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Weekly Update for May 4: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Angels Wear White — Written and Directed by Vivian Qu (Opens in NY; Opens in LA May 18) In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are assaulted by a...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Laura Bari — “Primas”
Laura Bari made her full-length debut with “Antoine,” a documentary about the imaginary life of a blind boy. The film was shown at 30 festivals around the world and won over a dozen prizes. She...
Cannes 2018: Patty Jenkins to Receive Women in Motion Award
Patty Jenkins is heading to Cannes. The “Wonder Woman” director will be honored with the 2018 Women in Motion Award. A press release announcing the news emphasized that the trailblazing...
Trailer Watch: Fat-Shamers and Sexual Abusers Face the Music in AMC’s “Dietland”
Revolution is afoot in a trailer for “Dietland,” Marti Noxon’s new AMC series. “I never wanted to stand out. I was just trying to fit in,” says Plum (Joy Nash, “Twin Peaks”). She’s a...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Alba Sotorra — “Commander Arian”
Alba Sotorra is an independent filmmaker and producer based in Barcelona. She has directed a number of documentaries, including “Unveiled Views,” which premiered at Guadalajara International...
BAFTA Elevate Rocket-Boosts Female Directors in the UK
“Thousands of talented young women have been excluded from careers as film and television directors every year simply because they are not men. I am one of a very small group of lucky ones.”...
Guest Post: Why I Launched a Streaming Platform
Guest Post by Melinda Prisco I’m incredibly lucky. Not only do I produce movies, but I get to distribute stunning world cinema on my streaming platform, Filmatique. I conceptualized Filmatique...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Biljana Tutorov — “When Pigs Come”
Biljana Tutorov is a director, producer, film curator, and VJ. In 2010 she founded Wake Up Films, an independent film production company dedicated to young European talent. She is now in...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Audrey Gordon — “Siblings”
Audrey Gordon is a French documentary filmmaker and former journalist. She has directed several documentaries for TV including “Kinderlekh,” “Edith and Lucile,” “A Two-way-Street,” and...
Quote of the Day: Cate Blanchett Wants Artists to Be “Fearless” in Fight for Equality
“I feel really positive about the inevitable, positive moves toward equality in the face of a lot of fear and adversity,” two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett told Variety in an in-depth...
Hulu Renews “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Gives Series Order to Mindy Kaling’s “Four Weddings”
Offred is staying put at Hulu and Mindy Kaling is set to return. The streamer has renewed “The Handmaid’s Tale” for a third season and given a series order to Kaling’s latest project, an...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Hind Bensari— “We Could Be Heroes”
Hind Bensari’s first documentary short, “475: Break the Silence,” contributed to a movement in Morocco that succeeded in repealing a law that allowed men accused of rape to marry their...
Chastain, Cruz, Nyong’o, Cotillard, and Fan to Star in Spy Thriller “355”
Best known as a two-time Oscar-nominated actress, Jessica Chastain has been steadily building up her producing resume. And she’s got a hell of a project lined up. The “Molly’s Game” star has...
Laura Bispuri’s “Daughter of Mine” Acquired by Strand Releasing
Strand Releasing has snagged North American rights to Laura Bispuri’s “Daughter of Mine” shortly after its U.S. debut at Tribeca Film Festival. The company also distributed Bispuri’s...
Today in #MeToo and #TimesUp: Judd Sues Weinstein, WOC Lead Fight to Stop R. Kelly, & More
The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements aren’t going anywhere. Amid recent reports that disgraced figures such as Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer are staging comebacks, there’s also been news of Ashley...
BFI Southbank Will Spotlight Films By and About Women in June
BFI Southbank will be showcasing women-centric and women-made films throughout the month of June. A press release has announced that the four-screen cinema in South Bank, London will be championing...
Women Centric Films in 2018
Back to Resources » December On the Basis of Sex – Directed by Mimi Leder Bumblebee – Written by Christina Hodson Second Act – Written by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Justin...
Women Directed Films in 2018
Back to Resources » December On the Basis of Sex – Directed by Mimi Leder Destroyer – Directed by Karyn Kusama Between Worlds – Written and Directed by Maria Pulera Capernaum...
Women Written Films in 2018
Back to Resources » December Bumblebee – Written by Christina Hodson Second Act – Written by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Justin Zackham Welcome to Marwen – Written by Caroline...
Cannes Film Festival Campaign
The Cannes Film Festival is one of the key moments on the film world calendar. Women and Hollywood has used the festival to create an international conversation on the lack of opportunities for women...
Women Directed Films in 2017
Back to Resources » January Underworld: Blood Wars – Directed by Anna Foerster Claire in Motion – Written and Directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson Everybody Knows… Elizabeth...
Women Centric Films in 2017
Back to Resources » January Underworld: Blood Wars – Directed by Anna Foerster Claire in Motion – Written and Directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson Everybody Knows… Elizabeth...
TV Statistics
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Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Trisha Ziff — “Witkin & Witkin”
Trisha Ziff has worked for the last 25 years as a writer, editor, curator, and documentary filmmaker. Her feature credits include “The Mexican Suitcase,” and “The Man Who Saw Too Much,”...
