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Cynthia Erivo to Play Aretha Franklin in National Geographic’s “Genius”
Less than one month ago Cynthia Erivo-starrer “Harriet” made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Now the actress is set to follow up the Harriet Tubman biopic...
Mumbai Film Fest’s International Competition Lineup Is 62 Percent Women-Directed
The International Competition lineup for the 21st edition of the Mumbai Film Festival is in. Of 13 features set to screen, eight are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to about 62 percent of...
Martha Stephens’ “To the Stars” Snagged by Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired North American rights to Martha Stephens’ latest, coming-of-age story “To the Stars.” Deadline broke the news. Written by Stephens and Shannon...
WeForShe Now Taking Nominations for the 2020 WriteHer List
Do you know a woman who has written a great, but unproduced, pilot? WeForShe is here to help. The women’s advocacy group is accepting nominations for the 2020 WriteHer List. Each year WeForShe...
Trailer Watch: Abby Quinn and Stefanie Scott Let Loose in “Good Girls Get High”
A senior superlative sends two highschoolers over the edge in a new trailer for “Good Girls Get High.” After being voted “Biggest Good Girls” in their yearbook, BFFs Sam (Abby...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for October 3
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s top recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...
Four Ida Lupino Films Restored and Released in Box Set
One of the many trailblazing — and unsung — women in film history is getting some much-deserved time in the spotlight. As Vanity Fair reports, Kino Lorber has released a new box set, the...
Trailer Watch: A Health Crisis Forces Artist Prune Nourry to Look Inward in “Serendipity”
Multi-disciplinary artist Prune Nourry always loved anatomy, and gained an international following for her projects exploring bioethics. “I was working a lot about the body, but I think I lost...
“Saint Maud” Director Rose Glass Wins IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award
Rose Glass’ successful festival run just got even better. Her feature directorial debut, “Saint Maud,” has screened at TIFF and Fantastic Fest, is set to play at BFI London Film...
Mati Diop’s “Atlantics” Is Senegal’s Pick for International Feature Film Oscar Race
Mati Diop made history at Cannes and now she’s joining the Oscar race. A press release announced that Senegal has selected her feature debut, “Atlantics,” as the country’s...
Viola Davis to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Rome Film Fest
Viola Davis is already the proud owner of an Oscar, Emmy, two Tonys, and dozens of other awards, and she’s set to add yet another honor to her vast collection. The “How to Get Away with...
Trailer Watch: Debby Ryan Can’t Escape the Drama in “Insatiable” Season 2
Dismissed as “a beauty queen with a hot boyfriend,” Patty’s (Debby Ryan) life remains far from perfect in Season 2 of “Insatiable.” By her own account, she’s...
Reese Witherspoon Will Receive 2019 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
Reese Witherspoon will soon have another trophy to add to her mantel. The Oscar winner is this year’s recipient of the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, The Hollywood Reporter has announced....
BFI London FF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Christine Molloy – “Rose Plays Julie”
Christine Molloy hails from Dublin, Ireland, and works with her partner, Joe Lawlor. Between 2003 and 2010, they co-wrote and directed 10 acclaimed short films, including the award-winning “Who...
“Claws” Renewed for Fourth and Final Season
The Nail Artisans of Manatee County Salon are in it to win it. But time is running out. A press release announced that “Claws” has been renewed for a fourth and final season by...
Ava DuVernay’s “DMZ” Adaptation Gets Pilot Order at HBO Max
Ava DuVernay’s latest TV project will see her expanding her relationship with DC Comics. Already tapped to helm the feature adaptation of DC’s “The New Gods” for Warner Bros.,...
Trailer Watch: Margot Robbie Gets a New Squad in “Birds of Prey”
“You know what a harlequin is?” asks Margot Robbie in the first trailer for “Birds of Prey.” ” A harlequin’s role is to serve. It’s nothing without a master....
