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Ladies Who Rock: VOD, Webseries, and Podcast Picks

Music is an avenue for letting the unspoken be sung out loud, for sharing with the world the emotions that stir within us. Great music can reach an audience anywhere, relating differently to each...

Television

Pam Fryman Tapped to Direct “How I Met Your Father” Pilot, Hilary Duff Stars in the Spinoff

Pam Fryman is being recruited back into the “How I Met Your Mother” universe. After helming all but 12 episodes of the nine-season sitcom, she’s been tapped to direct and produce...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: A Young Girl Escapes the Clutches of the Sea Maiden in Feminist Fable “Scales”

A strong-willed young girl faces the wrath of her community in “Scales.” Filmed in Oman, Shahad Ameen’s black-and-white feminist parable tells the story of Hayat (Basima Hajjar),...

News

Out in Hollywood Announces Out Loud 2021 List of Best Unproduced Pilot Scripts by LGBTQ+ Writers

A newly formed organization, Out in Hollywood, has launched its inaugural Out Loud List of the best unproduced pilot scripts that center on queer experiences and/or are written by queer writers....

Trailers

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...

Interviews

Teona Strugar Mitevska on Telling a Story About Having the Audacity to Define Yourself in “God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya”

Teona Strugar Mitevska was born in Macedonia. She started as a child actor, and trained as a painter and a graphic designer before studying in the MFA program in film at New York University’s...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Tatiana Huezo Brings “Prayers for the Stolen” to Cannes

An adaptation of Jennifer Clement’s novel of the same name, “Prayers for the Stolen” is set in a solitary town in the Mexican mountains where being a girl or having a daughter is...

News

BFI Announces Program for Woman with a Movie Camera Summit

The BFI Woman with a Movie Camera Summit has announced its 2021 program. Set to take place July 17-18, the online event will feature more than 20 panels, discussions, and Q&As exploring...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Sonia Kennebeck Searches for Truth in the Age of Misinformation in “Enemies of the State”

An investigation into secrets, lies, and cover-ups, “Enemies of the State” explores the strange case of Wikileaks courier and hacker Matt DeHart. Sonia Kennebeck’s doc finds DeHart...

News

Jemele Hill to Launch Unbothered Podcast Network to Elevate Black Women’s Voices

Award-winning journalist and producer Jemele Hill is set to launch a new podcast network, The Unbothered Network, which will focus on elevating the voices and stories of Black women. The Hollywood...

Films

Chiara Atik Is Penning a Film Adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s “Hamnet”

“Hamnet” is coming to the big screen. Chiara Atik has been tapped to pen an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel for Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, and Neal...

News

Callie Khouri Working on Stage Musical Version of “Thelma & Louise”

Thelma and Louise are set to drive into pastures new. Callie Khouri, the award-winning screenwriter of the 1991 titular classic has revealed she is working with a number of collaborators on a stage...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Three Sisters Fight to Win in Martial Arts Doc From Iran “Platform”

“Becoming a champion is easy; staying one is hard,” we are told in the new trailer for “Platform,” a documentary about women martial artists in Iran. Described as a...

Festivals

Agnès Godard and Pamela Albarrán to Receive Angénieux Cinematographer Awards at Cannes

Agnès Godard and Pamela Albarrán are set to be honored at Cannes for the impact of their work as directors of photography on world cinema by the festival’s official partner, Angénieux, according...

Films

Kyra Sedgwick to Direct “Space Oddity,” Alexandra Shipp & Madeline Brewer Will Star

Kyra Sedgwick has lined up her next directing gig. She will follow up her DGA Award-nominated directorial debut, “Story of a Girl,” with “Space Oddity,” Rebecca Banner’s...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Laura Fairrie Pays Tribute to Jackie Collins in “Lady Boss”

Prior to debuting “Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story” at Tribeca Film Festival, director Laura Fairrie told us that the documentary “tells the story of a woman who defines her own...

Films

Mattie Do’s “The Long Walk” Acquired by Yellow Veil Pictures

Mattie Do’s latest has secured North American distribution. Yellow Veil Pictures snagged rights to “The Long Walk” and is planning an early 2022 release, a press release announced....

