#Films
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Carlota Pereda – “Piggy”
Carlota Pereda is a film and series director from Madrid. Pereda started her career in television and was nominated for the Television Academy’s Iris Award for “Águila Roja”...
Audrey Diwan’s “Happening” Wins Big at France’s Lumière Awards
“Happening,” Audrey Diwan’s drama about a student seeking an illegal abortion in ’60s France, took home the top prize at Monday’s Lumière Awards, presented by the...
Trailer Watch: “Hatching” Is a Twisted Coming-of-Age Story About a Young Gymnast and an Egg
Overwhelmed by the demands of her image-obsessed mother, a 12-year old girl channels the motherly love she’s not receiving into nurturing a strange egg she discovers in the woods in...
Sundance Adds Docs from Abigail E. Disney, Kathleen Hughes, and Amy Berg to Lineup
Abigail E. Disney and Kathleen Hughes’ “The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales” and Amy Berg’s “Phoenix Rising” will screen at Sundance 2022. The documentaries...
“Hacks,” “CODA,” and More Land SAG Award Nominations
Nominations for the 2022 SAG Awards have been announced, with the casts of “Hacks” and Siân Heder’s “CODA” among the actors being recognized. “CODA,” a...
ARRAY Releasing Acquires Agam Darshi’s “Donkeyhead” and Sujata Day’s “Definition Please”
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing has acquired distribution rights for two films from emerging South Asian multi-hyphenates: Agam Darshi’s “Donkeyhead” and Sujata Day’s...
Trailer Watch: Sundance Pic “Girl Picture” Follows Three Young Women Coming of Age
BFFs navigate the murky waters of love and lust in “Girl Picture,” set to premiere at Sundance Film Festival later this month. From Finnish filmmaker Alli Haapasalo, the pic tells the...
2021’s Best Films By and About Women
Whether you braved movie theaters or stayed at home and enjoyed viewing experiences from the comfort of your couch, there were plenty of films by and about women to check out this year, including a...
London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Noms: Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and More
Women account for three of five helmers in the running for Director of the Year at this year’s London Critics’ Circle Film Awards. Nominations just dropped, and Jane Campion (“The...
Trailer Watch: Michelle Yeoh Is “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“The universe is so much bigger than you realize,” Michelle Yeoh is told in a new trailer for “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The sci-fi sees the “Shang-Chi and the...
Maya Cozier Talks “She Paradise” and Honoring the Beauty and Complexity of Sisterhood
Filmmaker Maya Cozier was raised in the Caribbean twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago. She gained years of experience working as a dancer/choreographer for music videos and television shows both on...
Nanfu Wang, Jessica Kingdon, Jessica Beshir, & “Once Upon a Time in Uganda” Among DOC NYC Awardees
The in-person portion of DOC NYC 2021 is winding down, and the festival has begun presenting its awards. A press release has announced the juried honors for this year’s edition. “Once...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Diane Tsai – “Be Our Guest”
Diane Tsai is a Taiwanese-American documentary filmmaker and journalist at TIME. Her award-winning documentary series “Firsts,” which she directed and produced with Spencer Bakalar,...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Geeta Gandbhir and Samantha Knowles – “Black and Missing”
Geeta Gandbhir is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning director, producer, and editor. Her most recent film, “Apart,” co-directed with Rudy Valdez, is currently playing on HBO Max and her...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Nahid Persson – “Be My Voice”
Nahid Persson is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in Sweden. She was born in Iran and took political asylum in Sweden as a result of her political activism during and after the 1979...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Sara Terry – “A Decent Home”
Sara Terry is a documentary filmmaker. Her first documentary “Fambul Tok,” about an unprecedented grassroots forgiveness program in Sierra Leone, was supported by Sundance and Chicken and...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Constance Marks – “Grandpa Was an Emperor”
Constance Marks is a director, producer, and award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. She is the founder and president of Constance Marks Productions, Inc., a documentary production company...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Julia Bacha – “Boycott”
Julia Bacha is a Peabody award-winning filmmaker and the Creative Director at Just Vision. She started her filmmaking career in Cairo, where she wrote and edited “Control Room,” for which...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Maria Speth – “Mr. Bachmann and His Class”
Maria Speth is a writer, director, and producer of feature films and documentaries. Her debut feature “The Days Between” premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2001,...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Nira Burstein – “Charm Circle”
Nira Burstein is an emerging director based in New York City and was recently selected for Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Burstein is an Independent Film Project (now The...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Emily Kuester – “Messwood”
Emily Kuester is a director, producer, and writer. She got her start at 371 Productions and has assisted in producing short and long form documentaries, virtual reality experiences (2019 Sundance VR...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Alysa Nahmias – “Krimes”
Alysa Nahmias is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Los Angeles-based production company AJNA. Her work has been shown at festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including the Venice...
