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Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women” Wins Best Film at London Film Fest

Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women” took home top honors at the BFI London Film Festival. The ensemble drama was named Best Film at the 60th edition of the fest. The Montana-set story centers on...

Awards, Films, News

“Hidden Figures” Enters Oscars Race with New Christmas Release Date

“Hidden Figures” is now officially an Academy Awards contender. Variety reports that Fox is giving the upcoming drama a qualifying run with a limited release on December 25. Additionally,...

Comedy, News, Television, Trailers

Teaser Watch: Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman Uncover “Big Little Lies”

A teaser has arrived for “Big Little Lies,” HBO’s hotly anticipated, star-studded limited series. Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel of the same name, the darkly comedic murder...

Awards, Films, News, Television

American Society of Cinematographers to Honor Nancy Schreiber of “Better Things”

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will recognize Nancy Schreiber with its Presidents Award at the 31st annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement, Variety reports. The ceremony will...

Documentary, Festivals, Interviews, News, Women Directors

LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Olivia Neergaard-Holm — “David Lynch: The Art Life”

Olivia Neergaard-Holm graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2013. Neergaard-Holm has worked as an editor on various Danish and international feature films and documentaries,...

News, Statistics, Television

Shonda Rhimes, Rachel Bloom, and More Named as “Most Powerful Showrunners”

Judging from The Hollywood Reporter’s “Hollywood’s 50 Most Powerful Showrunners 2016” report, television is still far from reaching its gender parity zenith that some dream it to be. Still,...

Documentary, Festivals, Films, News, Women Directors

DOC NYC’s Feature Film Lineup Is 44 Percent Women-Directed

The complete lineup for DOC NYC 2016 has been revealed, and the gender composition of directors is refreshingly even. Women-directed or co-directed 48 of 110 feature films screening at the fest, or...

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Annette Bening to Be Honored at AFI Fest

Mike Mills’ “20th Century Women” recently premiered to rave reviews at the New York Film Festival, and much of that praise was directed towards the drama’s star, Annette Bening. The...

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Watch: Young Queen Elizabeth II Bears the Weight of “The Crown” in New Featurette

Twenty-five-year-old Queen Elizabeth II “had a massive responsibility put on her at a time when she’s grieving and she’s had a terrible loss — the death of her father. And then her whole...

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Lifetime Greenlights Dark Comedy Series Created by Tara Armstrong

Lifetime has found great success exploring the cutthroat behind-the-scenes world of reality television in “UnREAL,” and now the network is tapping into more controversial subject...

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LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Hala Alabdalla — “Farouk, Besieged Like Me”

Hala Alabdalla is a Syrian filmmaker living in France. Alabdalla has directed and produced numerous documentaries and feature films over the past 30 years. Her directing credits include “Hey!...

Books, Films, News, Women Writers

Best-Selling Author Helen Walsh To Direct Second Feature

Award-winning novelist Helen Walsh is stepping behind the camera for a second time, Screen International reports. The English writer-director will follow up her 2015 debut “The Violators” with...

Films, News, Television, Women Writers

Gail Berman Producing TV Projects from Theresa Rebeck and Allyn Rachel

Super producer Gail Berman is prepping two new TV series created by women with her production company, The Jackal Group. Berman, who has been a show business executive since 1989, is teaming up...

Films, News, Women Directors

Wonder Woman Selected as U.N. Honorary Ambassador

Yes, that Wonder Woman. The Wonder Woman. It seems the United Nations will bolster its fight against terrorism, tyranny, international poverty, and climate change with bullet-deflecting bracelets,...

News, Television, Women Writers

Lifetime’s “UnREAL” Gets a New Showrunner

“UnREAL” has a new captain steering the ship. The Emmy-nominated Lifetime series has hired a new showrunner for its third season, which begins production in February, 2017. The Hollywood...

Films, News, Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Hints at Felicity Jones’ Backstory

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”: Disney “Rebellions are built on hope.” Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) says this to rally her fellow rebels in the second official “Rogue One: A Star Wars...

Awards, Films, News, Television

Queen Latifah to Be Honored with Princess Grace Award

Queen Latifah is set to receive a prestigious honor from the Princess Grace Foundation, Shadow and Act reports. The Prince Rainier III Award, given in recognition of “a renowned leader in the Arts...