Films

Anne Hathaway and Jennifer Westfeldt Team Up For “The Idea of You” Adaptation

Anne Hathaway has escaped lockdown and is set to lead another book adaptation. She’s following up “Locked Down” and  “The Witches” by signing on to “The Idea of...

News

Trailer Watch: “Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts” Brings Trailblazing Women Together

“It’s what I do. I bring people together,” says Robin Roberts in a new trailer for her upcoming Disney+ show. Each episode of “Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts”...

Films

Tanya Wexler’s Bouncer Action-Comedy “Jolt” Acquired by Amazon, Kate Beckinsale Stars

Kate Beckinsale is switching gears from waging war with werewolves to keeping drunk partiers in check. The “Underworld” actress leads Tanya Wexler’s latest, “Jolt,” a...

News

Apply Now: Inaugural AXS Film Fund for Creators of Color With Disabilities

Founded to support ethnic minorities with disabilities in getting recognition and job opportunities within the film industry, the AXS Film Fund is now accepting applications for support grants. Up to...

Films

Julia Stiles to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “Wish You Were Here”

While we await word about the fate of “Riviera,” series star Julia Stiles is branching out. She’s set to make her feature directorial debut with “Wish You Were Here,”...

Films

Susanna Fogel, Michelle Ashford, & Emilia Jones Are Bringing “Cat Person” to the Big Screen

Hot off the buzziest title of Sundance 2021, Emilia Jones has signed on to “Cat Person.” The “CODA” breakout will topline Susanna Fogel’s adaptation of Kristen...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Julia Ducournau Returns to Cannes with “Titane”

Julia Ducournau’s first feature, cannibal coming-of-age story “Raw,” caused audience members on the festival circuit to pass out. Her follow-up looks like it could be similarly...

Films

Lynne Ramsay and Rooney Mara Team Up For “Polaris”

Lynne Ramsay has another project in the works. Last year she signed on to direct an adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon,” and now word comes that the BAFTA Award...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Zoe Lister-Jones Faces Her Fears In Apocalyptic Comedy “How It Ends”

Zoe Lister-Jones embarks on an existential scavenger hunt for her soul in “How It Ends.” A trailer for the apocalyptic Sundance comedy sees the “Life in Pieces” alumna...

News

Still I Rise Announces Inaugural Fellowship Recipients

Still I Rise Films has announced the recipients of their inaugural Still I Rise Films Fellowship. The documentary film series and platform has chosen eleven women — from more than 90...

News

Happy Juneteenth! (And a Recommendation of What to Watch)

Happy Juneteenth! We are committed to recognizing ongoing systemic, anti-Black racism and to fighting for a more equitable future. If you’re in the market for a film to honor the day, we...

Interviews

Lizzie Borden Revisits “Working Girls” and Reflects on its Origins

After receiving a BFA in art history at Wellesley College, Lizzie Borden moved to New York, painted, wrote for Artforum Magazine, and made an experimental documentary, “Regrouping,”...

News

NYWIFT Announces Lineup for The Creative Industry Radically Reimagined Summit

NYWIFT has announced the full lineup for next week’s NYWIFT Summit: The Creative Industry Radically Reimagined. Set to take place June 22-25, the third annual virtual conference will welcome...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan Is a Changed Woman in “Never Have I Ever” Season 2

“My mom doesn’t tell me how to live my life. Megan Thee Stallion does,” says Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in a new trailer for “Never Have I Ever.” The second season of Mindy...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer”

“Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer” spotlights people and events that have been “disappeared by history,” as one interviewee puts it. Dawn Porter’s latest documentary...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Kevin Can F**k Himself”

“King of Queens,” “According to Jim,” “Still Standing,” “Home Improvement,” “Kevin Can Wait” — the list of sitcoms centering doofus,...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Physical”

“No one could ever hate me as much as I hate myself, okay? So any mean thing someone is going to think of to say about me, I’ve already said to me, about me, probably in the last half...

