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Freida Pinto Will Topline and Exec Produce “Spy Princess” Limited Series About Noor Inayat Khan
Freida Pinto is joining the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, and Angelina Jolie: she’s set to play a spy. The “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Rise of the Planet of the...
Trailer Watch: An Italian-American Grandmother Ponders, “What Would Sophia Loren Do?”
“What really counts is your belief in life, in people, in everybody,” says Sophia Loren in a new trailer for “What Would Sophia Loren Do?” The Netflix doc follows Nancy...
Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond Discuss Switzerland’s Oscar Pick “My Little Sister”
Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond’s first feature, “The Little Bedroom,” premiered at the 2010 Locarno Film Festival. Their other credits include “Open Book,” a...
Trailer Watch: A 10-Year-Old Befriends a Superhero Squirrel in Lena Khan’s “Flora & Ulysses”
A 10-year-old comic book fan’s biggest dream comes true in Lena Khan’s “Flora & Ulysses.” Disillusioned by her parents’ recent separation, Flora (Matilda Lawler,...
Charlène Favier’s “Slalom” Lands at Kino Lorber
Charlène Favier’s feature debut has found a home. Kino Lorber acquired U.S. rights to “Slalom,” a press release announced. The coming-of-age drama about an elite athlete premiered as...
Pamela B. Green Developing Biopic About First Female Filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché
Pamela B. Green is working on another Alice Guy-Blaché project. Green, the co-writer-director-producer of documentary “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché,” is in early...
Trailer Watch: Freida Lee Mock Revisits RBG’s Legacy in “Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words”
“I did very well in law school. It was not possible to do much better,” Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals via archival footage in “Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words.”...
Women Centric Films in 2021
Back to Resources » December Parallel Mothers Memoria I Know Where I’m Going! (4K Restoration) Vicky and Her Mystery – Written by Stéphanie Vasseur, Denis Imbert, Rémi Sappe, and Mathieu...
Women Directed Films in 2021
Back to Resources » December The Lost Daughter – Written and Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal The Novice – Written and Directed by Lauren Hadaway Margrete – Queen of the North...
Women Written Films in 2021
Back to Resources » December Vicky and Her Mystery – Written by Stéphanie Vasseur, Denis Imbert, Rémi Sappe, and Mathieu Oullion Lulli – Written by Thalita Rebouças and Renato...
Pick of the Day: “Herself”
What makes a home? What makes a family, or community? Struggling single mother Sandra (co-screenwriter Clare Dunne) finds out in “Herself,” Phyllida Lloyd’s third feature film. Due to the...
January 2021 Film Preview
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner 2020 has been an exercise of endurance, unspeakable loss, tragedy, anxiety, and rage, the scale of which cannot be addressed in any piece of writing. Many...
Weekly Update for December 23: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Wonder Woman 1984 – Directed by Patty Jenkins; Written by Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, and Dave Callaham At long last, we’re being...
2020’s Best Films By and About Women
Confined and isolated thanks to COVID-19, we relied on films and appreciated their ability to transport and distract more than ever this year. Our favorite pics of 2020 served as invaluable emotional...
2020’s Best Documentaries By and About Women
Searing indictments of corrupt political systems, a trip down memory lane to a radical summer camp for teens with disabilities, an innovative tribute to the life and death of a man who is very much...
Guest Post: How I Went from Sketch Writing to Feature Films — And Got My First Feature Made
Guest Post by Chelsea Frei I’ve always had a hard time sitting still. I need to be working on the next thing, checking things off my to do list. I think that’s why I gravitated toward sketch...
“Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” Goes to Greenwich Entertainment
Greenwich Entertainment just snagged U.S. rights to an Oscar hopeful. Screen Daily reports that the distribution company will release “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of...
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...
Trailer Watch: It’s a Social Season Like No Other in Shondaland’s “Bridgerton”
The social season has begun and the pressure is on. The new trailer for Shonda Rhimes’ first Netflix show, “Bridgerton,” features glimpses of lavish balls, romantic escapades, and...
Weekly Update for December 11: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD The Stand-In – Directed by Jamie Babbit “The Stand-In” A washed-up movie star, Candy (Drew Barrymore), busted for tax...
Teen Dreams and Nightmares: VOD Picks
During hormone-addled, perpetually sleep-deprived teen years, life events can be so downright confusing that they take years of therapy, or at least out loud remembrances, to rediscover and accept....
Taraji P. Henson to Make Feature Directorial Debut with High School Comedy “Two-Faced”
Taraji P. Henson is directing her first movie. Variety confirms the Oscar-nominated actress will helm, produce, and star in Bron Studios’ high school comedy “Two-Faced.” The project...
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi on Deviating from Traditional True Crime Docs with “Finding Yingying”
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi is a documentary filmmaker and video journalist who is passionate about social justice issues regarding people of color. She shoots, edits, and produces video stories...
Weekly Update for December 4: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Nomadland – Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao “Nomadland” is a marvel. A master class by rapidly ascending writer-director...
Trailer Watch: Wendy Williams Tells It Like It Is In Her Lifetime Biopic
“I am here to stay. Wendy Williams is not going anywhere. I’m going to come in like a hurricane,” says Wendy Williams (Ciera Payton, “The Oval”) in a new trailer for...
