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“Preparations to Be Together” Named as Hungary’s Pick for Oscars’ International Film Category
Hungary has selected “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” as its entry for Best International Film at the 2021 Academy Awards. Variety broke the news. Written and directed...
“Nomadland” Takes Home Best Film Honor at EnergaCamerimage Film Festival
“Nomadland” continues to pick up festival honors as we enter awards season. Variety reports that Chloé Zhao’s Frances McDormand-starrer won the Golden Frog and FIPRESCI jury honors at...
“La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla” Wins DOC NYC’s Audience Award
“La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla” has been named the 2020 winner of DOC NYC’s Audience Award, which sees audiences casting votes for their favorite feature film. Directed...
Dawn Porter Receives Mind the Gap’s Documentarian of the Year Award
Mind the Gap, Mill Valley Film Festival’s (MVFF) gender equality initiative, has named Dawn Porter as Documentarian of the Year. According to a press release, the “Way I See It”...
Weekly Update for November 20: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Run Mommie Dearest does her best impression of Marmee in “Run.” Picture-perfect, warm, and loving on the surface, Diane (Sarah Paulson) is a...
Maya Da-Rin’s “The Fever” Acquired by KimStim
Maya Da-Rin’s feature debut has secured distribution. Variety reports that KimStim snagged North American rights to “The Fever.” Co-written by Da-Rin, “The Fever” follows...
Trailer Watch: A Teen Grieves the Loss of Her BFF & Lives Out Their Shared Dreams in “The Never List”
An overachieving highschooler struggling to come to terms with her best friend’s death finds a creative way to honor her in “The Never List.” When they were kids, Eva (Fivel...
The Disability List Announces 2020 Selections
The Disability List, an annual collection of the best unproduced scripts featuring at least one lead character with a disability, has selected eight screenplays for its second edition. The 2020 list...
Alfre Woodard Will Play Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Limited Series
Alfre Woodard is switching gears from futuristic sci-fi to a drama rooted in very real history. The star of “See” has signed on to headline and exec produce a limited series about civil...
Pick of the Day: “Run”
Mommie Dearest does her best impression of Marmee in “Run.” Picture-perfect, warm, and loving on the surface, Diane (Sarah Paulson) is a mom whose true nature is gradually revealed in the...
Radha Blank to Receive Sundance Institute’s 2020 Vanguard Award
Time for RadhaMUSPrime to start penning a celebratory rap. The Sundance Institute has named Radha Blank, the writer, director, and star of “The 40-Year-Old Version,” as the recipient of...
Trailer Watch: “Audrey” Pays Tribute to Audrey Hepburn
A new trailer for “Audrey” suggests that there was a “real” side to the Audrey Hepburn “that people didn’t know.” Described as both...
Rewriting Heroes: Crowdfunding Picks
Everybody thinks they could use a hero now and again. However, the enshrined out-of-this-world idol dreamed up to cure all that ails often fizzles away in the face of reality. Super humans...
Trailer Watch: Jillian Bell Makes Isla Fisher Believe in Magic in Sharon Maguire’s “Godmothered”
“I’m going to prove that people still need fairy godmothers,” Jillian Bell vows in a new trailer for “Godmothered.” The Disney+ comedy sees the “Bill & Ted...
Anthology About Remarkable Women in History Lined Up at Starz, Eleanor of Aquitaine to Be First Subject
Eleanor of Aquitaine is the latest female historical figure to get the television treatment at Starz. The cabler, home of “The Spanish Princess” and the upcoming “Becoming Elizabeth”...
Angelina Jolie Will Direct Biopic About War Photographer Don McCullin
Angelina Jolie has lined up her next project. The Oscar-winning actress, whose last directorial effort, Khmer Rouge drama “First They Killed My Father,” received a Golden Globe nod, will...
Rose Byrne Toplining & Producing Musical from All-Women Creative Team, with Music by Dolly Parton
For her next project, Rose Byrne will collaborate with an all-women creative team, mark the debut film from her production company, Dollhouse Pictures, and pay tribute to an icon and real-life hero....
