#Women Directors
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Laura Faerman and Marina Weis – “The Wind Blows the Border”
Laura Faerman has been working as a documentarist, researcher, and curator for the past 20 years. In 2014 Faerman worked as an audiovisual researcher at the Indigenous National Truth Commission,...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Noura Kevorkian – “Batata”
Noura Kevorkian is a Syrian-Lebanese filmmaker who made her filmmaking debut with her first short documentary ” Veils Uncovered” (Official Competition, Amsterdam IDFA) about lingerie and...
Chloe Bailey and Tina Gordon Team Up for Youth Choir Comedy “Praise This”
“Sister Act,” “The Fighting Temptations,” and “Perfect Harmony” are getting some company: another choir comedy is on the way. “Grown-ish” actress Chloe...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Chloe Sosa-Sims – “Hunting in Packs”
Chloe Sosa-Sims is a Toronto-based director, producer, and writer. Her feature debut, “Dan and Margot,” illuminated the complicated truths of schizophrenia. Sosa-Sims has participated in...
Cannes 2022 Competition Jury Includes Rebecca Hall, Deepika Padukone, Noomi Rapace, & Jasmine Trinca
Cannes Film Festival has announced the Competition jury set to serve during its 75th edition. The number of women directors screening films at Cannes leaves something to be desired, but the...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Olha Zhurba – “Outside”
Olha Zhurba is a Ukrainian filmmaker whose first short fiction film ,”Dad’s Sneakers,” premiered in the short competition at Locarno Film Festival 2021 and won Best Ukrainian Short...
Trailer Watch: Amandla Stenberg & Maria Bakalova Play a Deadly Game in “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Amandla Stenberg didn’t survive “The Hunger Games” but here’s hoping she has better luck in “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” another pic about a deadly game. Set in a...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Jackie Torrens – “Bernie Langille Wants To Know What Happened To Bernie Langille”
Jackie Torrens is an actor, writer, and documentary filmmaker. In 2012, she co-founded Peep Media with producer Jessica Brown, and since then they have completed four television documentaries for the...
Trailer Watch: Claire Danes Investigates a Local Legend in “The Essex Serpent,” Clio Barnard Directs
“I’d rather believe in a creature that people have actually seen than an invisible god. Is that blasphemy?” Claire Danes asks a pastor in a new trailer for “The Essex...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Meet Jasmín Mara López – “Silent Beauty”
Jasmín Mara López is a journalist, audio producer, and documentary filmmaker living between Los Angeles and New Orleans. Born in the U.S. with familial roots in México, her childhood was affected...
Hot Docs 2022 Women Directors: Stacey Tenenbaum – “Scrap”
Stacey Tenenbaum is an award-winning producer and director. In 2014 she founded H2L Productions, a boutique documentary film production company specializing in crafting international character-driven...
Sundance London to Kick Off with Sophie Hyde’s Emma Thompson-Starrer “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”
Sundance Film Festival: London will host the U.K. premiere of “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” a dramedy about a woman’s sexual awakening starring one of England’s most beloved...
Rita Baghdadi “Sirens” Doc About Middle East’s First All-Female Metal Band Lands at Oscilloscope
Get ready to rock: Oscilloscope Laboratories has landed North American rights to “Sirens,” a documentary charting the rise of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, and is...
Sarah Jones on”Sell/Buy/Date,” an “Unorthodoc” Exploring the Sex Industry
Sarah Jones is a Tony Award-winning performer, writer, comedian, and activist known for her multi-character, one-person shows, including Broadway hit “Bridge & Tunnel,” originally...
Lisa Cortés Signs First-Look Deal with Blue Ant Studios, Slate Includes Docuseries About Women in Hip-Hop
Lisa Cortés is going into business with Blue Ant Studios. The Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning producer and director inked a new first-look deal with the production company that will see her...
Gigi Gaston Talks “9 Bullets,” Her Action Pic About Second Chances Starring Lena Headey
Olympian turned writer-director Gigi Gaston has sold screenplays to Universal, Miramax, New Line, and Fox, and directed music videos, features, and an award-winning Sundance documentary. Gaston made...
Pick of the Day: “Petite Maman”
“Petite Maman” is a triumph. Much smaller in scope than her last film, 2019’s devastatingly romantic and brutally tragic “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” Céline...