Vivian Kleiman Talks Tracing Queer Comics’ Journey to the Mainstream with “No Straight Lines”
Vivian Kleiman is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker. A longtime producer with storied filmmaker Marlon Riggs, her credits include additional cinematography on his landmark documentary “Tongues...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Neasa Ní Chianáín – “Young Plato”
Neasa Ní Chianáin is a documentary filmmaker whose credits include “Frank Ned & Busy Lizzie,” “Fairytale of Kathmandu,” and “The Stranger,” which screened at...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Abby Epstein – “The Business of Birth Control”
Abby Epstein started her career as a theater director having her own Chicago-based production company, Roadworks Productions, which was founded in 1992. After directing a few productions in Chicago,...
Trailer Watch: Odessa Young’s Life Changes on “Mothering Sunday” in Eva Husson’s Latest
From director Eva Husson and screenwriter Alice Birch, “Mothering Sunday” sees a woman experiencing — and then reflecting on — a pivotal day in her life. On Mother’s Day...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Erin Bernhardt and Din Blankenship – “Refuge”
Erin Bernhardt is an independent filmmaker. She has won two Peabody Awards, an Emmy, and numerous film festival awards. Her first independent feature documentary, “Imba Means Sing,” aired...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Holly Morris – “Exposure”
For two decades Holly Morris has told, and championed, pro-woman, cross-cultural stories on the global stage. She is an internationally known filmmaker, author, and presenter. Her last feature film,...
Pick of the Day: “Night Raiders”
Marking Danis Goulet’s feature directorial debut, “Night Raiders” is a dystopian sci-fi take on the history, and possible future, of colonialism and authoritarianism. It’s a bleak...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Sandra Alvarez – “InHospitable”
Sandra Alvarez has spent her career directing and producing a wide spectrum of documentary and television programs for CNN, Netflix, Sundance Channel, History Channel, BBC America, A&E Network,...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Yasmin C. Rams – “Go Heal Yourself”
Yasmin C. Rams’ credits include the mid-length documentary “Miriam” and the short documentary “A Life in Blue.” She co-directed the former and directed the latter. As a...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Kavery Kaul – “The Bengali”
Kavery Kaul is a filmmaker and the founder of riverfilms. She was born in India and is based in the U.S. Her works have been featured at DOC NYC, Telluride, London, Rotterdam and Sydney Festivals,...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Bianca Stigter – “Three Minutes: A Lengthening”
Bianca Stigter is a historian and cultural critic. She made the short film essays “Three Minutes – Thirteen Minutes – Thirty Minutes” and “I Kiss This Letter –...
DOC NYC 2021 Preview: Films About Social Justice, Systemic Racism, Healthcare, and More
DOC NYC 2021 is kicking off today, November 10. The documentary film festival will feature in-person events through November 18 and online screenings through November 28. Women and Hollywood has...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Yunhong Pu – “Go Through the Dark”
Yunhong Pu is a director, editor, cinematographer, and producer based in New York City. Born and raised in China, she received her MFA in Social Documentary Film from SVA in 2019. “Go Through...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Valerie Blankenbyl – “The Bubble”
Valerie Blankenbyl is an Austrian documentary filmmaker. She previously directed feature length documentaries “I Am Jesus” and “A Mother’s Dream.” “The Bubble”...
