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Cast Announced for Female-Driven Hacking Drama “Assassination Nation”
A new female-led film is heading our way. As Shadow and Act reports, Foxtail Entertainment and Phantom Four is making the teen-centric thriller “Assassination Nation.” The film will star Odessa...
Women-Directed Films in the Running for Best Picture at the Oscars
Oscar nominations won’t be announced until January 24, but we’re one step closer to knowing which films may score nods. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a list of...
“13th,” “Certain Women,” and More Nab Alliance of Women Film Journalist Awards
The women have voted! The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the winners selected for the 2016 AWFJ EDA Awards. The 10th annual awards were announced in 25 categories, divided into...
The Best-Reviewed Women-Directed Films of 2016 According to Rotten Tomatoes
As 2016 winds down, critics associations and outlets are furiously compiling “Best of” lists. This was a really strong year for cinema — so strong, that a record-breaking amount of...
Steppenwolf Theatre Company to Honor Phylicia Rashad
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced that Tony-winning actress and stage director Phylicia Rashad has been selected as the 2017 honoree of the annual Steppenwolf Salutes Women in the Arts...
Breaking the Fourth Wall: December’s VOD and Web Series Picks
“Online Heroines” Whether through irony, autobiography, or documentary, this month’s batch of VOD and web series recommendations all chip away at the fourth wall, that barrier that usually...
2016’s Best Web Series By and About Women
The rise of digital content has increased dramatically over the last few years. Web series can serve as a home for topics that aren’t represented within mainstream media: LGBTQ issues, diversity...
Trailer Watch: Oprah Reunites with Her South African Academy Grads in “O Girls”
“I wanted to help girls who were like me,” Oprah Winfrey says in the trailer for the doc “O Girls.” Five girls from Oprah Winfrey’s Johannesburg, South Africa school, The Oprah Winfrey...
Berlinale’s Panorama Program is 55% Women-Directed (So Far)
The Berlin International Film Festival has announced 11 films for its 2017 Panorama program, and six of them are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to about 55 percent of the slate. While...
The Best Women-Centric Films of 2016
“Arrival” We’re huge fans of many female-led films this year, and were especially pleased to see some real-life heroines have their stories depicted on the big screen. The women behind...
Human Rights Campaign to Honor Meryl Streep with Ally for Equality Award
The Human Rights Campaign has announced that it will honor Meryl Streep for the organization’s Ally for Equality Award at the 2017 HRC Greater New York Gala, Broadway World reports. The HRC Ally...
Trailer Watch: A Pessimistic Doctor Finds Romance in “Everybody Loves Somebody”
“I see it every day: the illusion of love,” says Clara (Karla Souza, “How to Get Away with Murder”), an OB-GYN with a cynical stance on romance, in a newly released trailer for “Everybody...
Tegan and Sara Set Up LGBTQ Foundation
Musicians Tegan and Sara have set up a new project called the Tegan and Sara Foundation, the LA Times reports. The foundation is devoted to “commitment to feminism and racial, social, and gender...
Nina Simone to Receive the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Iconic singer-songwriter and civil rights activist Nina Simone will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the 2017 Special Merit Awards, Variety reports....
BET’s Debra L. Lee Honored with Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Award
During the annual Pre-Grammy Gala in February, BET Networks Chairman and CEO Debra L. Lee will be honored as the Grammy Salute to Industry Icons recipient for her significant contributions to the...
2016’s Need for Female Film Critics
“Lemonade” by Kiva Reardon, cross post from TIFF Here are the positions people assume I hold when I meet them at film festivals: personal assistant, girlfriend, publicist. Sometimes, if I’m...
The Most Feminist Moments and Exciting Developments of 2016
Viola Davis in “How to Get Away with Murder” In many ways, 2016 was a terrible year, and with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence en route to the White House, the...
Athena Film Festival Will Honor Eve Ensler, Patricia Riggen, Regina K. Scully
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) has announced its 2017 awardees, celebrating female leaders in the entertainment industry and those who support them. The festival will honor Tony Award-winning...
