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Apply Now: Lena Waithe, Hillman Grad Prods., and Indeed’s Rising Voices Filmmaking Initiative
Lena Waithe, her company Hillman Grad Productions, and employment site Indeed are teaming up to “discover, invest in, and share stories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)...
Groenlandia Launches Editorial Department Focused on Women-Directed Film
Production company Groenlandia has announced a new editorial department specifically dedicated to films from women directors. Created with “the goal of putting female directors at the center of...
Minhal Baig Inks Overall Deal with Amazon, Sets First Project
Minhal Baig is going into business with Amazon Studios. The “Hala” writer-director has signed an overall deal which will see her developing and producing content for the streamer, per...
Ava DuVernay’s “Middle of Nowhere” & “This Is the Life” Coming to Netflix in Honor of ARRAY’s 10th Anniversary
ARRAY is about to have its 10th birthday and will celebrate by releasing two of Ava DuVernay’s earliest films on Netflix. A press release has announced that ARRAY’s distribution branch,...
Cathy Yan to Write and Direct Sci-Fi Pic “The Freshening”
Cathy Yan will follow up her tribute to Harley Quinn’s fantabulous emancipation — and breakfast sandwiches — with a sci-fi love story. The “Birds of Prey” helmer is set...
Apply Now: 2021 Writers Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40
The Writers Lab is now accepting submissions for its 2021 edition. Each year, the program offers mentorship, feedback, networking, panels, and workshops to a group of women screenwriters aged 40 or...
Naomi Watts Will Topline and Produce Malgorzata Szumowska’s Survival Story “Infinite Storm”
Malgorzata Szumowska is eyeing an Oscar nomination for “Never Gonna Snow Again,” Poland’s pick for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards, and now word comes...
Nicole Kidman to Adapt Norwegian Oscar Hopeful “Hope” with Amazon
Norway’s submission to the Best International Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards is being adapted into an Amazon series thanks to a Hollywood heavyweight. Nicole Kidman is bringing Maria...
Ava DuVernay Will Develop and Produce Original Podcasts Under New Deal with Spotify
Ava DuVernay is the latest artist getting into the podcast game. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker has inked a multiyear deal with Spotify, under which she’ll develop and produce exclusive original...
SWAN Introduces First Swiss Digital Directory of Women Working in Audiovisual Sector
The Swiss Women’s Audiovisual Network (SWAN) will launch a history-making platform on Monday, January 25. The org is set to unveil the first Swiss digital directory of women in the audiovisual...
Tessa Thompson Lines Up Two Projects Under Her New Prod. Co.’s First-Look Deal with HBO
Tessa Thompson is well on her way to mogul-dom. The “Sylvie’s Love” actress has started her own production company, Viva Maude, which has already entered into a two-year first-look...
Apply Now: Tiffany Haddish’s She Ready Internship Program
Tiffany Haddish is holding the door open for the next generation of industry leaders and welcoming them with open arms. “I believe that children that come from different cultures deserve a chance...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with Producer Christine Vachon
The first Girls Club conversation of the new year will be with Christine Vachon, the veteran producer of works such as “Colette,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “Carol,” and...
Ava DuVernay Launches Inclusive Database of Below-the-Line Talent
Ava DuVernay has announced her latest effort to give Hollywood a much-needed makeover. The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate has “assembled a database of below-the-line talent...
Laverne Cox Has Podcast in the Works at Shondaland Audio
Laverne Cox is branching out into the podcast world. According to Deadline, the history-making actress is set to host a weekly show produced by Shondaland Audio and iHeartMedia. Premiering in...
“The Flight Attendant” Renewed for Second Season at HBO Max
Kaley Cuoco has plenty more flights to log and international mysteries to solve. “The Flight Attendant” has been renewed for a second season on HBO Max. A press release from the streamer...
Apply Now: Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab
Lena Waite is welcoming in a new generation of talent into the industry. The Emmy winner’s production company, Hillman Grad, has launched The Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab, a 10-month,...
Black List 2020: Sophie Dawson’s Cannibal Story “Headhunter” Receives Most Votes
The 2020 Black List is here. Now in its 16th edition, the annual survey highlights Hollywood execs’ favorite unproduced — or “on the verge of being produced” —...
