#Motherhood
Exclusive: Noémie Merlant is a New Mom Struggling to Cope in “Baby Ruby” Clip
Noémie Merlant finds herself in another living nightmare in “Baby Ruby.” After escaping the clutches of an egomaniacal boss in ‘Tár,” the French actress plays a new mother...
Trailer Watch: Noémie Merlant Is a New Mother in Crisis in Bess Wohl’s “Baby Ruby”
Described by writer-director Bess Wohl as “the story of a woman who becomes a mother for the first time and finds herself plunged into a terrifying new world where everything — and everyone...
Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Other People’s Children” Lands at Music Box Film Ahead of U.S. Premiere at Sundance
“Other People’s Children” has secured U.S. distribution ahead of its run at Sundance Film Festival later this month. A press release announced that Music Box Films snagged rights to...
Alison Star Locke on the Coexistence of Accountability and Compassion in “The Apology”
Alison Star Locke began her writing career as a story producer for reality TV and has written, directed, and produced numerous shorts. Her favorite, “Shhhhhhh…,” was laureled-up by the Los...
Bess Wohl’s “Baby Ruby” Acquired by Magnet Releasing, Noémie Merlant Stars
“Baby Ruby” has landed North American distribution following its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival last month. Magnolia Pictures snagged rights to Bess Wohl’s...
NYFF 2022 Women Directors: Meet Huang Ji – “Stonewalling”
Huang Ji is an award-winning independent filmmaker based in Beijing. Born in Hunan in 1984, she studied screenwriting in the Beijing Film Academy. Since her first short film, “The Warmth of...
TIFF 2022 Women Directors: Meet Bess Wohl – “Baby Ruby”
Bess Wohl is a writer, director, and playwright. In theater, her play “Grand Horizons” was nominated for a Tony Award. In film and television she has developed projects with Amazon, HBO,...
Trailer Watch: Essie Davis Will Go to Any Lengths to Get Her Kids Back in “The Justice of Bunny King”
Described by director Gaysorn Thavat as “a social justice action film about motherhood,” “The Justice of Bunny King” sees the titular character (Essie Davis, “The...
Quote of the Day: Jennifer Lawrence Reflects on Pregnancy & Motherhood in the Wake of Roe Reversal
“The morning after I gave birth, I felt like my whole life had started over. Like, Now is day one of my life,” Jennifer Lawrence recalls in a new feature for Vogue. “I just stared. I...
Stephanie Laing to Direct TV Adaptation of Claire Vaye Watkins’ “I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness”
Stephanie Laing is keeping busy. Deadline has just revealed that she is lined up to direct a TV adaptation of Claire Vaye Watkins’ 2021 novel “I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness”...
Pamela Adlon to Make Feature Directorial Debut with Pregnancy Comedy, Ilana Glazer Will Star
After helming every episode of four of “Better Things'” five-season run, Pamela Adlon is set to make her feature directorial debut. The Emmy and Peabody-winning multi-hyphenate is...
Trailer Watch: Michelle De Swarte Gets a Deadly Taste of Motherhood in HBO Horror-Comedy “The Baby”
Motherhood is “a lot, all the time, forever,” we’re told in a new trailer for “The Baby.” The HBO dark comedy tells the story of Natasha (Michelle De Swarte, “The...
Book Excerpt: “Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor”
The following is adapted from “Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor,” edited by So Mayer and Corinn Columpar and set to be published April 5. Copyright (c) 2022 Wayne...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt – “Aftershock”
Tonya Lewis Lee is a director, producer, and writer whose work through storytelling often explores the personal impact of social justice issues such as civil rights and criminal justice. Paula Eiselt...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Francisca Alegría – “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future”
Francisca Alegría is Chilean filmmaker whose short film “And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye” received the award for Best International Fiction Short Film at the 2017...
