Films, News, Television
Holly Hunter is headed to HBO. The Oscar winner has signed on to star in an untitled family drama from Alan Ball, creator of “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood,” THR reports. The premium cable...
Festivals, Films, News
Heads-up women animators: Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia is now accepting animated short film submissions for its 2017 “Moore Women Artists Film Festival: Women in Animation.”...
Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors
Take “Groundhog Day,” change the main character from a grumpy middle-aged man to a teenage girl, and make it a little darker and creepier, and you’ve got Ry Russo-Young’s “Before I...
Films, Interviews, Women Directors, Women Writers
After completing her diploma at ERAC (Acting School for the Cannes Region), Houda Benyamina gained training as a director through the 1000 Faces association, which she founded in 2006 as a way of...
News, Theater, Women Directors
The 16th annual 24 Hour Plays on Broadway took place on November 14. This year’s event honored theater director Leigh Silverman and her inspiring thank you speech is available to read now. The 24...
Films, News, Women Directors, Women Writers
Screen NSW (New South Wales) announced its 50:50 by 2020 Gender Target for female writers, producers, and directors one year ago. The industry has since undergone a dramatic change, and is now “on...
News
Debora L. Spar is taking the reins of Lincoln Center, the largest performing arts center in the U.S. The president of Barnard College will serve as the arts complex’s 10th president beginning in...
Books, News, Television
Author Zadie Smith’s novel “Swing Time” has been picked up by the BBC for a television adaptation, ScreenDaily reports. Smith will adapt the book herself, along with her husband, writer Nick...
Awards, Features, Films, Interviews, Women Directors
Paula van der Oest is a screenwriter and director. Her works have screened at film festivals around the world. She was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Language Film category for her...
Books, Films, News, Trailers
The shoot for Niki Caro’s “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” starring Jessica Chastain, was an anomaly in how inclusive it was for women on set. Now the film’s first trailer has hit, detailing the...
News, Television
Liu Xiaoqing is introducing U.S. audiences to Empress Consort Wu. The Chinese actress will star in and co-produce “Empress,” a TV series centered on the seventh and eighth century empress Wu...
One of the few late-night voices doing any kind of serious critical work during this election season was that of Samantha Bee’s on her TBS show “Full Frontal.” Thankfully, the show has been...
Documentary, Features, News, Television
“The Killing Season”: A&E The new docuseries “The Killing Season,” on A&E, will feel familiar to anyone passingly acquainted with true-crime shows. Its ominous music, abrupt...
Crowdfunding, Features, Women Directors, Women Writers
“Guard” We all deal with struggles in our daily lives, and this month’s choices for crowdfunding picks showcase the day-to-day struggles women face. From a very real fight against privilege, to...
Films, News, Women Directors
Back in July, Lifetime’s “Broad Focus” initiative in partnership with Women in Film & TV UK, kicked off with a short film competition celebrating women behind the camera, and the winners...
News, Television, Women Writers
It’s uncertain whether “Fleabag” will be getting a second season, but BBC America has ordered a new drama from the critically acclaimed dark comedy’s creator and star, Phoebe...
News, Theater
A musical adaptation of the French film “Amelie” will hit Broadway in April, 2017 with “Hamilton’s” Phillipa Soo in the lead role, Variety reports. The musical will open at the Walter...
Films, News
Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” won’t hit theaters until next year, but the film is already making history. Variety reports that the newly released trailer for the Emma...
Films, News, Women Writers
Actress and writer Ana Nogueira is set to pen the screenplay for the big-screen adaptation of the graphic novel “Dan and Sam,” THR reports. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment has acquired...
An international trailer has dropped for two-time Oscar nominee Rooney Mara’s latest film, “The Secret Scripture.” The Ireland-set drama sees Mara and Vanessa Redgrave playing the same...
Books, Films, News, Women Writers
Scarlett Johansson will star in an adaptation of “Tangerine,” Christine Mangan’s debut novel. Deadline reports that Imperative Entertainment won an auction for the mystery-thriller novel,...
Films, News, Trailers
On the heels of announcing that 20th Century Fox was teaming up with PepsiCo to fund a scholarship for young women in STEM inspired by “Hidden Figures,” the studio has just released a new...
Books, Features, Films, News
Book excerpt from the introduction of “Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema” by Cheryl Robson “Silent Women: Pioneers of Cinema” (Supernova Books, 2016) is not just a book about women working...
Looking to hire a female cinematographer? A helpful new resource will make that task easier: illuminatrix, the UK’s first all-female collective of cinematographers, has launched a database...
Festivals, Films, News, Women Directors
The Whistler Film Festival in Canada, which runs from Novermber 30-December 4 this year, is proudly presenting a number of female-focused films, talent, events, and awards. The festival will feature...