National Film Registry Adds Record Number of Women-Directed Titles This Year
Kathryn Bigelow is making history with “The Hurt Locker” again. In 2010 she became the first — and remains the only — woman to win Best Director at the Oscars for the Iraq war...
Exclusive: NYWIFT Announces Ravenal Foundation Feature Film Grant Awardees
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) has named the awardees of the NYWIFT Ravenal Foundation Grant. Funded by the Alan M. & Mildred S. Ravenal Foundation, the grant supports the...
All-Women Cohort Selected for Blackhouse Foundation’s Multicultural Producers Lab
For the second year in a row, an all-women cohort has been selected for The Blackhouse Foundation’s Multicultural Producers Lab. Danni Conner, Trevite Willis, Avril Speaks, Adetoro Makinde, Letitia...
Katori Hall Signs Overall Deal with Lionsgate TV, Sets Up Mentorship Program for Black Playwrights
Katori Hall is sticking with Lionsgate Television. She has signed an overall deal with the studio, which produces her strip club-set Starz drama “P-Valley.” The pact will see Hall create...
Patty Jenkins Will Be the First Woman to Direct a “Star Wars” Movie
From Themyscira to a galaxy Far, Far Away, Patty Jenkins continues to make history. The “Wonder Woman” filmmaker is set to become the first woman to helm a “Star Wars” film....
Rebel Girls Brand to Develop Films, Series, and More Under Imagine Entertainment Deal
Get ready for more Rebel Girls. The media brand behind the “Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls” book series and “Rebel Podcast” is entering into a development pact with...
Daisy Ridley Will Play Trailblazing Swimmer Gertrude Ederle in Disney+’s “Young Woman and the Sea”
Daisy Ridley may be trading in her light saber for a swim cap and goggles. The “Star Wars” actress is in negotiations to topline “Young Woman and the Sea,” a biopic about...
Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment Signs First-Look TV Deal at Amazon
Margot Robbie is going into business with Amazon Studios. The Oscar-nominated actress’ production company with Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, LuckyChap, has signed a deal to “create...
You’re Invited: Women and Hollywood and ARRAY’s Virtual Premiere of Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy”
Women and Hollywood is teaming up with ARRAY to present the virtual premiere of Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy,” a coming-of-age drama set in ’70s and ’80s Sri Lanka...
Cynthia Erivo to Topline and Produce Biopic About African Princess Sarah Forbes Bonetta
Cynthia Erivo is set to portray yet another real-life trailblazer. The star of “Harriet” and the forthcoming “Genius: Aretha” has signed on to topline a biopic about Sarah...
“Happiest Season” Breaks Hulu Records, Writer-Director Clea DuVall Open to Making a Sequel
The pandemic may have thrown off “Happiest Season’s” original release plans, but it’s a major success story nonetheless. Clea DuVall’s LGBTQ+ holiday rom-com, from Sony’s...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “I’m Your Woman” Writer-Director Julia Hart
Julia Hart, co-writer and director of “I’m Your Woman,” will join the Girls Club for a conversation on Wednesday, December 2, at 3 p.m. EST. The event is open to the public. Be...
Loira Limbal, Ekwa Msangi, & Shalini Kantayya Among Sundance Institute’s 2021 Momentum Fellows
The Sundance Institute has announced the selectees for its 2021 Momentum Fellowship, a year-long program “of deep, customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and...
The Disability List Announces 2020 Selections
The Disability List, an annual collection of the best unproduced scripts featuring at least one lead character with a disability, has selected eight screenplays for its second edition. The 2020 list...
Apply Now: The Horizon Award for Emerging Women Filmmakers
The Horizon Award, a prize recognizing emerging female-identifying filmmakers who are currently in school or have recently graduated, is accepting applications for its 2021 edition. Two winners will...
Rebecca Carroll to Adapt Her Memoir “Surviving the White Gaze” for TV
Rebecca Carroll’s next book hasn’t even hit shelves yet, but a television adaptation is already in the works. MGM/UA Television has secured the rights to “Surviving the White...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with the Creators of “Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult”
Cecilia Peck and Inbal Lessner, creators of the Starz docuseries “Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult,” will join the Girls Club for a conversation on Tuesday, November 17, at 3 p.m. EST. The...
