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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Elizabeth Chomko — “What They Had”

Elizabeth Chomko is an American film director, screenwriter, playwright and actress. She is an alum of the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters and Composers Labs, and in 2015 won an Academy Nicholl...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Valeria Bertuccelli— “The Queen of Fear”

Valeria Bertuccelli is an Argentine actress who has spent the last 20 years acting for television and film. Her past credits include films that have screened at film festivals all over the world,...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Heather Lenz — “Kusama — Infinity”

Writer, director, and producer Heather Lenz has worked on film and television projects in various roles including as a researcher on programs for The History Channel and Food Network. She was also...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Sandi Tan — “Shirkers”

Sandi Tan is a Singaporean-born, California-based novelist and filmmaker. Her short films have played at over 100 film festivals including the New York Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Cristina Costantini — “Science Fair”

Christina Costantini has reported and produced for the New Haven Independent, The Huffington Post, ABC News, Univision, and Fusion. Her first TV documentary, which looked at sex trafficking in...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Reed Morano — “I Think We’re Alone Now”

Reed Morano won the 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for “The Handmaid’s Tale.” She earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for cinematography in her...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Mor Loushy — “The Oslo Diaries”

Mor Loushy is an award-winning Israeli director. Her debut film, “Israel Ltd,” premiered at IDFA and was broadcast worldwide. Her latest documentary, “Censored Voices,” won an Ophir Award...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Betsy West and Julie Cohen — “RBG”

Betsy West is an Emmy-winning filmmaker, journalist, and educator. A 20-year veteran executive with stints at ABC and CBS, she has produced the news programs “Nightline,” “60 Minutes,” and...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Isabella Eklöf — “Holiday”

A Swedish native, Isabella Eklöf has directed 11 short films, several of which have been screened on the international film festival circuit. In 2012 she received Bisballeprisen, a prestigious...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Lorna Tucker — “Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist”

Lorna Tucker cut her teeth working behind the camera creating tour videos and music promos before moving onto directing documentaries, writing scripts, and creating more experimental video art...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Alexandria Bombach — “On Her Shoulders”

Alexandria Bombach is an award-winning filmmaker from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She founded her production company, Red Reel, in 2009. Bombach directed and produced the Emmy Award-winning series...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Christina Choe — “Nancy”

Christina Choe — recipient of an HBOAccess Directing Fellowship and a MacDowell Colony artist residency — is a writer and director whose short films have screened at Telluride Film...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Alexandra Shiva — “This Is Home”

Alexandra Shiva is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She won a Peabody Award for her film “How to Dance in Ohio,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 and aired on HBO to...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Sara Colangelo — “The Kindergarten Teacher”

Sara Colangelo is a New York-based writer and director whose short films have screened at festivals around the world, including Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW. Colangelo’s debut feature, “Little...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Coralie Fargeat — “Revenge”

Coralie Fargeat began her career as an assistant director on American productions in her native France. Her debut short film “The Telegram” won 13 awards at multiple film festivals, and her...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Cathy Yan — “Dead Pigs”

Cathy Yan is a filmmaker whose work has been recognized by the Sundance New Voices Lab and IFP Film Week. Yan’s comedic series “According to My Mother” won Best Drama Pilot at the New York...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Jordana Spiro — “Night Comes On”

Jordana Spiro is a director, writer, and actor currently starring in the Netflix drama “Ozark.” She has directed three short films including “Skin,” which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Marina Zenovich — “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind”

Marina Zenovich is an Emmy-winning filmmaker whose credits include “Independent’s Day,” “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” and “Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic.” “Robin Williams:...

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Sundance 2018 Women Directors: Meet Bridey Elliott — “Clara’s Ghost”

Bridey Elliott is is an actress, writer, and director. She starred in the SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner “Fort Tilden.” Her other acting credits include “Battle of the Sexes” and “Mosaic.”...

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Sundance 2018 Preview: Films About the Apocalypse, LGBTQ Teens, RBG, and More

“On Her Shoulders” The Sundance Film Festival begins this Thursday, January 18 and as expected, there are tons of exciting projects by and about women. For those of you making the trek to Park...

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Sundance 2018 Shorts Lineup Is 52 Percent Women-Directed

Sundance Film Festival has announced its 2018 shorts programs. Thirty-six of the 69 shorts screening, or about 52 percent, are directed or co-directed by women. This marks a slight increase from...

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Sundance 2018 Competition Lineup Is 38 Percent Women-Directed

“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” will screen at Sundance next year Sick of hearing about awards season and this year’s contenders? Look onward. Sundance Film Festival has announced its 2018...

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Apply Now: Win a Trip to Sundance with The Horizon Award

Head’s up, female filmmakers: The Horizon Award is now accepting applications. If you’d like the chance to attend the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and have your work seen by industry vets, this...

Films, News, Women Directors

New Class of Women at Sundance Fellows Announced

Marielle Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”), Elyse Steinberg (“Weiner”), and Jennifer Phang (“Advantageous”) are just a few of the amazing alumna of the Women at Sundance Fellows...

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Dee Rees Discusses Charlottesville, History, & Storytelling in Powerful Speech to Sundance…

Dee Rees Discusses Charlottesville, History, & Storytelling in Powerful Speech to Sundance Institute “Our voices are all that we have,” director Dee Rees argued as she accepted the 2017...

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Submit Your Script for Sundance Screenwriting Fellowship

Submissions are now open for the fifth annual Cassian Elwes Independent Screenwriting Fellowship. From the Black List and producer Elwes (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”), the fellowship will grant...

