#Documentary 2
Guest Post: “It’s A Great Career, But I Earned It”: A Power Talk With Sheila Nevins
After listening to Sheila Nevins speak for even five minutes, it’s not hard to understand why she’s so successful in the documentary world. She is, in a word, frank, but also gifted with...
6 of 8 Film Independent DocuLab Fellows Are Women Directors
Film Independent has chosen eight projects for their 2013 Documentary Lab — six of those projects are directed by women. Each filmmaker will participate in an eight week program that helps...
Trailer Watch: Stories We Tell – Directed by Sarah Polley
Actress and now very talented director, Sarah Polley has a new documentary that premiered last fall in Toronto. Stories We Tell received a good deal of critical praise as it made its way around...
Hot Docs and Full Frame Announce 2013 Line Ups: The Women
Last week, the 2013 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival announced their special presentations line up. The festival runs from April 25-May 5 in Toronto. They are set to announce...
Interview With Ramona S. Diaz Director of Don’t Stop Believin
Don’t Stop Believin‘ is a terrific crowd pleasing documentary of the rags to riches story of Arnel Pineda who took over as the lead singer of the rock band Journey after he was spotted on...
Interview With Kristi Jacobson And Lori Silverbush, Directors of A Place At The Table
A Place At the Table is a riveting new documentary by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush that illustrates the mounting hunger crisis in the U.S. The film is not only one of the most gripping...
Trailer Watch: Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey – Directed by Ramona S. Diaz
Ramona S. Diaz's documentary Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey follows the story of Arnel Pineda, a Filipino man who through being discovered on YouTube became the new lead...
Trailer Watch: Nine for IX
This totally made my day. As a big women's sports fan here are NINE short films about women's sports directed by women. Executive producer Robin Roberts (who returned to Good Morning America...
Sundance Interview: Lana Wilson and Martha Shane – Directors of After Tiller
One of the highlights of Sundance was seeing the documentary After Tiller directed by Martha Shana and Lana Wilson. Here's our conversation right after they won a $5,000 grant from Women in...
Sundance News: Women In Film Awards Grants to Jordana Spiro, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
During its 7th annual Sundance Filmmakers panel, Women In Film – Los Angeles awarded $30,000 in grants to women filmmakers. Jordana Spiro, director of Skin, received the Women In Film/CalmDown...
Sundance Diary Part One: Mother of George and After Tiller
I arrived in Sundance on Friday morning totally freaked out about the Sundance flu and the cold. But now I'm on day 2 and so far so good. I hear there are people stuck in their hotels...
Cinema Eye Honors Audience Choice Prize Has No Women Nominees
The Cinema Eye Honors for Non Fiction Filmmaking have announced their 2013 nominees for outstanding achievements in documentary filmmaking. We were troubled to note that their Audience Choice...
The Women Directed Movies of 2012
We here at Women and Hollywood want to salute the women who directed films in 2012. We have compiled a list of features and docs (and foreign films) that were released in US theatres in...
Interview with Director Amy Berg and Producer Lorri Davis – West of Memphis
West of Memphis is a film that makes you realize that our justice system is not blind. That if you look different or are poor that you can be caught up in a witch hunt of epic proportions and...
3 of 5 2012 Kroll Film Fund Recipients are Women Directed
The Foundation for Jewish Culture granted $80,000 in finishing funds to 5 documentary films under their Lynn and Jules Kroll Fund for Jewish Documentary Film. The grants range from $10,000 to...
Interview with Nancy Buirski – Director of The Loving Story
The Loving Story is a powerful and beautifully wrought film about two people – Richard and Mildred Loving – who just wanted to be married and live in their home state of Virginia. ...
3 of 15 Documentaries on Oscar Shortlist Directed by Women
Yesterday, the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences released the 15 films on the short list in the Documentary feature category for this year’s Oscars. Only three films on the shortlist are...