There Is a Pronounced Gender Gap in Top Films’ VFX, Inclusion Initiative/WIA Study Finds
It’s no secret that women are underrepresented as speaking characters, directors, screenwriters, and producers in Hollywood’s highest-earning films. But a new study from Dr. Stacy L....
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Vera Krichevskaya – “F@ck This Job”
Vera Krichevskaya is a Russian filmmaker. She is the co-founder of TV Dozhd (TV Rain), which is the only independent private TV channel in Russia. She is an award-winning television director and has...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Jamie Boyle – “Anonymous Sister”
Jamie Boyle is a two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. She is the director, cinematographer, and editor of the short documentary “Take A Vote” and she is the producer, editor, and...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Alexandra Dalsbaek – “We Are Russia”
Alexandra Dalsbaek is a French-Russian filmmaker based in Moscow. Previously a freelance journalist, she made her documentary feature debut with “Cinderella Syndrome,” which premiered in...
Pick of the Day: “Mark, Mary & Some Other People”
From the very beginning of their relationship, Mary (Hayley Law) and Mark (Ben Rosenfield) do things a little unconventionally. In the opening scenes of “Mark, Mary & Some Other...
“The Souvenir Part II,” “Censor,” and More Score BIFA Nominations
The 2021 British Independent Film Award (BIFA) nominations have been announced, with Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir Part II,” Prano Bailey-Bond’s “Censor,” and Clio...
Pick of the Day: “Passing”
“Passing” is a complicated term. Whether it relates to race, gender, or sexual orientation, it connotes posing, pretending, striving to be something you’re not. On the other hand,...
Trailer Watch: Sandra Bullock Fights for Her Sister & Redemption in Nora Fingscheidt’s “The Unforgivable”
“You’re going to pay for what you did,” Sandra Bullock is told in a new trailer for “The Unforgivable.” From director Nora Fingscheidt, the Netflix drama tells the story...
Trailer Watch: A College Student Unearths Family Secrets in Geeta Malik’s “India Sweets and Spices”
Alia (Sophia Ali, “The Wilds”) returns home from college and discovers there’s a lot about her mother she doesn’t know in “India Sweets and Spices.” A trailer for...
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” & Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” Lead Gotham Award Noms
The 2021 Gotham Award nominees have been announced, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter,” Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” Shatara Michelle Ford’s...
Under the Radar: Rhiana Yazzie’s “A Winter Love” Showcases Inter-Tribal Romance & Celebrates Self-Love
From Sterlin Harjo’s “Reservation Dogs” on FX to Peacock’s “Rutherford Falls,” created by Sierra Teller Ornelas, Ed Helms, and Michael Schur, 2021 has offered audiences more Indigenous...
NewFest 2021 Women Directors: Meet Emily Branham – “Being BeBe: The BeBe Zahara Benet Documentary”
Emily Branham is a filmmaker captivated by artists, performance, and identity. She directs short documentaries for art and corporate organizations including Lincoln Center, AT&T, and JP Morgan,...
Trailer Watch: Motherhood Threatens to Crush Olivia Colman in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter”
Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, and Jessie Buckley are mothers in crisis in “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut. An adaptation of the Elena Ferrante novel, the...
NewFest 2021 Women Directors: Meet Cristiane Oliveira – “The First Death of Joana”
Cristiane Oliveira is a Brazilian writer and director. Her debut feature, “Nalu on The Border” (“Mulher do Pai”), premiered internationally at the Berlinale 2017 and has...
Trailer Watch: Halle Berry Steps Into the Ring and Makes Her Directorial Debut with “Bruised”
Halle Berry is offered a second chance in “Bruised,” the Oscar-winning actress’ feature directorial debut. The pic tells the story of Jackie Justice (Berry), a disgraced MMA fighter...