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America Ferrera Directing “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” Adaptation for Netflix
America Ferrera broke out playing a college-bound young woman struggling to connect with her mother in Patricia Cardoso’s “Real Women Have Curves” — and now she’s set to...
Sophia Loren to Receive Legend Award from L.A., Italia Film Fest
Sophia Loren’s earning rave reviews for her comeback performance in “The Life Ahead,” and now the Oscar winner is adding more trophies to her collection. She’s been named as...
“Nomadland” Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle, Chloé Zhao Wins Best Director
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” has claimed yet another prize. The Frances McDormand-starrer was named best international feature by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Zhao landed the...
DGA Report: Women Directed 34 Percent All TV Episodes in 2019-2020 Season
Once again, the number of television episodes directed by women and people of color bested its own record. The Directors Guild of America released its latest “Episodic Television Director...
Trailer Watch: Soleil Moon Frye Relives Her Child Stardom in “kid 90”
Soleil Moon Frye takes an eye-opening stroll down memory lane in “kid 90,” an upcoming Hulu documentary that sees the former child actor rediscovering hundreds of hours of footage she...
Women of Color Unite Bringing #Startwith8 Mentorship Program to the U.K.
Women of Color Unite (WOCU) is taking its #Startwith8 campaign across the pond. A press release has confirmed that WOCU, a non-profit advocacy group for women of color in entertainment, is expanding...
Teaser Watch: “Tina” Traces Tina Turner’s Meteoric Rise
A new HBO documentary sees the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll reflecting on her roots and her celebrated discography. A teaser has dropped for “Tina,” an intimate portrait of Tina...
Prano Bailey-Bond’s Psychological Horror Pic “Censor” Lands at Magnolia
“Censor” has found a home ahead of its European premiere at the Berlinale in March. Magnolia Pictures snagged North American rights to Prano Bailey-Bond’s Sundance pic, Variety...
“Stargirl” Sequel in the Works at Disney+, Julia Hart to Reprise Directing Duties
We haven’t heard the last of Stargirl Caraway’s songs: Disney+ is prepping a “Stargirl” sequel. Released in 2020 and based on the best-selling YA book of the same name,...
Shannon Walsh’s Gig Economy Doc “The Gig Is Up” Lands at Dogwoof
Cue up “5 to 9,” Dolly Parton’s re-imagined take on “9 to 5.” The song is a fitting soundtrack for “The Gig Is Up,” Shannon Walsh’s exploration of the...
Jasmila Žbanić’s Oscar-Shortlisted War Drama “Quo Vadis, Aida?” Acquired by Neon’s Super Ltd
Following screenings at last year’s Venice Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, Jasmila Žbanić’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?” landed on the shortlist for the 2021...
Mila Kunis Will Topline “Luckiest Girl Alive” Adaptation at Netflix
Mila Kunis is bringing a page-turner to the screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the “Bad Moms” actress is set to topline and produce Netflix’s adaptation of...
Samara Weaving Set to Star in Sony TV Adaptation of Holly Madison’s “Down the Rabbit Hole”
Samara Weaving is following up her lethal game of hide and seek in “Ready or Not” by showing a different side of the Playboy Mansion. Deadline reports that the “SMILF” alumna...
Trailer Watch: Annie Murphy Blows Up the Thankless Sitcom Wife Trope in “Kevin Can F**k Himself”
Allison (Annie Murphy) has finally had enough of being the sitcom wife to her loutish husband. “Kevin Can F**k Himself” sees Allison tapping into her anger and desire and finally living...
Trailer Watch: A College Student Attends the Worst Wake Ever in Emma Seligman’s “Shiva Baby”
From the moment Danielle (Rachel Sennott) arrives at a shiva, everything that could go wrong does go wrong. A trailer has dropped for Emma Seligman’s “Shiva Baby” and promises tons...
Athena Film Festival Trailer Encourages Viewers to “Imagine a New Future”
Set to run March 1-31, this year’s Athena Film Festival (AFF) is going digital due to COVID-19. “In a year like no other, we’re digging deeper,” a newly released trailer from...
“Rocks” Wins Best Film at British Independent Film Awards
“Rocks” claimed the top prize at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). Sarah Gavron’s coming-of-age drama was named Best British Independent Film at the online...
