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Marcia Kimpton’s “Bardo Blues” Lands at Freestyle Digital Media
Marcia Kimpton’s award-winning directorial debut has found a home. Freestyle Digital Media acquired domestic rights to “Bardo Blues,” a semi-autobiographical drama inspired by her...
AFI to Study Gender Parity in American Film History with $350K NEH Grant
The American Film Institute (AFI) has received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and plans to use those funds to conduct “an unprecedented, landmark study...
April 2019 Film Preview
After an exciting Women’s History Month, complete with the groundbreaking release of Marvel’s first superheroine film, April will continue the momentum with a slew of women-centric and...
Quote of the Day: “Abby’s” Natalie Morales on Making History & the Power of LGBTQ Representation
Yesterday marked a landmark moment in television history: “Abby’s” premiered on NBC. The sitcom about a woman who runs an unlicensed bar in her backyard stars Natalie Morales...
Smashing Stigmas: Crowdfunding Picks
In her deeply personal book “The Cancer Journals,” Audre Lorde wrote about the value of speaking up. “My silences had not protected me,” she revealed. “Your silence will...
AFI and Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation Launches Second Young Women in Film Intensive
The AFI Conservatory is launching the second annual Young Women in Film Intensive with the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation, Variety reports. Held at the AFI Campus in Los Angeles, the...
Actress Mirirai Sithole Talks About Her New Play & Why She Considers Inclusive Projects the Norm
When it comes to working with women, actress Mirirai Sithole has been very fortunate. From playwrights Jocelyn Bioh and Ngozi Anyanwu to the gals behind “Broad City” and “Russian Doll,”...
Trailer Watch: Aviva Kempner Tells the Story of Moe Berg, “The Spy Behind Home Plate”
Moe Berg was a man of many masks. The MLB catcher “loved being a mystery” and “was a loner who wanted to experience the world,” we’re told in a new trailer for...
Rita Moreno to Be Honored with Peabody Career Achievement Award
Hopefully this makes “One Day at a Time’s” cancellation sting a little less: the Peabody Awards are celebrating star Rita Moreno’s “indelible mark” on media. She...
Sydney Film Festival to Highlight Women Directors
The 2019 Sydney Film Festival will pay homage to the women directors who helped launch, sustain, and further Australian cinema. Now in its 66th year, the fest has announced that it’ll screen 10...
“Killing Eve” Dominates BAFTA TV Nominations
“Killing Eve’s” highly anticipated second season is just around the corner, but it’s Season 1 of the spy thriller that’s getting attention today. BAFTA has announced its...
Women Make Up Over Half of Berlinale’s New Selection Committee Members
Last month the Berlin International Film Festival vowed to work toward better gender representation when its artistic director signed the Gender Parity Pledge. The fest seems to be taking that...
Playwright Bess Wohl Making Her Broadway Debut with “Grand Horizons”
Bess Wohl is headed to the Great White Way. The “Small Mouth Sounds” playwright’s next production, “Grand Horizons,” will bow on Broadway at the Hayes Theater in...
Comedian Mae Martin Has a Semi-Autobiographical Series on the Way for Netflix & E4
Canadian comedian Mae Martin’s life will serve as the inspiration of a new comedy series. Martin created and is signed on to star in a semi-autobiographical scripted series for Netflix and...
Jennifer Kent’s “The Nightingale” Gets a Release Date
We finally know when to expect Jennifer Kent’s follow-up to “The Babadook.” IFC has announced that revenge drama “The Nightingale,” which made its world premiere at the...
Candace Bushnell’s Follow-Up Book to “Sex and the City” Is Getting the TV Treatment
More stories about sex, dating, friendship, New York City, and what it means for women to have it all are on the way. According to Deadline, “in a competitive situation,” Paramount...
Viola Davis & Wanuri Kahiu Teaming Up for TV Adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s “Wild Seed”
Ava DuVernay isn’t the only one bringing the work of Octavia E. Butler to the small screen. Oscar winner Viola Davis, “Rafiki” filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu, and sci-fi novelist Nnedi...
Carol Burnett and Tina Fey to Produce Film Adaptation of Burnett’s Memoir “Carrie and Me”
Two of the funniest women to ever grace the small screen are teaming up for a film project. Carol Burnett and Tina Fey are joining forces on an adaptation of the former’s 2013 memoir,...
“Better Things” Renewed For a Fourth Season
Sam Fox’s busy life is showing no signs of slowing down. According to Variety, Pamela Adlon’s FX comedy series “Better Things” has been renewed for a fourth season. Season 3...
Zoe Lister-Jones Is Writing and Directing a “Craft” Remake
Zoe Lister-Jones will introduce the joys of playing “light as a feather, stiff as a board” to a new generation. The “Life in Pieces” star has signed on to write and direct a...
I. Marlene King Inks Deal with Disney’s 20th Century Fox Television
Less than a week after the debut of her “Pretty Little Liars” spinoff “The Perfectionists” comes word that creator I. Marlene King has signed a two-year overall deal with...
Tiffany Haddish Exec Producing Stand-Up Series for Netflix
Tiffany Haddish is teaming up with Netflix to showcase six rising comedians. A press release has confirmed the “Girls Trip” actress is executive producing stand-up series “Tiffany...
Kelly Oxford to Write and Direct Jessica Barden-Starrer “Pink Skies Ahead”
Twitter sensation-turned-New York Times best-selling author Kelly Oxford is stepping behind the camera. She’ll write and direct “Pink Skies Ahead,” the first feature film produced...
Submit Now: Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase
It’s no secret that Cannes Film Festival would benefit from being more diverse and inclusive. Scheduled to be held May 20, the Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase is dedicated to...
Trailer Watch: Dora the Explorer Heads to High School and “The Lost City of Gold”
Dora the Explorer, the adventure-loving protagonist of the beloved animated children’s show, has had her fair share of dangerous encounters. But she might face her scariest foe yet in...
Cannes 2019: “Capernaum” Director Nadine Labaki Named President of Un Certain Regard
In 2018 Nadine Labaki won the Jury Prize at Cannes for “Capernaum,” her third feature film. This year she’ll be returning to the prestigious fest as the President of the Un...
Quote of the Day: Amy Poehler On Why We Need More Stories About Women in Their 40s and 50s
Amy Poehler’s feature directorial debut, Netflix comedy “Wine Country,” not only reunites her with fellow “SNL” alumnae and friends such as Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph,...
Lauren Iungerich to Write and Direct Miramax Comedy “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas”
“On My Block” co-creator and showrunner Lauren Iungerich is set to make her feature directorial debut. Miramax has acquired film rights to her screenplay “I Won’t Be Home For...
“Miss Scarlet and the Duke” Gets Green Light from A+E Networks International
Hulu’s eagerly awaited “Veronica Mars” revival debuts later this year, and now we have another female-led PI story to look forward to. Led by “Peaky Blinders” actress...
Vanessa Kirby to Topline Sci-Fi “StarDream”
After saying goodbye to the monarchy, Vanessa Kirby is heading to space. The “Crown” alumna is signed on to topline sci-fi pic “StarDream,” Variety confirms. The Silver Reel...
Weekly Update for March 22: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Out of Blue – Written and Directed by Carol Morley (Also Available on VOD) “Out of Blue” “Out of Blue,” written and directed by Carol Morley,...
Trailer Watch: Brie Larson Learns to Love Herself in “Unicorn Store”
Brie Larson is dominating the box office as a confident, capable superheroine in “Captain Marvel,” but her latest pic sees her playing a character struggling with self-esteem issues. A...
Nancy Giles to Host 2019 Theatre Women Awards
Nancy Giles has been named as the host of the 2019 Theatre Women Awards. A press release announced the news. Presented by the League of Professional Theatre Women in New York on March 25, this...
Jessie Nelson On Her New Off-Broadway Show “Alice By Heart” and Advice from Nora Ephron
Jessie Nelson’s most recent musical, “Alice By Heart,” has been a work in progress for the past 10 years. After kicking off in her living room, it has been workshopped and refined until it...
