Women and Hollywood Announces London Trailblazer Awardees & First-Time Female Filmmaker Contest Winners
Women and Hollywood is honored to share the recipients of the Trailblazer Awards, which will be given out during our upcoming 10th Anniversary event in London November 27 at The May Fair Hotel.
The awardees are director Gurinder Chadha (“Viceroy’s House,” “Bend it Like Beckham”), producers Alison Owen (“Harlots,” “Suffragette”) and Elizabeth Karlsen (“Carol,” “Made in Dagenham”), Robert Fox Ltd theater producer Zelda Perkins, BFI London Film Fest director Clare Stewart, and Bechdel Test Fest’s Corrina Antrobus and Simran Hans.
“Women and Hollywood has been highlighting the need for gender equality since before the conversation became mainstream. We are thrilled to be honoring these incredible women, from accomplished producers Alison Owen and Elizabeth Karlsen, to groundbreaking director Gurinder Chadha, to Clare Stewart, the leader of the BFI London Film Festival, as well as next generation activists Corrina Antrobus and Simran Hans,” said Melissa Silverstein, Founder of Women and Hollywood. “We will also pay a special tribute to Zelda Perkins, who was the first person to break her non-disclosure agreement with Harvey Weinstein following the explosive revelations about his decades of sexual harassment and assault.”
Women and Hollywood is also excited to announce the London winners of the First-Time Female Filmmaker Contest. Marnie Paxton-Harris’ “Annie Waits,” the story of a 20-something woman waiting for adult life to begin, will take home the top prize. The runner up is Meg Campbell’s “Present,” whose heroine struggles to care for her early-onset Alzheimer’s-afflicted sister.
In addition, we’d like to take a moment to thank our 10th anniversary co-chairs, Jessica Chastain, Barbara Dobkin, Ava DuVernay, Regina K. Scully, and Lisa Garcia Quiroz, as well as our Founding Sponsor, The Dobkin Family Foundation.
Special thanks also to our additional 10th anniversary sponsors:
- Agitator: Artemis Rising Foundation
- Advocate: Amazon Studios; Anonymous; Time Warner
- Educator: Loreen Arbus; Julie Parker Benello for Chicken and Egg Pictures; Caroline Hirsch, Carolines Entertainment
- Champion: Donna Deitch, Banky Larocque Foundation; The Walt Disney Studios
- Patron: ACLU of Southern California and ACLU Women’s Rights Project; Lisa Brenner; Ava DuVernay; Jan Lisa Huttner; Amanda Lipitz; LUNAFEST Film Festival; Chris McConnell; New York Women in Film and Television; Nancy Schwartz Sternoff; Candy Straight
Click here to purchase tickets to the London event. Please contact Melissa Silverstein at melissa@womenandhollywood.com if you have questions.