Pick of the Day: “Test Pattern”
“Test Pattern,” Shatara Michelle Ford’s feature directorial debut, could form an unofficial trilogy with Jessica M. Thompson’s “The Light of the Moon” and Eliza...
Kaouther Ben Hania’s International Oscar Hopeful “The Man Who Sold His Skin” Goes to Samuel Goldwyn
Currently eyeing a trip to the Academy Awards, Kaouther Ben Hania’s Tunisian drama “The Man Who Sold His Skin” has secured U.S. distribution in the meantime. A press release...
Lupita Nyong’o’s Children’s Book “Sulwe” Being Adapted into an Animated Musical at Netflix
Lupita Nyong’o’s debut children’s book will serve as the inspiration for an upcoming animated musical at Netflix. Deadline confirmed that the Oscar-winning actor’s New York...
Nielsen Will Now Track Diversity and Inclusion in Television Programming
Nielsen, the firm best known for measuring TV ratings, is adding a new focus to its work. According to a press release, the org has launched Gracenote Inclusion Analytics in order to track diversity...
Shatara Michelle Ford on Exploring How America “Consistently Fails Black Women” in #MeToo Drama “Test Pattern”
Shatara Michelle Ford is a Black American filmmaker born in rural Arkansas and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Their work explores class, power, womanhood, identity, memory, perception, and race. Her...
Sara Colangelo’s 9/11 Victim Compensation Drama “Worth” Acquired by Netflix & the Obamas’ Higher Ground
Sara Colangelo’s follow-up to “The Kindergarten Teacher” has secured distribution. Netflix and Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, scored rights to...
See and Be Seen: Crowdfunding Picks
Self-perception is a two-way mirror. Self-perception is how we see ourselves: all our ambitions, all our anxieties reflected plainly in the looking glass. Self-perception is also how the person on...
“Promising Young Woman,” “WW84,” “The Old Guard,” and More Films Receive ReFrame Stamps
Twenty-nine of the 100 most popular narrative films of 2020 have been awarded the ReFrame Stamp, a badge signifying a production was made with a gender-balanced cast and crew. “Promising Young...
Regina King to Star in Shirley Chisholm Biopic “Shirley”
Regina King is eyeing the White House. The Oscar-winning actress and Best Director hopeful is set to star in “Shirley,” a biopic of Shirley Chisholm. The Hollywood Reporter broke the...
Teaser Watch: Kate Winslet Investigates a Murder in “Mare of Easttown”
Kate Winslet is following up her turn as a fossil hunter searching for relics on the southern coastline in “Ammonite” by playing a small-town Pennsylvania detective searching for clues in...
Chloé Zhao Makes History as Most Awarded Filmmaker in a Single Awards Season
Since its world premiere with simultaneous screenings at Toronto International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival in September, “Nomadland” has taken home award after award. After...
Trailer Watch: Emma Stone Is Ready to Make a Statement in “Cruella”
“From the very beginning I realized I saw the world differently than everyone else. That didn’t sit well with some people, but I wasn’t for everyone,” says Emma Stone in a new...
Apply Now: Lena Waithe, Hillman Grad Prods., and Indeed’s Rising Voices Filmmaking Initiative
Lena Waithe, her company Hillman Grad Productions, and employment site Indeed are teaming up to “discover, invest in, and share stories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)...
Groenlandia Launches Editorial Department Focused on Women-Directed Film
Production company Groenlandia has announced a new editorial department specifically dedicated to films from women directors. Created with “the goal of putting female directors at the center of...
Trailer Watch: “Allen v. Farrow” Goes Behind the Scenes of Hollywood’s Biggest Scandal
“It doesn’t matter what’s true. What matters is what’s believed,” says Mia Farrow in a new trailer for “Allen v. Farrow.” Hailing from “On the...
Minkie Spiro and Charlotte Stoudt to Adapt Kate Summerscale’s “The Haunting of Alma Fielding”
Minkie Spiro and Charlotte Stoudt are re-teaming. The pair are following up their collaboration on FX’s Emmy-winning series “Fosse/Verdon” by adapting Kate Summerscale’s book...
