic strip ‘The Rule’ which became a basic measure to see if women are fairly represented in a film. It’s is also referred to as the Bechdel-Wallace test Alison credited the idea for the test to her friend Liz Wallace.