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Join HUB seventeen and Rooftop Films for an evening of short films directed by female directors to celebrate our March month long celebration of women!

She serves as the series» showrunner and, true to her feminist roots, each episode is directed by a female director.

In the last few years we've seen quite a few films that center around a coming of age story with a female character, directed by a female director.

The choice in opening night film was notable because it was only the second film directed by a female director to open the festival.

Not exact matches

Shockingly, Jenkins did not direct another feature in the 14 years between Monster and Wonder Woman — a gap that speaks volumes about the barriers faced by female directors in Hollywood.

«Things are so bad right now, there are so many women just desperately trying to figure out how to be empowered by me, and the best they can say is I'm a female director,» she said, and Jost asked if she also directed porn.

• «Lady Bird» screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig's choice of a yellow gown by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy felt especially appropriate: The Mulleavys wrote and directed their first feature film in 2017, the Humboldt - set «Woodshock,» and have been major advocates for female filmmakers.

Some other notable films from female directors include the Telluride breakout «Lady Bird» by Greta Gerwig, a semi-autobiographical coming - of - age movie about women and female familial relationships; Brie Larson's magical realist directorial debut «Unicorn Store»; and «Battle of the Sexes,» a chronicling of the run - up to the landmark 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, directed by Valerie Faris and her husband, Jonathan Dayton.

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»

The film was developed, written, and initially directed by Brenda Chapman, the first female director of a Pixar feature, but she was removed and replaced by Pixar with Mark Andrews.

«Shelley» is one of many movies directed by women at TIFF, which organizers say for the first time ever counts more than one - third of its directors as female.

FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: BEAST STABLE • Newly filmed appreciation by critic Kat Ellinger • Shunya Ito: Directing Meiko Kaji, an archive interview with the director • Unchained Melody, a new visual essay by Tom Mes on the career of Meiko Kaji • Original Theatrical Trailer and Teaser

Naomi Kawase) Cast: Makiko Watanabe, Hideo Sakaki, Jun Murakami, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda The sole female director to have won the Palme d'Or, Jane Campion might be heading the jury this year, but once again, the festival looks like it could be very thin on the ground when it comes to films directed by women.

One in particular seems not in keeping with the rest, done by Canadian director Vincenzo Natali (Cypher, Cube), isn't even rooted in reality, telling of a meeting between one young man, played by Elijah Wood (Everything is Illuminated, Sin City), who comes across a female vampire feeding on her latest victim (none other than Wes Craven, who would coincidentally, direct the following short).

Tither - Kaplan, who has starred in several films directed by Franco, told the LA Times that the actor - director had engaged in an «abuse of power» on the set of his films, alleging that during one sex scene Franco removed protective plastic guards covering the genitalia of female actors while simulating oral sex with them.

(The nomination of naturalistic cowboy drama «The Rider,» directed by Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, who also won the Spirits» first Bonnie Award for a female director, felt like a step in the right direction.)

For the 2018 edition of the festival, 37 percent of the 122 feature films premiering are directed by women, a slight uptick from last year when 34 percent of all films were helmed by female directors (in years past, the average has hovered around 25 percent), and their contributions were prominent across all sections, with women debuting films in not just the competition sections, but also in the forward - thinking NEXT section, the wild Midnight category (which played home to the long - gestating anthology «XX,» featuring four shorts directed by women), and even the starry Premieres docket.

True, the festival didn't fare too well for female directors: less than 25 % of the main program was directed / co-directed by women.

Vashtie Kola (BFA 2004 Film and Video) Creator of the Violette clothing line; creative director for Island Def Jam (2006); signed to Box Fresh Pictures (2005) and directed more than 20 videos for such artists as Justin Bieber, Kid Cudi, Beans, J - Status, Solange and Junior Sanchez; selected as one of Vibe magazine's 31 Most Stylish People Under 31; designer of Beats By Dre headphones in a taxi - themed design; first female to collaborate with Brand Jordan on her own Jordan sneaker; creator of 1992 party, nominated for Best Party at the Paper magazine's Nightlife Awards (2008).