Pick of the Day: “I’m Your Woman”
I have two theories about “I’m Your Woman,” Julia Hart’s latest feature and AFI Fest 2020’s opening film. The first: This movie is the photonegative of the classic...
April Mullen on Highlighting Targets and Victims of Governmental Subjugation in “Wander”
April Mullen is a mixed Anishinaabe Algonquin (Indigenous) director and producer. Her credits include “Below Her Mouth,” which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film...
Hannah Olson Discusses Family, History, Consent, and Her Directorial Debut “Baby God”
Hannah Olson has series produced PBS’ “Finding Your Roots” for the past two seasons. Prior to that, she produced a number of films for PBS including “American Experience”...
Trailer Watch: An LGBTQ Teen Takes a Stand Against Her Conservative Town in “The Prom”
“I know we all have stories to tell, and here’s mine,” says 17-year-old Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) in a new trailer for “The Prom.” The Netflix musical sees the...
December 2020 Film Preview
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner December brings together cinematic stories of every magnitude. From big-budget, long-delayed superhero sequels and explorations of iconic singers, artists,...
“Preparations to Be Together” Named as Hungary’s Pick for Oscars’ International Film Category
Hungary has selected “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” as its entry for Best International Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. Variety broke the news. Written and directed...
Rewriting Heroes: Crowdfunding Picks
Everybody thinks they could use a hero now and again. However, the enshrined out-of-this-world idol dreamed up to cure all that ails often fizzles away in the face of reality. Super humans...
Weekly Update for November 13: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Dirty God – Directed by Sacha Polak; Written by Sacha Polak and Susanne Farrell “Dirty God” takes on the nexus of gendered...
Sacha Polak on Confronting Feelings of External Beauty Versus Internal Dignity in “Dirty God”
Interview by Gabriela Rico Sacha Polak is an award-winning director and screenwriter. Her feature films “Hemel” and “Zurich” were both screened ata range of international film festivals....
Deborah Shaffer on Honoring a Trailblazing Artist in “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack”
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Deborah Shaffer began making social issue documentaries as a member of the Newsreel collective in the ‘70s. She co-founded Pandora Films, one of the first woman’s...
Pick of the Day: “I Am Greta”
Greta Thunberg never expected to become a household name helping to lead the charge on climate activism. Her life, she explains in “I Am Greta,” now seems like a movie or dream,...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Rosalynde LeBlanc – “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters”
Rosalynde LeBlanc has spent over 20 years in dance as a performer, choreographer, and educator. She was a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance...
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...
Gotham Awards Nominations: All Five Best Feature Nods Go to Women-Directed Pics
All too often awards shows forget that women directors exist. The 2020 IFP Gotham Awards is putting them front and center. Nominations for the 30th annual installment of the ceremony have been...
Patricia Vidal Delgado’s “La Leyenda Negra” Acquired by HBO
“La Leyenda Negra” is heading to HBO. A press release confirmed that the cabler acquired North American rights to Patricia Vidal Delgado’s story of a teen immigrant making her way...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Raquel Cepeda – “La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla”
Raquel Cepeda’s features include “Bling: A Planet Rock,” about American hip-hop’s obsession with blinging and how that intersected itself into the decade-long blood...
Trailer Watch: Kate Winslet and Ashley Avis Bring “Black Beauty” to Life Once More
“They say horses pick you,” we learn in the trailer for the latest remake of “Black Beauty,” from writer-director Ashley Avis. That certainly is the case with the titular...
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Fest’s Final Week to Showcase Works by Felicia Pride & More
This year’s edition of the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival has confirmed its final week’s titles and events. The fest, an annual affair founded by African Voices magazine and...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Marianne Hougen-Moraga – “Songs of Repression”
Marianne Hougen-Moraga has directed a number of short documentaries including “Returned” (2011), which premiered at CPH:DOX, and “Sea of Sorrow – Sea of Hope” (2017), which...
Cathy Brady’s “Wildfire” Secures UK Distribution
Cathy Brady’s feature directorial debut has landed UK distribution. According to Screen Daily, Modern Films secured UK and Ireland rights to the award-winning Irish drama that’s screened at...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Abigail Child – “Origin of the Species”
Abigail Child has been at the forefront of experimental writing and media since the 1980s, having completed more than 50 film/video works and installations, and written six books. Her most recent...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Loira Limbal – “Through the Night”
Loira Limbal is an Afro-Dominican filmmaker and DJ based in the Bronx. She is the Senior Vice President of Programs at Firelight Media, an organization that provides mentorship, funding, and industry...
Weekly Update for November 6: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Proxima – Directed by Alice Winocour; Written by Alice Winocour and Jean-Stéphane Bron “Proxima” charts a different kind of...
Diane Lane on Exploring Grief, Motherhood, and Marriage in Her New Film “Let Him Go”
Diane Lane has starred in dozens of memorable films, starting with her first first feature, 1979’s “A Little Romance.” She has portrayed a self-reliant teen in Francis Ford...
Weekly Update for October 30: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Kaali Khuhi – Directed by Terrie Samundra; Written by Terrie Samundra and David Walter Lech “Kaali Khuhi” Shivangi (Riva...
Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, & Kate Mara Join Abortion Drama “Call Jane,” Phyllis Nagy Directing
Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Mara are set to “Call Jane.” Deadline reports that they have boarded the long-in-the-works drama about the Jane Collective, a real 1960s...