Women In Film, Los Angeles has revealed the recipients of its 33rd annual Film Finishing Fund, which awards cash grants and production services to complete works-in-progress films that are by or about women.
A total of nine grantees were chosen by an industry jury for the calendar year 2018. This edition’s crop emerged from 390 feature-length narrative films, documentaries and shorts, submitted from 22 countries.
“The 2018 grantees tackle some of society’s most pressing issues and work in innovative ways to tell excellent stories that matter,” Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer said. “Through the Film Finishing Fund, we are able to support these filmmakers at a crucial moment of their journey to help ensure their voices are heard. We, along with our partners Stella Artois, are proud to support them and look forward to their success.”
Previous Wif grantees have gone on to win Oscars, Emmys and festival awards. Last year’s...
A total of nine grantees were chosen by an industry jury for the calendar year 2018. This edition’s crop emerged from 390 feature-length narrative films, documentaries and shorts, submitted from 22 countries.
“The 2018 grantees tackle some of society’s most pressing issues and work in innovative ways to tell excellent stories that matter,” Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer said. “Through the Film Finishing Fund, we are able to support these filmmakers at a crucial moment of their journey to help ensure their voices are heard. We, along with our partners Stella Artois, are proud to support them and look forward to their success.”
Previous Wif grantees have gone on to win Oscars, Emmys and festival awards. Last year’s...
- 1/16/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sundance London will return to the UK capital for a fifth edition from May 30 – June 2, 2019.
The Sundance Film Festival offshoot will once again be held at Picturehouse Central by Piccadilly Circus. This year’s event screened 12 features from the Utah festival, including surprise film American Animals.
The programme featured the UK premieres of Idris Elba’s Yardie, Paul Schrader’s First Reformed and Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. The Audience Favourite Award was presented to Bo Burnham for his directorial debut, Eighth Grade and Amy Adrion was the recipient of the inaugural #WhatNext Award for her documentary Half The Picture.
Sundance London will announce its full lineup next spring.
The Sundance Film Festival offshoot will once again be held at Picturehouse Central by Piccadilly Circus. This year’s event screened 12 features from the Utah festival, including surprise film American Animals.
The programme featured the UK premieres of Idris Elba’s Yardie, Paul Schrader’s First Reformed and Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post. The Audience Favourite Award was presented to Bo Burnham for his directorial debut, Eighth Grade and Amy Adrion was the recipient of the inaugural #WhatNext Award for her documentary Half The Picture.
Sundance London will announce its full lineup next spring.
- 12/11/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
A total of 166 films have been submitted for consideration in the documentary feature category for the 91st Academy Awards.
Notable titles up for the gold include “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Free Solo” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — which have performed strongly at the box office. Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has grossed $22.6 million domestically.
Nine of the 10 titles named as finalists for the International Documentary Association’s top feature are on the list, including “Crime + Punishment,” “Dark Money,” “Free Solo,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Minding the Gap,” “Of Fathers and Sons,” “The Silence of Others,” “United Skates” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences noted that several of the 166 films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying runs. A shortlist of 15 movies will be announced on Dec. 17.
Nominations...
Notable titles up for the gold include “Rbg,” “Three Identical Strangers,” “Free Solo” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — which have performed strongly at the box office. Fred Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” has grossed $22.6 million domestically.
Nine of the 10 titles named as finalists for the International Documentary Association’s top feature are on the list, including “Crime + Punishment,” “Dark Money,” “Free Solo,” “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” “Minding the Gap,” “Of Fathers and Sons,” “The Silence of Others,” “United Skates” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences noted that several of the 166 films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying runs. A shortlist of 15 movies will be announced on Dec. 17.
Nominations...
- 11/8/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Last year, the Academy documentary branch had to grapple with a record 170 documentary feature submissions for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. This year, it’s not so bad: only 166 were entered. The short list of 15 will be announced, along with eight others for the first time on a single date this year: December 17.
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Last year, the Academy documentary branch had to grapple with a record 170 documentary feature submissions for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar. This year, it’s not so bad: only 166 were entered. The short list of 15 will be announced, along with eight others for the first time on a single date this year: December 17.
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
All year, branch members have been getting lists of secure online screeners available to watch on the Academy website, increasing in volume until last month, when they received a batch of 77, with more to come. It’s a burden to watch them all, so the ones with the most attention move to the top of the much-watch list. Give the advantage to early box office hits that were made available in the summer such as “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” “Rbg,” and “Three Identical Strangers,” as well as September’s list including critically hailed “Dark Money,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
A whopping 166 documentary features have been submitted to the academy for consideration at the 2019 Oscars. That is down by four from last year’s record 170 submissions. Among these contenders are all of the highest grossing documentaries of the year including “Free Solo,” “Rbg” and “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
To winnow the entries down to the 15 semi-finalists that will be announced on December 17, the academy is sending monthly packages of the newly eligible documentary feature screeners to all 400 or so members of the documentary branch. While all members are encouraged to watch as many of these as they can, one-fifth of the voters are assigned each title. In late November, each branch member will submit a preferential ballot listing their top 15 choices.
See 2019 Oscars: Foreign-language film entries from A (Afghanistan) to Y (Yemen)
All of these ballots will be collated to determine the 15 semi-finalists. Branch members will then be...
To winnow the entries down to the 15 semi-finalists that will be announced on December 17, the academy is sending monthly packages of the newly eligible documentary feature screeners to all 400 or so members of the documentary branch. While all members are encouraged to watch as many of these as they can, one-fifth of the voters are assigned each title. In late November, each branch member will submit a preferential ballot listing their top 15 choices.
See 2019 Oscars: Foreign-language film entries from A (Afghanistan) to Y (Yemen)
All of these ballots will be collated to determine the 15 semi-finalists. Branch members will then be...
- 11/8/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
In a year that has seen multiple documentaries find mainstream success, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the list of 166 docs that have been submitted for Oscar consideration this year.
Among the films on the list are Michael Moore’s anti-Trump polemic “Fahrenheit 11/9,” as well as CNN Films’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg biography “Rbg” and Focus’ Mister Rogers retrospective “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Other films considered frontrunners include “Three Identical Strangers,” the wild story of triplets who were separated at birth by a bizarre experiment, “Free Solo,” which documents the first ever attempt to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without any climbing gear, and “Dark Money,” an investigative report into the influence of billionaires on American democracy through the lens of a Montana congressional race.
Also Read: Sorry, Oscar Documentary Voters: Your Workload Just Doubled
The contender field is slightly less than last year’s record field of 170 but does include,...
Among the films on the list are Michael Moore’s anti-Trump polemic “Fahrenheit 11/9,” as well as CNN Films’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg biography “Rbg” and Focus’ Mister Rogers retrospective “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Other films considered frontrunners include “Three Identical Strangers,” the wild story of triplets who were separated at birth by a bizarre experiment, “Free Solo,” which documents the first ever attempt to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan without any climbing gear, and “Dark Money,” an investigative report into the influence of billionaires on American democracy through the lens of a Montana congressional race.
Also Read: Sorry, Oscar Documentary Voters: Your Workload Just Doubled
The contender field is slightly less than last year’s record field of 170 but does include,...
- 11/8/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Sandi Tan’s documentary “Shirkers” — about a mysterious feature film also named “Shirkers” that Tan made as a 19-year-old student — unravels like a whodunit.
This is a documentary about the making of a film that disappeared, pilfered away by one of Tan’s now-deceased teachers, Georges Cardona. The only evidence of its existence was in the minds of the makers and those Singaporeans who held out hope that this storied movie, which would have been the country’s first indie feature, would one day find release.
We do, of course, find that the missing footage has been salvaged; a large portion of this film is comprised of scenes from the original footage played under music and Tan’s voiceover. But it’s the story of how the footage is found, and how Tan and her friends see the film and their old teacher now, that is boundlessly interesting.
Also Read:...
This is a documentary about the making of a film that disappeared, pilfered away by one of Tan’s now-deceased teachers, Georges Cardona. The only evidence of its existence was in the minds of the makers and those Singaporeans who held out hope that this storied movie, which would have been the country’s first indie feature, would one day find release.
We do, of course, find that the missing footage has been salvaged; a large portion of this film is comprised of scenes from the original footage played under music and Tan’s voiceover. But it’s the story of how the footage is found, and how Tan and her friends see the film and their old teacher now, that is boundlessly interesting.
Also Read:...
- 10/25/2018
- by April Wolfe
- The Wrap
Jason Blum took the opportunity at Wednesday’s L.A. premiere of “Halloween” to clarify his comments about the availability of female directors that made headlines earlier in the day.
“I totally misspoke,” Blum told Variety on the red carpet. “I made a mistake about it. Our audience is 55% women, the executives at the company we have are 50% women. I am passionate about hiring women, and I totally made a mistake in the way I represented that. We already work with a lot of women.”
Blum continued, “Chelsea Stardust, who is my old assistant, I financed her first movie, but I would like to work with more. Today was a great day for me because I learned a lot and because there are a lot of women out there that I’m going to meet as a result of today so I’m grateful for it.”
Blum posted an apology...
“I totally misspoke,” Blum told Variety on the red carpet. “I made a mistake about it. Our audience is 55% women, the executives at the company we have are 50% women. I am passionate about hiring women, and I totally made a mistake in the way I represented that. We already work with a lot of women.”
Blum continued, “Chelsea Stardust, who is my old assistant, I financed her first movie, but I would like to work with more. Today was a great day for me because I learned a lot and because there are a lot of women out there that I’m going to meet as a result of today so I’m grateful for it.”
Blum posted an apology...
- 10/18/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
Trigger warning: The title of “Stella’s Last Weekend” refers to a dog’s final hurrah before she’s put to sleep. Her family thought it would be nice for her to be surrounded by other dogs, so they have a party. Stella is bedecked with a halo. It’s meant to be a merely melancholy occasion, but for certain viewers it may be gut-wrenching.
Of course, if you’ve ever been in love with your best friend’s girl, your stomach may sink during other parts of the film as well.
The best friends in writer-director-actor Polly Draper’s charming romantic comedy are brothers Jack and Oliver. Jack comes home from college for his dog’s party, while Oliver is still in high school living with their mom. Immediately their rapport is evident, with the guys falling into easy joking, including sexual wisecracks about Mom and her current boyfriend,...
Of course, if you’ve ever been in love with your best friend’s girl, your stomach may sink during other parts of the film as well.
The best friends in writer-director-actor Polly Draper’s charming romantic comedy are brothers Jack and Oliver. Jack comes home from college for his dog’s party, while Oliver is still in high school living with their mom. Immediately their rapport is evident, with the guys falling into easy joking, including sexual wisecracks about Mom and her current boyfriend,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Tricia Olszewski
- The Wrap
The opening lines of the documentary “Half the Picture” say it all: “Over the past 17 years, the number of female directors has actually declined. Our study makes it clear, Hollywood is a straight boys club. Research has found that Hollywood directors are overwhelmingly white and overwhelmingly male.” These simple statements sum up a slew of shocking statistics.
Filmmaker Amy Adrion deftly documents the standing of women in Hollywood through a series of compelling interviews with many female filmmakers, industry insiders and academics. Her debut film has played at many of the leading festivals, including Sundance, SXSW and Hot Docs. And it is set to screen on Starz starting in late October.
Hollywood likes to pat itself on the back and always take an opportunity to say ‘look how far we’ve come.’ Like when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director at the Oscars for “The Hurt Locker...
Filmmaker Amy Adrion deftly documents the standing of women in Hollywood through a series of compelling interviews with many female filmmakers, industry insiders and academics. Her debut film has played at many of the leading festivals, including Sundance, SXSW and Hot Docs. And it is set to screen on Starz starting in late October.
Hollywood likes to pat itself on the back and always take an opportunity to say ‘look how far we’ve come.’ Like when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director at the Oscars for “The Hurt Locker...
- 10/11/2018
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
The “Don’t Believe Every Tweet” project that launched over the weekend — which looked enough like an official Twitter public-awareness campaign that it fooled some reporters — is actually an elaborate calling card created by an out-of-work TV writer.
The campaign, hosted at dontbelieveeverytweet.com, includes links to Twitter’s official website and a fake statement from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that says in part, “It’s a simple reminder to be skeptical of everything you see on Twitter because our users can put literally anything in a tweet.” The effort also includes a series of YouTube shorts featuring comedian Greg Barris, who makes various bizarre claims and gives baffling instructions in presentations to different people.
The Twitter account @dontbelieveev tweeted about the project early Sunday, making it look like a real Twitter initiative — and confusion ensued. A Twitter spokesman said it wasn’t created by the company and whoever had...
The campaign, hosted at dontbelieveeverytweet.com, includes links to Twitter’s official website and a fake statement from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that says in part, “It’s a simple reminder to be skeptical of everything you see on Twitter because our users can put literally anything in a tweet.” The effort also includes a series of YouTube shorts featuring comedian Greg Barris, who makes various bizarre claims and gives baffling instructions in presentations to different people.
The Twitter account @dontbelieveev tweeted about the project early Sunday, making it look like a real Twitter initiative — and confusion ensued. A Twitter spokesman said it wasn’t created by the company and whoever had...
- 8/20/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
This story on the female Emmy directing nominees uses material drawn from the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
The numbers couldn’t be more dramatic, and the timing couldn’t be more disheartening.
After a year in which the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements swept through Hollywood and the culture, and a year in which we were focused on the inequities faced by women in the entertainment industry and beyond, the Emmy nominations came out.
And in the seven directing categories, the gender breakdown was pitiful: Forty men were nominated for directing but only four women.
Also Read: Study: Male Indie Filmmakers Outnumber Women 2 to 1 at Major Us Film Festivals
We spoke to the four women directors who were nominated: Kari Skogland for the drama series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Amy Sherman-Palladino for the comedy series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Carrie Brownstein for the...
The numbers couldn’t be more dramatic, and the timing couldn’t be more disheartening.
After a year in which the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements swept through Hollywood and the culture, and a year in which we were focused on the inequities faced by women in the entertainment industry and beyond, the Emmy nominations came out.
And in the seven directing categories, the gender breakdown was pitiful: Forty men were nominated for directing but only four women.
Also Read: Study: Male Indie Filmmakers Outnumber Women 2 to 1 at Major Us Film Festivals
We spoke to the four women directors who were nominated: Kari Skogland for the drama series “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Amy Sherman-Palladino for the comedy series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Carrie Brownstein for the...
- 8/19/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Starz announced Thursday that it has acquired the rights for nine documentary films, including Matt Tyrnauer’s “Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood,” about closeted gay stars, spanning four decades.
The doc follows Scotty Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who became a legendary bisexual male hustler and all-purpose date-arranger for Hollywood movie stars from the 1940s through the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Bowers first shared his experiences in his best-selling memoir, “Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars.”
The film premiered to strong reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival last September and was released theatrically this past April. It will premiere on Starz early next year.
Also Read: 'Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood' Review: Sex Abounded in Hollywood's Golden Age
The other eight docs that Starz will premiere later this...
The doc follows Scotty Bowers, a World War II Marine combat veteran who became a legendary bisexual male hustler and all-purpose date-arranger for Hollywood movie stars from the 1940s through the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. Bowers first shared his experiences in his best-selling memoir, “Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars.”
The film premiered to strong reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival last September and was released theatrically this past April. It will premiere on Starz early next year.
Also Read: 'Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood' Review: Sex Abounded in Hollywood's Golden Age
The other eight docs that Starz will premiere later this...
- 8/16/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Starz has added nine documentaries to its slate, including Matt Tyrnauer’s critically praised Scotty and the Secret of History of Hollywood, which will premiere in early 2019.
In addition, Starz has acquired Fail State, executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, which investigates the dark side of American higher education; Half the Picture, about gender bias in Hollywood as told by leading female film directors; This is Congo, an unflinching look into Africa’s longest continuing conflict; and Always at the Carlyle, which reveals the untold stories of Manhattan’s 87-year-old legendary hotel. All will premiere this fall or early 2019.
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood recently premiered theatrically to rave reviews with this year’s second-highest opening per theater average for a documentary behind Neon’s Three Identical Strangers. It tells the scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, a handsome ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after...
In addition, Starz has acquired Fail State, executive produced by news legend Dan Rather, which investigates the dark side of American higher education; Half the Picture, about gender bias in Hollywood as told by leading female film directors; This is Congo, an unflinching look into Africa’s longest continuing conflict; and Always at the Carlyle, which reveals the untold stories of Manhattan’s 87-year-old legendary hotel. All will premiere this fall or early 2019.
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood recently premiered theatrically to rave reviews with this year’s second-highest opening per theater average for a documentary behind Neon’s Three Identical Strangers. It tells the scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, a handsome ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after...
- 8/16/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Kimberly Peirce Says She Was “One Of The Dominant Voices” To Expel Harvey Weinstein From The Academy
After dozens of accusations of alleged sexual assault, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to expel Harvey Weinstein from their membership last October. At the time, it was seen as a victory for the rising #MeToo movement and was lauded by many in Hollywood. However, not much was known about what happened behind the scenes during that vote, until now.
In a Q&A after a screening of the “Half the Picture,” which is a documentary about the struggle that female directors have in Hollywood, filmmaker Kimberly Peirce spoke about Weinstein, and in particular, his dismissal from the AMPAS.
Continue reading Kimberly Peirce Says She Was “One Of The Dominant Voices” To Expel Harvey Weinstein From The Academy at The Playlist.
In a Q&A after a screening of the “Half the Picture,” which is a documentary about the struggle that female directors have in Hollywood, filmmaker Kimberly Peirce spoke about Weinstein, and in particular, his dismissal from the AMPAS.
Continue reading Kimberly Peirce Says She Was “One Of The Dominant Voices” To Expel Harvey Weinstein From The Academy at The Playlist.
- 6/26/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
The statistics that inspired “Half the Picture” — a new documentary about the discrimination female directors face — have remained virtually unchanged since 1998: Women received directing credit on 10 of the 100 highest-earning films that year, and just eight in 2017. Yet following the emergence of #MeToo and Time’s Up, Amy Adrion’s first feature became one of the timeliest premieres at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
During a post-screening Q&A this weekend at the Laemmle Monica Film Center (moderated by this writer), one of the film’s subjects, “Boys Don’t Cry” director and Academy Governor Kimberly Peirce, recounted playing a pivotal role last October in the organization’s expulsion of Harvey Weinstein. “I was in the room when we got rid of Harvey,” she said, earning applause. “When I say I was in the room, what I actually should say is I was one of the dominant voices that said, ‘We...
During a post-screening Q&A this weekend at the Laemmle Monica Film Center (moderated by this writer), one of the film’s subjects, “Boys Don’t Cry” director and Academy Governor Kimberly Peirce, recounted playing a pivotal role last October in the organization’s expulsion of Harvey Weinstein. “I was in the room when we got rid of Harvey,” she said, earning applause. “When I say I was in the room, what I actually should say is I was one of the dominant voices that said, ‘We...
- 6/25/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
“Boundaries” opens with the kind of percolatingly funny character peek that gives you hope for the journey ahead. Writer-director Shana Feste, her camera trained on Vera Farmiga’s face during a therapy session focused on her character Laura, allows you to watch an open-hearted, well-meaning woman trying to assert herself, yet all too easily revealing just how uphill this particular challenge is.
