#Women Directors
Pick of the Day: “Judy & Punch”
Writer-director Mirrah Foulkes has described “Judy & Punch” as a “bat-shit crazy origin story about the Punch and Judy puppet show.” After seeing it, I’d attest to...
Inclusive Perspectives: Crowdfunding Picks
It’s more important than ever to support underrepresented voices and viewpoints in film — whether they focus on fact or fiction. Our latest round of crowdfunding picks each highlight...
Contrary to Reports, Cannes’ 2020 Lineup Does Not Mark a Historic High for Women Directors
COVID-19 put the brakes on the 73rd edition of Cannes Film Festival, but the fest has decided to announce its 2020 program allowing films to append the moniker “Official Section of the 2020...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Elizabeth D. Costa – “Bangla Surf Girls”
An alumna of the IDFA academy and former participant in the Chicken and Egg Accelerator Lab, Elizabeth D. Costa has over eight years of experience working on media projects as producer, director,...
Trailer Watch: Nina Hoss Demands Perfection of Her Violin Student in Ina Weisse’s “The Audition”
Nina Hoss develops an unhealthy obsession with her student in a new trailer for “The Audition.” Ina Weisse’s drama tells the story of Anna (Hoss), a violin teacher determined to...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Pippa Ehrlich – “My Octopus Teacher”
Pippa Ehrlich is a natural history filmmaker and award-winning environmental journalist, specializing in the field of marine science and conservation. Ehrlich has worked with some of the world’s...
Julia Bacha and Leslie Tai Among Keep The Lights On COVID-19 Doc Fund Recipients
Documentary studio XTR, Wavelength Productions, and Park Pictures have teamed up to help doc projects that have been affected by the pandemic. According to Deadline, the orgs’ have presented a...
Salima Koroma Directing Black Wall Street Documentary
Another project examining the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is in the works. Deadline confirms “Bad Rap” director Salima Koroma is helming and executive producing a documentary about Black...
Victoria Mahoney in Talks to Helm Paramount’s Adaptation of “Kill Them All”
After making history in a galaxy far, far away, Victoria Mahoney is eyeing her big studio directorial debut. Mahoney served as second unit director on 2019’s “Star Wars: The Rise of...
Trailer Watch: An Artist Mourns Eric Garner in “A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone”
“I was never really encouraged to be an artist or anything. I don’t think anybody took me seriously,” says Edythe Boone in a trailer for “A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe...
Penny Lane to Direct Quibi Docuseries “What We Keep,” Cynthia Erivo Exec Producing
Cynthia Erivo and Penny Lane are making their way to Quibi. According to a press release, the latter is directing “What We Keep,” a docuseries about people’s most prized...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Laura Gabbert – “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles”
Laura Gabbert feature documentary credits include” “No Impact Man,” “Sunset Story,” and “City of Gold.” In 2017, she was a director on the Netflix show...
“Surviving R. Kelly’s” dream hampton to Direct and EP Tulsa Race Massacre Docuseries
dream hampton, executive producer of the award-winning, change-making “Surviving R. Kelly,” is working on another docuseries unearthing a horrific injustice that has been long ignored....
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Chris J. Russo – “Lady Buds”
Chris J. Russo is a director whose work aims to give visibility to women in underrepresented communities in order to portray them in the power and equality they deserve. Her award-winning short films...
Weekly Update for May 29: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. (Please keep in mind that...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics – “Her Mothers”
Asia Dér graduated as a documentary director from the DOC Nomads MA program. Her graduation film was nominated for the best short film at the Hungarian Film Festival. She is working on her second...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Iryna Tsilyk – “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange”
Iryna Tsilyk is a Ukrainian film director and writer. “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange” marks her debut feature-length documentary film and has won a directing award at Sundance and two...
“Antigone” and “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open” Win Big at Canadian Screen Awards
“Antigone” claimed the top prize at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. Sophie Deraspe’s French-language family drama was named Best Picture and snagged five prizes...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Ying Wang – “The World is Bright”
As a migrant navigating between multiple cultures, Ying Wang is fascinated by stories that reveal the geopolitical complexity of global migration. Inspired by her sister’s experiences, Wang wrote...
Tribeca and Berlinale Winner “House of Hummingbird” Gets Virtual Theatrical Release
Kino Lorber and Well Go USA are teaming up to bring “House of Hummingbird” to audiences. A press release announced that the award-winning coming-of-age drama will be shown by virtual cinemas...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Judith Helfand – “Love & Stuff”
Peabody award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand tackles some of the most pressing issues of our time — from the climate crisis and systemic inequality to love, grief, and the transformative...
Pick of the Day: “The High Note”
I realize Dakota Johnson has been on-screen for a while now, but having not seen any of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise or her more recent films, I was unfamiliar with her work....
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Priscila Padilla – “Breaking the Silence”
Priscila Padilla is a Colombian documentarist and scriptwriter. With over 20 years of experience in the documentary field, her film work has always revolved around women’s issues and stories...
Weinstein Accuser Sarah Ann Masse and Alexa Polar Collaborating on #MeToo-Themed Drama
Sarah Ann Masse — actress, comedian, and one of the many, many women preyed upon by Harvey Weinstein — will star in a feature drama examining Hollywood’s systems of misogyny and...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Andrea Testa – “Mother-Child”
Andrea Testa is an Argentinian-born filmmaker. She made her feature documentary debut with 2016’s “Pibe Chorro.” Her 2016 feature film “The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis,” co-directed...
