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Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Tania Anderson– “The Mission”
Tania Anderson is a British, American, and Swiss filmmaker based in Helsinki, Finland. She has worked as a writer and journalist, most recently as a writer for National Geographic, where she...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing – “Midwives”
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing has worked as a freelance filmmaker in Myanmar since 2006, acting as director, producer, editor, and sound recordist. Her short “Burmese Butterfly” played festivals in...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Maria Loohufvud – “Calendar Girls”
Maria Loohufvud is an art director with a background in music and dance. Her feminist engagement has led to projects on many platforms, such as the equality game Komma Lika. Together with Love...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Monia Chokri – “Babysitter”
Monia Chokri is a Canadian stage and television actor, as well as an award-winning director. Her first feature film, ”A Brother’s Love,” won the Un Certain Regard jury’s Coup de Coeur at the...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Anna Nemes – “Gentle”
Anna Nemes is a visual artist whose paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions across Europe since 2010. “Beauty of the Beast,” her essay-documentary about female...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Nina Menkes – “Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power”
Nina Menkes is a filmmaker whose works synthesize inner dream worlds with brutal, outer realities. Her work has been shown widely in major international film festivals, including Sundance, the...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Martika Ramirez Escobar – “Leonor Will Never Die”
Martika Ramirez Escobar is a filmmaker-cinematographer based in Manila. Her thesis film from the University of the Philippines competed at the 19th Busan International Film Festival. Her latest work,...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Mariama Diallo – “Master”
Mariama Diallo is a Brooklyn based writer-director. Her short film “Hair Wolf” premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, where it won The Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction....
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Krystin Ver Linden – “Alice”
Krystin Ver Linden is a director and screenwriter. Her script “Ride” sold to Lionsgate with Jill Solloway attached to direct. Her pitch “Love in Vain,” an unconventional...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Francisca Alegría – “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future”
Francisca Alegría is Chilean filmmaker whose short film “And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye” received the award for Best International Fiction Short Film at the 2017...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Chloe Okuno – “Watcher”
Chloe Okuno is a writer-director based in Los Angeles. Her recent work includes writing a remake of “Audrey Rose” for Orion Pictures and writing and directing a segment of the anthology series...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Hanna Bergholm – “Hatching”
Hanna Bergholm is a Finnish film director who has helmed several internationally-awarded short films and TV drama series. Her latest short horror film, “Puppet Master,” was selected to...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Audrey Diwan – “Happening”
Audrey Diwan is a filmmaker, author, and screenwriter who has collaborated with Valérie Donzelli, Cédric Jimenez, and Gilles Lellouche among others. She made her feature film directing debut with...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Adamma Ebo – “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
Adamma Ebo is a Nigerian-American writer, director, and producer who works alongside her identical twin, Adanne Ebo. Both wrote on “Mrs. & Mrs. Smith,” an upcoming Amazon series. They...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Violet Columbus – “The Exiles”
Violet Columbus is a writer-director currently living in New York City. She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School Of The Arts in 2016. “The Exiles” is her debut feature film. “The Exiles...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Alli Haapasalo – “Girl Picture”
Alli Haapasalo is a Finnish director and writer with passion for telling strong female-driven stories. Haapasalo’s feature debut, 2016’s “Love and Fury,” followed a writer finding...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Carlota Pereda – “Piggy”
Carlota Pereda is a film and series director from Madrid. Pereda started her career in television and was nominated for the Television Academy’s Iris Award for “Águila Roja”...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Phyllis Nagy – “Call Jane”
Phyllis Nagy earned Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won the NY Film Critics Circle award for “Carol,” her adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel “The Price of...
Sundance 2022 Preview: A Racist History Haunts a College, Activists Fight for the Right to Choose, & More
COVID-19 isn’t putting the brakes on Sundance 2022. The fest has gone digital once again this year due to the pandemic, but we’re thankful the show will go on — online, where...
