Birds Eye View, the UK's leading celebration of women filmmakers, returns with another programme of specially-commissioned live music to silent film.

Celebrating screen icon and movie mogul Mary Pickford, three female composers (Tanya Auclair, Anna Meredith and Roshi) premiere their new scores live to three silent films. Mary Pickford was the first actress not only to produce her own work but also have complete control of advertising, choice of directors and final cut. These three films (The New York Hat - 1912, The Female of the Species - 1912, and Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley - 1918) demonstrate her ability to move between genres throughout her career, across romance, melodrama and comedy.

Bouncing off Pickford's on-screen radiance are three contemporary female artists. Anna Meredith is an in-demand composer/performer of acoustic and electronia, Welsh-born Roshi absorbs Iranian influences in her experimental folk. And multi-instrumentalist Tanya Auclair merges British, Rwandan and Canadian roots.

Hear the sounds of today meet the pictures of a century ago in this rich and exciting line up.

Please note - this event is not included in the WOW Festival Day Pass and therefore should be bought as a separate ticket.