After a three-year hiatus, Nikki Finke has returned to the news business. The journalist, media entrepreneur, and Internet publisher will take on the role of Senior Columnist at Mediaite beginning...
Comedy, News, Television, Women Directors
“One Mississippi” will return for a second season. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Tig Notaro’s semi-autobiographical series has been renewed by Amazon. The comedian, writer, and actress...
In anticipation of the release of the film “Hidden Figures,” which tells the true story of black women who made invaluable contributions to NASA during the 1960s space race, PepsiCo and 21st...
“People like to believe in fairy tales,” says Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman) in a newly released trailer for “Jackie.” “I believe that the characters we read about on the page end up...
Director Ava DuVernay is fully entrenched in the shoot for her Disney adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time,” and she and the rest of the cast and crew have just announced the film’s official...
Comedy, Films, Television, Women Writers
Christina Hodson is breaking into the big leagues. The screenwriter will pen the “Suicide Squad” Harley Quinn/ “Birds of Prey” spinoff for Warner Bros. and DC Films, and the...
Features, Films
Screenwriter bro Max Landis is at it again. After the “Victor Frankenstein” screenwriter spent a good part of last winter insulting “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” for its female...
Documentary, Festivals, Films, Interviews, Women Directors
Lara Stolman has produced news and documentaries that have aired on NBC, MSNBC, TLC, AMC, VH-1, and The New York Times’ website. Her film “Portraits of Survival,” which explored coming to...
“Insecure”: HBO HBO has renewed the Issa Rae comedy “Insecure” and Sarah Jessica Parker-starring “Divorce” for a second season. The drama “Westworld,” which was co-created and is...
Great things have been happening in Canada’s film and television industry when it comes to gender equality, and now, as The Hollywood Reporter details, Telefilm Canada, the country’s biggest...
Festivals, Films, Interviews, Women Directors
Julie Sokolow’s films have appeared at the New York Times, TIME, and Huffington Post. Her feature film directorial debut, “Aspie Seeks Love,” won Best Documentary at the 2015 Cinequest Film...
Awards, Features, Films, Women Directors
A record 27 features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the the 2017 Oscar Race, but only two of them are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to...
We’ve been given tiny peeks and shimmering glimpses, but now a full trailer for Disney’s live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” has finally been released, and I’ve got...
Hey Londoners! You’re invited to join Women & Hollywood founder and publisher Melissa Silverstein, The Hospital Club, and Tonic Theatre for a collaborative discussion on unconscious...
The first trailer for “Ghost in the Shell” has landed. A number of teasers have been released for the hotly anticipated adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name, but the trailer reveals...
Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors
Producer-director Robin Lung is a fourth generation Chinese American who was raised in Hawai’i. She has a 16-year history of bringing untold minority and women’s stories to film. A graduate of...
Nicole Opper is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who directed and produced the award-winning feature documentary “Off and Running.” The film was nationally broadcast on PBS’ “POV” in 2010....
Jessica Dimmock is an award-winning director and cinematographer. She is the recipient of the 2014 Infinity Award for Photojournalist of the Year from the International Center of Photography and the...
Festivals, Films, Interviews, Music, Women Directors
Maro Chermayeff is the Series Director & Executive Producer of “Soundbreaking,” the Co-founder and Executive Producer at production company Show of Force, and the Chair of the MFA Social...
Zhao Qing began her career at Shanghai Media Group in 1991, where she directed and produced television documentaries. Qing’s filmography includes “A Water Town — Zhou Zhuang,”...
Features, Films, News, Television
A good number of us were shocked into numbness and dismayed by the outcome of Tuesday night’s election. America elected a demagogue instead of our first female president, and it’s devastating....
Allie Humenuk is an award-winning filmmaker and Emmy-nominated cinematographer. Humenuk made her directorial debut with “Shadow of the House,” a documentary about the photographer Abelardo...
Rosario Dawson is set to play activist Donna Hylton in a film adaptation of the biography “A Little Piece of Light,” Deadline reports. Dawson has had an extensive film career, but most recently...
DOC NYC 2016 Women Directors: Meet Carrie Lozano and Charlotte Lagarde — “The Ballad of Fred Hersch” Carrie Lozano is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is...
DOC NYC 2016 Women Directors: Meet Carrie Lozano and Charlotte Lagarde — “The Ballad of Fred Hersch” “The Ballad of Fred Hersch” Carrie Lozano is an award-winning documentary...
Features, Films, Women Directors
“Arrival” Films About Women Opening This Week Arrival Amy Adams takes the world on her shoulders as linguist Louise Banks. When space ships arrive across the globe, Dr. Banks is called upon for...
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