During the early 1970s, there was a growing feminist movement in Australia, and women's cinema gained prominence.
A number of filmmakers, including Jeni Thornley, Sarah Gibson, Susan Lambert, Martha Ansara, Margot Nash,[a] and Megan McMurchy collaborated and explored ideas related to women by creating stories in film.
[9] Jeni Thornley, Margot Oliver, Pat Longmore and Sue Johnston were all part of the original organising group in Sydney, while Suzanne Spunner was co-ordinator of the Melbourne event, which screened at the historic Palais Theatre.
[9] It also enabled networking for women in various art, theatre and film groups, who later collaborated.
Out of these meetings arose LIP, a feminist arts magazine founded by Spunner in 1976.