Sentences with phrase «made by female filmmakers»

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.

Not exact matches

This Year's Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry, presented only when warranted to a female who has had a banner — making, record — breaking, industry — changing achievement during any given year: Women Documentary Filmmakers — including Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady («Detropia»), Lauren Greenfield («Queen of Versailles»), Alison Klayman («Ai Weiwei Never Sorry») and Sarah Burns («The Central Park Five»).

Haifaa Al Mansour («Wadjda») «Wadjda» was always going to get a certain amount of attention on the festival circuit: it was the first ever film made in Saudi Arabia, and directed by a female filmmaker, no less.

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.

Three of the movies from female filmmakers of color that made our «Best Films About Women in 2014» list — Amma Asante's Belle, Gina Prince - Bythewood's Beyond the Lights, and Ava DuVernay's Selma — are happily among the 17 films helmed by female directors to crack the top 250 list.

These numbers are staggering: out of the 178 features made this century by these top filmmakers, only 44 had a female lead.

Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha further tweaks expectations by making this a teen female sports film that looks to issues of gender, class and race.