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Emily Bennett and Justin Brooks’ Genre Pic “Alone With You” Lands at Dark Star Pictures
“Alone With You” has found a home ahead of its world premiere at Fantastic Fest. Dark Star Pictures landed North American rights to the thriller with a queer couple at its center....
Maria Schrader’s “I’m Your Man” Named as Germany’s Pick for Oscars’ International Film Category
Maria Schrader may be adding an Oscar to her awards collection. The Emmy-winning “Unorthodox” director’s latest feature, sci-fi rom-com “I’m Your Man,” has been...
Trailer Watch: “Knocking” Tells the Story of a Traumatized Woman Trying To Be Heard
Asked what she’d like audiences to think about after watching “Knocking,” director Frida Kempff told us “that everyone has the right to be listened to. I think [that notion...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “My Name Is Pauli Murray” Directors Betsy West & Julie Cohen
The Girls Club will welcome directors Betsy West and Julie Cohen for a discussion about their new documentary, “My Name Is Pauli Murray.” The virtual chat will take place Monday,...
Inclusion Initiative: Latinas Comprised Only 1.9% of Leads/Co-Leads Across 2007-2019’s Top 1,300 Films
The latest report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has found that, despite making up about 20 percent of the U.S. population, the Hispanic/Latinx community “remains almost invisible...
Zendaya, Jean Smart, Marlee Matlin, and Siân Heder Among Women in Film WIF Honorees
Zendaya is following up the world premiere of “Dune” at Venice Film Festival by taking home a special award. The Emmy-winning “Euphoria” actress is among this year’s...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Nathalie Biancheri – “Wolf”
Nathalie Biancheri is an Italian writer and director based in Dublin. Her short films have won awards at several international festivals such as SXSW, Edinburgh, Galway, Rhode Island Flickers Fest,...
Clea DuVall and Mary Holland Reunite for “Day Job” Comedy Series
“Happiest Season” collaborators and “Veep” co-stars Clea DuVall and Mary Holland are re-teaming. “The pair are developing single-camera comedy series ‘Day...
Trailer Watch: Elle Callahan’s “Witch Hunt” Follows Witches in Peril
Set in a world where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, “Witch Hunt” tells the story of Claire (Gideon Adlon), a teenager forced to confront her own prejudices as she helps two...
Trailer Watch: Margaret Qualley Rebuilds Her Life After Leaving Her Abusive Ex in “Maid”
Margaret Qualley leaves an abusive relationship and searches for a home in “Maid,” Netflix’s adaptation of Stephanie Land’s New York Times best-selling memoir. Once an...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Camille Griffin – “Silent Night”
Camille Griffin is a writer, director, and co-producer. She originally trained in the camera department and worked for 13 years as a Clapper Loader, and has since written and directed seven short...
Trailer Watch: “Fruits of Labor” Spotlights a Mexican-American Teen with No Time to Spare
“I wish to only worry about the things girls worry about at my age,” says Ashley Solis in a new trailer for “Fruits of Labor.” The SXSW doc sees the second-generation...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Laura Santullo – “The Other Tom”
Laura Santullo is a Uruguayan filmmaker and author based in Mexico. She is an internationally recognized for her work as a screenwriter, collaborating with film director and life-partner Rodrigo...
Trailer Watch: Joan Micklin Silver’s “Hester Street” Gets a New 4K Restoration
“Hester Street” is getting a makeover. A new 4K restoration of Joan Micklin Silver’s portrait of an Eastern European Jewish couple living in New York’s Lower East Side in the late...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Agustina San Martín – “To Kill The Beast”
Agustina San Martín is an Argentinian filmmaker, screenwriter, and colorist who has also worked as a screenwriting professor at her alma mater, the University of Buenos Aires. Her short films...
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,...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Darin J. Sallam – “Farha”
Darin J. Sallam is a Jordanian writer and director who has five award winning short films including “Still Alive,” “The Dark Outside,” and “The Parrot,” all of...
Pick of the Day: “Y: The Last Man”
“Y: The Last Man’s” title really should have been retooled. I haven’t read the DC Comics series it’s based on, but the TV adaptation is about a lot more than the last...
