Films
Apply for the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Directors Fellowship
The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center will accept applications for its 18-month fellowship for early-career theater directors on January 11-15. The National Directors Fellowship is the...
Kartemquin Films’ Diverse Voices in Docs Program Now Accepting Applications
Kartemquin Films, the award-winning non-profit documentary production collective behind “Life Itself” and “Hoop Dreams,” is now accepting applications for their 2016 Diverse Voices in Docs...
Women in Film Announces 30th Annual Finishing Fund Recipients
Three narrative features, four documentary features and a pair of shorts — all from female filmmakers — have been selected to receive Women in Film’s finishing funds this year....
The 12 Best Films About Girls and Women of 2015
2015 has been a remarkable year for female-led films. The Women and Hollywood team struggled to compile this list because there were just so many worthy candidates this year — a problem we’re...
Quote of the Day: Time Warner CEO on Wonder Woman’s Power to Boost the Box Office
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes has high hopes for the “Wonder Woman” movie. At a press conference this week, Bewkes identified why he’s so confident about the superheroine’s success at the box...
Stephany Folsom to Pen ‘Thor 3’
Stephany Folsom has been confirmed as the writer for “Thor 3.” That makes Folsom the third female screenwriter for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after Nicole Perlman (“Guardians of the...
Moving the Needle on Hollywood’s Gender Disparity: 4 Solutions
Under media pressure and the threat of possible government intervention, Hollywood seems to finally be taking its female-protagonist and woman-director problems more seriously. Forty-four industry...
‘Wonder Woman’ Movie Begins Filming
The most anticipated female superhero movie has begun production. Over the weekend, star Gal Gadot tweeted the picture above with the caption “Almost 75 years in the making… #WonderWoman is...
Nominate a Female-Created, Female-Starring TV Pilot Script for the 2016 WriteHer List
TV has a reputation for being a more inviting place for women, but female storytellers are still outnumbered nearly 3 to 1 as writers and creators for the small screen. WeForShe, an advocacy group...
Marvel Steps Up Its Game With ‘Jessica Jones’
That’s “General Leia” To You: ‘Star Wars’ Welcomes Back Carrie Fisher With a Kick-Ass Promotion
Die-hard fans were more than excited to hear that Carrie Fisher, well known for her portrayal of the kick-ass and quick-witted Leia Organa, will be back for the next installment of the “Star...
Women at Sundance Fellows Announced: Jennifer Phang, Lyric R. Cabral and More
The Sundance Institute has announced its six 2015–2016 Women at Sundance Fellows, a group of directors and producers culled from both the doc and narrative fields who will receive support to...
Watch: Adorable Ad Recreates Iconic Movie Scenes With Diverse Action Heroines
Apply to Essence’s 3rd Annual Shorts Competition for Black Women Filmmakers
Essence’s shorts competition is back, this time with a new theme: the modern black family. The third iteration of the magazine’s contest for African-American women directors is seeking...
George Lucas Pledges Multi-Million Diversity Endowment to USC Students
“Star Wars” helmer George Lucas is taking a big step towards a more inclusive film and television industry. The George Lucas Family Foundation has announced that $10 million dollars of its 2006...
Research Shows Box-Office Hits with Female Protagonists Outearn Blockbusters With Male Leads
More data has been released comparing the box-office success of movies about women versus movies about men, and the results reinforce what we’ve been saying for ages: female-led movies not only...
Trailer Watch: Krysten Ritter is an Anti-(Super)Heroine in ‘Marvel’s Jessica Jones’
A full trailer for “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” has landed, and it begins with the eponymous character telling us, “A big part of the job is looking for the worst in people. Turns out I excel at...
‘Supergirl’ Bares Feminist Conflicts, Not Abs
Tribeca Enterprises and Chanel Launch New Program for Women Filmmakers, Participants Announced (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Anna Martemucci won the $75,000 Tribeca Chanel grant to make her short, “One Cambodian Family Please for My Pleasure.” The deciding jury included Julianne Moore, Patricia Clarkson, Mary...
Chicken & Egg Announces Participants of Inaugural Accelerator Lab for Non-Fiction Projects
Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced the selected participants of its inaugural Accelerator Lab, which will offer first- and second-time female filmmakers working on non-fiction projects the...
BFI Officially Launches Diversity Fund
Expect to find more diversity both on and off camera in upcoming British film projects. The British Film Institute (BFI) will officially launch its Diversity Fund with an initial investment of £1...
10 Women Directors Who Could Helm a ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off
Producer Kathleen Kennedy, who’ll oversee the upcoming “Stars Wars” trilogy and standalone Han Solo film, is adamant that her version of a galaxy that originally only had just six women in it...
Why Queer Women (and Women in General) Should Be Excited for Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’
For those who have been waiting — and waiting and waiting and waiting — for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to give us a queer female character, the wait is finally over. Over the weekend,...
UK Program Launched to Get More Women into Film Exhibition Management
Independent Cinema Office, the U.K.’s national organization for the development and support of international film, is teaming up with “strategic skills body” Creative Skillset with the aim of...
Join LA Women in Film’s #52FilmsByWomen Movement
Trailblazing Women, the multi-year initiative by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Women in Film (WIF LA), kicked off last night with a month-long programming event. As we previously reported, TCM...
Apply for a Black List Mini-Lab at the 2016 Athena Film Festival
The Athena Film Festival is now accepting applications for its Black List mini-lab. The Manhattan-based festival has partnered with The Black List for the inaugural mini-lab. Four women...
Women and Hollywood to Submit Names for Fox Writers Intensive
Women and Hollywood has been given the opportunity to recommend five writers for the Fox Writers Intensive (FWI). This needs to happen very quickly, as the whole process needs to be completed by...
