NYWIFT @ Sundance: NYWIFT is thrilled to present two events at Sundance 2020! First, in partnership with AMC Networks, Women in Film LA (WIF) and ReFrame, NYWIFT co-presents the panel “Women on the Front Lines: Changing the Game” with an exciting roster of industry panelists. Then we celebrate the women of Sundance – including all our members with films at the festival – with a cocktail reception where we also give a special tribute to IFC Films in honor of its 20 years of celebrating independent cinema. Both events are this Friday, January 24th. If you’re in Park City, I hope you will join us!
Oscar Noms: Congratulations to the NYWIFT members nominated for Academy Awards this year, Jane Rosenthal, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Sheila Nevins! We will be rooting for you.
Female Leads: Women made “unprecedented gains” as protagonists in the top-grossing films of 2019, according to the latest installment of It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World, an annual report out of San Diego State University and The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, led by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen, which found that women achieved “recent historic highs” as lead characters in last year’s biggest hits. In 2019, women accounted for 37% of major characters. This represents an increase of 1 percentage point from 36% in 2018.
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