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Women and Hollywood Transition
Dear friends- A little over 15 years ago I had a crazy idea: to try and start a conversation asking where the women were in front of the camera and behind the scenes in Hollywood. I called my blog...
Gina Rodriguez Developing Series Adaptation of “Princess of South Beach” Podcast for Netflix
Gina Rodriguez is celebrating the success of her new ABC comedy “Not Dead Yet” by developing a series adaptation of a popular podcast for Netflix. Deadline reports that the streamer has...
Sophie Lane Curtis Feature Debut “On Our Way” Acquired by Gravitas Ventures
Sophie Lane Curtis’ feature debut has secured distribution. Deadline reports that Gravitas Ventures landed worldwide rights to “On Our Way” with plans to release the award-winning...
Chai Vasarhelyi, Natalie Hewit, & Jimmy Chin to Direct NatGeo Doc About the Quest to Find Endurance Shipwreck
Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin won an Oscar for their look inside Alex Honnold’s quest to climb the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without a rope and took viewers behind the...
Apply Now: Chicken & Egg Pictures Research & Development Grant
Attention filmmakers: Chicken & Egg Pictures has launched a new Research & Development Grant to support up to 30 directors working on feature-length documentary films in critical R&D...
“I May Destroy You” Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien Launches World’s First Intimacy Practice Degree
Film and television sets have transformed in the wake of #MeToo, and Intimacy Coordinators have helped lead that charge by choreographing sex scenes, opening up communication between actors and...
The FOFIF Short Film Fund Fall 2022 Recipients Announced
The recipients for the The Future of Film is Female (FOFIF) Short Film Fund Fall 2022 Grant cycle have been announced. FOFIF’s website details, “Two filmmakers will receive $1000...
Vivica Fox to Direct BET+ Film “The First Lady Of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story”
Vivica Fox is stepping behind the camera for BET once again. The “Kill Bill” actress directed the 2021 short “Through Her Eyes” for BET Her and will follow it up by helming...
Charlotte Wells, Nikyatu Jusu, & Violet du Feng Among Sundance Institute’s 2023 Momentum Fellows
Sundance Institute has announced the participants selected for the 2023 Momentum Fellowship, a program “designed to support and provide coaching to mid-career artists with a focus on career...
2022 ReFrame Stamp Recipients Include “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” “The Woman King,” & “Aftersun”
Twenty-nine of the 100 most popular films of 2022 meet ReFrame Stamp criteria for gender-balanced production. Awarded to features that “hire women or individuals of other underrepresented...
Apply Now: The Writers Lab for Women and Non-Binary Screenwriters 40+
Attention women and nonbinary screenwriters 40+: applications are now open for The Writers Lab 2023. The Writers Lab is “the only program in the world devoted exclusively to script and career...
Sophie Kargman’s “Susie Searches” Lands at Vertical
“Susie Searches” has found a home. A press release announced that Vertical scored rights to Sophie Kargman’s feature debut, a mystery comedy about a podcaster that premiered at the...
Apply Now: NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant
Applications are open for the NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & Television) Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant. Now in its 15th year, the grant is provided by disability rights advocate...
THE 13TH ANNUAL ATHENA FILM FESTIVAL AT BARNARD COLLEGE ANNOUNCES INITIAL LINEUP
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College announced its initial programming lineup for the 2023 festival today. The 13th annual festival, which is a joint partnership between...
Jessica George Is Bringing Her Debut Novel “Maame” to the Small Screen
“Maame” hits U.S. bookstores today and author Jessica George is celebrating the release of her debut novel by making a splash in another medium. Deadline reports Jenna Bush Hager’s...
Lifetime Greenlights “Black Girl Missing” From Star and Exec Producer Garcelle Beauvais
Lifetime is partnering with the Black and Missing Foundation on a project that will highlight disparity among missing persons cases. A press release announced that the network has greenlit...
Adrienne Warren to Lead “Room” Broadway Adaptation, Cora Bissett Directing
Adrienne Warren will follow up Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King” with another woman-directed project. Deadline reports that the Tony winner will return to the stage with the...
Documentary Filmmakers Camille Billops and James Hatch to Receive Worldwide Theatrical Retrospective
The first worldwide theatrical retrospective of groundbreaking filmmakers Camille Billops and James Hatch is on the way. The late collaborators and married couple “explored African American...
“Women Talking” One-Night Theater Event Coming to NYC, Will Later Stream on Audible
Ona, Salome, and Mariche’s story is serving as inspiration for playwrights in New York City. A press release announced that Orion Pictures and Audible are teaming up to present a one night only...
Catherine Schetina’s “Pure” Tops the 2022 Black List
A woman-penned script tops the 2022 Black List. Catherine Schetina, best known for writing on acclaimed Hulu kitchen drama “The Bear,” received the most votes on the annual list of...
Groundbreaking Abortion Drama “If These Walls Could Talk” Coming to HBO and HBO Max
“If These Walls Could Talk” is returning to the small screen. HBO will air the groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated abortion drama December 9 at at 8:00 p.m. ET. The film will also be available...
ARRAY Releasing and JetBlue Debut In-Flight Channel Showcasing Women and BIPOC Filmmakers
In-flight entertainment is getting an upgrade, thanks to Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing. The “Selma” director’s banner has partnered with JetBlue to launch an in-flight pop-up channel,...
Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman” Tops Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time List
Once a decade, Sight and Sound conducts a survey of international film critics to compile a list of the greatest films of all time. For the first time in the poll’s 70-year history, a...
Jacquelyn Mills‘ “Geographies Of Solitude” Acquired by Cinema Guild
Jacquelyn Mills will transport audiences to Sable Island. Deadline reports that U.S. rights to her documentary about the “rich ecosystem” of the “remote sliver of land in the...
NYWIFT Has Presented 24 Scholarships and Awards for Women in Film and TV Throughout 2022
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) has presented 10 scholarships and 14 festival awards to new and established filmmakers at seven New York-area festivals throughout the past year, a...
Athena Film Fest Announces 2022 Recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant
The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College (AFF) has announced Jennifer Vanderbes as the third winner of the annual Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant for her Athena List-winning script...
Jessica Chastain Returns to Broadway with Amy Herzog’s Adaptation of “A Doll’s House”
This year’s Best Actress Oscar winner is heading to the stage: Jessica Chastain is returning to Broadway. Deadline reports that she’ll star as Nora Helmer in a “radical new...
Celeste Barber Netflix Comedy Special in the Works
Celeste Barber’s first Netflix comedy special is on the way. Filmed during an encore performance of her “Celeste Barber – Fine, Thanks” tour, the hour-long special will be available on the...
Kari Skogland Tapped to Direct “Wind River: The Next Chapter”
Kari Skogland is bringing audiences back to Wind River reservation. The Emmy-winning helmer has been tapped to direct a sequel to 2017 crime drama “Wind River,” the story of a hunter and...
Inside Out Announces Winners of 2022 RE:Focus Fund
The Inside Out Film Fest has named the eight recipients of its annual RE:Focus Fund for women, non-binary, and/or trans filmmakers telling stories about 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. According to Deadline, this...
Apply Now: Women’s Weekend Film Challenge’s Pilot Accelerator
Ever dreamed of pitching to the likes of Netflix and HBO? This spring, that dream could become a reality for selected TV scribes of the 2023 Women’s Weekend Film Challenge’s (WWFC) pilot...
Apply Now: WIF Programs for Writers, Directors, & Cinematographers
Listen up, writers, directors, and cinematographers! Women in Film (WIF) is now accepting applicants to four of its filmmaking programs uplifting women and non-binary industry newcomers. The...
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s Star-Studded “The Fabulous Four” Goes to Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street has landed North American rights to Jocelyn Moorhouse-directed comedy “The Fabulous Four,” starring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, and Sissy Spacek. Deadline...
Israeli Oscar Contender “Cinema Sabaya” Acquired by Kino Lorber
“Cinema Sabaya” may be heading to the Academy Awards and is definitely heading to North America. A press release announced that Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to Orit...
