Awards
GLAAD Media Awards: Christina Aguilera, “A League of Their Own,” and More
“A League of Their Own” hit it out of the park at last night’s GLAAD Media Awards, taking home the honor for Outstanding New TV Series. The updated take on Penny Marshall’s...
Zendaya to Receive CinemaCon’s Star of the Year Award
Zendaya has been named as the recipient of CinemaCon 2023’s Star of the Year Award. The history-making actress will “receive the honor at the movie theater owners convention’s Big Screen...
NYWIFT Unveils Muse Awards Honorees: Danielle Brooks, Deborah Chow, & More
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) has revealed the honorees for the 43rd annual NYWIFT Muse Awards. Dedicated to “[celebrating] and [illuminating] women of outstanding vision and...
Oscars: Michelle Yeoh Makes History, Becomes First Asian Woman to Win Best Actress
“This is history in the making.” “Everything Everywhere All at Once’s” Michelle Yeoh concluded her acceptance speech at the Oscars on Sunday by recognizing the milestone...
“Bad Sisters” Leads Irish Film and TV Academy Award Nominations
It’s a good day for “Bad Sisters.” Irish Film and Television Academy Award (IFTAs) nominations have been announced and Sharon Horgan’s black comedy leads the pack with 12 nods...
Sarah Polley Wins Best Adapted Screenplay WGA Award for “Women Talking”
“Women Talking” has been getting awards buzz since its world premiere at Telluride last September, and as awards season reaches its zenith, it’s looking more and more likely that...
Rebecca Lenkiewicz To Receive WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award for “She Said”
Rebecca Lenkiewicz has been announced as this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award for penning the script for “She Said.” The honor is “presented to that...
Chicken & Egg Awardees Announced: Angela Tucker, Jeanie Finlay, and More
Congratulations are in order: Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced more than $650,000 in new grants to eight recipients of its 2023 Chicken & Egg Award. Created to “recognize the...
Queen Latifah to Host NAACP Image Awards
The 2023 NAACP Image Awards will be led by royalty: Queen Latifah has signed on to host this year’s show, which is set to air live February 25 on BET. Deadline confirmed the news. “It’s an...
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Gina Prince-Bythewood, & Danielle Deadwyler Among Essence Black Women in Hollywood Honorees
As the shameful all-white BAFTA winners list continues to make waves, Essence is spotlighting women of color “making their undeniable mark in film and television and forging forward their own...
France’s Le Collectif 50/50 Launches #CesarSoMale Campaign After Women Directors Shut Out of Awards Noms
The Academy Awards aren’t the only prestigious awards ceremony with an all-male best director race. The César awards, France’s equivalent to the Oscars, announced nominees on Wednesday,...
“The Woman King” Leads Girls On Film Awards Nominations
Disappointed by the absence of “The Woman King” at this year’s Academy Awards? Us too. We are pleased to see Gina Prince-Bythewood’s latest leading in nominations at the...
Oscar Nominations: “Women Talking,” Michelle Yeoh, & More
Women took home the honors for Best Director at the last two editions of the Academy Awards. Now, after riding the high of seeing Jane Campion and Chloé Zhao take home the biggest honor in their...
Women and Hollywood Marks 15 Years and Launches Inaugural Awards Season Event
Women and Hollywood is marking its 15th anniversary with an inaugural awards season event: Celebrating Creatives in the Industry, taking place on Friday, January 13, 2023 at the CAA Screening Room in...
DGA Awards Film Noms: Zero Women Up for the Top Honor, But They Dominate First-Time Director Category
The Directors Guild of America has announced the directors competing for the top feature film prize at its 75th annual DGA Awards, and zero of the nominees are women: potential contenders like Gina...
National Society of Film Critics Names Charlotte Wells Best Director for “Aftersun”
“Aftersun” continues to make its mark on awards season. Charlotte Wells’ debut feature has earned her the National Society of Film Critics’ best director honor. Set in the...
Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till” to Receive Stanley Kramer Award at 2023 Producers Guild Awards
“Till” is set to receive a major honor at the 2023 Producers Guild Awards. Chinonye Chukwu’s biopic of Mamie Till-Mobley will receive the the Stanley Kramer Award, which...
Nicole Holofcener, Lynn Novick, & Jenny Han Among 2023 Nantucket Film Fest Honorees
Women will dominate the tribute awards at the upcoming Nantucket Film Festival. A press release announced that Nicole Holofcener, Lynn Novick, and Jenny Han will each be honored at the 2023 festival,...
“Till’s” Danielle Deadwyler To Receive Breakthrough Performance Honor at Palm Springs Film Fest
“Till’s” Danielle Deadwyler is set to receive the Breakthrough Performance Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Her performance as civil rights...
“Fire of Love,” “Nothing Compares,” & “Descendant” Land PGA Awards Noms
The PGA Awards have announced their nominees for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures, and three of seven titles are helmed by women. Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love,” a...
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” Wins Los Angeles Film Critics Award For Best Doc
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” is looking more and more like the frontrunner in the Oscars’ documentary race. Laura Poitras’ latest has been named Best...
“The Woman King” Named Best Film of the Year by the African American Film Critics Association
“The Woman King” continues its reign. Deadline reports that Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic tops the African American Film Critics Association’s (AAFCA) annual list of the...
Jessie Buckley to Receive Oscar Wilde Award
Jessie Buckley will be honored at the 2023 Oscar Wilde Awards. A press release announced that the Oscar-nominated Irish actress will be presented with an award at the annual event run by the...
Mandy Walker Becomes the First Woman to Win Cinematography Honor at Australia’s AACTA Awards
Mandy Walker made history at this year’s Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Industry Awards. A press release announced that she’s become the first woman to win the award...
Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” Dominates British Independent Film Awards
“Aftersun” continues to burn bright this awards season. Charlotte Wells’ feature debut landed seven wins at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), held London in Sunday....
Michelle Yeoh to Receive International Star Honor at Palm Springs Film Festival
Oscar nominations won’t be announced until January 24, but Michelle Yeoh has been favored to score a Best Actress nomination since “Everything Everywhere All At Once” made its world...
Gotham Awards Winners: Danielle Deadwyler, Charlotte Wells, & More
Danielle Deadwyler is looking more and more likely to score her first Oscar nom. The “Station Eleven” alumna took home the Outstanding Lead Performance honor at last night’s Gotham...
Oscar-Winning Costume Designer Catherine Martin To Receive Australia’s Highest Cinema Award
The most awarded Aussie in Oscar history is set to receive the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts’ (AACTA) most prestigious award. Deadline reports that costume, production, and...
Indie Spirit Award Nominations: “Women Talking,” “Aftersun,” & More
Nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards are in, and “Women Talking” is the sole woman-helmed title competing for Best Feature. Written and directed by Sarah Polley, the...
WIF Releases #VoteForWomen Film Ballot to Raise Awareness About Awards Contenders
Awards season is heating up and Women in Film (WIF) is working to ensure that voters remember that the industry doesn’t just consist of men. WIF has released its fourth annual #VoteForWomen...
Mindy Kaling to Receive Norman Lear Achievement Award at the PGA Awards
The PGA Awards is set to celebrate Mindy Kaling with a prestigious honor. The prolific screenwriter, actress, producer, and writer has been named as this year’s recipient of the Guild’s...
Australian Directors Guild Award Nominations: Women Dominate Best Director Category
Women directors are poised to make a major splash at the Australian Directors Guild Awards this year. “For the first time ever, women dominate the major feature film categories with five out of...
IDA Documentary Award Noms: “Fire of Love,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” & More
Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” and Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” are showing no signs of slowing down as awards season heats up. Hot on the heels...
Cinema Eye Honors: Five Women Are Up for Outstanding Direction, An All-Time High
Women directors are making history at this year’s Cinema Eye Honors. Nominations for the 16th annual nonfiction film awards are in, and for the first time ever, five women are nominated for...