May 2018 Film Preview
“Tully” Plenty of women-helmed, female-fronted flicks are premiering alongside the superhero and sci-fi blockbusters this month. Kicking the month off on May 1 is the Netflix debut of C. Fitz’s...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Elizabeth Mirzaei — “Laila at the Bridge”
Elizabeth Mirzaei served as director and cinematographer on the BBC’s “The Killing of Farkhunda,” which was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award, and a cinematographer on the...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Cynthia Wade and Sasha Friedlander — “Grit”
Cynthia Wade’s 2008 documentary “Freeheld” won an Academy Award, Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and 13 other awards. Her other credits include “Grist for the Mill,”...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Kate Novack — “The Gospel According to André”
Kate Novack is an Emmy-nominated producer and director of documentary films. She was a producer and writer on “Page One: Inside the New York Times,” which was nominated for two News &...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Katrina Costello — “The Silver Branch”
Katrina Costello co-founded Sea Fever Productions in 2006 along with her husband, Kevin O’Sullivan. The company is dedicated to producing natural history documentary films in Ireland. “The...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown— “United Skates”
Dyana Winkler is a director, producer, and film festival programmer whose narrative screenplay “Bell” was a participant in the Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab and awarded a Sundance Sloan...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Paula Eiselt — “93Queen”
Paula Eiselt is an independent filmmaker. She is currently a POV/Wyncote Filmmaker Fellow and was a 2017 Sundance Creative Producing Summit Fellow and a 2016 IFP Lab fellow. “93Queen” is her...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Lindsey Cordero — “I’m Leaving Now (Ya Me Voy)”
Lindsey Cordero is a Mexican filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She previously co-directed the TV documentary “Firmes, Mexicans in the Bronx” and produced “En el Séptimo Día.” “I’m Leaving...
Why Does Hollywood Dismiss Women-Directed Films About Queer Women?
Opening today, Sebastián Lelio’s widely praised adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s “Disobedience” will hit theaters in New York and Los Angeles before rolling out nationwide. Led by Rachel...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Samara Grace Chadwick — “1999”
Samara Grace Chadwick has spent more than 15 years working in the field of documentary film throughout Europe and North and South America, primarily as a filmmaker, editor, and festival programmer....
Cannes Film Fest Teams Up with French Government for Sexual Harassment Hotline
Cannes Film Festival is taking steps to protect women at its 2018 edition with the help of the French government. According to Screen Daily, Cannes is organizing a hotline for survivors and...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Christina D. King and Elizabeth A. Castle — “Warrior Women”
Christina D. King is a member of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma whose work across commercials, documentary, film, and television focuses on human rights issues, civic engagement through...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Laura Marie Wayne — “Love, Scott”
Laura Marie Wayne’s short films have been featured in festivals across Europe, North America, and the Caribbean. In 2015 her lyrical memoir film “Most of Us Don’t Live There” premiered in...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Yasemin Samdereli— “Night of All Nights”
While at the University of Television of Film in Munich, Yasemin Samdereli worked as Assistant Director on two of Jackie Chan’s features. She has also directed “Kismet” and “Almanya: Welcome...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Shameela Seedat — “Whispering Truth to Power”
Shameela Seedat is a human rights law specialist turned filmmaker from South Africa. Since she began documentary filmmaking, Seedat has been commissioned by various local and international...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Beatrice Behn— “The Artist & the Pervert”
Beatrice Behn is Senior Film Critic and Editor-in-Chief of Kino-Zeit, the largest German language film magazine for arthouse and independent film. “The Artist & The Pervert” is her first...
Gretchen Carlson Inks Deal with A+E Originals, First Project Deals with Sexual Harassment
Gretchen Carlson is continuing a conversation she helped start. The former Fox News anchor has signed a deal with A+E Originals that sees her producing documentary specials, and her first project...
Tig Notaro Has Netflix Stand-Up Special On the Way
“One Mississippi” is gone but Tig Notaro is staying busy. The comedian is heading to space as a guest star in the second season of “Star Trek: Discovery” on CBS All Access and Netflix just...
Hot Docs 2018 Women Directors: Meet Jessica Leski — “I Used to Be Normal”
Jessica Leski wrote, directed, and co-edited her first full-length documentary, “The Ball.” The film won a Hugo Television Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. Leski’s short films...
Veteran TV Writer Nell Scovell on Her New Book and Hollywood’s Progress — and Lack Thereof
Nell Scovell is no stranger to Hollywood. A 30-year veteran, she has worked on some of the most memorable shows in TV history, including “Murphy Brown,” “The Simpsons,” “Late Night with...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Assia Boundaoui — “The Feeling of Being Watched”
Assia Boundaoui is an Algerian-American journalist and filmmaker based in Chicago. She has reported for BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera, VICE, and CNN and was the recipient of a first place Mark of Excellence...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Andrea Nevins — “Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie”
Andrea Nevins is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy award-winningdirector, producer, and writer. Her credits include “The Other F Word” and “Play it Forward” “Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Yolanda Ramke — “Cargo”
Yolanda Ramke is an award-winning screenwriter and director. In 2013, she wrote the short film “Cargo” and co-directed with Ben Howling. It garnered almost 14 million views on YouTube. She...
Quote of the Day: Melissa McCarthy Talks Negotiating and Equal Pay
Melissa McCarthy is known for her sense of humor, but her business savvy has also played a major part in landing her among the world’s highest-paid actresses. In a candid conversation with...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Haifaa Al-Mansour — “Mary Shelley”
Haifaa Al-Mansour is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia, and is regarded as one of its most significant cinematic figures. The success of her 2005 documentary, “Women Without Shadows,”...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Susanna White — “Woman Walks Ahead”
Susanna White is a BAFTA award winning director who began her career making documentaries such as “Tell Me the Truth About Love.” She made her feature narrative debut with “Nanny McPhee...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Madeleine Sackler— “It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It”
Madeleine Sackler is an Emmy-winning director and producer whose credits include “The Lottery,” “Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus,” and a second upcoming Tribeca...