Sentences with phrase «female filmmakers»

At a press conference the next morning, a question about the lack of female filmmakers in competition (only one) sparked a string of responses to questions of equality among the field.

I therefore can't comment on the merits of the choice, but chalk it up as yet another milestone for female filmmakers in 2009.

There are a total of nine female filmmakers in the selection.

, the diversity of stories being told by female filmmakers at this year's festival was difficult to narrow down.

With that in mind, here are a dozen projects from female filmmakers that could have been at the festival (and still might be).

Hiring women directors has become an actionable priority for studios in recent months, and results are starting to be seen as more female filmmakers are getting hired for franchise projects.

«Share the Screen» is a three - part initiative to elevate and empower female filmmakers.

While female filmmakers might be in short supply at the festival, female subjects initially seem common.

The programme sees Irish female filmmakers take a prominent role, but it is not limited to indigenous filmmakers, or even women for that matter.

Nor was there a list of female filmmakers available to the press.

So, you know, we're going to get better movies [if we have more female filmmakers].

Now, the director wants to give female filmmakers a chance.

I have been inspired by so many female filmmakers these past few years.

This acclaimed film was the first wide release by a black female filmmaker.

Whether its success could mean equal rights for female filmmakers may depend on the different roles and projects they themselves pursue.

They showed a continued commitment to representation of female filmmakers, as well as some of the best in documentaries and foreign films.

To stop this cycle, we need to be an actively conscious audience who seek out films by female filmmakers.

Thus, while female filmmakers might be in short supply, female subjects initially seem common.

What advice do you have for other female Filmmakers who are trying to make their way through a still male - dominated industry?

Haifa Al - Mansour, who wrote and directed, is the first female filmmaker in Saudi Arabia.

You can still support female filmmakers by watching your favorite romantic comedies and dramas of past and present.

In conversations with Gadon and other female filmmakers last year, they recounted experiences on productions where women's decisions and talents were constantly doubted.

AWFJ is partnering with IDFA (International Dcoumentary Film Festival Amstersam) for the third consecutive year to honor female filmmakers whose documentaries are on the festival schedule.

«I am a beneficiary of what is unique about them, not only as female filmmakers or filmmakers of color, but Mira Nair specifically, Ava DuVernay specifically, Amma Asante specifically.

We were excited about the prospect of Ava DuVernay directing, but since she turned the gig down, we're going to go ahead and be pretty stoked about Coogler, too — not to mention how he recently scored points with us for his thoughts on female filmmakers.

World premieres from female filmmakers include a trifecta of dramas from established names, including Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe, Amma Asante's A United Kingdom, and Lone Scherfig's Their Finest.

Women in Film is now accepting applications for its 2018 Finishing Fund and Belgian beer Stella Artois continuing its support of female filmmakers with the announcement of $ 100,000 in new grant funding.

It screens here as part of a series about female filmmakers during the New Hollywood era with Marguerite Paris's short All Women Are Equal (1972), which was among the first films to focus on a trans woman.

Kristen Stewart and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer made a surprise appearance to introduce a group of young female filmmakers who won the opportunity to make short films inspired by the Twilight series with funding and guidance from industry professionals.

Announced yesterday, the 2018 competition lineup includes the highest number of films from female filmmakers since 2011 (17.6 %, three out of 17 currently announced films), and the festival will play home to new works from Nadine Labaki, Eva Husson, and Alice Rohrwacher.

20 years ago, female filmmakers like Kelly Reichardt broke out at Sundance and have since worked almost exclusively in film.

Named by Indiewire as one of the six Avant - Garde Female Filmmakers Who Redefined Cinema, her work addresses the collision of identities, where the African immigrant located in the United States has a «triple consciousness.»

Tonight, you have a rare chance to see some films by Lois Weber, a nearly forgotten female filmmaker from the dawn of Hollywood.

I've already mooted the possibility of 2009 being a history - making year for female filmmakers at the Oscars.

Five female filmmakers set off on a road trip across America to interview inspirational women in a variety of career fields.

The most prominent female filmmaker in Hollywood during the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, she went on to teach at the Pasadena Playhouse and then at UCLA.

Sofia Coppola, who won Best Director for «The Beguiled,» became only the second female filmmaker in Cannes history to take that honor, after Yuliya Solntseva in 1961.

On November 25, 2014, I came from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Vancouver, British Columbia to join a group of eight carefully - selected female filmmakers from across Canada to participate in the nineteenth annual Women In the Director's Chair program, an internationally respected Canadian professional development offering, specially designed to advance the skills, careers and screen projects of women directors.

In 2016, Women at Sundance partnered with Refinery29 to recommend emerging and mid-career female filmmakers for their inaugural ShatterBox Anthology, a 12 - part commissioned series of female - helmed short films.

For all the fashionable clickbait Internet outrage articles lately decrying Hollywood's refusal to hire female filmmakers, here's a movie written and directed by a couple of extremely accomplished women, starring two of our most wonderful actresses — it's pretty much exactly what the authors of all these think - pieces have been asking for — yet almost nobody could even be bothered to cover it.

This is something else female filmmakers do: Discover new talent.

Meet Leigh Janiak, a first - time feature director who's also the sole female filmmaker behind a SXSW 2014 Midnight Program official selection.

Meet Leigh Janiak, a first - time feature director who's also the sole female filmmaker behind a SXSW...

But having a fifth female filmmaker crash Oscar's gold ceiling in the Best Director category this year is a much - needed vindication of sorts given recent revelations tied to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements.

Chaz Ebert's Cannes Survival Guide; Kidman is Queen of the Croisette; Vanessa Redgrave turns director; Not enough female filmmakers; Dunst and Coppola on Hollywood sexism.

Sundance Film Festival: London plans to showcase female filmmakers.

Oh how the global cinephile community has missed Ms. Martel, and oh how shamefully she was snubbed by fest organizers this summer, as noses were roundly snubbed toward female filmmakers.

The opportunity to attend the intimate Women at Sundance Leadership Dinner, featuring top female filmmakers participating in the Festival as well as industry leaders.