Interviews

Jeanne Leblanc on Exploring the Silent Complicity of a Tight-Knit Community in “Les Nôtres”

Jeanne Leblanc has directed close to ten short films that have screened in international festivals. In 2017, she directed her first feature film, “Isla Blanca.” “Les Nôtres”...

News

Apply Now: Women’s Weekend Film Challenge’s Inaugural Pilot Accelerator Program

This fall, Women’s Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC) will give six to eight up and coming TV scribes the opportunity to pitch to studios, production companies, and producers. Applications are now...

Features

The Animated Imagination: Crowdfunding Picks

Animation gives storytellers the liberty to dream and mythologize without restriction, to turn fanciful reveries into alternative realities of experience, human or otherwise. The medium indulges the...

News

Amazon Studios Implements Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Playbook

Amazon Studios is making it official. The company has implemented a formal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) policy, including “a detailed ‘playbook’ with hiring and...

Films

Cynthia Erivo Will Lead Remake of “The Rose” for Searchlight

Cynthia Erivo will follow-up her portrayal of the Queen of Soul by playing a rock goddess. Hot off her depiction of Aretha Franklin in National Geographic’s “Genius: Aretha,” the...

News

Gina Rodriguez Set to Make Film Directorial Debut with Boxing Drama

Gina Rodriguez has stepped out of the world of telenovelas and is stepping into the ring. The “Jane the Virgin” alumna is set to make her feature directorial debut with a sports drama...

Interviews

Tribeca 2021 Directors: Meet Giselle Bailey and Nneka Onuorah – “The Legend of the Underground”

Giselle Bailey is a producer working across TV and commercial production. Her career started in contemporary art where she worked on public performance pieces aimed to disrupt reality. She went on to...

Films

Zoë Kravitz Will Make Directorial Debut with “Pussy Island”

With her buzziest on-screen role on the way, Zoë Kravitz is stepping behind the camera. The “Big Little Lies” star, who wrapped filming on highly anticipated DC title “The...

Interviews

Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Kristine Stolakis – “Pray Away”

Interview by Cody Corrall  Kristine Stolakis is a director whose films explore power, politics, and prejudice — and the way they unfold in real people’s lives. Stolakis’ directorial debut,...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes” Sees Ronan Farrow & Others Exposing Harvey Weinstein

“This is the story of a group of sources who risked everything to expose the truth. It’s the story of how media and law enforcement and the world of private espionage protected a powerful...

Interviews

Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Bernadette Wegenstein – “The Conductor”

Bernadette Wegenstein is an Austrian-born linguist, author, and documentary filmmaker living in Baltimore. She is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. Her films and books bring together her...

Awards

Jenni Olson to Receive Berlinale’s Special Teddy Award for Making “Queer Film History Visible & Tangible”

Jenni Olson will honored with this year’s special Teddy Award during the Berlin Film Festival. The film curator, archivist, writer, filmmaker, and community builder will receive the award...

Interviews

Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Macha Colón – “Perfume de Gardenias”

Macha Colón is Gisela Rosario Ramos, an undisciplined artist currently based in Puerto Rico. Her award-winning short documentary “El Hijo de Ruby” has been shown in international...

Festivals

Cannes 2021: Andrea Arnold Named President of Un Certain Regard

Andrea Arnold is returning to Cannes. The writer-director premiered her last feature, 2016’s “American Honey,” in Competition, and now she’s set to serve as President of Un...

Interviews

Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Corinne van der Borch and Tone Grøttjord-Glenne – “Sisters on Track” 

Corinne van der Borch is a Dutch artist and award-winning documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Her feature length documentary “Girl with Black Balloons,” about the oldest living resident of...

Interviews

Rachel Winter Talks “The Space Between,” a Coming-of-Age Dramedy and Love Letter to Music

Rachel Winter is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and producer who is making her feature directorial debut with “The Space Between.” She received an Oscar nomination for producing...

News

New Org Will Offer Mentorship and Financial Support to Disabled Screenwriters

According to last year’s WGAW Inclusion Report, self-identified writers with disabilities comprise only 0.7 percent of current active Writers Guild of America West members. In contrast, about a...

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