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Sundance’s Pocket-Sized London Fest Lacks Women Directors But Screens Solid Female-Led Films

The fifth edition of Sundance: London came to a close this weekend. The festival, which cherry-picks a handful of films screened at its American parent festival each year to show across the pond,...

Films, News, Women Directors

Ramona S. Diaz’s Sundance Winner “Motherland” Acquired by FilmRise

An intimate look into one of the world’s biggest and busiest maternity hospitals is coming to theaters. A press release announced that FilmRise has acquired North American distribution rights to...

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Cannes Update: Claire Denis’ “Let the Sunshine In” Acquired by Sundance Selects

Sundance Selects has snagged all North American rights to Claire Denis’ “Let the Sunshine In,” Variety reports. The dramedy just made its world premiere at Cannes, where it received positive...

Documentary, Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: Amanda Lipitz’s Sundance Winner “Step” Will Have You Dancing

Get a Kleenex out and clear some space to bust a move. A trailer has been released for Amanda Lipitz’s “Step,” and it’s equally likely to bring you to tears as it is to inspire some dancing...

News, Television, Women Writers

Anna Ziegler Developing Limited Series About Female Scientist for Sundance Channel

“Hidden Figures” has grossed over $132 million at the domestic box office. Hollywood has trouble learning the lesson that female-led projects do well with audiences, but hopefully the film’s...

Documentary, Films, News, Television, Women Directors

Jennifer Brea’s Sundance Winner “Unrest” Acquired by PBS

Jennifer Brea’s award-winning directorial debut has found a home. PBS has bought the U.S. broadcast rights to “Unrest,” Indiewire reports. The documentary centers on a medical mystery:...

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Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” and Eliza Hittman’s “Beach Rats” Score Sundance Deals

The biggest deal of Sundance 2017 was for a woman-directed movie. Netflix shelled out $12.5 million for Dee Rees’ “Mudbound,” Deadline reports. Writer-director Eliza Hittman also secured a...

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Sundance 2017 Awards: Women Win Big During a Political Ceremony

Now, that’s more like it. The 2017 Sundance Film Festival held its closing awards ceremony last night and the winners reflect the actual world we live in: women won eight of the 16 filmmaking...

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A Tough Feminist Conversation at Sundance

There is a story circulating about a star-studded lunch that took place last week at Sundance in honor of women filmmakers and others attending the fest. The hosts were Glamour’s Cindi Leive and...

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Sundance Sales for Women-Centric “Patti Cake$” and “The Incredible Jessica James”

Sundance Film Festival is a great place to see movies, and it’s also a great place to have your movie seen: the fest is a business hub, with sales being reported on a daily basis. Two deals for...

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Sundance Deals: Sales for Women-Directed “Landline,” “To the Bone,” & More

This year’s edition of the Sundance Film Festival is shaping up to be a memorable one for women directors. In the past day alone Gillian Robespierre’s “Landline,” Amanda Lipitz’s...

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Laura Nix Honored as the 2017 Sundance Institute and Discovery Impact Fellow

Laura Nix has been named as the 2017 Sundance Institute and Discovery Impact Fellow, Deadline reports. “The Yes Men are Revolting” director is the second recipient of the fellowship, which...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Zoe Lister-Jones — “Band Aid”

Zoe Lister-Jones is an actor, director, writer, and producer who is currently starring in CBS’ “Life in Pieces.” She recently co-starred in “Confirmation” for HBO. As a...

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Sundance Deals: “Novitiate,” “Fun Mom Dinner,” and “The Big Sick” Find Homes

The Sundance Film Festival isn’t even halfway through yet, but there have already been some exciting deals and developments for films by and about women. Maggie Betts’ “Novitiate” and...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Barbara Kopple — “This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous”

Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker. A director and producer of narrative films and documentaries, her two most recent projects are the documentaries “Miss Sharon...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Pamela Yates — “500 Years”

Pamela Yates is a co-founder and current creative director of Skylight, a media company dedicated to creating feature length documentary films and digital media tools that advance awareness of human...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Brea — “Unrest”

Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker, writer, and data wrangler. She earned her AB in Politics from Princeton University, and is a TED Fellow. Prior, she was a freelance journalist in China and East and...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Sydney Freeland — “Deidra & Laney Rob a Train”

Sydney Freeland is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker. Her debut feature, “Drunktown’s Finest,” premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and went on to receive the Jury Prize at LA Outfest and a...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Marti Noxon — “To the Bone”

Marti Noxon is the creator and executive producer of Bravo’s first scripted drama series, “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce,” and the co-creator and executive producer of the acclaimed Lifetime...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Amanda Kernell — “Sami Blood”

Amanda Kernell has directed a number of shorts, including “Stoerre Vaerie,” or, “Northern Great Mountain,” which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Swedish Short...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Catherine Bainbridge— “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World…

Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Catherine Bainbridge— “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World” “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World” Catherine Bainbridge is a writer, producer,...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Catherine Bainbridge— “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the…

Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Catherine Bainbridge— “Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World” Catherine Bainbridge is a writer, producer, and director, and the co-founder of Rezolution...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Pascale Lamche — “Winnie”

Pascale Lamche is an award-winning filmmaker who has made feature documentaries and series both as a writer-producer and writer-director for key broadcasters internationally. Her films have...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Rory Kennedy— “Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton”

An Academy Award nominated, Primetime Emmy Award winning director and producer, Rory Kennedy’s work deals with some of the world’s most pressing issues — poverty, political corruption,...

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Sundance 2017 Women Directors: Meet Lone Scherfig — “Their Finest”

In her native Denmark, Lone Scherfig began her career directing award-winning commercials and television dramas. Her feature film credits include “An Education,” “One Day,” and “The...

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