Help Send Two Young Women Directors to Sundance
An Indiegogo campaign is seeking funds to help send two young female filmmakers to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The goal is to raise $20,000, which will cover all of their Park City-related...
Film London, British Council Launch New Shorts Fund for Female Filmmakers
In 2012, women directors made only 7.8% of the films released that year in the U.K., while women writers penned just 13.4% of them. (Depressingly, those numbers are slightly higher than the numbers...
Philiane Phang Named the Inaugural Phosphate Prize at IFP Winner
Writer-director Philiane Phang has been named the inaugural winner of The Independent Filmmakers Project’s Phosphate Prize. IFP launched the prize to recognize narrative-feature-film screenplays...
Fork Films Now Accepting Documentary Grant Applications
Fork Films, which bills itself as a New York-based film production company that seeks to shed light, evoke compassion, stir action and build peace, has announced its second open call for grant...
Find a Female Composer in Newly Launched Online Directory
The Alliance for Women Film Composers has launched a helpful and important new resource: an online directory of women composers working in film, television, video games and media. The first of its...
The Ms. Factor Toolkit: The Power of Female Driven Content Released
I am incredibly proud to share with everyone the Ms. Factor Toolkit: The Power of Female Driven Content. This project has been a long time coming. It is a partnership between Women and Hollywood and...
TIFF 2015 Preview: Under the Radar Films By and About Women You Shouldn’t Miss
This year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is filled with bona fide stars of the screen and filmmaking worlds. With performances by Julianne Moore (“Freeheld,”...
September 2015 Film Preview
September sees the premieres of a number of women-centric indie gems we’ve been waiting impatiently for while they’ve been touring the festival circuit. “Misunderstood” by Italian punk-rebel...
Adrianne Palicki to Star as Mockingbird in ABC’s ‘Marvel’s Most Wanted’
Former “Friday Night Lights” actress Adrianne Palicki is set to star in a new Marvel series on ABC. The alphabet network has given a pilot order for “Marvel’s Most Wanted,” which will give...
Win an Online Master Class with BAFTA-Winning Director Amma Asante
BAFTA-winning director Amma Asante is offering three emerging women directors the opportunity to take part in a master class with her. Asante helmed the wondrous period romance “Belle” and the...
‘Lucy’ Inspires ‘Sarah,’ Another Sci-Fi Action Thriller With a Female Ass-Kicker
After the successes of female-led action films like “Lucy,” “Gravity,” “Spy” and the “Hunger Games” and “Divergent” franchises, we’ve been waiting for Hollywood to do the...
Happy Humpday: Most Badass Female Marvel Characters (INFOGRAPHIC)
Just because Marvel hasn’t made any female-led movies (and is increasingly running out of reasons why) doesn’t mean the comic-book company hasn’t created any superheroines worth telling...
Sham Marriage and ‘Fast Fashion’ Workers: August 2015’s Women-Centric VOD & Web Series Picks
This month’s VOD and web series picks are projects driven by the evocative experiences and masterful talents of women. Available on VOD are works that dive head-first into the depths of women’s...
Marvel Launches New Comic-Book Series About Black Pre-Teen Heroine Moon Girl
After debuting America’s first Muslim superheroine two years ago, Marvel is devoting a new comic-book series to an 11-year-old black genius and her friendship with a dinosaur. Moon Girl, AKA...
Made in NY Fellowship Launched to Support Diversity Among NYC Storytellers and Entrepreneurs
Independent Filmmaker Project’s (IFP) Made in NY Media Center has launched a new fellowship to foster a more diverse media industry. As the center’s website notes, recognizing “different...
12 Screenwriters Announced for Meryl Streep’s Women Over 40 Writers Lab
Four months ago, Meryl Streep announced that she would fund a script-development program for female screenwriters over 40. The Writers Lab has named its first 12 participants, who will take part in...
Apply for a 10-Day Retreat for Women of Color Directors and Screenwriters
Spotting a woman director of color helming a studio film orshowrunning for a network can be like finding a Puya Raimondi — that rare flower that blooms every 100 years. There are plenty of...
Athena List 2016 Seeking Submissions of Scripts with Women in Leadership Roles
The Athena Film Festival team is seeking scripts for the 2016 edition of the Athena List. An integral part of the festival’s celebration of women and leadership, the Athena List is an annual...
The Art of Discovery: Jane Anderson discusses ‘Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson’
Jane Anderson is an award winning playwright, screenwriter and director. As well as being nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on the second season of...
Sundance Launches New Resource Map for Female Filmmakers
There are dozens of grants, workshops, blogs, archives, film festivals, resource lists and mentoring programs out there for female filmmakers, but finding the ones relevant to you can be a...
Kevin Feige Deflects Like Crazy to Avoid Answering Why Marvel Still Hasn’t Made a Superheroine Film
From 1998’s “Blade” to today’s release of “Ant-Man,” Marvel Studios and Marvel Entertainment have made 36 films. Only one of them, 2006’s “Elektra,” has a female protagonist. At...
Seven New ‘Twilight’ Shorts Directed by Female Filmmakers Keep the Franchise Alive
This Monday, the seven finalists in a “Twilight” short film competition presented their work to a theater full of fans and industry insiders. Back in October of 2014, Lionsgate, the studio...
Finalists Announced for ‘The Next (Female) MacGyver’ Competition
Twelve finalists have been announced in The Next MacGyver competition. A joint initiative of the National Academy of Engineering and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the contest hopes to offer...
How Girl Power Made This Year’s Comic-Con the Best in Recent Memory
Comic-Concarried me away this year — sometimes quite literally. As I exited Hall H on Sunday and was swept into a direction I didn’t mean to go by a wave ofthousands, I thought about my...