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LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Anocha Suwichakornpong — “By the Time It Gets Dark”

Born in Thailand, Anocha Suwichakornpong graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in film from Columbia University in New York. Her thesis film, “Graceland,” was screened at the Cannes Film...

Awards, Films, News, Women Directors

Oscar Foreign Language Race is 19 Percent Women-Directed

The Academy Awards won’t air until February 26, 2017 — over four months from today. Still, Oscar buzz is mounting. The Academy has announced all of the submissions for Best Foreign Language...

News, Television, Women Writers

“Prime Suspect: Tennison” Heading to Masterpiece

The rebooted story of Detective Jane Tennison now has Masterpiece on board. Masterpiece will co-produce the “Prime Suspect” prequel “Prime Suspect: Tennison,” alongside ITV Studios and NoHo...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Delphine and Muriel Coulin— “The Stopover”

Sisters and directing-duo Delphine and Muriel Coulin made their feature film debut in 2011 with “17 Girls.” The film, which is based on the true story of a group of American teenage girls who...

News, Theater

Jennifer Diaz Becomes First Female Head Carpenter of IATSE Theater Union

Jennifer Diaz has made history. In the 120 year history of Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, she is the first female head carpenter. In a profile in The New York...

Comedy, Festivals, News

“Sisters of Comedy” Joins New York Comedy Festival

Back in March, filmmaker and activist Agunda Okeyo announced a new monthly production called “Sisters of Comedy,” which is presented at Caroline’s on Broadway. “Sisters of Comedy” just...

Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: A Woman Rules the Kitchen in “Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table”

Ella Brennan was one of America’s foremost restaurateurs, and now her life is being explored in the brand new documentary “Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table.” Directed by Oscar and...

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LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Alice Lowe — “Prevenge”

Known for her work as a UK television comedy actress, Alice Lowe made her move into film with her screenwriting debut “Sightseers,” directed by Ben Wheatley, in which she also starred. After...

Films, News, Television

Variety’s Power of Women Honors Helen Mirren, Ava DuVernay, Scarlett Johansson, Laverne Cox, and…

Variety’s Power of Women Honors Helen Mirren, Ava DuVernay, Scarlett Johansson, Laverne Cox, and Miley Cyrus Variety has announced this year’s female entertainers for their annual Power of...

Films, News, Women Directors

Watch: Jessica Sanders Celebrates the Power of Female Filmmakers in New Short

Academy Award-nominated producer and documentary filmmaker Jessica Sanders has turned her lens towards female directors, and the results are glorious. The activist has assembled a group of twenty...

News, Television

Campus Rape Series “Controversy” in the Works at Fox

Sexual assault was the focus of the second season of FX’s “American Crime,” but a new series is tackling this timely, sensitive subject matter from the get go, and from a decidedly different...

Awards, News, Television

Tina Fey to Be Honored at THR’s Women in Entertainment Breakfast

Tina Fey will be honored at The Hollywood’s Reporter’s 2016 Women in Entertainment breakfast, THR reports. The writer, actress, and producer will receive the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award,...

Films, News

Shirley MacLaine to Recieve LA Film Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has announced that this year’s Career Achievement Award will go to the fabulous Shirley MacLaine, Variety writes. “We are very excited to be giving the...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Alice Diop— “On Call”

After earning a master’s degree in history and a post-graduate diploma in visual sociology, Alice Diop joined the documentary workshop at La Fémis. Since 2005, she has directed many...

Awards, Documentary, Films, News, Women Directors

Kirsten Johnson, Ava DuVernay, and More Nominated for Critics’ Choice Doc Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) have announced the nominees for the inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards,...

Features, Films, News, Women Directors

Quote of the Day: Ava DuVernay Says Hollywood is “a Patriarchy”

Ava DuVernay is having one hell of a 2016. After bursting into Oscar conversations, mainstream Hollywood circles, and onto A-lists in 2014 with her film “Selma,” DuVernay has been incredibly...

News, Television

Krista Vernoff Lands Pilot at NBC

NBC has ordered a put pilot from “Shameless” executive producer Krista Vernoff, Deadline reports. Along with her “Shameless” co-producer John Wells, Vernoff will executive produce “Flight...

Films, News, Trailers

Trailer Watch: Zoe Kazan Faces “The Monster” in New Horror Film

A pulse-quickening trailer has been released for “The Monster,” a mother-daughter horror film toplined by Emmy-nominated actress Zoe Kazan. The “Olive Kitteridge” star plays a divorced...

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Gina Rodriguez to Host and Produce Ceremony Honoring Young Women

“Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez is producing and hosting a ceremony to honor young women making a difference in the world, the AP reports. Called the Marie Claire Young Women’s Honors,...

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LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Christine Molloy— “Further Beyond”

Christine Molloy hails from Dublin, Ireland and is one half of Desperate Optimists, a UK-based creative partnership formed with her partner, Joe Lawlor. Between 2003 and 2010, Molloy co-wrote and...

Comedy, Films, News, Women Directors

Production Begins on Angela Robinson’s “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women”

Looks like we’re going to be getting another Wonder Woman movie pretty soon, though this one isn’t from Patty Jenkins and has a bit of a twist. Production has begun on producer, writer, and...

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“Queen Sugar” Names Monica Macer as Season 2 Showrunner

“Queen Sugar” is getting a new showrunner for Season 2, Deadline reports. With creator, executive producer, and co-showrunner Ava DuVernay having to turn her attention to Disney’s “A Wrinkle...

Box Office, Films, News

“Finding Dory” Passes $1 Billion Mark

A blue tang has found herself among box office royalty — superheroes, star-crossed lovers Rose and Jack, and her old friend Nemo the clownfish. That’s right: “Finding Dory” has joined...

Awards, Documentary, Films, News, Women Directors

Nanfu Wang to Recieve IDA’s Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award

The International Documentary Association (IDA) has announced the honorees for its upcoming 32nd Annual Documentary Awards. The special awards honorees, Screen Daily reports, will include...

Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: Isabelle Huppert is Finally Free in “Things to Come”

“I met someone.” A newly released trailer for writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Things to Come” starts on a sour note: The film’s protagonist, Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert), learns that...

Films, News, Trailers

Trailer Watch: Elle Fanning Dreams of Being a “Ballerina”

Elle Fanning takes on the voice of the lead role of Félicie Milliner in the English-language version of the French animated film “Ballerina,” which has just premiered a lovely new trailer. Set...

News, Television

“Orange is the New Black’s” Diane Guerrero Set to Star in Immigration Drama at CBS

Diane Guerrero of “Orange is the New Black” and “Jane the Virgin” is set to star in a CBS drama based on her memoir, “In the Country We Love: My Family Divided,” Deadline reports. The...

Awards, Films, News

Diane Keaton to Be Honored with AFI’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The American Film Institute has announced that actress, director, producer, and writer Diane Keaton will be honored with the 45th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. “Diane Keaton is one of the most...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

LFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Claire Simon — “The Graduation”

Claire Simon is a screenwriter, actress, cinematographer, editor, and director. Simon has directed independent shorts and many documentaries throughout her filmmaking career, including “La...

News, Theater, Women Directors, Women Writers

D.C.’s Signature Theatre and Broadway Producer Launch Writers Initiative to Support Female…

D.C.’s Signature Theatre and Broadway Producer Launch Writers Initiative to Support Female Playwrights Broadway producer Jenna Segal is teaming up with the Washington D.C. Signature Theatre to...

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BBC Orders “Motherland” Comedy from “Catastrophe’s” Sharon Horgan

The BBC has ordered a full season of Sharon Horgan’s new comedy “Motherland,” The Hollywood Reporter writes. Horgan is the co-creator and star of “Catastrophe,” which she has co-written...

Features, Films, News

Guest Post: My First Year Running a Production Company

Guest Post by Devin Shepherd A little over a year ago, I started Wild Obscura Films, a production company, with my business partner, Nora Unkel. We focus on narrative, female-driven content created...

Films, News, Women Directors

“The Watermelon Woman” Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Revival Run

LGBTQ festival favorite “The Watermelon Woman” is heading back to to the cinema with a makeover, Shadow and Act reports. First Run Features has announced the re-release of writer-director Cheryl...

Festivals, Films, News

AFI Fest to Honor Isabelle Huppert

The American Film Institute has announced that the 2016 AFI Fest will honor French actress Isabelle Huppert with a tribute and gala screening of her latest thriller-drama “Elle.” Huppert’s...

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