From Greta Gerwig's buzzy coming - of - age dramedy Lady Bird to riveting documentaries like Nancy Buirski's The Rape of Recy Taylor, the diversity of stories being told
by female filmmakers at this year's festival was difficult to narrow down.
, the diversity of stories being told
by female filmmakers at this year's festival was difficult to narrow down.
Not exact matches
Not only is Wonder Woman going to be the first
female - led superhero movie of this post-MCU comic book movie boom, but it's also the first one directed
by a
female filmmaker, with Patty Jenkins
at the helm.
AWFJ, a nonprofit organization of leading
female film journalists with active members in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, recognizes outstanding achievements
by women
filmmakers by presenting its prestigious EDA Awards
at year's end and
at select film festivals.
We present EDA Awards
at select festivals to recognize outstanding work
by female directors /
filmmakers.
At this year's South
by Southwest,
filmmaker Miranda Bailey spoke on a panel with critics Anne Powers and Claudia Puig and actor Samantha Mathis about the lack of
female representation in film and music criticism before announcing the launch of a new website, CherryPicks, aiming to upend the male majority and offer an alternative rankings roundup to Rotten Tomatoes.
Best Feature Winner: «Moonrise Kingdom» «Bernie» «The Loneliest Planet» «The Master» «Middle Of Nowhere» Best Documentary Winner: «How To Survive A Plague» «Detropia» «Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present» «Room 237» «The Waiting Room» Best Ensemble Performance Winner: «Your Sister's Sister» «Bernie» «Moonrise Kingdom» «Safety Not Guaranteed» «Silver Linings Playbook» Breakthrough Actor Winner: Emayatzy Corinealdi («Middle Of Nowhere») Mike Birbiglia («Sleepwalk With Me») Thure Lindhardt («Keep The Lights On») Melanie Lynskey («Hello, I Must Be Going») Quvenzhané Wallis («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Breakthrough Director Winner: Benh Zeitlin («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Zal Batmanglij («Sound Of My Voice») Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky («Francine») Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin («Now, Forager») Antonio Méndez Esparza («Aquí y Allá») Calvin Klein
Female Filmmaker Award Stacie Passon («Concussion») Bingham Ray Award Benh Zeitlin («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Best Film Not Playing
At A Theater Near You «An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty» (written and directed
by Terence Nance) Gotham Independent Film Audience Award «Artifact»
Cannes 2018: Here Are 12 Movies
By Female Filmmakers That Could Have Been
at the Festival (It's Not Too Late)
AWFJ, a nonprofit organization of leading
female film journalists with active members in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, recognizes outstanding achievements
by women
filmmakers by presenting its prestigious EDA Awards
at select film festivals around the world, and
at year's end.
With Joanna Hogg's third film, Exhibition, confirming her as among our best new
filmmakers, we look back
at some of the greatest British films
by female directors.
At last fall's Toronto film festival, one third of entries were made
by female filmmakers and a five - year, $ 3 million campaign dubbed «Share Her Journey» was launched to support
female filmmakers.
For the past three years, the Sundance Institute has looked
at its own participation numbers in its annual Sundance Festival with the aim of understanding the rate of participation
by female filmmakers.