Exclusive: A Biologist Learns About Her Own Body in a Clip of “The Dilemma of Desire”
Can you draw a clitoris? Our exclusive clip of “Maria Finitzo’s” “The Dilemma of Desire” poses this important question. An exploration of female sexual desire that aims to...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Maytorena Taylor – “For the Love of Rutland”
Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s work has shown at venues like the Sundance, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Locarno Film Festivals, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, and the New York...
Awkwafina and Karen Gillan Are Reuniting for “Shelly,” Jude Weng Directing
After sharing the screen in a blockbuster reboot, Awkwafina and Karen Gillan are re-teaming for an original story. The “Jumanji: The Next Level” co-stars will topline Jude Weng’s...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Sharon Liese – “Transhood”
Before completing “Pink Collar Crimes,” a true crime series for CBS, Sharon Liese’s short documentary “Fight for the First” premiered at Chuck Todd’s Meet the Press...
Cannes 2020: Charlie Buhler & Jenna Lyng Adams’ Pandemic Thriller “Before the Fire” Goes to Dark Sky
An extremely prescient thriller written and directed by women has secured North American distribution. According to Deadline, Dark Sky Films nabbed the rights to “Before the Fire,” a...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Elizabeth St. Philip – “9/11 Kids”
Elizabeth St. Philip is a senior producer at CTV where she has traveled the globe covering a host of stories for both national news and the investigative show “W5.” She has a deep...
Trailer Watch: Amy Heckerling Takes on the Music Biz in “Royalties”
Amy Heckerling offers a satirical look at what goes on behind the scenes of the music industry in “Royalties.” The “Clueless” director helmed the upcoming Quibi series about...
Pick of the Day: “On the Record”
In the two-plus years since the #metoo movement changed the culture, most of those who have been removed from power for misdeeds have been older white men — Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer,...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Nathalie Bibeau – “The Walrus and the Whistleblower”
Nathalie Bibeau is a director and producer of international award-winning productions. She began her career at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, producing documentary projects such as “8th...
Trailer Watch: Gemma Arterton Makes an Unexpected Connection in “Summerland”
“Life is not kind,” says Gemma Arterton in a new trailer for “Summerland.” “Anguish is inevitable. What matters is how you deal with it.” Jessica Swale’s...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Cecilia Aldarondo – “Landfall”
Cecilia Aldarondo is a documentary director and producer from the Puerto Rican diaspora who makes films at the intersection of poetry and politics. Her work has been supported by ITVS, HBO, A&E,...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Deepti Gupta – “Shut Up Sona”
Deepti Gupta is a filmmaker and director of photography living in Mumbai, India. An alumna of the Film & TV Institute of India, she has shot many documentaries, narrative feature films, and music...
Trailer Watch: Abortion Rights Activists in Ireland Fight to Repeal “The 8th”
Two years ago, Ireland voted to repeal the 8th amendment, the 1983 law that granted fetuses the same right to life as their mothers, in a historic referendum. Now Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy, and...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Stefanía Thors – “The School of Housewives”
Stefanía Thors is a filmmaker from Reykjavík, Iceland. She studied theater in Prague, and graduated with a masters from the Academy of Performing Arts. While studying, Thors worked as an assistant...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy, and Aideen Kane – “The 8th”
Maeve O’Boyle is an Emmy-award winning editor and producer. She edited HBO’s “The Education of Mohammad Hussein,” which was shortlisted for an Academy Award. She co-produced and...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Diana Neille – “Influence”
Diana Neille is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker from Johannesburg, South Africa. Neille co-founded two media startups with the intention of fostering long-form investigative storytelling...
Pick of the Day: “I Will Make You Mine”
“I Will Make You Mine” “explores the experience you have when you are confronted by your past,” writer-director-star Lynn Chen explains in her director’s statement....
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Suzanne Crocker – “First We Eat”
Suzanne Crocker’s first feature, “POV” documentary “All the Time in the World,” won 22 festival awards from around the world including nine audience choice awards, four...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Lulu Wei – “There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace”
Lulu Wei is a Toronto based filmmaker and cinematographer whose work explores themes of urbanization and cultural identity. Wei’s short films and installations have been screened and exhibited...
Weekly Update for May 22: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. (Please keep in mind that...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Mia Donovan – “Dope is Death”
Mia Donovan is an award-winning filmmaker based in Montreal. She was the recipient of the prestigious Don Haig Award for outstanding achievement as an emerging filmmaker in 2012. Her films have been...
Kino Lorber to Virtually Release Sue Williams’ “Denise Ho – Becoming the Song”
A doc about Cantopop icon and pro-democracy activist Denise Ho is heading to Kino Lorber’s virtual cinema platform, Kino Marquee. A press release announced that Kino Lorber has secured North...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Maria Finitzo – “The Dilemma of Desire”
Maria Finitzo is a two-time Peabody Award-winning social issue documentary filmmaker. She has been producing and directing documentary films for network television, public broadcasting, cable TV, and...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Liz Marshall – “Meat the Future”
Liz Marshall is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker. Since the 1990s, she has written, produced, directed, and filmed diverse international and socially conscious documentaries. Marshall’s...
Hot Docs Shorts Spotlight: Projects Featuring Protests, Aquaculture Magicians, & More
Women and Hollywood has already spotlighted some of our most anticipated women-driven and -directed features at Hot Docs in our preview, and now we’re turning our attention to the fest’s...
Hot Docs 2020 Women Directors: Meet Ali Weinstein – “#BLESSED”
Ali Weinstein is a documentary director and producer based in Toronto. Her directorial debut “Mermaids,” about a group of women who strongly identify with the powerful aquatic archetype,...