“Call Jane,” Planned Parenthood, & Abortion Care Network to Host Screenings & Fundraisers at Clinics
The team behind “Call Jane” is bringing its on-screen activism to the real world. In collaboration with local and national abortion care providers like Planned Parenthood and Abortion Care...
Apply Now: Crimson Honors Scholarship for Queer, BIPOC Women & Non-Binary Folks in Film Journalism
Rotten Tomatoes and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics are now accepting applications to their joint Crimson Honors scholarship for underrepresented 2SLGBTQIA+ women and non-binary...
ARRAY Acquires Dominican Republic’s Oscar Submission “Bantú Mama,” Clarisse Albrecht Stars
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired “Bantú Mama,” the Dominican Republic’s Oscar submission for Best International Feature Film. TV actress Clarisse Albrecht makes her feature debut...
Morrisa Maltz’s SXSW Drama “The Unknown Country” Lands at Music Box, Lily Gladstone Stars
Music Box Films has acquired the North American rights to Morrisa Maltz’s “The Unknown Country,” a press release announced. “Certain Women” actress Lily Gladstone stars as Tana, a...
Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship Unveils 2022-2023 Class
The Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship (KSFEF) just launched its newly redesigned group fellowship, announcing the 30 documentary editors who will be participating in the 2022-2023 edition of the...
Hannah Gadsby Signs Multi-Title Netflix Deal
Nearly a year after the dispute surrounding Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer,” Hannah Gadsby is going back into business with Netflix. The Emmy- and Peabody-decorated comedian has joined...
The Writers Lab Announces 2022 Class, Renewed Support from Meryl Streep & Nicole Kidman
The Writers Lab (TWL) and its members have a lot to celebrate this month. A press release announced that the organization has selected winners of their eighth annual Writers Lab for screenwriters...
Apply Now: SeriesFest Partners with Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland for Script Competition
In collaboration with multi-hyphenate Janelle Monáe and her production company, Wondaland Productions, SeriesFest is seeking radical, rebellious episodic scripts “that feel disruptive and sticky...
Metrograph Announces Sally Potter Retrospective
New York City’s Metrograph is launching a retrospective of Sally Potter. Titled “Yes: The Films of Sally Potter,” the event will showcase seven of the the British filmmaker’s...
Brown Girls Doc Mafia Announces Awardees of Black Directors, Sustainable Artist Fellowships
Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) has announced the recipients of the 2022-2023 Black Directors Fellowship and Sustainable Artist Fellowship, two new programs that will facilitate the creative and...
Alice Diop’s Venice Winner “Saint Omer” Lands U.S. Distribution From Super
“Saint Omer” has landed U.S. distribution on the heels of its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Deadline reports that Super, Neon’s boutique label,...
Join the Girls Club for a Chat with “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” Co-Director Abigail Disney
“The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” co-director and producer Abigail Disney will be taking part in a virtual conversation event with the Girls Club about the documentary exploring...
Celebrating 15 Years of Women and Hollywood
This fall marks the 15th anniversary of Women and Hollywood. When I started Women and Hollywood in 2007, a woman had never won an Oscar for best director; a woman of color had never directed a $100...
Showrunner Coalition Now in Talks with Studios Re: Abortion Demands, Aiming to Launch Hotline
The coalition of over 400 women and nonbinary showrunners — and the approximately 1,000 directors and male showrunners who are standing with them in solidarity — is continuing its quest...
Octavia Spencer, Krista Vernoff, & Meghann Plunkett Bringing Ashley Elston Novel “First Lie Wins” to Hulu
Octavia Spencer is collaborating with “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunner Krista Vernoff and “Station 19” writer Meghann Plunkett on a Hulu adaptation of Ashley Elston’s...
Olympian & Grammy Nominee Savanah Leaf Teams with A24 on Her Feature Debut “Earth Mama”
Savanah Leaf is getting backing from A24 on the next chapter of her remarkably varied career. The former Olympian is making her feature directorial debut with “Earth Mama,” a...
Diane Davis’ Weinstein-Inspired Play “Complicity” to Make World Premiere This Fall, Illana Stein Directs
“Complicity,” Diane Davis’ play about the system that enables and protects sexual abuse in Hollywood — specifically the women who play a part in upholding that system —...