Mimi Cave’s “Fresh” Lands Distribution Ahead of Sundance, Daisy Edgar-Jones Stars
Daisy Edgar-Jones says goodbye to Connell and hello to a lover who has been “hiding some unusual appetites” in “Fresh.” Searchlight Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to...
Sundance Adds Docs from Abigail E. Disney, Kathleen Hughes, and Amy Berg to Lineup
Abigail E. Disney and Kathleen Hughes’ “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” and Amy Berg’s “Phoenix Rising” will screen at Sundance 2022. The documentaries...
Sundance Doc “Calendar Girls” Sells to Juno Films
“Calendar Girls” has secured North American distribution ahead of its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival later this month. Juno Films landed rights to the film, which is screening...
Trailer Watch: Sundance Pic “Girl Picture” Follows Three Young Women Coming of Age
BFFs navigate the murky waters of love and lust in “Girl Picture,” set to premiere at Sundance Film Festival later this month. From Finnish filmmaker Alli Haapasalo, the pic tells the...
Krystin Ver Linden’s “Alice” Acquired Ahead of Sundance Premiere, Keke Palmer Stars
“Alice” has found a home ahead of its world premiere at next month’s Sundance Film Festival. A press release announced that Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions acquired...
Over 60% of Sundance’s 2022 Competition Films Are Directed by Women
With the final weeks of 2021 upon us it’s time to start looking onward, and if Sundance Film Festival’s 2022 lineup is any indication, we have plenty of women-helmed films to look forward...
Eight Artists Selected for 2021 Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship
Sundance Institute has selected eight artists for the second annual Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship. Variety confirms that Deborah Esquenazi (“Southwest of Salem”), McKenzie Chinn...
Women Make Up Majority of Sundance Institute’s Inaugural Producers Intensive Participants
Sundance Institute has announced the 10 fellows taking part in its inaugural Producers Intensive this month. The two-day program, which kicked off October 21, was designed as “a means of...
Sundance Institute Introduces Intensive for Trans Artists of Color
Sundance Institute has selected six artists for its inaugural Trans Possibilities Intensive. Ava Davis, StormMiguel Florez, River Gallo, Carol Grant, Mitchell (MiSha) Owens, and Savannah Ward are...
Trailer Watch: Teenage Girls Are On the “Cusp” in Sundance Doc
“I don’t know how to describe me. I’m not an adult, but I’m not a kid anymore,” says one of the teens at the center of “Cusp.” From Parker Hill and Isabel...
Trailer Watch: Sundance Winner and Oscar Hopeful “Hive” Tells the Story of a Woman-Run Business
Tired of waiting for men to come and save the day, a woman in a Kosovo village decides to make her own fate in “Hive.” A new trailer has arrived for Blerta Basholli’s Sundance winner,...
Exclusive: Sundance Winner “Writing with Fire” Acquired by Music Box Films
The story of India’s only women-led news outlet is heading stateside. Women and Hollywood can exclusively reveal that Music Box Films has acquired rights to “Writing with Fire,”...
Apply Now: Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship at Sundance
The 2022 Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship at the Sundance Film Festival is now accepting submissions. “Mudbound” producer Cassian Elwes and The Black List are partnering...
Trailer Watch: Sundance Winner “Writing with Fire” Spotlights an Indian Newspaper Run by Women
“In our region a Dalit woman journalist was unimaginable. Over the last 14 years, we’ve changed that perception,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Writing with...
Trailer Watch: The Hearing Child of Deaf Parents Follows Her Music Dreams in Sundance Smash “CODA”
“There are plenty of pretty voices with nothing to say. Do you have something to say?” Emilia Jones is asked in a new trailer for “CODA.” Sian Heder’s history-making...
Assia Boundaoui, Débora Souza Silva, & More Receive Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grants
Eighteen non-fiction projects, at various stages of production, have received funding from the latest round of Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grants. The initiative provides a total of $590,000...