Oge Egbuonu’s “(In)Visible Portraits” Lands at OWN
“(In)Visible Portraits” is coming to OWN. The Oprah Winfrey Network has acquired rights to Oge Egbuonu’s celebration of Black women “sharing their stories of struggle,...
Apply Now: Women and Hollywood Editorial Fellowship
Women and Hollywood is looking for two editorial fellows for the first half of 2021. The position will begin on January 4 and end June 30. Applicants must be willing to commit to 10-15 hours per week...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with Alexandra Pelosi & Sheila Nevins About “American Selfie”
Alexandra Pelosi and Sheila Nevins will discuss their Showtime documentary “American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself” at the next Girls Club event. The conversation will take place...
Hurricane Maria Doc “Landfall” Acquired by PBS’ “POV,” Gets a Trailer
“Landfall” is coming to PBS. A press release announced that “POV” snagged U.S. broadcast rights to Cecilia Aldarondo’s documentary tracing the aftermath of Hurricane...
Andrea Savage to Direct Feature Adaptation of “Georgia Mertching Is Dead”
Andrea Savage is bringing “Georgia Mertching Is Dead” to the screen. The “I’m Sorry” creator and star has been tapped to direct a feature adaptation of Catya...
Susanne Bier to Co-Chair Academy’s International Feature Film Executive Committee
Susanne Bier, director of the Oscar-winning “In a Better World,” is set to lead one of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ (AMPAS) awards committees. Deadline reports...
Billie Jean King to Narrate Women’s Sports Docuseries, “Free Solo’s” Chai Vasarhelyi Producing
Billie Jean King will lend her voice to a docuseries exploring pay inequity, motherhood, LGBTQ+ rights, intersectionality, and inclusion in women’s sports. The tennis legend is narrating and...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with Susanne Bier About “The Undoing”
Susanne Bier will discuss her HBO limited series “The Undoing” at the next Girls Club event. The conversation will take place Tuesday, October 27, at 4 p.m. EST and is open to the public....
Apply Now: Women In Film’s Hire Her Back Grant
Attention, members of Women In Film’s (WIF) local Los Angeles, New York, or Atlanta chapters whose filmmaking careers have been stalled by COVID-19: applications for Hire Her Back grants are...
Submit Now: Starz, WrapWomen, and WIF’s Telling Our Stories Short Film Competition
STARZ, WrapWomen, and Women in Film are accepting submissions for the Telling Our Stories (TOS) film competition. The contest, which showcases short films from women and gender non-conforming...
Diane Warren, Susan Stroman, & Weinstein Survivor Louisette Geiss Join Forces for #MeToo Musical
Screenwriter and Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss is teaming up with 11-time Oscar-nominated songwriter Diane Warren and Tony-winning theater director and choreographer Susan Stroman to tell...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with Lydia Dean Pilcher About “Radium Girls” & “A Call to Spy”
Lydia Dean Pilcher will discuss “Radium Girls” and “A Call to Spy” at the next Girls Club event. The conversation will take place Wednesday, October 21, at 3 p.m. EST and is open...
Every Project from Margot Robbie & Christina Hodson’s All-Women Script-Writing Program Has Sold
Let’s all get a celebratory egg and cheese sandwich, because it seems that Margot Robbie and Christina Hodson’s Lucky Exports Pitch Program has been a resounding success. The respective...
Writers Guild of America, East Launches Safe Workplace Helpline
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) is addressing workplace safety. As “part of its commitment to ensuring members can work in an environment free of harassment or discrimination,”...
Yalitza Aparicio & Daniela Vega Team Up on Docuseries About Latin American Women “Who Defied Wars and Violence”
Two trailblazers are teaming up on a four-part documentary series paying tribute to Latin American women “who have survived state and gender violence.” Variety reports that...
NYWIFT Announces 2020 Creative Workforce Summit: Documentary Makers, Industry, & Funders in Conversation
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) has announced the dates and theme for the second annual New York Women in Film & Television Creative Workforce Summit. Set to take place virtually...