The Horizon Award Announces 2021 Recipients
Shira Baron and Marian De Pontes are the winners of the seventh annual Horizon Award, an honor presented to emerging female filmmakers. According to Screen Daily, Baron and De Pontes will both...
ARRAY President Tilane Jones Accepts Slamdance Founders Award
ARRAY president and producer Tilane Jones won the Slamdance Founders Award, an honor “given to an individual that supports the filmmaker community of Slamdance well into their careers,”...
Athena Film Festival Offering a Select Number of Free Passes for Critics from Underrepresented Groups
Are you a film critic interested in attending the 2021 Athena Film Festival (AFF)? The fest, which has gone digital this year due to COVID-19, is reserving 10 press passes for film critics from...
Ruth Negga to Topline Josephine Baker Limited Series from Dee Harris-Lawrence & Millicent Shelton
Ruth Negga is set to play another trailblazer. The Oscar-nominated “Loving” star has signed on to topline and exec produce “Josephine,” a limited series inspired by the...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Francesca Sloane, & Donald Glover Are Rebooting “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” at Amazon
Two of TV’s most celebrated multi-hyphenates are teaming up. Emmy winners Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Donald Glover are rebooting “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” as a TV series for Amazon,...
Trailer Watch: Madeleine Sims-Fewer Seeks Revenge in Psychological Thriller “Violation”
“You created a reality that is completely different from everyone else’s, where you’re this saint who gets tricked into doing bad things,” a woman tells her sister in...
Angela Washko Shines a Spotlight on a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Alum in Slamdance Doc “Workhorse Queen”
A recent recipient of the Creative Capital Award, Impact Award at Indiecade, and the Franklin Furnace Performance Fund, Angela Washko’s art practice has been highlighted in The New Yorker, Frieze...
Svetlana Cvetko on Painting a Different Picture of LA in “Show Me What You Got”
Svetlana Cvetko is renowned for her cinematography work on a list of critically acclaimed documentaries, including Oscar winner “Inside Job,” Oscar-nominated “Facing Fear,”...
Issa Rae’s “Rap Sh*t” Receives Series Order at HBO Max
All those mirror raps seem to have paid off. “Rap Sh*t,” Issa Rae’s half-hour comedy about former friends who reunite to form a rap group, has received an eight-episode series order...
Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream” Goes to IFC Films, Maya Hawke Stars
Gia Coppola’s follow-up to “Palo Alto” has secured distribution. A press release announced that IFC Films snagged North American rights to Maya Hawke-starrer...
Pick of the Day: “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”
Lara Jean Covey is growing up, and the “To All the Boys” franchise is maturing alongside her. The third and final installment of the franchise has dropped, and what began as an...
Pick of the Day: “Dead Pigs”
Cathy Yan’s zippy comic book pic “Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” was one of the last films to open in theaters before COVID shut everything down, but...
Pick of the Day: “The World to Come”
Vanessa Kirby follows up her powerhouse performance in “Pieces of a Woman” with another awards contender. The winner of the Queer Lion at last year’s Venice Film Festival, Mona Fastvold’s...
Minhal Baig Inks Overall Deal with Amazon, Sets First Project
Minhal Baig is going into business with Amazon Studios. The “Hala” writer-director has signed an overall deal which will see her developing and producing content for the streamer, per...
Cathy Yan Reflects on Her “Prescient” Debut Film “Dead Pigs,” and the Evolution of the Film Industry
Cathy Yan’s debut film, “Dead Pigs,” premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it won a Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting, and garnered numerous...
Berlinale 2021: 28 Percent of Competition Titles Are Women-Directed
The Berlin International Film Festival has announced its 2021 Competition lineup. Eighteen titles will compete for the fest’s highest honor, the Golden Bear, and five of them are directed or...
Trailer Watch: Cynthia Erivo and Suzan-Lori Parks Tell the Queen of Soul’s Story in “Genius: Aretha”
“There will never be another one like me,” says Cynthia Erivo in a new trailer for “Genius: Aretha.” The third season of the National Geographic anthology series sees the...
Over Half of SXSW’s 2021 Competition Titles Are Directed by Women
Once again, women directed or co-directed the majority of SXSW Competition titles. The festival has unveiled its 2021 lineup, and women helmed nine of the 16 Feature Competition titles, amounting to...