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TIFF 2022 Women Directors: Meet Rima Das – “Tora’s Husband”
Rima Das is a filmmaker from India known for making indigenous and realistic stories that explore complicated relationships, finding purpose, coming of age and life amidst nature. Her films...
TIFF 2022 Women Directors: Nisha Pahuja – “To Kill a Tiger”
Nisha Pahuja is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto and Bombay. Her credits include the critically-acclaimed “Diamond Road,” “Bollywood Bound,” and “The World...
Pick of the Day: “Writing with Fire”
“I believe that journalism is the essence of democracy,” announces Meera Devi, the central protagonist of Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s “Writing with Fire.” Devi is...
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,...
Exclusive: Sundance Winner “Writing with Fire” Acquired by Music Box Films
The story of India’s only women-led news outlet is heading stateside. Women and Hollywood can exclusively reveal that Music Box Films has acquired rights to “Writing with Fire,”...
Under the Radar: “Women of My Billion” Examines India’s Long-Standing Gender-Based Social Injustices
How does one deal with the anger and frustration propelled by news of violent social injustices rampant in one’s country? If you’re Srishti Bakshi, you walk it off. Walk the entire length of...
Trailer Watch: Sundance Winner “Writing with Fire” Spotlights an Indian Newspaper Run by Women
“In our region a Dalit woman journalist was unimaginable. Over the last 14 years, we’ve changed that perception,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Writing with...
Manjari Makijany on Telling an Empowering Story About Confidence and Courage in “Skater Girl”
Manjari Makijany is Los Angeles-based writer, director, and producer with diverse film experience in India and the United States. Her journey as a director took off with her critically acclaimed...
Trailer Watch: Skateboarding Transforms an Indian Village in “Skater Girl”
“Skating is the best thing that happened to me,” says Rachel Saanchita Gupta in a new trailer for “Skater Girl.” “I feel like I belong. There’s no one to control...
Pick of the Day: “A Suitable Boy”
“A Suitable Boy” hit quite a few milestones on its way to Acorn TV. The miniseries adaptation of Vikram Seth’s bestseller is the first TV show Mira Nair has directed; it’s the...
Trailer Watch: Mira Nair Tells a Coming-of-Age Story in 1950s India in “A Suitable Boy”
“The key to a good marriage is to find a man who will give you the space to grow,” 19-year-old Lata (Tanya Maniktala) is advised in a new trailer for “A Suitable Boy.” Based...
Trailer Watch: “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi” Leads a Battle Against the British Empire
Set in 1857 India, “The Warrior Queen of Jhansi” tells the true story of a 24-year-old Indian general who led a battle against the British Empire. A new trailer has dropped for the pic...
Hot Docs 2019 Women Directors: Meet Rama Rau – “The Daughter Tree”
Rama Rau is a writer-director. Rau’s debut fiction feature, “Honey Bee,” won the EDA Best Film Award at the Whistler Film Festival. Her film “League of Exotique Dancers”...
Under the Radar: Rima Das’ “Bulbul Can Sing” Examines the Joy and Pain of Growing Up
Last year, director Rima Das premiered her film “Village Rockstars,” which went on to become India’s official submission to the 91st Academy Awards. In her latest feature, “Bulbul Can...
Rima Das’ “Village Rockstars” Is India’s Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
India is the latest country to submit a woman-directed film to the Academy. The Hindu reports that Rima Das’ “Village Rockstars” will represent the county as this year’s...
Mira Nair to Direct BBC Adaptation of “A Suitable Boy”
“Queen of Katwe” helmer Mira Nair is eyeing her next project, another coming-of-age story. She’s “on the verge” of a deal that will see her directing the BBC and Lookout Point TV...
Women Who Persist: March’s VOD and Web Series Picks
This month we find ourselves especially inspired by the determination of women — perhaps because it’s Women’s History Month, and we’re feeling particularly conscious of the struggles...
Hot Docs 2017 Women Directors: Meet Vaishali Sinha — “Ask the Sexpert”
Vaishali Sinha co-directed and produced the feature documentary “Made in India,” which focused on the personal stories behind the phenomenon of outsourcing surrogate mothers to India. The...
Trailer Watch: Gillian Anderson in Gurinder Chadha’s “Viceroy’s House”
“Bend it Like Beckham” director Gurinder Chadha has teamed up with Gillian Anderson and “Downton Abbey’s” Hugh Bonneville for “Viceroy’s House.” The film “depicts the final few...
Chicken and Egg Launches New Fund for Women Documentarians from India
Chicken and Egg Pictures, the nonprofit film fund dedicated to incubating socially conscious documentaries from female filmmakers, has partnered up with the Indian Documentary Foundation to launch a...