Clare-Hope Ashitey Joins the Cast of Veena Sud’s New Netflix Series “Seven Seconds”
Clare-Hope Ashitey (“Suspects,” “Children of Men”) has been added to the cast of Veena Sud’s upcoming Netflix series, “Seven Seconds.” The Hollywood Reporter writes that the British...
Trailer Watch: A Transgender Girl Fights for Her Rights in “Growing Up Coy”
A young transgender girl just made history by landing the cover story of National Geographic Magazine. Trans issues are getting the attention they deserve and need more and more, and the upcoming...
Learn How to Write for TV from Shonda Rhimes
Heads up, aspiring TV writers. Have you always wanted to learn from one of the best? “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” creator Shonda Rhimes is starting an online course through MasterClass...
Trailer Watch: Hannah and Jessa Come to Blows in “Girls’” Final Season
The sixth and final season of Lena Dunham’s “Girls” is almost upon us. The series won’t return to HBO until February 12, but a newly released promo hints at what’s in store for Hannah...
The Best Women-Directed Films of 2016: “American Honey,” “The Fits,” & More
“American Honey” Women directors may not have made a major impact at the box office this year, but they absolutely helmed some of the year’s finest films. With subjects as varied as a traveling...
Trailer Watch: Get Nasty with “The Good Fight”
CBS All CBS All Access is about to launch two highly anticipated female-centric shows. One is the Sonequa Martin-Green-led “Star Trek: Discovery,” which will premiere in May, 2017 on the...
Women Directed Ten Percent of 2016’s Top Grossing Films
2016 wasn’t a great year for female filmmakers at the domestic box office. Women directed or co-directed 24 of the top 250 highest grossing films in the U.S. this year, amounting to about ten...
Directors UK Partners with Channel 4 for Emerging Directors Project
If you’re a member of Directors UK, or just an emerging director, here’s a new opportunity for you: Directors UK, the professional association for British screen directors, is partnering with...
Jandy Nelson to Adapt “The Sky Is Everywhere” for Warner Bros.
Jandy Nelson’s 2010 book “The Sky Is Everywhere” is headed for the big screen, and the YA author has been hired to pen the adaptation for Warner Bros., The Hollywood...
“Rogue One” Takes the Box Office
Unsurprisingly, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” easily won the battle of the holiday box office this past weekend. As Deadline reports, the “Star Wars” anthology story took in $290.5 million...
Trailer Watch: Alice Lowe Has the Worst Pregnancy Ever in “Prevenge”
Atrailer has landed for “Prevenge,” writer-director-actress Alice Lowe’s deliciously unconventional portrayal of pregnancy. “You’ve got this force of nature now inside you. Baby knows what...
Tracy Oliver to Adapt “The Sun Is Also a Star” for Warner Bros. and MGM
“Awkward Black Girl” writer, producer, and actress Tracy Oliver has signed on to adapt “The Sun Is Also a Star,” Nicola Yoon’s bestselling YA novel. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. and...
Trailer Watch: Gillian Anderson in Gurinder Chadha’s “Viceroy’s House”
“Bend it Like Beckham” director Gurinder Chadha has teamed up with Gillian Anderson and “Downton Abbey’s” Hugh Bonneville for “Viceroy’s House.” The film “depicts the final few...
Oprah Winfrey Launches New Book Imprint
If you love Oprah’s Book Club, you’re in luck. Those who appreciate Oprah Winfrey-recommended books will be excited to learn that the mogul has a new book imprint under Flatiron Books, a...
“Arrival,” “20th Century Women,” and More Earn AWFJ Award Nominations
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees selected for the 2016 AWFJ EDA Awards. The 10th annual awards are presented in 25 categories divided into three sections: The Best...
Weekly Update for December 16: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Films About Women Opening This Week Rogue One: A Star Wars Story The first of the Star Wars standalone films, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is an all-new...