Pick of the Day: “A Very British Scandal”
From “I, Tonya” to “Framing Britney Spears,” the past few years have seen no shortage of films, docs, and TV seeking to vindicate — or at least humanize — women...
Maris Curran Talks “Jeannette,” Her Portrait of a Pulse Night Club Survivor
Maris Curran’s films have shown at Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, the Museum of Modern Art, the NY Times Op-Docs, and PBS’ “Independent Lens.” Her debut narrative...
Trailer Watch: Katey Sagal Is a Creepy Country Music Star in Brea Grant’s “Torn Hearts”
Rising artists get more than they bargained for when they meet their idol in “Torn Hearts.” A cautionary tale about stardom, Brea Grant’s latest follows two friends (Abby Quinn and...
Kelly Reichardt to Receive Carrosse d’Or Award at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Sidebar
Kelly Reichardt is one of the three women with films screening in Competition at Cannes this year. She’ll also be making an appearance at the prestigious fest’s sidebar, Directors’...
Alma Har’el to Direct “Mockingbird” Adaptation for Searchlight
Alma Har’el made history with her narrative feature debut, becoming the first woman to win the DGA Award for First-Time Feature Film. Her sophomore feature will see the “Honey Boy”...
Julie Cohen & Betsy West’s Gabby Giffords Doc Acquired by Briarcliff Entertainment, Sets Release Date
Oscar-nominated “RBG” filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen have found a home for their latest documentary. “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down,” which chronicles the titular...
Megan Suri Will Topline LGBTQ+ Adaptation of Sara Jo Cluff’s “The Kiss List”
Best known for playing a frenemy to Devi Vishwakumar in Season 2 of “Never Have I Ever,” Megan Suri takes a leading role in “The Kiss List,” an LGBTQ+ adaptation of Sara Jo...
Pick of the Day: “Russian Doll”
In Season 2, “Russian Doll” has broken out of the time loop but can’t seem to escape the past. On the verge of her 40th birthday, Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) — who,...
Nia DaCosta to Helm Ta-Nehisi Coates Adaptation “The Water Dancer”
Nia DaCosta has another high profile project in the pipeline. The “Little Woods” breakout dropped a spiritual sequel to “Candyman” last year and is currently in...
Women Directed 46 Percent of 2022 Tribeca Film Fest Features
Kyra Sedgwick, Geeta Gandbhir, Katie Holmes, Nadia Hallgren, and Hannah Marks are among the directors who will premiere films at the 2022 edition of Tribeca Film Festival. More than 64 percent of the...
Cannes: 43 Percent of Features Screening in Directors’ Fortnight Are Women-Directed
Twenty-three features will screen at the 54th Directors’ Fortnight, and 10 of them are directed or co-directed by women, amounting to 43 percent of the program. Last year, the Cannes side bar...
Stephanie Laing to Direct NBC Pilot Based on Dutch Series “A’dam – E.V.A.”
Stephanie Laing is bringing a critically acclaimed Dutch TV series stateside. The two-time Emmy winner has been tapped to direct and exec produce an untitled NBC drama pilot based on...
Megan Griffiths on Exploring the Freedom That Comes from Personal Acceptance in “I’ll Show You Mine”
Megan Griffiths is a writer-director working in film and television. Her feature credits include “Sadie,” “The Night Stalker,” “Lucky Them,” “Eden,”...
Stuntwoman Zoë Bell to Direct Lionsgate Action Comedy Based on Her Short “Boss Bitch Fight Challenge”
Get ready to enter the Boss Bitch Fight Challenge. As Deadline reports, stuntwoman and actress Zoë Bell is directing a feature action comedy inspired by her 2020 viral short, “Boss Bitch Fight...
Pick of the Day: “La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla”
A loving tribute to a South Bronx matriarch, “La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla” sees the former “First Lady” of the Savage Skulls gang telling her incredible life story....
Queer Women Creators Represent: Crowdfunding Picks
As anti-LGTBQIA+ attacks ramp up all over the country, it is more important than ever to pay attention to what LGBTQ people are saying in our own words. As the freedom to discuss the very existence...
Olivia Newman to Direct Apple Limited Series “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Jennifer Garner Stars
Olivia Newman has joined Apple TV+’s adaptation of Laura Dave’s bestseller “The Last Thing He Told Me.” The “Where the Crawdads Sing” filmmaker is set to direct and...
