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“Babadook” Director Jennifer Kent Reveals Info About Her Next Films
Writer-director Jennifer Kent has offered a taste of what audiences can expect next from her emerging talent. Her feature directorial debut, “The Babadook,” won rave reviews from critics, and...
LA Film Fest 2016 Women Directors: Meet Leila Djansi — “Like Cotton Twines”
Leila Djansi began her directing career while still studying at the ArtCenter College of Art and Design. Her directorial debut “I Sing of a Well” netted an unprecedented 11 nominations at the...
Casting for Quentin Tarantino-Produced Film Calls for “Whores”
Quentin Tarantino: Georges Biard/Wiki Commons Consider this your daily dose of “Are you fucking kidding me?!” At the end of last week, a Los Angeles-based agency put up a casting call on Facebook...
“Me Before You” Director Thea Sharrock on Choosing Emilia Clarke and Her Film Debut
“Me Before You” is Thea Sharrock’s film directorial debut. Plucked from the London theater scene, she was brought in to direct one of the most popular novels in the world; one that has spent...
Melissa McCarthy to Star in Dark Comedy Directed By Marielle Heller
Melissa McCarthy and “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” helmer Marielle Heller are joining forces for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, a dark comedy based on Lee Israel’s memoir of the...
Amy Schumer to Star in New Comedy from Producer Reese Witherspoon
We have yet another Amy Schumer movie to look forward to. The Tracking Board is reporting that the comedian will topline a new comedy from Universal, “Who Invited Her?” The project will be...
LA Film Fest 2016 Women Directors: Meet Amber Sealey — “No Light and No Land Anywhere”
Amber Sealey is an LA-based award-winning filmmaker and performer. Her films include “A Plus D” (2008), and “How to Cheat” (2011), which won the Best Performance Award at the Los Angeles...
Ellen Burstyn Having Trouble Getting Her Directorial Debut Off the Ground
Ellen Burstyn is in the midst of getting her first directing project off the ground, but is running into a few issues that she says epitomize how the industry has changed over the years. The...
LA Film Fest 2016 Women Directors: Meet Jac Gares — “FREE CeCe!”
Jac Gares is a New York-based filmmaker and freelance television producer. From 2009 to 2012, she served as series producer for “In The Life” on public television. During her tenure, the series...
LA Film Fest 2016 Women Directors: Meet Anisia Uzeyman — “Dreamstates”
Film director and actress Anisia Uzeyman was born in Rwanda and studied drama at the Superior School of Theater in France. She has written and directed four plays, and recently starred in the award...
Trailer Watch: Rural Indian Women Rebel in Leena Yadav’s “Parched”
A trailer has arrived for Indian writer-director Leena Yadav’s “Parched.” The award-winning drama made its World Premiere at TIFF last year. “Parched” centers on three women living in...
Weekly Update for May 27: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Alice Through the Looking Glass” Films About Women Opening This Week Alice Through the Looking Glass — Written by Linda Woolverton In Disney’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” an...
Trailer Watch: “Wiener-Dog” Brings Everyone Together
Dawn Wiener is back…sort of. “Welcome to the Dollhouse,” which starred Heather Matarazzo as a character named Dawn Wiener, won the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize in 1995, and...
HBO Confirms Fall Debuts for Sarah Jessica Parker’s “Divorce” and Issa Rae’s “Insecure”
HBO has confirmed fall debuts for some upcoming female-centric shows. Though specific premiere dates have not been released, the powerhouse network has revealed that the following shows will hit the...
Taraji P. Henson, Natalie Dormer, Lesli Linka Glatter, and More Win WIF LA Crystal + Lucy Awards
Women In Film, Los Angeles has announced the honorees for the 2016 Crystal + Lucy Awards, which include actresses Taraji P. Henson (“Empire”) and Natalie Dormer (“Game of Thrones”), as well...
Sundance London 2016 Women Directors: Meet Elyse Steinberg — “Weiner”
Elyse Steinberg wrote, produced, and directed the acclaimed feature documentary “The Trial of Saddam Hussein” (PBS), an explosive exposé on what really happened at the former dictator’s...
Samantha Morton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Lesley Manville Set for Hulu’s “Harlots”
Samantha Morton (“The Last Panthers”), Jessica Brown Findlay (“Downton Abbey”), and Lesley Manville (“Maleficent”) are set to star in “Harlots,” a co-production between Hulu and ITV,...
Sundance London 2016 Women Directors: Meet Clea DuVall — “The Intervention”
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Clea DuVall began working as an actor at 18 and quickly became a fixture in television and film. Some of her credits include the Academy Award–winning film...
Sheila Nevins to Be Honored at Sheffield Doc/Fest
Powerhouse exec Sheila Nevins will be honored at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest. Nevins is the president of HBO Documentary Films. She first joined the premium cable network in 1979 as Director of...
Women and Hollywood’s #WFW Partners With Women in Film and The Director List for #AskHerFilm
We are incredibly excited to announce that, starting next week, we will be joining forces with Women In Film and The Director List for our #WFW feature. We absolutely love what Women in Film and...
Inside Out 2016 Women Directors: Meet Maura Anderson — “Heartland”
Maura Anderson has worked in independent film production since 2006. She production managed Academy Award-nominated “Winter’s Bone,” as well as “On the Ice” and “Ceremony,” among...
Tangerine Fellowship for Outstanding Female Screenwriter Now Accepting Applications
Stowe Story Labs and Tangerine Entertainment have announced that the application period for the second annual Tangerine Fellowship for an Outstanding Female Screenwriter is now open. The goal of the...
Inside Out 2016 Women Directors: Meet Shaleece Haas — “Real Boy”
Shaleece Haas is co-producer of the 2013 documentary “The Genius of Marian,” director of the documentary short “Old People Driving,” and producer of several short films including “City...
Barbara Kopple’s “Miss Sharon Jones!” Acquired By Starz Digital
Starz Digital has announced the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to Barbara Kopple’s “Miss Sharon Jones!” Kopple (“Harlan County U.S.A.”, “Shut Up & Sing”) is...
Inside Out 2016 Women Directors: Meet Carly Usdin — “Suicide Kale”
Carly Usdin spent several years with Viacom Media Networks. During that time she created award-winning promo campaigns for shows like “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and produced an on-air music series...
Danica McKellar Appears on PBS NOVA Series “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers”
“The Wonder Years” star and expert mathematician Danica McKellar has joined PBS NOVA’s “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers” for an episode of its fifth season. McKellar, though...
Nanfu Wang’s “Hooligan Sparrow” Doc Gets Theatrical Release
Nanfu Wang’s award-winning documentary “Hooligan Sparrow” will be released theatrically in LA and NY this July. The film debuted at Sundance 2016. Wang told Women and Hollywood that...
Inside Out 2016 Women Directors: Meet Nneka Onuorah — “The Same Difference”
Nneka Onuorah started her career at Viacom by being dubbed the “Super-Intern” at BET Networks by The New York Times in an article titled “Dancer at Heart, an Executive in the Making.” After...
Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson” Acquired by Janus Films
Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson” has been acquired by Janus Films after a successful run on the festival circuit. The distributor picked up all North American rights to the documentary, which...
Summer 2016 Preview
“Me Before You” by Eboni Boykin and Diana Martinez This summer will be packed with a broad range of films by and about women for your enjoyment as you escape the summer heat. Kicking off the...
Correcting the Record on Wonder Woman Comment
Last week at the Cannes Film Festival on a Women in Motion panel, I said that Patty Jenkins, the director of the upcoming “Wonder Woman” film, is the first female director to have a $100 million...
Inside Out 2016 Women Directors: Meet Cecilia Aldarondo — “Memories of a Penitent Heart”
Cecilia Aldarondo holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is an Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Skidmore College. She was the inaugural recipient of the Roberto Guerra Documentary...
Activism and the Abstract: Crowdfunding Picks
“Cave Small Cave Big” This month’s crowdfunding picks delve into the wondrous world of the childlike imagination, tackle intense topics like living with breast cancer, and consider women’s...
Quote of the Day: Kate Beckinsale Talks Pay Inequality in Hollywood
Kate Beckinsale recently sat down for an interview on “Larry King Now” to promote “Love & Marriage,” a period comedy in theaters now, and to tease the upcoming fifth installment of...
