Cynthia’s Picks: Sundance Bound, Annenberg Study, Celluloid Ceiling
Sundance Bound: We are thrilled to see so many NYWIFT members headed to Sundance with films this year! We’ll be announcing a panel in Park City soon – stay tuned for more info. Annenberg Study: For the first time in over a decade, both the number and percentage of women working as directors on some of...
READ MORECynthia’s Picks: Natural Leader, Sobering Statistics, Regina King
This week please join us in welcoming new NYWIFT Executive Director Cynthia Lopez! Cynthia will offer her top picks of NYWIFT and industry news to share with you every Tuesday. Natural Leader: Inspirational words to kick off your 2019! NYWIFT Board Member Flo Mitchell-Brown shared her “start story” with StartTV, explaining why women...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: No Progress, 2017 Resolution, Tax Credit
No Progress: The 2016 Celluloid Ceiling Report by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen at the Center for Women in Television & Film is a bummer. It shows that, despite the recent buzz around women’s equality in entertainment, the number of women behind the camera on the top 250 domestic grossing films in 2016 actually declined. 2017...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: December 21, 2014
Image via Getty Images, Tumblr. Laying out the truth at Sundance: the 8th annual Women in Film panel highlighted the large discrepancies that still exist across the industry and awarded $32K in grants to women filmmakers. Thinking about red carpet sexism: with the above GIF of Cate Blanchett at the SAG Awards making its rounds on the...
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