Awards
2019 Indie Spirit Awards: Glenn Close, Regina King, & More Win Big and Celebrate Women
The Film Independent Spirit Awards were held this past Saturday, and the ceremony was memorable not just because of the nominees and winners but because of the honorees’ celebration of women in...
Black Women Make History at Oscars 2019
A record number of women took home statuettes at last night’s Academy Awards. Though they were shut out of a number of categories — most notably, Best Director — women won 15...
Amma Asante to Receive Honor from UK’s National Film and Television School
Amma Asante is set to receive an honorary fellowship from the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS), ScreenDaily reports. Given in recognition of individuals who have made an outstanding...
Awards Roundup: Angela Shanelec Wins Berlinale Prize, WGA Honors “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
With the Oscars less than a week away, awards season is winding down. Women have nabbed several prestigious honors throughout the 2019 awards circuit, including at the Berlinale and WGA Awards this...
Margaret Atwood and #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke to Be Celebrated at VH1 Trailblazer Honors
Two of the most influential voices in modern feminism are being recognized. VH1 has announced that “Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood and #MeToo founder and activist Tarana...
Athena Film Fest’s 2019 Awardees: Nina Shaw, Desiree Akhavan, & Cameron Bailey
The Athena Film Festival has announced its 2019 awardees. The ninth edition of the fest will honor Time’s Up founding member Nina Shaw, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”...
Olivia Colman to Receive BFI Fellowship
All hail Queen Olivia Colman. The “Favourite” star is set to receive the British Film Institute’s (BFI) highest honor, a BFI Fellowship. Set to accept the honor at the BFI...
Women Dominate Sundance 2019 Awards: Chinonye Chukwu, Nanfu Wang, & More
Exactly zero women are up for Best Director at the upcoming Oscars, and none of the films nominated for Best Picture are helmed by women. Fortunately, the Sundance Awards are here to remind everyone...
Caroline Friend and Zenzele Niambi Ojore Named Horizon Award Winners at Sundance
Caroline Friend and Zenzele Niambi Ojore are the winners of the fifth annual Horizon Award, a press release announced. Their self-directed short films were chosen from over 400 submissions. Given in...
Editor Thelma Schoonmaker to Receive Major Honor from BAFTA
A three-time Oscar winner, Thelma Schoonmaker is set to be recognized with another prestigious honor. The “Raging Bull” editor will receive a BAFTA Fellowship at the EE British Academy...
Julia Reichert to Receive Outstanding Achievement Award at Hot Docs 2019
Documentarian Julia Reichert will soon have another honor to go with her Emmy and three Oscar noms. Hot Docs has announced it is presenting the director with its Outstanding Achievement Award at...
Kristin Scott Thomas Named as President of France’s Cesar Awards
Kristin Scott Thomas will serve as President of the French Academy’s most prestigious event, the Cesar Awards. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news. The British actress is a three-time...
Oscar Noms 2019: Another All-Male Directing Category
The 2019 Oscar nominations have been announced, and we can still count every woman who has ever been nominated for Best Director on one hand: Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn...
PGA Awards 2019: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Being Serena” Win Big
“Mrs. Maisel” is still on a marvelous awards season streak. Amy Sherman-Palladino’s tale of a ’50s housewife forging a career in standup comedy won the The Danny Thomas Award...
Jenji Kohan Will Be Honored with WGA West Laurel Award for TV Writing
“Orange Is the New Black” creator Jenji Kohan will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award, Deadline confirms. Given in recognition of a guild member...
Glenn Close to Receive Oscar Wilde Award
Recent Golden Globe winner Glenn Close earned a standing ovation at the ceremony for her rousing acceptance speech encouraging women to seek personal fulfillment. Since then, “The Wife”...
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Recognizes Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Heidi Thomas, & More
A megahit among critics and the public, spy thriller “Killing Eve” also resonated with the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). The 2019 Writers Guild Awards were held last night in...
Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall Among Essence Black Women in Hollywood Honorees
“The Hate U Give” co-stars Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall have been named among Essence’s 2019 Black Women in Hollywood honorees. The pair will be recognized alongside “If...
Barbara Broccoli and Lucinda Syson to Receive Awards from the Casting Society of America
“Bond” producer Barbara Broccoli and “Wonder Woman” casting director Lucinda Syson are set to be recognized at the Casting Society of America (CSA)’s first-ever UK...
“The Favourite” Leads 2019 BAFTA Nominations, Best Director Category Features No Women
The 2019 BAFTA film nominations are in and Olivia Colman-starrer “The Favourite” leads the back with 12 nominations. The dark comedy sees Colman playing a fragile queen at the center of a...
2019 DGA Award Nominations: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, & More
Awards season is heating up. With the Globes just one day behind us the Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced nominees for the 71st edition of the DGA awards in the categories for TV and...
Debra Granik Wins Bonnie Award
Debra Granik is following in Chloe Zhaó’s footsteps. The “Leave No Trace” helmer has been named as the recipient of the 2019 Bonnie Award, a press release from the Film...
Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider” Named Best Picture by National Society of Film Critics
“The Rider” — and other women-directed offerings — have received little attention in awards conversations this year, but Chloé Zhao’s latest just scored a major honor....
Golden Globes 2019: Sandra Oh, Glenn Close, & Regina King Call for Equality
The 2018 Golden Globes saw attendees wearing black in support of #TimesUp. This year’s red carpet was decidedly more colorful, but winners’ calls for equality kept last year’s...
Emily Blunt to Receive Award from Palm Springs Film Fest
Mary Poppins will be swooping down to Palm Springs to collect an honor. Emily Blunt is set to receive Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) Creative Impact in Acting Award, Variety...
Jane Fonda to Be Honored with PGA’s Stanley Kramer Award
Best known for her on-screen work in film and television titles such as “Grace and Frankie” and “9 to 5,” Jane Fonda is also well recognized for her commitment to causes...
Over 50 Percent of Documentary Features in the Oscar Race are Women-Directed
The Oscar race is heating up. Just 15 films remain in the running for the Documentary Feature category for the 91st Academy Awards. Over 160 films were originally submitted for consideration. Eight...
Olivia Colman to Be Honored at Palm Springs Film Fest
The Queen is heading to Palm Springs. A press release announced that Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will be honoring Olivia Colman with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress...
Carol Burnett to Receive Special Achievement Award Named in Her Honor at Golden Globes
Not only will Carol Burnett be presented with the Golden Globes’ inaugural television special achievement award, the new prize has been named in her honor. As the Hollywood Foreign Press...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rungano Nyoni, & Jameela Jamil Among UK’s WFTV Award Winners
“Fleabag” and “Killing Eve” creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, “I Am Not a Witch” filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, activist and “The Good Place” actress Jameela...
Kathleen McGill and Mimi Deaton to Be Honored at DGA Awards
Unit production manager Kathleen McGill and associate director Mimi Deaton are set to receive special honors at the upcoming 71st annual DGA Awards. The former will take home the Frank Capra...
Amy Sherman-Palladino to Receive PGA’s Norman Lear Achievement Award
The marvelous Amy Sherman-Palladino will soon have another trophy to go with history-making pair of Emmys. According to Variety, the creator of “Gilmore Girls” and “The Marvelous...
Golden Globes Nominate Zero Women Directors. Again.
It seems another Time’s Up red carpet protest is in order. The Golden Globe nominations have been announced and, even for a Hollywood awards ceremony, they are very male and, in many...
Regina King to Be Honored with Chairman’s Award at Palm Springs Film Fest
Regina King won an Emmy in September and it’s likely she’ll be named in the Best Supporting Actress category when Oscar nominations are announced January 23. But she won’t have to...