Watch: Women and Hollywood at Cannes for Women in Motion Panel “Show Us the Money”
At the Cannes Film Festival last week, Women and Hollywood’s founder and publisher Melissa Silverstein sat down with Francine Raveney of the European Women’s Audiovisual Network and a Elsa...
Inside Out 2016 Women Directors: Meet Sarah Rotella — “Almost Adults”
Sarah Rotella directs short films, web series, and features. “Almost Adults” is her debut feature length film. Her directing efforts have garnered over 68 million YouTube views and her films...
“Beauty and the Beast” Teaser Breaks “Star Wars” Record
The first teaser for Disney’s live-action “Beauty and the Beast” is now a record breaker, besting the trailers of many films marketed to boys. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the teaser...
Why Sony Needs to Stop Freaking Out About the Trolls Attacking“Ghostbusters”
The New York Times published a piece yesterday detailing how Sony was excited that the “Ghostbusters” cast was going to be on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this week to promote the film, which...
Seeking Our Story: Growing Up with Catherine Hardwicke’s “Thirteen”
“Thirteen” Guest Post by Angela Trott Catherine Hardwick will be appearing in person at this event, see details below. Catherine Hardwicke (b. 1955) grew up in McAllen, Texas on the border...
The Orchard Acquires Julia Hart’s Directorial Debut “Miss Stevens”
The Orchard has acquired all North American rights to Julia Hart’s (screenwriter, “The Keeping Room”) directorial debut, “Miss Stevens,” Variety has reported. The film stars Lily Rabe...
Whoopi Goldberg to Produce Transgender Model Series for Oxygen
Whoopi Goldberg will executive produce the new series “Strut” for Oxygen, Variety has reported. The show will follow transgender models who are breaking into the industry and trying to become...
Whitney Cummings Making Directorial Debut with “The Female Brain”
Comedian Whitney Cummings is going to be stepping behind the camera and making her directorial debut with the relationship comedy “The Female Brain.” Based on the book by Louann Brizendine, the...
“Pitch Perfect’s” Rebel Wilson To Star in Rom Com
Consummate sidekick Rebel Wilson is finally set to top-line a high-profile film. Variety is reporting that the “Pitch Perfect” franchise breakout will star in an as-yet untitled romantic comedy...
Fans Want Gillian Anderson As the Next James Bond
Anderson. Gillian Anderson. That’s who Twitter wants to be the next James Bond. In light of the news that Daniel Craig, who’s starred in the last three Bond films, is done with the franchise,...
Hedgebrook Screenwriters Lab Now Accepting Applications
Get your applications ready, women screenwriters! The application period for Hedgebrook’s 2nd annual Screenwriters Lab is now open. Hedgebrook’s Screenwriters Lab is one of multiple programs...
Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” Will Feature Diverse Cast
Ava DuVernay, who directed 2014’s critically acclaimed “Selma,” is taking inclusivity in film into her own hands. According to NOLA.com, DuVernay is looking to diversify the cast of her...
Men Intentionally Sabotage Reviews Of Entertainment Aimed at Women
It didn’t come as a surprise that a particular subset of men online set out to sabotage the upcoming all-female “Ghostbusters” remake. But surely that kind of intentional, misogynist scheme...
Rebecca Miller Launches Production Company
“Maggie’s Plan” writer-director Rebecca Miller has founded a production company with Damon Cardasis, one of the romantic comedy’s producers, Deadline has reported. “Maggie’s Plan” is...
Cannes’ Women Winners: Houda Benyamina, Andrea Arnold, Maren Ade, and More
“Divines” The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up over the weekend, and though we are still without a solo female winner for the Palme d’Or (Jane Campion won a shared Palme in 1993 for “The...
Teaser Watch: Emma Watson Enters a Magical World in “Beauty and the Beast”
Harry Potter alum Emma Watson is stepping into another enchanted world, and now we have a sneak peak into what to expect from her next blockbuster. A trailer has landed for the Watson-fronted...
Nia Vardalos to Adapt and Star in Cheryl Strayed’s “Tiny Beautiful Things”
Nia Vardalos will return to theater next season, starring in “Tiny Beautiful Things,” a play adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s book, said The Hollywood Reporter. The play will run from Nov. 15...