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TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Priscilla Cameron — “The Butterfly Tree”
Priscilla Cameron is a writer and director whose short films have won awards, screened in national and international festivals, and have been sold nationally and internationally. “The Butterfly...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Kathleen Hepburn — “Never Steady, Never Still”
Kathleen Hepburn is a Vancouver born writer and director. “Never Steady, Never Still” is an expansion on a short with the same name, which was selected as one of TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten. She...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Iram Haq — “What Will People Say”
Iram Haq is a Norwegian actress, writer, and director. Her directorial debut short, “Little Miss Eyeflap,” screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. Her feature film debut, “I Am...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Molly McGlynn — “Mary Goes Round”
Molly McGlynn is a Canadian writer and director. Her previous short films include “I Am Not a Weird Person,” “Shoes,” and “3-Way (Not Calling).” “Mary Goes Round” is her first...
Hungary Chooses Ildikó Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul” as Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
Ildikó Enyedi’s “On Body and Soul” took home top honors at the Berlin Film Festival in February, and it could land an Oscar nomination in the coming months. The unconventional romantic drama...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Haifaa Al-Mansour — “Mary Shelley”
Haifaa Al-Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia, where her 2005 documentary “Women Without Shadows” has influenced a new wave of filmmakers. Her work is both praised and vilified...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Kate Novack — “The Gospel According to André”
Kate Novack is a producer and director. Her credits include “Page One: Inside the New York Times,” “A Table in Heaven,” and “Eat This New York.” Novack’s first feature screenplay,...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Greta Gerwig — “Lady Bird”
Greta Gerwig’s acting credits include “Maggie’s Plan,” “Frances Ha,” and “Mistress America.” She co-wrote the latter two features, and alongside Joe Swanberg she co-directed the...
Trailer Watch: A Trans Woman Deals with Heartbreak and Prejudice in “A Fantastic Woman”
The first trailer for “A Fantastic Woman” sees Marina (Daniela Vega) living a nightmare. The waitress and singer has not only lost Orlando (Francisco Reyes), the love of her life, after he dies...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Barbara Albert — “Mademoiselle Paradis”
Barbara Albert is a director and writer whose short films have been introduced at festivals around the world. Her first feature film “Nordrand,” or “Northern Skirts,” premiered at Venice...
Kate Mara to Star in Drama Series Based on Nellie Bly’s “10 Days in a Mad-House”
Kate Mara has signed on to play another journalist. The “House of Cards” alumna will topline and executive produce a series based on Nellie Bly’s 1887 non-fiction book “10 Days in a...
Trailer Watch: Families in the American South Collide in Dee Rees’ “Mudbound”
Atrailer has finally landed for the biggest hit out of Sundance 2017, Dee Rees’ “Mudbound.” The drama is set in the rural American South during World War II, and the spot kicks off with two...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Sophie Fiennes — “Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami”
Sophie Fiennes is a film director whose feature documentaries include her collaborations with the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, “The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema” and “The Pervert’s...
Charlotte Bruus Christensen Named Inaugural Recipient of Sue Gibson BSC, Cinematography Award
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has announced that the inaugural winner of The Sue Gibson BSC, Cinematography Award. According to Women in Film and Television UK, Charlotte Bruus...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Aoife McArdle — “Kissing Candice”
Aoife McArdle was born in Northern Ireland. Her work as a music video director has earned her a nomination for Best Director at the 2014 UK Music Video Awards. “Kissing Candice” is her feature...
TIFF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Jenna Bass — “High Fantasy”
Jenna Bass is a director and writer whose work has premiered around the world, including Sundance, Berlinale, Göteborg, Busan, and Durban International Film Festivals, where she has been heralded...
Laura Dern on “Changing the Game for Actresses Over 40” and Equal Pay
Laura Dern is up for an Emmy for her role on “Big Little Lies,” and she’s loudly and proudly acknowledging the impact of the hit HBO series. “We’re changing the game for actresses over...
Trailer Watch: Saoirse Ronan Grows Up in Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird”
“I hate California. I want to go to the East Coast. I want to go to where culture is like New York,” says Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) in the first trailer for Greta...