Audrey Diwan Wins Venice Film Festival’s Top Prize with Abortion Drama “L’Evénement” (“Happening”)
It’s a wrap on the 2021 Venice International Film Festival and there’s plenty to celebrate. Audrey Diwan became the sixth woman director to claim Venice’s top prize in the...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Laura Samani – “Piccolo Corpo” (“Small Body”)
Laura Samani was born in Trieste, Italy. In 2016, her short film “The Sleeping Saint” premiered at Cannes Cinéfondation and has since gained international acclaim and awards from several...
Tribeca Winner “Jacinta” Lands at Hulu
Hulu is adding a Tribeca Film Festival award-winner to its slate. A press release announced that the streamer landed “Jacinta,” a documentary exploring drug addiction and...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Kamila Andini – “Yuni”
Kamila Andini is a mother and filmmaker based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She released her debut feature film, “The Mirror Never Lies,” in 2011 and her second feature, “The Seen and...
Crystal R. Emery Talks “The Deadliest Disease in America,” Her Doc About Racism in Healthcare
Crystal R. Emery is a producer, educator, author, and filmmaker known for producing socially conscious storytelling on a variety of platforms that celebrate the triumph of the human spirit, a cause...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Haya Waseem – “Quickening”
Haya Waseem is a Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker. An alumna of the Director’s Lab program at Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre, Weseem began her career as a documentary editor. Her short films...
Trailer Watch: Ry Russo-Young Turns the Camera on Her Own “Nuclear Family”
“Two same-sex parents and children — I don’t think anybody even thought that that happened.” So says one of the interviewees in Ry Russo-Young’s “Nuclear...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Kate Dolan – “You Are Not My Mother”
Kate Dolan is an Irish writer and director. She wrote and directed “Little Doll,” a short film that premiered at the Berlinale in 2016. Dolan’s next short film, “Catcalls,”...
Trailer Watch: “Diana: The Musical” Brings Princess Di’s Story to the Stage and Screen
Another story about the former Princess of Wales is on the way. Netflix has dropped a trailer for “Diana: The Musical” in the wake of “Spencer’s” rave reviews out of...
Pick of the Day: “Language Lessons”
Described as a “weird little movie made in a very weird time about finding friendship in strange places and accepting love even when you think you may not be worth it” by writer,...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Mounia Akl – “Costa Brava, Lebanon”
Mounia Akl was born in Lebanon. She completed an MFA in directing at Columbia University. Her directorial credits include the shorts “Beirut, I Love You (I Love You...
Trailer Watch: “The Baby-Sitters Club” Is Growing in Season 2
The Baby-Sitters Club is officially back in business, and Kristy (Sophie Grace), Mary-Anne (Malia Baker), Claudia (Momona Tamada), and Stacey (Shay Rudolph) are welcoming new members to their ranks....
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Shasha Nakhai – “Scarborough”
Shasha Nakhai is a Filipina-Canadian filmmaker. Her directorial projects include documentary shorts “Thirty Eight Minutes,” “18 Roses,” “Paruparo,” “The...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “Impeachment: American Crime Story” Showrunner Sarah Burgess
Please note that this event has been cancelled. Sarah Burgess, the showrunner, head writer, and executive producer of “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” will discuss the buzzy FX...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Ruth Paxton – “A Banquet”
Ruth Paxton is a Scottish filmmaker and writer. Her short film “Paris/Sexy,” a grim tragedy about a young caregiver and her brain-damaged father, premiered at the 64th Edinburgh...
Gita Pullapilly on Transforming Undervalued and Discounted Women into “Queenpins”
Gita Pullapilly is an award-winning writer, producer, and director. Along with her collaborator and husband Aron Gaudet, Pullapilly currently has projects with Amazon Films, STX Entertainment,...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Ana Lazarevic – “The Game”
Ana Lazarevic is a writer and director born in Belgrade, Serbia. She holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University. Her short film “The Runner” premiered at the New York Film Festival....