DOC NYC Announces Jury Awards, “Landfall” Wins Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize
DOC NYC has announced the winners of its 2020 Jury Awards. “Landfall,” Cecilia Aldarondo’s portrait of Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, took home the Viewfinders Grand...
Trailer Watch: Malcolm X Celebrates Alongside Muhammad Ali in Regina King’s “One Night in Miami
Inspired by true events, “One Night in Miami” takes place on February 25, 1964: the night Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, was named the new World Heavyweight Boxing Champion. A...
Apply Now: The Horizon Award for Emerging Women Filmmakers
The Horizon Award, a prize recognizing emerging female-identifying filmmakers who are currently in school or have recently graduated, is accepting applications for its 2021 edition. Two winners will...
Rebecca Carroll to Adapt Her Memoir “Surviving the White Gaze” for TV
Rebecca Carroll’s next book hasn’t even hit shelves yet, but a television adaptation is already in the works. MGM/UA Television has secured the rights to “Surviving the White...
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain Will Pen TV Adaptation of “The Final Girl Support Group”
Imagine Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, and Sidney Prescott had each other to lean on in the wake of experiencing unimaginable horror and surviving killing sprees that left loved ones dead. “The...
Pick of the Day: “Born to Be”
Although it covers a very different topic, “Born to Be” reminds me of another doc that came out this year, “Aggie.” Like the latter’s protagonist, Agnes Gund,...
Trailer Watch: Alicia Silverstone Is the “Sister of the Groom” and Makes a Mess of His Wedding
Alicia Silverstone makes someone else’s big day all about her in a new trailer for “Sister of the Groom.” The comedy sees the “Clueless” star playing Audrey, a woman...
Dailyn Rodriguez Developing “Wonder Girl” Series for The CW, Marks First DC TV Title Led by Latina Superhero
Batwoman and Supergirl may soon be welcoming another superheroine to their ranks. According to Deadline, The CW is developing “Wonder Girl,” a drama about Yara Flor, a Latina Dreamer and...
Trailer Watch: Billie Piper Finds Herself at the Center of a Very Public Scandal in “I Hate Suzie”
Billie Piper is in desperate need of a TARDIS to take her far, far away from the wreckage of a scandal in “I Hate Suzie.” A trailer just dropped for the HBO Max comedy about a waning star...
DOC NYC Names Loira Limbal, Iyabo Boyd, and More as Documentary New Leaders
Sixteen up-and-comers in the documentary field — all of whom are women, nonbinary, and/or people of color — are being honored by DOC NYC. The festival announced the honorees for its...
Trailer Watch: Vanessa Kirby Enters the Oscar Race with “Pieces of a Woman”
Expectant parents are dealt a tragic blow in a new trailer for “Pieces of a Woman.” “I wanted to stay at home. I wanted the baby to decide when she wanted to come,” Martha...
Lynne Ramsay to Direct Stephen King Adaptation “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon”
Lynne Ramsay is following up her violent vigilante thriller “You Were Never Really Here” with another disturbing story. She’s signed on to direct Village Roadshow’s...
Trailer Watch: A Tragic Accident Leaves Sienna Miller Reconsidering Her Relationship in “Wander Darkly”
“What do you think happens when you die? What if it’s some extension or manifestation of your fears?” a woman asks her husband after her own death. The trailer for Tara...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Receives a Not-So Indecent Proposal in “Getting to Know You”
Abby (Natasha Little) gets the opportunity to have a little fun at the nondescript hotel she’s staying in for the night: a stranger requests she pose as his wife when he discovers the woman...
Israel Adds “Asia” to Oscars’ International Feature Race
Shira Haas is starring in another awards contender. The “Unorthodox” breakout leads “Asia,” a drama that has been named as Israel’s pick for Best International Film at...
Trailer Watch: “Through the Night” Goes Inside a 24-Hour Daycare Center
A trailer has arrived for “Thorough the Night,” Loira Limbal’s cinema verité portrait of a 24-hour daycare center. “I see a lot of parents come in and break down. They...