Trailer Watch: Selina Ringel Is a “Single Mother by Choice” in HBO Max Pic
A fictional feature that tracks star, co-writer, and producer Selina Ringel’s real-life pregnancy, “Single Mother by Choice” tells the story of an overachieving, workaholic Latinx...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Laura Santullo – “The Other Tom”
Laura Santullo is a Uruguayan filmmaker and author based in Mexico. She is an internationally recognized for her work as a screenwriter, collaborating with film director and life-partner Rodrigo...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Laura Samani – “Piccolo Corpo” (“Small Body”)
Laura Samani was born in Trieste, Italy. In 2016, her short film “The Sleeping Saint” premiered at Cannes Cinéfondation and has since gained international acclaim and awards from several...
Ann Hu Talks Bringing a Personal Story to the Screen with “Confetti”
Writer, producer, and director Ann Hu’s debut “Shadow Magic” (2000) won both the Chinese Academy Award and Presidential Award in China for Best Film. The film premiered at the 2000...
Pick of the Day: “Materna”
Jean (Kate Lyn Sheil), Mona (Jade Eshete), Ruth (Lindsay Burdge), and Perizad (Assol Abdullina) are four very different women with no connection to one another, besides the fact that they are on the...
Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Gaysorn Thavat – “The Justice of Bunny King”
Gaysorn Thavat began her film career in 1995 working in the camera department. Starting as a clapper loader, she worked her way up to 1st AC before making the switch to directing with television...
Trailer Watch: Ilana Glazer Has a Hellish Pregnancy in “False Positive”
Ilana Glazer won’t let gaslighting distract from her mother’s intuition in “False Positive.” The Hulu pic sees the “Broad City” alumna playing Lucy, who begins to...
Guest Post: Do We Have to Choose Between Directing and Motherhood?
Guest Post by Sasha Joelle Achilli I was 24 when I started working in the TV documentary film world. I never thought that one day I would have the opportunity to make a living from traveling the...
Hot Docs 2021 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Redfearn – “Apart”
Jennifer Redfearn is an Academy Award-nominated director. She directed and produced “Sun Come Up” about a small island community losing their land to rising seas. “Sun Come...
Guest Post: What We Learned as Parents and Carers During COVID, from Burnout to Building Back
By Raising Films Even before the pandemic, people with caring and parenting responsibilities working in film and TV had to have the know-how when it came to managing remote and home-based working...
Pick of the Day: “My Zoe”
I went into “My Zoe” only knowing the very basics of its plot, and I would advise anyone else interested in Julie Delpy’s latest film to do the same. (But there is a trailer below...
Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” Goes to Netflix in $15 Million Deal, Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Star
Rebecca Hall has landed a massive deal for her directorial debut. Netflix landed international rights to period drama “Passing” for a reported $15.75 million following its world premiere...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Natalia Almada – “Users”
Natalia Almada is the recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Genius Award. Her directing credits include “Al Otro Lado” (2005 Tribeca Film Festival), “El General” (2009 Sundance Film...
Pick of the Day: “True Mothers”
A sensitive and nuanced exploration of motherhood and adoption, Naomi Kawase’s “True Mothers” tells the story of two women whose lives collide. We’re first introduced to...
Trailer Watch: Vanessa Kirby Enters the Oscar Race with “Pieces of a Woman”
Expectant parents are dealt a tragic blow in a new trailer for “Pieces of a Woman.” “I wanted to stay at home. I wanted the baby to decide when she wanted to come,” Martha...
Motherhood Horror Comedy “The Baby” Ordered to Series by HBO and Sky
HBO and Sky are joining forces to deliver “The Baby,” a dark horror comedy about motherhood. The premium cable network and British broadcaster have ordered the project to series, Deadline...
Trailer Watch: A Fake Clinic Takes a Newborn Away from Her Mother in “Song Without a Name”
A radio ad for a clinic offering medical assistance to pregnant women leads a young Peruvian woman down a tragic path in Melina Léon’s “Song Without a Name.” A trailer for the drama...
Trailer Watch: Amy Schumer Preps for a Baby and Comedy Special in “Expecting Amy”
Amy Schumer offers a refreshingly honest look into her famously difficult pregnancy in “Expecting Amy.” The three-part HBO Max docuseries sees the multi-hyphenate embarking on a stand-up...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics – “Her Mothers”
Asia Dér graduated as a documentary director from the DOC Nomads MA program. Her graduation film was nominated for the best short film at the Hungarian Film Festival. She is working on her second...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Judith Helfand – “Love & Stuff”
Peabody award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand tackles some of the most pressing issues of our time — from the climate crisis and systemic inequality to love, grief, and the transformative...
