Awards, Features, Women Directors

Will 2014 Be a Breakthrough Year for Women Directors at the Academy Awards?

From my latest Forbes post on the potentially record-breaking awards season to come:

“I know it is overly optimistic and a tad delusional to think that women could get two nominations for best director, but there are two women — Angelina Jolie for Unbroken and Ava DuVernay for Selma — who should get HARD looks come awards time. The fact that both women have made movies about men will just enhance their chances of getting noticed.”

Read more at Forbes.

In Her Voice Podcast Episodes from This Week- May 12

Please check out the latest podcast episodes of In Her Voice Weekly News Brief on May 10- includes latest Writers Strike info Interview with Laurel Parmet- writer/director of The Starling Girl which...

Weekly Update for May 4: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You

Films About Women Opening This Week   Angels Wear White — Written and Directed by Vivian Qu (Opens in NY; Opens in LA May 18) In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are assaulted by a...

Trailer Watch: Fact and Fiction Blur in Andrea Riseborough-Starrer “Nancy”

Parents receive a phone call they’ve been waiting three decades for in a new trailer for Christina Choe’s “Nancy.” After appearing on the news, they hear from a woman claiming to be their...

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