Sentences with phrase «films directed by women make»

After last year accounting for a third of the slate, films directed by women make up 46 percent at this year's festival.

Not exact matches

According to Variety and others, that makes it the highest - grossing live action film ever directed by a woman.

Accepting the World Cinema documentary directing prize, «Winnie» helmer Pascale Lamche pointedly said her film was «for those who know that history is not made by great men» — a sentiment echoed by one of the U.S. doc winners, «Step» director Amanda Lipitz, when she said, «These girls show that nothing is impossible when you surround yourself with a group of powerful women.»

The fact that it's Polanski directing this movie that derives much of its horror from the notion of a woman who does not have control over her body and the dark things being done to it certainly don't make the film un-problematic by modern standards.

We accomplish this by putting strong, women - directed films on screen, growing the next generation of women filmmakers, and making it easier for women to make films.

The Gal Gadot - starring, Patty Jenkins - directed film made history by making $ 100 million in its opening weekend, the biggest opening for any woman - directed movie.

Re-imagining the 1984 classic with female leads (especially one made up of today's funniest women: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones), directed by a man who not only makes hilarious films but seems to innately understand the unique humor women afford to film, Paul Feig, is not only a great indicator that Hollywood might finally be wising up that we need less Get Hard and more Spy and Bridesmaids.

Women in Cinema: With the highest opening of 2014 and the fifteenth highest opening of all time, at the domestic box office, Mockingjay Part 1, which grossed nearly $ 122 million in its opening weekend, might inaccurately give the impression that female films (starring, written by or directed by) are making progress at the box office.

But there's no way a superhero film directed by a woman that has made box - office history isn't going on my list.

The film is set to be directed by Whiplash «s Damien Chazelle, which makes me considerably less excited (Whiplash is a fine film, I guess, but it's also not a movie that knows women exist), but may account for Gosling's interest; the two just wrapped the film La La Land, and reportedly have a good working relationship.

As I look at this slate of beautiful work, I could just make a series of simple observations: that these films come from all over the globe; that there is a nice balance of filmmakers known and unknown to many here in New York; that the overall balance between frankness and artistry holds me in awe; that there are two gala selections with the word «wonder» in their titles; and that eight of the 25 films were directed by women.»

The number of films directed by women pales compared to men, so it has been even more daunting for actresses to make the leap.

Although the criteria presumably remain constant («One narrative film directed by or written by a woman... making its North American, International or World premiere»), TFF has been a bit oblique about who the actual candidates were this year for this prestigious award.

This hotly - anticipated suspense drama made history at its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 as it was the first film directed by an Irish woman to be selected for inclusion in the Festival.

The exhibition brings together seven works of film or video made by women between the years of 1973 and 1982, presenting a small but influential selection of startlingly direct explorations of femininity and culture.

From her most famous Untitled Film Stills (1977 - 1980), which portray female figures from the 1950s and 1960s to Women and Society Pictures series from 2004 and 2008 respectively, she has addressed important issues by involving herself in her own projects, wearing costumes and make - up within directed scenarios of fictitious foreign and films noir.

Mari Rodríguez - Ichaso (b. 1943 Havana): After working in journalism, TV production and film for more than 30 years, Rodríguez - Ichaso wrote and directed the documentary Branded by Paradise, about women in Cuba, and Made in Cuba: Children of Paradise.

At the time, 14 percent of US Senators were female (the highest percentage in history), but for the top 100 films made in 2002, only 4 percent were directed by women.