Trailer Watch: Comedians Pay Tribute to Their Moms in “Call Your Mother”
“You think you got your sense of humor all by yourself? Uh-uh, you know where that comes from,” Tig Notaro says in the trailer for “Call Your Mother.” The documentary special...
First On-Site Childcare Facility at a UK Studio to Open at Warner Bros. Leavesden
This summer, things could be a little bit easier for mothers and parents working at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden. It’s set to open a nursery, the “first dedicated, on-site childcare...
Trailer Watch: Eva Green Is a Mom Preparing for Space in Alice Winocour’s “Proxima”
“There’s no such thing as a perfect astronaut — just like there’s no such thing as a perfect mother,” Eva Green is told in a new trailer for “Proxima.” Alice...
Quote of the Day: Josephine Decker on Pumping at Sundance, Normalizing Everyday Parts of Motherhood
While at Sundance promoting her new film, “Shirley,” director Josephine Decker did something that’s both radical and a part of millions of women’s everyday routines: she...
Trailer Watch: A New Doc Explores Whether “To Kid or Not To Kid”
“Why can’t we talk about not having children?” director Maxine Trump asks in a new trailer for “To Kid or Not To Kid.” The documentary explores the cultural pressure and...
Theater Survey: Discrimination & Lack of Maternity Leave Feed Offstage Gender Gap
Excluding costume design, dudes dominate theater’s design, production, and technical professions. Women represent just 37 percent of Broadway and touring stage managers, a 2017 study revealed....
TIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Antoneta Kastrati – “Zana”
Originally from Kosovo, Antoneta Kastrati’started directing in the late-1990s after surviving the war. She began tackling issues of post-war society in documentaries that she collaborated on...
TIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Shelly Love – “A Bump Along the Way”
Award-winning artist and director Shelly Love has devised, written, and directed numerous music videos, commercials, and short films including “Little White Bird,” “Pod,” “Scratch,”...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Fights to Find Her Stolen Baby Girl in Cannes Pic “Canción sin nombre”
A relatively stress-free pregnancy and birth precede a tragedy in Melina León’s “Canción sin nombre” (“Song Without a Name”). A newly released trailer for the Cannes’...
Managing Motherhood: Crowdfunding Picks
Even as more and more women opt out of having children, the pressure to pursue motherhood remains consistent. Those women who do choose to have kids must grapple with the reality of balancing their...
Exclusive: An Eco-Activist Faces a Huge Decision in “Woman at War” Clip
Halla (Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir) has wanted to be a mother for a long time. The protagonist of “Woman at War” applied for adoption years ago and — while waiting and wondering if...
Guest Post: What “Roma” Gets Right About Motherhood
Guest Post by Cristina Escobar “Roma” became the first film from Mexico to win the “foreign” language category at the Oscars on Sunday, and also nabbed best director and cinematography...
Trailer Watch: An Unjust Prison Stint Tears a Family Apart in “The Sentence”
In the trailer for upcoming documentary “The Sentence,” a young girl receives a phone call from her mother. Before they are connected, an automated recording plays: “This call is...
Guest Post: How I Founded an Art House Cinema and Made Supporting Women a Priority
Guest Post by Lawren Desai My son was still in diapers when I founded an art house cinema. I wrote my business plan during nap time and showed up to construction with a stroller. This was in 2010:...
Christine Pietrosh & Jessica Goldstein’s “Family Friendly” Gets Put Pilot Commitment at ABC
ABC is taking on the bullshit mothers so often face in the workplace. According to Deadline, the network has given a put pilot commitment to Christine Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein’s...
Under the Radar: Motherhood Meets Magical Realism in Brazilian Fairy Tale “Good Manners”
Unsurprisingly for a film infused with magical realism, “Good Manners” was first conceived in a state of sleep: “the original image came from a dream of [co-director Marco Dutra’s]: two women...