Amy Schumer’s “Life & Beth” Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu
It’s turning out to be a great year for Amy Schumer. She co-hosted the Oscars with Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes, announced a new stand-up tour, and debuted a series on Hulu. Now news has broken...
Kristen Stewart to Star in Rose Glass Bodybuilding Romantic Thriller “Love Lies Bleeding”
Kristen Stewart is teaming up with Rose Glass on her next project. The Oscar-nominated “Spencer” star is saying goodbye to Buckingham Palace and hello to the world of female bodybuilding...
Cannes’ Ratio of Women-Directed Competition Films Remains Stagnant at 17 Percent
Update: Cannes announced additional titles April 21. Revised stats can be found below our original post. It’s been nearly four years since Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux signed...
Bel Powley and Susanna Fogel Team Up for Disney+ Holocaust Limited Series “A Small Light”
After breaking out with her portrayal of an aspiring cartoonist who keeps an audio journal in 2015’s “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” Bel Powley is set to pay tribute to one of the...
Jennifer Lopez Doc “Halftime” to Open Tribeca Film Fest, Amanda Micheli Directs
Jennifer Lopez is heading towards the Bronx to debut her latest project. A press release announced that a Netflix doc about the global superstar will open the 2022 edition of Tribeca Film...
Human Rights Watch Film Fest NY Edition Includes “Midwives” & “The Janes,” 70% of Filmmakers Are Women
Human Rights Watch Film Festival’s New York edition has announced its 2022 program. Seventy percent of this of this year’s filmmakers are women and 70 percent are sharing a story about their...
Jessica Henwick Joins Julia Garner in Kitty Green Thriller “The Royal Hotel”
“Matrix Resurrections” star Jessica Henwick is heading to “The Royal Hotel” with Julia Garner. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Henwick has boarded Kitty Green’s...
Jessica Alba & “Encanto’s” Charise Castro Smith Team Up for “Confessions on the 7:45” Series at Netflix
Jessica Alba is joining forces with the co-writer and co-director of “Encanto” on her next project. Charise Castro Smith is attached to pen an adaptation of “Confessions on the...
Exclusive: Indigenous Women Reflect on Standing Rock & Law Enforcement in “Women of the White Buffalo” Clip
“The oppressor is never going to free the victim. It’s always the victims that have to overcome and own their strength, and take back the respect, and take back their power,”...
Trailer Watch: Mira Nair’s 1991 Romance “Mississippi Masala” Gets a 4K Restoration
Mira Nair’s “Mississippi Masala” is getting some much-overdue love. A press release has announced that her 1991 tale of romance, racism, and migration has received a 4K restoration...
Trailer Watch: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, & Keke Palmer Expose the Beauty Industry’s Ugliness in “Not So Pretty”
The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmakers behind titles such “Allen v. Farrow,” “On the Record,” “The Hunting Ground,” and “The Invisible War” are...
Deborah Anderson on Highlighting Indigenous Voices in “Women of the White Buffalo”
Deborah Anderson is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer. Of Indigenous, Black, Irish, and Scottish descent, her photographic work has hung in galleries both in Europe and the U.S., including...
Trailer Watch: Rowan Blanchard Falls for Sisters in Hulu Rom-Com “Crush”
Rowan Blanchard is set to learn a few more lessons inside and outside of the classroom. The “Girl Meets World” alumna, who now stars in “Snowpiercer,” toplines...
Carla Simón’s Berlinale Winner “Alcarras” Lands at MUBI
The toast of the Berlin International Film Festival is coming stateside. This year’s winner of the Golden Bear for best film, “Alcarras,” has been acquired by MUBI. The global...
Amy Berg Docuseries About Grooming in the Works at Freeform
Amy Berg’s latest project, “Phoenix Rising,” debuted on HBO last month. The documentary miniseries sees “Westworld” actress Evan Rachel Wood revisiting the emotional,...
Nancy Meyers Lines Up Next Project, Set to Write and Direct Netflix Pic
Get ready for more kitchen inspo: Nancy Meyers is making a movie for Netflix. According to Deadline, she has inked a deal to write, direct, and produce an as-yet untitled ensemble comedy for the...
Kelsey Peterson Talks “Move Me,” Her Documentary Exploring Her Personal Journey Becoming Disabled
Kelsey Peterson is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and filmmaker. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Montana in 2008, and later, her yoga teacher certification from CorePower Yoga....