Mothers of the 21st Century: Crowdfunding Picks
“Brighton” Mothers play a critical role in our ability to grow, love, learn, and experience the world — but they are still women of the 21st century. They love, falter, make mistakes, and...
Ana Urushadze’s “Scary Mother” Chosen as Georgia’s Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
Ana Urushadze’s award-winning directorial debut may be headed to the Academy Awards. “Scary Mother” has been chosen to represent Georgia in the best foreign-language film category at the 2018...
Trailer Watch: A Dancer Changes Her Life in Elvira Lind’s Tribeca Winner “Bobbi Jene”
“I need to do what I need to do. I need to dance. I need to work hard. That’s it,” says Bobbi Jene Smith in a new trailer for Elvira Lind’s “Bobbi Jene.” The award-winning documentary...
Claire Foy to Be Honored with BAFTA’s Britannia Artist of the Year Award
Chalk this up as another victory for the Queen. “The Crown’s” Claire Foy has been named as this year’s recipient of the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year, Deadline confirms. The...
Trailer Watch: Mindy Kaling Has a Lot to Be Grateful For in “The Mindy Project’s” Final Season
“The Mindy Project” Exsqueeze me, but did you know “The Mindy Project’s” sixth and final season is about to premiere? A new trailer for the Hulu comedy is here to remind you, and it seems...
Horror Anthology Written & Directed by Women in Development at The CW, Drew Barrymore to Produce
Genre fans, rejoice. A horror series written and directed entirely by women is in development at The CW, Deadline reports. Hailing from Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen’s Flower Films, Jill...
Trailer Watch: A Celebration Goes Off the Rails in Sally Potter’s “The Party”
A star-studded cast swaps barbs in a UK trailer for “The Party.” Described as “a comedy wrapped around a tragedy,” the black and white Sally Potter film features Patricia Clarkson (“House...
September 2017 Film Preview
Jennifer Lawrence in “mother!” Fall will come rolling in with a bevy of women-centric, women-directed, and women-written films that range from romantic to historical to scary to funny. There’s...
BFI London Film Festival’s Official Competition Is 33 Percent Women-Directed
Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women” took home top honors at the BFI London Film Festival last year, but the ensemble drama was one of just two women-directed films that screened in the 12-title...
Palestine Selects Annemarie Jacir’s “Wajib” for Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
Annemarie Jacir has been chosen to represent Palestine for the third time at the Academy Awards. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jacir’s latest film, “Wajib,” is now a contender in the...
“Living Single” Reboot in the Works
The final episode of “Living Single” aired nearly two decades ago, but according to Queen Latifah, a reboot of the beloved sitcom may be on the way. The Oscar nominee spilled some details during...
TIFF 2017: Coralie Fargeat’s “Revenge” Acquired by Shudder
“Revenge” has found a home in advance of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. AMC Networks’ Shudder snagged the North American, U.K., Ireland, and Australian rights...
CBS Developing Medical Comedy About Female Doctor from Lisa Parsons
Exactly zero of CBS’ new fall series center on female protagonists, a fact that has drawn a great deal of (totally warranted) criticism of the network. Hopefully next season’s programming...
Kate del Castillo’s Biographical Series “The Day I Met El Chapo” to Debut on Netflix
Kate del Castillo and Sean Penn’s meeting with the world’s most wanted drug lord sparked international headlines, and now the former will share her side of the story in a new biographical...
Noomi Rapace and Director Vicky Jewson Team Up for Female Bodyguard Flick
BAFTA-nominated actress Noomi Rapace is no stranger to fast-paced thrillers. The star has appeared in everything from “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” franchise to “Prometheus” to...
Floria Sigismondi to Direct Adaptation of Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw”
Floria Sigismondi will once again make her way from the music scene to the big screen. Deadline has just announced that “The Runaways” helmer is set to direct “The Turning,” a new film from...
Film About Racketeer Stephanie St. Clair in Development at HBO
A fter presenting the Oprah Winfrey-starring, Emmy nominated film “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” earlier this year, HBO is planning to bring another historically overlooked...