“CODA,” “Zola,” and More to Screen at Sundance Film Festival: London
The most celebrated film of Sundance 2021 is heading across the pond. “CODA,” which made history as the first film to ever receive all three top U.S. Dramatic honors out of Park City,...
Siân Heder’s Sundance Winner “CODA” Gets a Release Date
“CODA” made history as the first film to win all three top U.S. Dramatic honors at Sundance Film Festival and scored a record-breaking distribution deal at the fest when it premiered in...
Sundance Meta Comedy “The Nowhere Inn” Lands at IFC Films, Carrie Brownstein and St. Vincent Star
Carrie Brownstein and Saint Vincent — AKA Annie Clark — have found a home for their big-screen collaboration. The multi-hyphenates’ meta comedy “The Nowhere Inn” will be...
Ninja Thyberg’s Sundance Pic About L.A.’s Porn Industry “Pleasure” Lands at A24
Ninja Thyberg’s feature debut has secured distribution following its world premiere at Sundance. A24 acquired U.S. rights to “Pleasure,” a look inside L.A.’s adult film industry, and...
Sally Aitken’s Sundance Doc “Playing With Sharks” Lands at National Geographic
Sally Aitken’s tribute to a pioneering marine conservationist has found a home. National Geographic Documentary Films snagged worldwide rights to “Playing with Sharks,” a portrait...
Siân Heder’s “CODA” Becomes First Film to Sweep Top U.S. Dramatic Prizes at Sundance
“CODA” has made history yet again. After nabbing a record-breaking distribution deal with Apple, Siân Heder’s coming-of-age story about a teen girl who is also the only hearing...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Kristina Lindström – “The Most Beautiful Boy in the World”
Kristina Lindström is a filmmaker, journalist, and author. She has directed highly acclaimed documentaries including “Astrid Lindgren;” “Palme” with Maud Nycander, awarded two Guldbagge...
Sundance Deal: Jamila Wignot’s Alvin Ailey Doc “Ailey” Goes to Neon
Jamila Wignot’s portrait of iconic dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey has found a home. Following its world premiere at Sundance this weekend, Neon acquired “Ailey,” a documentary...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Debbie Lum – “Try Harder!”
Debbie Lum is an award-winning filmmaker whose projects give voice to the Asian American experience and other unsung stories. “Seeking Asian Female,” her feature-length directing debut,...
Natalie Qasabian Wins 2021 Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award
Producer Natalie Qasabian has been honored for her work on psychological thriller “Run.” She was presented with the 2021 Sundance Institute/Amazon Studios Producers Award for Fiction...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt – “Cusp”
Parker Hill’s thesis film, “One Good Pitch,” premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Her short films “Homing In” and “Sanderson to Brackettville” have...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Natalia Almada – “Users”
Natalia Almada is the recipient of the 2012 MacArthur Genius Award. Her directing credits include “Al Otro Lado” (2005 Tribeca Film Festival), “El General” (2009 Sundance Film...
Siân Heder’s “CODA” Scores Record-Breaking $25 Million Apple Deal Out of Sundance
“CODA” has set a record at Sundance Film Festival. The worldwide rights to Siân Heder’s coming-of-age drama were acquired by Apple “for a number just north of $25 million,”...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Marilyn Agrelo – “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street”
Marilyn Agrelo’s directorial debut, “Mad Hot Ballroom,” enjoyed a theatrical run of 24 weeks and became the 25th highest-grossing documentary film. A Broadway version is currently in...
Sundance 2021 Women Directors: Meet Betsy West and Julie Cohen – “My Name is Pauli Murray”
Betsy West is the Academy Award-nominated director and producer of “RBG” along with Julie Cohen. She is a 21-time Emmy Award winner for her work as an ABC News producer and executive...
Sundance 2021 Directors: Meet Jane Schoenbrun – “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair”
Jane Schoenbrun is a non-binary filmmaker who co-created ongoing touring variety series “The Eyeslicer,” which has screened in hundreds of venues across the world, including MoMA, the Tribeca...