Shot Callers: Listen to NYWIFT’s brand new Shot Callers podcast – a great way to get to know our fabulous members as they talk about their careers and the state of the industry.
Be Here Now: NYWIFT member Lilibet Foster talks to IndieWire about her new documentary Be Here Now, which follows the inspiring journey of Spartacus star Andy Whitfield and his wife Vashti as they face his daunting cancer diagnosis. The films is screening at Village East Cinema in New York through Friday.
Negative numbers: A new infographic study released by Polygraph breaks down dialogue by age and gender in 2,000 major motion picture screenplays – the results are disturbing.
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