Kirsten Johnson’s “Dick Johnson Is Dead” Wins Big at Critics Choice Doc Awards
“Dick Johnson Is Dead’s” Oscars chances are very much alive. The documentary just won big at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards, which are considered among the most accurate...
Trailer Watch: Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, and Dianne Wiest Reconnect in “Let Them All Talk”
“Here’s to picking up the conversation where we left off — and here’s to reconnecting the gang of three we used to be,” says Meryl Steep in a new trailer for HBO Max pic...
Athina Rachel Tsangari to Take On Scapegoating with Her Next Film “Harvest”
Athina Rachel Tsangari has explored the complexities of modern masculinity and three-way relationships with “Chevalier” and “Trigonometry,” respectively. Next, she’ll...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Katrine Philp – “Beautiful Something Left Behind”
Katrine Philp’s first film, “Book of Miri,” was awarded the President’s Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, nominated at IDFA, and won the European Young CIVIS...
Weekly Update for November 13: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Opening
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Dirty God – Directed by Sacha Polak; Written by Sacha Polak and Susanne Farrell “Dirty God” takes on the nexus of gendered...
Sacha Polak on Confronting Feelings of External Beauty Versus Internal Dignity in “Dirty God”
Interview by Gabriela Rico Sacha Polak is an award-winning director and screenwriter. Her feature films “Hemel” and “Zurich” were both screened ata range of international film festivals....
Deborah Shaffer on Honoring a Trailblazing Artist in “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack”
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Deborah Shaffer began making social issue documentaries as a member of the Newsreel collective in the ‘70s. She co-founded Pandora Films, one of the first woman’s...
Eleanor Burgess and Stephanie Allain Will Give Jane Austen an Update in New CW Anthology
Make room, “Clueless” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary”: another contemporary spin on Jane Austen is on the way. Eleanor Burgess is writing “Modern Austen,” a...
Lesli Linka Glatter Will Direct “Ashley’s War” Adaptation
Lesli Linka Glatter is shifting her focus from a troubled CIA agent to a team of women soldiers on the special operations battlefield. The “Homeland” director has been tapped to direct...
Trailer Watch: Debbie Allen Reimagines a Classic Ballet in “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker”
Debbie Allen gives the Sugar Plum Fairy a makeover in “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker.” A new trailer for the upcoming Netflix documentary sees the “Fame” actress and...
Pick of the Day: “I Am Greta”
Greta Thunberg never expected to become a household name helping to lead the charge on climate activism. Her life, she explains in “I Am Greta,” now seems like a movie or dream,...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Rosalynde LeBlanc – “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters”
Rosalynde LeBlanc has spent over 20 years in dance as a performer, choreographer, and educator. She was a member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance...
Pick of the Day: “Dirty God”
Sacha Polak’s BIFA-nominated drama “Dirty God” takes on the nexus of gendered violence and sexual objectification through the portrait of one young woman. Jade (newcomer Vicky...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe – “Red Heaven”
Katherine Gorringe is a documentary director and editor whose work has been featured at numerous festivals including SXSW, CPH:DOX, and Lunafest. Her most recent editing work includes the...
“Hope” Named as Norway’s Pick for Oscars’ International Film Race
“Hope” is eyeing a trip to the Oscars. Norway has selected Maria Sødahl’s drama as its submission to the Best International Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards. The Norwegian Film...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with the Creators of “Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult”
Cecilia Peck and Inbal Lessner, creators of the Starz docuseries “Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult,” will join the Girls Club for a conversation on Tuesday, November 17, at 3 p.m. EST. The...
Trailer Watch: “Assassins” Investigates the Women Behind Kim Jong-nam’s Murder
“Assassins” revisits a stranger-than-fiction crime that galvanized the world in 2017. The Sundance doc investigates the shocking story behind Kim Jong-nam’s assassination in broad...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Cheryl Dunn – “Moments Like This Never Last”
Cheryl Dunn is a New York City-based documentary filmmaker and photographer. Since the late 1980s she has spent a large part of her career documenting city streets and the people who strive to leave...