Trailer Watch: A Female Sergeant Comes Home and Faces PTSD in “Blood Stripe”
The trailer for “Blood Stripe” plays out much like the film’s main protagonist: quietly. Viewers are guided not by dialogue, but rather by action and accompanying music. Our protagonist cannot...
“One Day at a Time” Co-Creator Gloria Calderon Kellett Has New CBS Show in the Works
At the beginning of the summer, “One Day at a Time” co-creator Gloria Calderon Kellett landed an overall deal with Sony TV. Alongside Netflix’s “One Day at a Time,” it affords Kellett and...
Tallgrass Film Fest Announces Inaugural Picks for Women-Directed DOX Spotlight
Earlier this year, the Tallgrass International Film Festival announced its new DOX Spotlight Section. This new competition features undistributed, feature-length documentaries directed by women. And...
Amazon Renews Jill Soloway’s “Transparent” for a Fifth Season
Jill Soloway’s award-winning series “Transparent” is, without a doubt, one of Amazon’s most successful properties. With two Golden Globes and eight Emmys to its name, it’s no surprise that...
Netflix to Premiere New Joan Didion Doc at New York Film Festival
“How does one capture such a celebrated and prolific author while delivering something new for audiences to engage with?” That is precisely the question Netflix aims to tackle with its newly...
Alicia Vikander-Starrer “Tulip Fever” Gets Racier Trailer and New Premiere Date
The Weinstein Company’s adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s best-selling novel has been scheduled and rescheduled and rescheduled again, but it looks like we’ll finally see “Tulip Fever’s”...
Forbes’ Highest-Paid Actors and Actresses Lists Reveal the Persistent Pay Gap
Forbes has recently released its lists of this year’s highest paid actors and actresses, and we were glad to see that Emma Stone came out on top — of her respective gender category, that is....
Marcia Clark Legal Thriller Picked Up By ABC and Mandeville TV
These days, former prosecutor Marcia Clark is best associated with Sarah Paulson’s Emmy-winning portrayal in FX’s “The People vs. O.J. Simpson.” Clark has since turned from law to a career...
Yvette Nicole Brown Reveals Experience with TV’s Gender Pay Gap
It’s been television’s age-old dirty little secret: Men — white men, in particular — usually make more than their female counterparts. Though this archaic industry standard is still...
Apply Now to the SouthMed Women in Audiovisual Program
While Hollywood continues to overlook its blatant disregard for inclusivity, programs around the world are working towards leveling the playing field. Women in Audiovisual in the Southern...
Trailer Watch: A Grieving Father and Son Face Off in Natalia Garagiola’s “Hunting Season”
The trailer for Natalia Garagiola’s new feature film clearly establishes two worlds: the one within the home and the one outside. “Hunting Season” (“Temporada de Caza”) follows the...
Trailer Watch: Two Friends Face Trauma and Grief in Liz W. Garcia’s “One Percent More Humid”
“This is a moment right before everything falls apart,” a serious Iris (Juno Temple) tells her forbidden lover, Gerald (Alessandro Nivola). “You just have to keep walking and trying not to...
Women Sizzle at an Otherwise Not-So-Hot Summer Box Office
All in all, it’s been a rough summer for movie theaters. According to The Hollywood Reporter, this season’s box office is “pacing 12.4 percent behind last year” and it’s predicted that it...
Jennifer Yuh Nelson to Helm “Bittersweet Life” Remake
As we previously reported, “Kung Fu Panda 2” director Jennifer Yuh Nelson has begun to direct live-action work alongside her already-prestigious animation career. Now, per Deadline, Nelson will...
The Orchard Acquires Lynn Shelton’s “Outside In”
Once again, it’s almost TIFF season and several new films will be hitting the scene. This includes a new, buzz-worthy project from “Your Sister’s Sister” helmer Lynn Shelton. Deadline...
“Rizzoli & Isles” Creator Janet Tamaro Developing New Police Drama for Fox
It’s no secret that police procedurals are a staple of network television. That said, there are very few series featuring an all-female detective team in the network crime landscape. Fox is...