Trailer Watch: Ballerinas Make a Pact in Sarah Adina Smith’s “Birds of Paradise”
Kristine Froseth’s loyalty is no match for her ambition in “Birds of Paradise.” From writer-director Sarah Adina Smith, the ballet drama tells the story of two students attending a...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Aga Woszczyńska – “Silent Land”
Aga Woszczyńska is a director, scriptwriter, and anthropologist. Her short films have screened and won awards at numerous film festivals — including Cannes, Helsinki International Film...
Trailer Watch: Anya Taylor-Joy Haunts Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in “Last Night in Soho”
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie couldn’t be any further from the Oregon wilderness in “Last Night in Soho.” The psychological horror pic sees the “Leave No Trace” breakout...
Susan Sarandon and Anna Friel to Star in Fox Country Music Drama from Melissa London Hilfers
Susan Sarandon and Anna Friel are taking over the country music scene — on the small screen, anyway. The pair will star as country royalty in “Monarch,” a Fox drama created by...
Trailer Watch: Vicky Krieps Is a Filmmaker Questioning Her Choices in Mia Hansen-Løve’s “Bergman Island”
“Do you think you can create a great body of work and raise a family at the same time?” asks Vicky Krieps in a new trailer for “Bergman Island.” Written and directed by Mia...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Neus Ballús – “The Odd-Job Men”
Neus Ballús is a Catalan film director and scriptwriter. Her first film, “The Plague,” premiered at Berlinale Forum and was nominated for the European Film Awards, LUX Prize, and Goya...
Trailer Watch: Jemima Kirke Is Anti-“Sex Education” in the Netflix Comedy’s Third Season
Moordale is welcoming a new headteacher. A trailer has dropped for “Sex Education’s” third season and sees “Girls” alumna Jemima Kirke vowing to transform the reputation...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Tea Lindeburg – “As in Heaven”
Tea Lindeburg wrote the TV series “Equinox” for Netflix, as well as the podcast “Equinox 1985” for DR, which was nominated for the Prix Italia 2017. She’s also directed...
Filming Underway for “Marie Antoinette” Series from “The Favourite” Scribe Deborah Davis
Deborah Davis is taking inspiration from another controversial monarch. The “Favourite” scribe is following up her portrait of Queen Anne with a series inspired by Marie Antoinette....
Variety’s 2021 Power of Women: LA Honorees Include Rita Moreno, Lorde, and Amanda Gorman
Rita Moreno, Lorde, Katy Perry, poet Amanda Gorman, and Warner Bros. Television Group chairman Channing Dungey have been named Variety’s 2021 Power of Women: Los Angeles honorees. They will be...
London Film Fest Announces Headline Galas & Special Presentations: “Titane,” “The Lost Daughter,” & More
The BFI London Film Festival has announced its complete 2021 program, including the Headline Galas and Special Presentations lineups. Fortunately, women directors are better represented than the...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Jenna Cato Bass – “Mlungu Wam” (“Good Madam”)
Jenna Cato Bass is a South African writer, filmmaker, and former magician. Together with Wanuri Kahiu, Bass co-wrote the coming-of-age romance “Rafiki,” which premiered in Cannes’...
Teaser Watch: Janet Jackson Tells Her Own Story in “Janet”
“This is my story — told by me. Not through someone else’s eyes. This is the truth, take it or leave it, love it or hate it. This is me,” says Janet Jackson in a new teaser...
Sahraa Karimi Is Making a Film About Her Escape from Afghanistan
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” filmmaker Sahraa Karimi is among the tens of thousands of civilians who have fled Afghanistan. Along with her family, she managed to escape first to Istanbul and then make...
TIFF 2021 Preview: Canada’s Colonialist Legacy, the Return of Jane Campion, and More
The 46th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is nearly upon us. Set to take place September 9-18 and include a mix of in-person and digital events, the fest’s program this...
Becky Read’s “The Fight Before Christmas” Doc Acquired by Apple
One man’s ill-fated mission to bring “Joy to the World” — and specifically his neighborhood — is heading to Apple TV+. The streamer has acquired global rights to...