Our mission is simple yet critical:
Supporting Women Filmmakers.
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supporting women filmmakers at the same time?
The Foundation was created the following month with a simple mission:
Supporting Women Filmmakers.
Not exact matches
Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for
women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the
support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of
filmmakers who want to tell stories about
women.»
After four years of providing more than 36 fellows with deep
support, we are delighted to announce the addition of a new granting fund, graciously sponsored by LUNA ®, the first nutrition bar for
women and creators of the LUNAFEST ®, an annual film festival and fundraiser that has been championing female
filmmakers for more than 15 years.
Documentary
filmmaker and cinematographer Kirsten Johnson and chief creative officer of Fork Films Gini Reticker, presented the Amicus Award to Fork Films CEO Abigail Disney in recognition of her work in
support of peacebuilding and advancing
women's roles in the public sphere.
Jennifer Phang is the 2015 recipient of the inaugural San Francisco Film Society
Women's
Filmmaker Fellowship, which provides a grant of $ 40,000, office, networking and development
support toward a genre project.At Sundance 2015, Jennifer Phang's sophomore feature Advantageous won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Special Jury Prize.
0:00 — Intro 10:20 — Headlines:
Woman Sues Over Drive Trailer, Werner Herzog to Play Villain in One Shot, Disney to Re-Release Four More Movies in 3D, Tower Heist to Get Comcast VOD Release 33:45 — Review: The Ides of March 56:00 — Review: Real Steel 1:21:45 — Trailer Trash: Young Adult 1:26:55 — Other Stuff We Watched: Catching Hell, The Real Rocky, Halloween II, Blood Feast, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, The Innocents, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan, Black Sabbath, The Blair Witch Project, The Living Corpse aka Dracula in Pakistan, Horror of Dracula, The Lion King, The Beaver, The Company Men, Pee - wee's Big Adventure, Miracle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Submarine, Mimic, George Harrison: Living in the Material World 2:23:00 — Junk Mail:
Supporting Filmmakers You Like, The Disney Vault, LOTR Theatrical vs. Extended Editions, Fantasy Films Piggybacking on Harry Potter, Henry Rollins and Kobe Bryant, Mathematical Equation for Determining the Best Directors, Friend in Me Remix 2:57:40 — This Week's DVD Releases 2:59:30 — Outro
At tonight's awards reception, in addition to several prominent, award - winning female
filmmakers being honored, including the amazing Amma Asante, J.J. Abrams, will receive the Leading Man award for for his ongoing
support and advocacy of
women in film.
Support this film,
women filmmakers, black
filmmakers, communities of color.»
Chanel will partner with Tribeca Enterprises for the third annual «Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel
Women's Filmmaker Program,» which works to support and promote emerging American women screenwriters and directors of short - form narrative
Women's
Filmmaker Program,» which works to
support and promote emerging American
women screenwriters and directors of short - form narrative
women screenwriters and directors of short - form narrative film.
«When I joined AWFJ years ago, I felt it important to
support an organization that drew attention to the work of
women film journalists and its importance, and I loved the idea of giving out awards that reflect
women's perspectives and honor
women filmmakers,» recalls Anne Thompson.
Once the show began, the messages in
support of
women and equality didn't stop: Natalie Portman, while presenting best director with Ron Howard, noted how only men had been nominated (Lady Bird
filmmaker Greta Gerwig was a high profile snub); presenters Jessica Chastain and Geena Davis, respectively, also made jokes about male acting winners giving their salary away to make up for the gender pay gap.
Filmmaker Dan Habib's story of Kelsey's transformation from a disruptive «problem student» to a motivated and self - confident young
woman raises important questions about how to best
support students with emotional and behavioral challenges and empower them to reach their goals.
Getty Images is partnering with Ava DuVernay «s ARRAY Alliance to
support the work of
women and people of color through a new grant program open to photographers and
filmmakers.