Gina Prince-Bythewood to Receive Filmmaker Tribute at the Gotham Awards
Gina Prince-Bythewood is riding high on the success of “The Woman King,” her critically acclaimed, box office-topping historical epic about an all female-unit of warriors. The writer,...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Performer of the Year Award from Santa Barbara Film Fest
Cate Blanchett is celebrating her role as a history-making conductor in “Tár” by making history herself at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). The two-time Oscar winner...
European Film Awards Nominations: “Corsage,” “Saint Omer,” & More
European Film Award (EFA) nominatons are in, and women are set to compete for the ceremony’s top honors. Two of six helmers in the running for European Director are women: Marie Kreutzer for...
British Independent Film Awards: Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” & Georgia Oakley’s “Blue Jean” Lead Noms
Nominations for the 2022 British Independent Film Awards are in, and two directorial debuts from women lead the pack: Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun,” the toast of the festival circuit...
Gina Prince-Bythewood to Receive Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award
Hot off rave reviews for her latest blockbuster, “The Woman King” helmer Gina Prince-Bythewood is set to receive the ACE (American Cinema Editors) Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year...
Gotham Award Nominations: “Aftersun,” “What We Leave Behind,” & More
Gotham Award nominations are in. Charlotte Wells’ feature debut, “Aftersun,” a look inside a father and daughter’s seaside vacation, is up for Best Feature. It’s the...
Cinema Eye Honors: “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,” “Black and Missing,” & More Land Noms
Awards season is heating up. Earier this week, nominations for the Critics Choice Documentary Awards dropped and now The Cinema Eye Honors is announcing its first round of noms for doc films and...
Michelle Williams to Receive Performer Tribute at Gotham Awards
Michelle Williams will have a packed schedule come November. A few weeks following the theatrical release of her latest film, Steven Spielberg’s award-winning drama “The Fabelmans,” the...
“Fire of Love” Leads Noms for Critics Choice Doc Awards
The nominations are in for the seventh annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, and Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” leads the pack with a whopping seven noms. Her tribute to...
Los Angeles Film Critics Association to Honor Claire Denis with Career Achievement Award
Claire Denis is set to receive a Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) this year. A press release announced that an in-person ceremony will be held on...
Janelle Monáe to Receive Outfest’s Trailblazer Award for Contributions to Queer Community
Grammy-nominated singer and “Harriet” star Janelle Monáe is being recognized for their ongoing advocacy for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Variety reports that the multitalented artist will...
Morocco Enters Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan” Into International Oscar Race
Maryam Touzani is being chosen to represent Morocco at the Academy Awards once again. Deadline reports that the country is submitting her second feature, Cannes Un Certain Regard title “The...
France Submits Alice Diop’s Venice Winner “Saint Omer” as its International Oscar Pick
Alice Diop’s first narrative feature is eyeing an Oscar nomination. Deadline reports that France has submitted “Saint Omer,” this year’s winner of Venice Film Festival’s...
Carla Simon’s Berlinale Winner “Alcarràs” Named as Spain’s Oscar Pick
This year’s recipient of the Berlinale’s highest honor may be heading to the Oscars. Spain has selected Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs” as its pick for the international...
Austria Submits Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” for Oscars, Drops Trailer for the Vicky Krieps-Starrer
“Corsage” is eyeing a trip to the Academy Awards. Austria has selected Marie Kreutzer’s portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria as its pick for the 2023 international feature film...
Zendaya Makes History (Again) at 2022 Emmys, Quinta Brunson Also Among Big Winners
Zendaya is now the youngest actress to receive two Emmys and the first Black woman to win Lead Actress in a Drama Series twice. The 26-year-old took home her second statuette for...
Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” & Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer” Take Top Prizes at Venice
For the third consecutive year, Venice Film Festival has awarded its top prize, the Golden Lion, to a film by a woman director. Following in the footsteps of Chloé Zhao in 2020...