#SummerHours #BingeWatch-Worthy Family Content: Three Fun, Feminist Picks for the Whole Family
Mellini Kantayya offers up three fun, feminist, and family-friendly binge-worthy picks for all ages and genders to fill your #SummerHours. If you're not careful, you might get even more addicted than your kids do!
READ MORE#SummerHours #BingeWatch-Worthy Comedy Picks
Our #SummerHours series makes a triumphant return just as the NYC temperatures start to heat up! In the first edition of our Summer '18 series, Mellini Kantayya offers her side-splitting #bingeworthy comedy picks.
READ MORETrailblazing Through the Decades: Maleni Chaitoo (2010s)
NYWIFT member Maleni Chaitoo is an actress and a producer. She is known for her appearance in the “New York, I Love You” episode of Master of None and her role as Kayla on the web series Don’t Shoot the Messenger, on which she is also an executive producer.
READ MORETrailblazing through the Decades: Gina Prince-Bythewood (2000s)
In 2000, writer, director, and past NYWIFT Writers Lab mentor Gina Prince-Bythewood blazed a trail with her film Love and Basketball. Not only was the film a critical and commercial success, it won the Humanitas Prize and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
READ MORETrailblazing through the Decades: Sandra Osawa (1970s)
Sandra Osawa is a director, producer, and writer. She is a member of the Makah Nation of Washington State. One could argue that news coverage of Native American issues is still vastly lacking today. Thus, Sandra Osawa was a true ground-breaker in 1974 by directing, producing, and writing NBC’s first news program on Native American issues
READ MORETrailblazing through the Decades: Esther Eng (1930s)
In honor of Women's History Month, NYWIFT looks back at some of the remarkable women who have shaped the film, television and digital media industries through the decades. We kick off the series in the 1930s. Esther Eng was a film director who also worked as a writer, producer, and distributor. She had an international career, making films both in the United States and Hong Kong. She was the first woman to direct Chinese language films in the U.S.
READ MOREWIFT Around the World: Meet Women in Film and Television—Toronto!
Whether you’re cast in a project that shoots abroad or you’re a producer on a quest for locations and tax credits, we’re all finding ourselves traversing the globe more than ever. Getting to know (and joining) our sister Women in Film & Television organizations around the country and the world can be a resource of unending value. We're pleased to premiere our new "WIFT Around the World" column, which will introduce NYWIFT members to Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) chapters across the globe. First up, Mellini Kantayya reports on her visit to the Toronto office.
READ MORE#SummerHours: Take an “Issa Rae” Day!
#SummerHours fangirls over all things Issa Rae - TV, web and book!
READ MORE#SummerHours: Book to Screen…and Back Again: The Girl on the Train
NYWIFT #SummerHours suggests watching the film adaptation of Paula Hawkins' novel - not just for the thrills, but for the makeup artistry.
READ MORE#SummerHours: Book to Screen…and Back Again: Postcards from the Edge
Read the book then see the movie - or vice versa. Either way is a win with Carrie Fisher's Postcard from the Edge.
READ MORE#SummerHours: Book to Screen…and Back Again: Wonder Woman (and Her Secret History)
What do the lie detector, women’s suffrage, bondage, polyamory, Margaret Sanger, and Family Circle magazine have in common with one of this summer’s biggest blockbusters? Find out in today's #SummerHours!
READ MORE#SummerHours: Book to Screen…and Back Again: Big Little Lies
Consider adding the Liane Moriarty book that inspired an HBO phenomenon to your summer reading list.
READ MORE#SummerHours: Throwback Thursday: Women in Sports
Horseracing, baseball, basketball, soccer - "there's no crying" in the women in sports edition of NYWIFT's #SummerHours, bringing you the best of female athletes on film.
READ MORE#SummerHours TV: Four #BingeWatch-worthy Shows Created by Women
Superheroes, monsters, comedy and a little family drama - sounds like summertime to us! #SummerHours offers four binge-worthy series by women for your viewing pleasure.
READ MORE#SummerHours Throwback Thursday (#Pride Edition): The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
NYWIFT #SummerHours offers its first Throwback Thursday - #Pride Edition! - with this sweet '90s teen rom-com.
READ MORE10 Takeaways from the NYWIFT “Casting Comedy: Funny People On-Camera” Panel
NYWIFT member Mellini Kantayya shares the top 10 nuggets of wisdom from NYWIFT's panel on TV comedy casting. Learn whether or not to ad-lib, button it, stalk (answer: definitely no), and self-tape.
READ MOREStarless Moonlight’s Lesson on Making Your Production Shine Brighter: Q & A with Casting Director Angela Mickey
After Moonlight won the Oscar for best picture, casting director and NYWIFT member Angela Mickey had some insights on what independent filmmakers and can learn from its casting.
READ MORESound Advice: Avoid (or Fix) the Two Biggest Mistakes in Sound Design
Mismatched ambient noise and clothing rustle are the two biggest mistakes in sound design, according to award-winning sound designer, editor and mixer Paul Michael. At a recent NYWIFT program, he explained to how to avoid - or fix - these problems.
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