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Film News Roundup

Emily Kapnek makes the suburbs look appealing. “Your film? Never heard of it.” Sheri Candler on marketing your project. Nina Shaw reps hard. She was baptized on The Godfather movie set. HBO has Girls, the web has even more women. These comedy numbers aren’t funny. Nora Ephron Prize nominees. Lots of women at the box...

Flix Not to Miss: ‘Ginger & Rosa’

I loved Sally Potter’s Orlando and still have images in my mind from that film many years later. So I was excited to see her latest film, Ginger & Rosa, a coming-of-age story about two best friends (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert) growing up in London in 1962. The imagery was beautiful, and the the...

Submit It! Spring/Summer Call for Entries

We’ve rounded up top film fests, writing competitions, and grants with spring or summer deadlines. It’s time to polish that script, shoot that video, or burn those DVDS. Go, go, go Film festivals, video/TV contests & labsJust For Laughs Comedy Search (final deadline: 5/10)Southhampton Arts’ 20/20/20 Film Program (final: 5/15)Dogfish Accelerator for Film Producers (early: 4/19, regular:...

Terry’s Picks: April 16

Recently read: A great Wall Street Journal article on NYWIFT Board member Anne Hubbell’s and Amy Hobby’s new film production company, Tangerine Entertainment, that focuses on producing films directed by women. Read about it on the NYWIFT site. Enjoy a Tangerini cocktail during Tangerine Entertainment’s “Tangerine Movie Nights” Can’t stop thinking about: Sunday night’s episode of The...

What Can We Do About the Under-representation of Women in Screenwriting?

There has been a very thoughtful and extensive conversation going on over at the The Black Board (community of the Black List and Go Into The Story). It arose from this: The Nicholl’s website reveals a startling stat: 1 in 4 of their applicants are women. They’re referring to the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, of course, which is accepting...

Road to Designing Women: The Interviews

Recently, NYWIFT interviewed the three amazing women being honored at this year’s awards show. NYWIFT member Drake Stutesman and I were on hand to conduct the interviews, which will be used for the event’s video montages. It was a great day. The honorees—who’ve worked on such films as Moonrise Kingdom and The Amazing Spider-Man 2,...

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

Film News Roundup

What’s on our radar this week: Director Kimberly Peirce is frightening. There’s a new voice at the village: Stephanie Zacharek. Cannes to honor director Jane Campion (again). This means “everything”: Nora Ephron doc coming to HBO. We all love Scandal(ous) discussions. I sue you. You thank me. Now that’s beautiful, Sylvia Nasar. In case you’ve...

Member Focus: Melissa Silverstein

As the saying goes: if you want success, see a need and fill it. That’s what NYWIFT member Melissa Silverstein has done with her popular blog Women and Hollywood. It was 2007 and not many people were writing about women who work in the male-dominated film industry. To fill that void, Silverstein launched a blog,...

Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Farah Goes Bang’

Equal parts road trip, buddy comedy, sex farce and chick flick, Farah Goes Bang balances the specificity of the moment’s climate of intolerance with a universal coming-of-age tale. With her delightful ensemble of authentic and engaging female characters and snapshot of America in a telling moment, first-time writer/director Meera Manon crafts a comic portrait of...

Terry’s Picks: April 9

Recently Watched: Women to Woman, an online documentary by Veronique Doumbe and her daughter Malika Franklin, examining the topic of raising teenage daughters in New York City from both mother and daughter perspectives. Currently Watching:  Every Friday night in April, TCM’s A Woman’s World: The Defining Era of Women on Film showcases the “women’s film,” a staple from...

What to See at This Year’s Montclair Film Festival

The second annual Montclair Film Festival in Northern New Jersey runs from April 29 to May 5 and will screen more than 80 films — many of them directed by women. Here’s just a sample of what not to miss: Begin your festival week on Tuesday with Gideon’s Army. Directed by NYWIFT member Dawn Porter, the...

Flix Not to Miss: ‘Hysteria’

When I caught this film on the plane, I didn’t know that the studio had been marketing it as a romantic comedy. (Full-disclosure, I love a good rom-com!) In that vein, I found it wholly enjoyable. Maggie Gyllenhaal oozes intelligence and Hugh Dancy charms. Directed by Tanya Wexler, it’s a film that shows that feminists can have...

Film News Roundup

What’s on our radar this week: She can make men cry, but makes everybody laugh: Amy Poehler interviews comedy pioneer Irma Kalish. New film tax credits in NY State could bring more production opportunities. Why crowdfunding isn’t always the best way to finance your project. Women writers still have a ways to go in the industry… *sigh.* Free Angela Director Shola Lynch doesn’t...

First Person Filmmaker: NY Film Premieres in LA

I hadn’t been to Los Angeles since I was a teenager. I remember the sidewalk of stars, the grittiness of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, and the huge evangelical church where my uncle was getting married. Not much else. So I was both nervous and thrilled when my feature film, “In Montauk,” was accepted into the Los...