Trailer Watch: A Trailblazing Film Critic Is Remembered in “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael”
Many admired Pauline Kael. Many disparaged her. No one could deny her influence. A new trailer has dropped for “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael,” a tribute to the polarizing late...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Justine Triet – “Sibyl”
“Sibyl” is director Justine Triet’s third feature. She directed “Age of Panic” in 2013 and “In Bed with Victoria” in 2016. All three films screened at the...
Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider, & Jane Featherstone Team Up for New Content Company
Media mogul Elisabeth Murdoch, seasoned exec Stacey Snider, and television producer Jane Featherstone have joined forces and launched a new global content company. According to The Hollywood...
Trailer Watch: Three Lost Souls Seek “Salvation” in Carmen Sangion’s Debut Feature
Things are pretty grim in the trailer for “Salvation”: A priest flagellates himself and struggles to comfort people in crisis. A young man runs from some unknown danger. Set to a cover of...
Trailer Watch: A Former First Lady Plots a Comeback in Lauren Greenfield’s “The Kingmaker”
“Perception is real and the truth is not,” says Imelda Marcos in a new trailer for “The Kingmaker.” According to her son, the former first lady of the Philippines is...
Trailer Watch: Naomi Watts Tries to Survive the Summer of Sam in “The Wolf Hour”
A trailer has dropped for “The Wolf Hour,” a psychological thriller that sees Naomi Watts playing a former counterculture hero who is now a shut-in. Set in July 1977 New York, the pic...
Laura Baumeister’s “Daughter of Rage” Will Be Nicaragua’s First Woman-Directed Fiction Feature
Laura Baumeister made a major mark at this year’s San Sebastián International Film Festival. Not only did the filmmaker win the €20,000 (about $21,800 USD) EFADs-CAACI Europe-Latin America...
Trailer Watch: Kathryn Hahn Embraces Her Sexual Fantasies in “Mrs. Fletcher”
“Ever since my son went to college, I’ve been having these crazy fantasies,” says Kathryn Hahn in a new trailer for “Mrs. Fletcher.” An adaptation of the 2017 Tom...
Exclusive: Sailors Battle Sexism and Make History in “Maiden” Featurette
“Maiden” tells the story of the first-ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race. The year was 1989, and sailing was very male-dominated — a fact that...
October 2019 Film Preview
October’s film releases feature women in all their multitudes, and working in a variety of professions. In “Lucy in the Sky” (October 4), an astronaut loses her grip on reality upon...
Weekly Update for September 27: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Sister Aimee – Written and Directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann (Available on VOD October 1) Aimee Semple McPherson was a hugely popular evangelist in...
Female Filmmaker Fest Lineup Includes Pics by Kirsten Johnson, Nadia Fares, & More
The second annual FFFEST (Female Filmmaker Festival) is set to take place at NYC’s Quad Cinema October 25-27, a press release has announced. This year’s celebration of women filmmakers...
Apply Now: Wavelength Productions’ WAVE Grant for First-Time Women Filmmakers of Color
Wavelength Productions, the company that brought us Rachel Lears’ feminist political doc “Knock Down the House,” has announced a grant supporting first-time female filmmakers of...
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” and “Debut” Join the International Feature Film Oscar Race
Two more women-directed titles just entered the International Feature Film Oscar race. A press release announced that Afghanistan submitted Sahraa Karimi’s “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha”...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Ivy Meeropol – “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn”
Ivy Meeropol’s documentary feature debut was “Heir to an Execution,” which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was shortlisted for an Academy Award. It was followed by two short...
Lupita Nyong’o to Uncover the History of Warrior Women in Channel 4 Doc
Lupita Nyong’o is shining a light on a forgotten history. British broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned “Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong’o,” a one-off documentary that will...
“The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” Acquired by ARRAY
ARRAY Releasing has snagged worldwide rights to “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open,” a Canadian drama that made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film...
Writer to Watch: “Derry Girls” Creator Lisa McGee
Derry-born stage and screenwriter Lisa McGee never originally set out to write about the late 20th century period of conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland. Yet when...
Quote of the Day: Elizabeth Banks on Wanting to Tell a Story About Sisterhood in “Charlie’s Angels”
Elizabeth Banks made box office history with “Pitch Perfect 2,” and now she’s prepping another high-profile women-centric story. The multi-hyphenate is co-writing, co-starring, exec...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Tânia Cypriano – “Born to Be”
Tânia Cypriano has been working between the United States and her native Brazil for over 25 years. Her films and videos have won international awards including Best Documentary at the Pan African...
Laura Dern to Receive Actress Tribute at the Gotham Awards
More major news for Laura Dern. About 24 hours ago it was announced that she’s returning to the “Jurassic Park” franchise, and now word comes that she’ll be honored at the...
Karen Maine’s Natalia Dyer-Starrer “Yes, God, Yes” Acquired by Vertical Entertainment
Vertical Entertainment has snagged U.S. rights to Karen Maine’s “Yes, God, Yes.” Described by its writer-director as “a love story between one woman and her vagina,” the...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for September 26
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s top recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...
Musical Adaptation of Jodi Picoult & Samantha Van Leer’s “Between the Lines” Is Headed Off-Broadway
Jodi Picoult’s novels have served as the source material for Cameron Diaz-starrer “My Sister’s Keeper” and Britt Robertson-led “The Tenth Circle,” among other...
Juliette Binoche Will Receive European Achievement in World Cinema Award
Juliette Binoche will be celebrated at the 32nd European Film Awards. The Oscar-winning French actress is set to receive the European Achievement in World Cinema Award, The Hollywood Reporter...
“Free Solo” Directors Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Ink First-Look Deal with Nat Geo
Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have picked up an Oscar, a BAFTA, and an Emmy for “Free Solo,” their doc about Alex Honnold’s quest to become the first person to free solo climb El...
May el-Toukhy’s “Queen of Hearts” Is Denmark’s Pick for International Feature Film Oscar
More great news for May el-Toukhy. Less than a week ago she signed on to helm “The Lioness,” a biopic about “Out of Africa” writer Karen Blixen, and now word comes that she’s...
Margaret Nagle to Bring Operation Varsity Blues to the Small Screen
Margaret Nagle is shifting her focus from one toxic world to another. Hot off the heels of the announcement of “Alpha Girls,” the project about women in Silicon Valley she’s writing...
Sonejuhi Sinha’s “Stray Dolls” Goes to Samuel Goldwyn Films
Sonejuhi Sinha’s feature debut has found a home. Samuel Goldwyn Films snagged North America rights to “Stray Dolls,” a crime drama that world premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Lynn Novick – “College Behind Bars”
Lynn Novick is an Emmy, Peabody, and Alfred I. duPont Columbia Award-winning filmmaker. For 30 years she has been directing and producing landmark documentary films about American culture, history,...
Algeria Cancels “Papicha” Screenings, Putting Its Oscar Chances at Risk
This summer, Algeria became the first country to enter the 2020 International Feature Film Oscar race when it submitted Mounia Meddour’s “Papicha” for consideration. Now the nation is...
Trailer Watch: An Aspiring Pilot Is Grounded in Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “Sitara: Let Girls Dream”
A trailer has dropped for Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest, an animated film about a teenage girl’s sky-high aspirations. Set in the old city of Lahore in the 1970s, “Sitara: Let...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Signs Overall Deal with Amazon
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s epic week just got even better. Less than 48 hours after dominating the Emmys on Sunday, the “Fleabag” and “Killing Eve” creator has signed...
Teaser Watch: Kat Dennings Gets Dumped and Needs Friends in “Dollface”
Kat Dennings is returning to TV. The “2 Broke Girls” alumna is back with a Hulu comedy, for which a teaser just dropped. “Dollface” sees the “Thor” actress...