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NYFF 2022 Women Directors: Meet Margaret Brown – “Descendant”
Margaret Brown’s documentary work examines the American South, from a seminal film on Townes Van Zandt “Be Here to Love Me,” to the impactful story of the BP oil spill’s lasting impact “The...
NYFF 2022 Preview: NYT Reporters Expose a Predator, A Grieving Mother Turns to Activism, & More
The 60th edition of New York Film Festival is upon us. Kicking off today and running through October 16, this year’s program boasts the world premiere of buzzy titles such as Maria...
NYFF 2022 Women Directors: Meet Huang Ji – “Stonewalling”
Huang Ji is an award-winning independent filmmaker based in Beijing. Born in Hunan in 1984, she studied screenwriting in the Beijing Film Academy. Since her first short film, “The Warmth of...
Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” Acquired by Neon Ahead of Venice Premiere
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” has yet to make its world premiere at Venice Film Festival or its subsequent outings at Toronto and New York Film Festivals, but it’s already been...
“She Said” Pic About the Journalists Who Took Down Harvey Weinstein to Make World Premiere at NYFF
“She Said” will make its world premiere at the 2022 New York Film Festival. From Emmy-winning “Unorthodox” helmer Maria Schrader, the drama revisits how New York Times...
Women Directed 41 Percent of New York Film Fest’s 2022 Main Slate
The New York Film Festival (NYFF) has lined up titles from Kelly Reichardt, Claire Denis, Alice Diop, Joanna Hogg, and more for its Main Slate this year. Overall, women directed or co-directed 13 of...
New York Film Fest Announces 2021 Main Slate, Lineup Is 31 Percent Women-Directed
New York Film Festival (NYFF) has unveiled its Main Slate. Of 32 films set to screen, 10 are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to about 31 percent of the program. Last year, women directed...
NYFF 2020 Women Directors: Meet Heidi Ewing – “I Carry You With Me”
Heidi Ewing’s documentary credits include “Jesus Camp,” which received an Oscar nomination, “One of Us,” and “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You.” She...
Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks” to Make World Premiere at New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival (NYFF) will host the world premiere of “On the Rocks.” Sofia Coppola’s father-daughter comedy will screen as part of the fest’s new Spotlight section,...
NYFF’s 2020 Main Slate Is 24 Percent Women-Directed
New York Film Festival (NYFF) has announced its 2020 lineup. Slated to take place September 17-October 11, the fest follows on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). While...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Justine Triet – “Sibyl”
“Sibyl” is director Justine Triet’s third feature. She directed “Age of Panic” in 2013 and “In Bed with Victoria” in 2016. All three films screened at the...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Ivy Meeropol – “Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn”
Ivy Meeropol’s documentary feature debut was “Heir to an Execution,” which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, and was shortlisted for an Academy Award. It was followed by two short...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Tânia Cypriano – “Born to Be”
Tânia Cypriano has been working between the United States and her native Brazil for over 25 years. Her films and videos have won international awards including Best Documentary at the Pan African...
NYFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Lynn Novick – “College Behind Bars”
Lynn Novick is an Emmy, Peabody, and Alfred I. duPont Columbia Award-winning filmmaker. For 30 years she has been directing and producing landmark documentary films about American culture, history,...
New York Film Festival’s 2019 Main Slate Is 21 Percent Women-Directed
Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) has unveiled the Main Slate for the 57th New York Film Festival (NYFF). Twenty-nine films will screen in the section, and six of them are directed by women, or about 21...
NYFF Announces Main Slate and It’s 13 Percent Women-Directed
We’re hoping the New York Film Festival (NYFF) follows in the footsteps of Cannes and Locarno and signs a gender parity pledge. The fest just announced its main slate, and it’s sorely...