2018 Gotham Awards: Wins for Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider,” “Killing Eve,” Elsie Fisher, & More
Women were among the big winners at last night’s IFP Gotham Awards. Not only did Chloé Zhao’s Western, “The Rider,” take home the top prize, but women-driven and -created...
Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Burstyn Among NYWIFT’s 2018 Muse Award Winners
Sarah Jessica Parker and Ellen Burstyn are headed to the Muse Awards. Both are set to receive honors at the ceremony celebrating women’s contributions in entertainment. Presented by New York...
Judi Dench to Receive Honor at British Independent Film Awards
Judi Dench is following in the footsteps of Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters, all previous recipients of the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film....
2019 Indie Spirit Award Noms: Women Outnumber Men in Best Director Category
Women directors have been largely absent from the Best Director conversation in Oscar forecasts, but female filmmakers made a major impression on voters for the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit...
Melissa McCarthy to Be Honored with Santa Barbara Film Festival Montecito Award
Considered among the Best Actress Oscar frontrunners for her dramatic turn in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”, Melissa McCarthy has been named as the recipient of Montecito Award from the...
Felicity Jones to Be Honored at 2018 British Independent Film Awards
“On the Basis of Sex” doesn’t hit theaters until December 25, but Felicity Jones is already earning awards buzz for her performance in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic. The...
Glenn Close to Receive Icon Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival
Glenn Close is heading to Palm Springs and she’ll leave with a new decoration for her mantelpiece. The six-time Oscar nominee is set to be honored with the Palm Springs International Film...
Nominees for 2019 Cinema Eye Honors Revealed: “Shirkers,” “Free Solo,” & More
Presented annually to celebrate nonfiction films, The Cinema Eye Honors awards nominees have been announced via a press release. Sandi Tan’s “Shirkers” is among the leaders of the...
TV Host and Chef Sandra Lee Will Accept Gotham’s Made in NY Award
The Gotham Independent Film Awards will be honoring chef, Emmy-winning TV host, and best-selling author Sandra Lee. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lee will receive the Made in NY Award at the...
Prize Recognizing Books Without Gendered Violence Announces 2018 Shortlist
Launched by writer Bridget Lawless earlier this year, the Staunch Book Prize celebrates thrillers where women are not beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped, or murdered. Now six titles have...
BIFA 2018 Nominations: “You Were Never Really Here,” “The Favourite,” and More
The nominations for the 2018 British Independent Film Awards have been announced, and royal comedy “The Favourite” leads the pack with 13 nods. Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and...
Viola Davis to Receive Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
Viola Davis has been named as the recipient of the 2018 Sherry Lansing Award. Given annually to “a woman who has been a trailblazer and philanthropic leader in her industry,” the honor...
Sheila Nevins Will Receive Hamptons Doc Film Fest’s Career Achievement Award
Sheila Nevins is adding the Lumiere Career Achievement Award to her dozens of Emmys and Peabodys. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the former president of HBO Documentary Films will receive the honor at...
Chicken & Egg Pictures Receives Amicus Award at IDA Documentary Awards
Given at the IDA Documentary Awards, the Amicus Award “honors individuals or organizations in recognition of their work supporting the essential needs of the nonfiction media landscape.”...
Glenn Close to Be Honored at 2019 Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Glenn Close might portray a perpetually-in-the-shadows spouse in “The Wife,” but she’s anything but in real life. A press release has announced the six-time Oscar nominee will be...
Gillian Flynn and Marti Noxon to Be Awarded PEN America Teleplay Prize for “Sharp Objects”
Can’t get the ending of “Sharp Objects” out of your mind? Neither can PEN America, apparently. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the women behind the HBO miniseries’ story,...
Jeannine Oppewall to Receive Art Directors’ Lifetime Achievement Award
With credits spanning over 30 years and four Oscar nominations under her belt, production designer Jeannine Oppewall has been named as the recipient of the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement...