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Interviews

Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Laura Ángel Córdoba – “Ernesto, Gracias”

Laura Ángel Córdoba was born in Bogotá, Colombia, and migrated to Costa Rica. She has participated in over 30 documentary projects focusing on a wide variety of topics in Costa Rica, Panama,...

Films

Savion Einstein Adapting Helen Hoang’s “The Kiss Quotient” for Lionsgate, Kristin Burr Producing

Helen Hoang’s romance novel “The Kiss Quotient” is one step closer to the big screen. Two years after Lionsgate acquired the rights to the book, Deadline has confirmed Savion Einstein...

Features

Absence on Both Sides of the Camera: Crowdfunding Picks

By Shayna Maci Warner and Tatiana McInnis For many marginalized storytellers, the absences of their identities within the Hollywood canon can only be combatted by creating independent content....

Television

Brenda Hampton Series About Teen on Autism Spectrum Lands Pilot Order from Disney Channel

Disney Channel wants to hang out with “The A Girl.” Deadline confirms the network has given a pilot order to Brenda Hampton’s single-cam comedy about two unlikely friends, one of...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Sam’s Family Life “Cracks Right Open” in “Atypical” Season 2

Sam Gardner (Keir Gilchrist, “It Follows”) considers his family a pack. “For most mammalian species, survival depends on knowing and sticking with your pack,” he tells us in...

Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors, Women Writers

Trailer Watch: Award-Winning Autism Rom-Com “Keep the Change” Tells a Universal Story

“Because [‘Keep the Change’] deals with the subject of disabilities and specifically autism, people who haven’t yet seen it might dismiss it as a niche film — but it’s not a niche...

Films, News, Women Directors, Women Writers

Rachel Israel’s Award-Winning “Keep the Change” Acquired by Kino Lorber

Writer-director Rachel Israel’s romantic comedy “Keep the Change” made for quite the directorial debut at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. In addition to winning Best U.S. Narrative...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

Tribeca 2017 Women Directors: Meet Rachel Israel — “Keep the Change”

Rachel Israel has directed short films that have screened worldwide. “Keep the Change” marks her feature debut. She is an adjunct professor at RISD. “Keep the Change” will premiere at the...

Documentary, Features, News

Alexandra Shiva on ‘How to Dance in Ohio,’ Her Coming-of-Age Doc About Teens with Autism

“How to Dance in Ohio” is a portrait of young adults on the autism spectrum in the months leading up to a formal dance. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, it will...

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