Trailer Watch: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Go on Vacation in “Snatched”
A hilarious red band trailer has dropped for “Snatched,” the long-awaited mother-daughter comedy starring Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer. Just as you’d expect, the two make a perfect...
“The Bad Kids’” Principal Talks Education, Oprah, and Leadership
We’re incredibly excited to see Gal Gadot in “Wonder Woman” and Brie Larson in “Captain Marvel,” but as high school principal Vonda Viland proves, you don’t have to be a superhero to...
Women in TV: The Best of 2016
This year has been a shit show of unimaginable proportions, and we’re not sure how we would have made it without the help of funny women on TV. In celebration of the end of the longest 365 days...
Julia Roberts to Star in Limited Series Adaptation of “Today Will Be Different”
Julia Roberts is attached to star in and produce a television adaptation of Maria Semple’s bestselling novel “Today Will Be Different” as a limited series. Semple is writing the...
Oscar Foreign Language Shortlist 2017: “Toni Erdmann” Makes the Cut
The Academy has announced the shortlist for nominations in the Foreign Language Film category at the 2017 Oscars, and only one woman-directed film remains in the running: Maren Ade’s “Toni...
Laeta Kalogridis Signs Overall Deal With Skydance Media
“Terminator Genisys” screenwriter and executive producer Laeta Kalogridis is taking the next step in her relationship with Skydance Media. Deadline reports that she has inked an exclusive,...
Trailer Watch: 24-Year-Old Emily Hagins Premieres “Coin Heist” on Netflix
Emily Hagins wrote and directed her first film, a teen zombie thriller, at just 12 years old. Now 24, the up and coming writer-director has a feature debuting on Netflix, and the trailer has...
Male Privilege Strikes Again: Director with Zero Screen Experience Lands “Cruella”
If it’s a day that ends in Y, it must be a day where a male director has gotten a job he’s not qualified for. As THR reports, first-time film director Alex Timbers is in negotiations to direct...
Sonequa Martin-Green Lands Lead Role in “Star Trek: Discovery”
The USS Discovery has its female lead. As Deadline reports, Sonequa Martin-Green has landed the lead role in CBS All Access’ upcoming “Star Trek: Discovery.” She’ll be playing Lt. Cmdr....
Movie About Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger in the Works
Astory centered on the woman behind one of the most important organizations in the U.S. and abroad is coming to the big screen. A press release has announced that Black Bicycle Entertainment’s...
First Set of Berlinale Film Festival Competition is 40% Female-Directed
The Berlin International Film Festival kicks off in February, and the first set of films slated to screen has just been announced. In the main competition, 10 films have been selected so far, and...
Trailer Watch: Toni Collette Unravels a Mystery in Rachel Perkins’ “Jasper Jones”
Since its release in 2009, “Jasper Jones,” by Craig Silvey, has been called Australia’s “To Kill Mockingbird.” Now the big-screen adaptation of the story is coming via director Rachel...
Breaking the Mold: December 2016’s Crowdfunding Picks
“Lipstick the Series” This month’s crowdfunding picks are all about breaking the mold. From a documentary set during the modern women’s movement to the second season of a popular web series...
TNT Greenlights Niecy Nash Nail Salon Dramedy “Claws” From Rashida Jones
TNT has given a series order for the South Florida-set dark comedy “Claws.” Niecy Nash (“Scream Queens,” “Getting On”) will star in the series, executive produced by Rashida Jones, Will...
BAFTA Introduces New Rules to Exclude “Non-Diverse” Films
The BAFTA Awards are getting a makeover. According to The BBC, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is changing eligibility rules for films competing in its annual awards as well as...
Women Film Critics Circle Nominations: “Hidden Figures,” “13th,” & More
“13th” Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” Kelly Reichardt’s “Certain Women,” and “Hidden Figures” are among the films to be honored by The Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) this year. The...
The Match Factory Acquires International Rights for Cate Blanchett’s “Manifesto”
Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is renowned for her versatility, and the acclaimed actress’ next project “Manifesto,” sees her playing 13 different roles, including a choreographer,...