Janelle Monáe to Star in Lionsgate Film
The good news: Janelle Monáe is starring in a film. The bad news: exceedingly few details about the project are known. She’s signed on to topline an upcoming Lionsgate movie from activist...
Writer to Watch: “Insecure” Scribe Amy Aniobi
“It’s something that we really want to preserve — this idea that black women are worthy of love, worthy of true friendship, can achieve it together,” Amy Aniobi has said of...
“Women, War & Peace’s” Abigail Disney On Funding Women Filmmakers and Redefining War
Abby Disney is one of the those people who has been at the intersection of feminist work in New York for the last 25 years. She has been the board chair of the New York Women’s Foundation and...
Emily Blunt in Talks to Star in “Not Fade Away”
Emily Blunt may be following up her turn as a magical umbrella-wielding nanny in “Mary Poppins Returns” with a drama based on a true story. She’s in talks to topline Annapurna...
SFIFF Announces 2019 Lineup: “Booksmart,” “Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City,” & More
You’ll have another chance to catch SXSW breakout “Booksmart” before it hits cinemas May 24. Olivia Wilde’s feature debut about overachieving, college-bound BFFs determined to...
Playwright Bekah Brunstetter on “The Cake,” Working on “This Is Us,” and The Kilroys
After three years of working on NBC’s hit series “This Is Us,” writer and producer Bekah Brunstetter is bringing two plays to the NYC stage this year: “The Cake” is now...
Jennifer Phang to Direct Adaptation of YA Novel “The Naming Girl”
Jennifer Phang is bringing “The Naming Girl” to the screen. Her Good Neighbors Media banner has snagged film and television rights to Todd Mitchell’s upcoming YA novel, Deadline...
Mindy Kaling Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Lands Series Order From Netflix
Mindy Kaling is bringing the story of a first-generation Indian-American teenage girl to Netflix. She’s bringing her story to the streamer. Fans of Kaling’s memoirs, 2011’s...
Tracy Oliver Inks First-Look Deal with Topic Studios
Tracy Oliver’s empire is growing. The multi-hyphenate has signed a first-look deal with Topic Studios, a press release announced. The pact goes into effect April 1. Oliver broke out with...
Ava DuVernay Romantic Anthology “Cherish the Day” Receives Straight-to-Series Order at OWN
Ava DuVernay has another TV project in the works. The “Queen Sugar” creator has lined up her second OWN series. Variety reports that the network has given DuVernay’s romantic...
Liza Weil Joins the Cast of Lissette Feliciano’s Feature Debut “Women Is Losers”
“How to Get Away with Murder” actress Liza Weil has been added to the cast of feminist indie pic “Women Is Losers,” The Hollywood Reporter confirms. As previously announced,...
Nataki Garrett Becomes Oregon Shakespeare Fest’s First Artistic Director of Color
Nataki Garrett has held a variety of posts throughout her 20-plus-year career in theater — director, playwright, producer, administrator, educator — and has worked at organizations such...
Lucy Liu Is Developing an Anthology Series About Women Heroes
Women are all too often written out of history, but Lucy Liu is looking to bring their remarkable achievements to the limelight. The “Elementary” star is developing a scripted anthology...
Trailer Watch: “Girls of the Sun” Go to War with Extremists
Based on a true story, “Girls of the Sun” centers on an all-female Kurdish battalion that takes on ISIS. “In one night, one single night, over 7,000 women were captured and kept as...
Ann Curry & Kim Bondy’s Nonfiction Medical Series “Chasing the Cure” Gets Premiere Date
Ann Curry will be taking on medical mysteries at her new gig. WarnerMedia Entertainment announced via press release that the journalist and TV anchor’s latest project, “Chasing the...
Director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre Talks About Her New Film “The Mustang”
To achieve a sense of realism in “The Mustang,” Laure de Clermont-Tonnere spent five years researching the U.S. prison system and animal therapy. Her new film focuses on an inmate, played by...
Hot Docs Announces Full Lineup, Tasha Hubbard’s “nîpawistamâsowin” to Open the Fest
Hot Docs has unveiled the full lineup for its 2019 edition and it’s set to be an exciting one for women filmmakers. According to a press release, the festival will present 234 films and...