#Nonbinary Filmmakers
TIFF 2022 Directors: Meet Joseph Amenta – “Soft”
Joseph Amenta was born in Toronto and has an honors degree in film studies from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University). They have directed the short films “Cherry...
Women’s Weekend Film Challenge Returns to Host Fifth Edition
The grassroots women-in-film initiative Women’s Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC) is set to host its fifth edition today, August 11, through August 14 in New York City. The challenge will see 180...
Tilda Swinton Will Chair Jury for BFI’s Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity
Tilda Swinton will lend her expertise to the BFI’s new initiative, the Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity. According to Deadline, the Oscar-winner will chair the awards’ jury...
Athena Film Fest Partners with Disney on Dev Grant for Emerging Women & Non-Binary Filmmakers
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) is joining forces with Disney Studios Content to expand its Creative Development Program, which awards over $50,000 annually to underrepresented filmmakers. A press...
Apply Now: Women’s Weekend Film Challenge
For the first time since the pandemic, the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC) is taking place, with the goal of addressing the off-screen gender gap. Applications are now open for the fifth...
Exclusive: Chicken & Egg’s New Project: Hatched Grantees Tackle Gender Identity, Mental Illness, & More
A portrait of an abolitionist trying to heal her family in the wake of incarceration, an animated short presenting gender fluidity through a child’s eyes, and the story of 30 women crossing...
Apply Now: The Chimaera Project’s TO.GET.HER Finishing Fund for Women & Non-Binary Filmmakers
The Chimaera Project, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women and non-binary filmmakers, has announced the Call for Entries for its 2022 TO.GET.HER film production finishing funds program....
Submit Now: Athena Film Festival’s Works-in-Progress Program
Women and nonbinary filmmakers looking to hone their documentary project pitches, take note: the Athena Film Festival’s (AFF) Works-in-Progress Program is now accepting submissions. An...
Apply Now: The Inaugural WIF x Google Shorts Program
Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF) will fund three shorts from up-and-coming women and nonbinary filmmakers, with support from Google. Applications are now being accepted for the inaugural WIF Shorts...
NYCWF Presents Inaugural Microgrants to 10 Women and Nonbinary Filmmakers
NYC Women Filmmakers (NYCWF), a non-profit that supports women and nonbinary filmmakers, has announced the first recipients of its new microgrant program. According to a press release, the grantees...