The cracks in the armor come in Farmiga’s amusing little bursts of defensiveness, until the last disappointment: a professional voice offscreen gently pointing out how the rescue dog in Laura’s bag violates the limits previously set for her excessive adopting. It ends the scene with that sweet spot for any comedy that strives at all to feel human: frailty, goodness, and humiliation in equal measure.
Laura’s biggest self-help concern, as she struggles with relationships and raising a bullied misfit of a teenager, is processing how...
The cracks in the armor come in Farmiga’s amusing little bursts of defensiveness, until the last disappointment: a professional voice offscreen gently pointing out how the rescue dog in Laura’s bag violates the limits previously set for her excessive adopting. It ends the scene with that sweet spot for any comedy that strives at all to feel human: frailty, goodness, and humiliation in equal measure.
Laura’s biggest self-help concern, as she struggles with relationships and raising a bullied misfit of a teenager, is processing how...
- 6/19/2018
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
The post This Week In Trailers: The Children Act, Half the Picture, Heathers 30th Anniversary Restoration, Recovery Boys, Night Comes On appeared first on /Film.
The post This Week In Trailers: The Children Act, Half the Picture, Heathers 30th Anniversary Restoration, Recovery Boys, Night Comes On appeared first on /Film.
- 6/16/2018
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Two Sundance alums, Hearts Beat Loud and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? bonded nicely with audiences in limited release over the weekend, beginning their theatrical runs with solid numbers.
Brett Haley’s Hearts posted the higher per-theater average, debuting in four locations Friday, grossing $74,053 for an average of $18,513. Morgan Neville’s Fred Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? launched over the weekend in more than two dozen theaters, however, grossing $470K for a friendly $16,168 average, one of the best of the year for a non-fiction opening.
Gravitas opened Half The Picture with an exclusive run, grossing $7,529. Last weekend’s specialty topper, American Animals, added dozens of runs in its second frame, grossing $234,829. Magnolia’s The Gospel According to André also expanded, taking in $43K, while the company’s superstar doc Rbg sets its sights on eight figures. And Spc’s The Rider closed in on $2M.
Hearts...
Brett Haley’s Hearts posted the higher per-theater average, debuting in four locations Friday, grossing $74,053 for an average of $18,513. Morgan Neville’s Fred Rogers documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? launched over the weekend in more than two dozen theaters, however, grossing $470K for a friendly $16,168 average, one of the best of the year for a non-fiction opening.
Gravitas opened Half The Picture with an exclusive run, grossing $7,529. Last weekend’s specialty topper, American Animals, added dozens of runs in its second frame, grossing $234,829. Magnolia’s The Gospel According to André also expanded, taking in $43K, while the company’s superstar doc Rbg sets its sights on eight figures. And Spc’s The Rider closed in on $2M.
Hearts...
- 6/10/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Going into summer, distributors are providing a range of alternatives to the usual studio fare. This weekend launched six January Sundance premieres at the box office. A24 tallied modest numbers in wide release with well-reviewed horror flick “Hereditary,” while documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (Focus) opened in multiple cities with a strong response, along with the father-daughter musical “Hearts Beat Loud” (Gunpowder & Sky). “Half the Picture” (Gravitas Ventures) also nabbed interest in New York.
Among holdovers, Magnolia’s record-breaking hero documentary “RBG” continues strong and The Orchard expanded “American Animals,” whose robust platform opening was boosted by its partnership with MoviePass and the quick jump in theaters for Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” (A24).
Among holdovers, Magnolia’s record-breaking hero documentary “RBG” continues strong and The Orchard expanded “American Animals,” whose robust platform opening was boosted by its partnership with MoviePass and the quick jump in theaters for Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed” (A24).
- 6/10/2018
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Sundance Film Festival ‘18: London runs May 30 - June 2, 2018 at Picturehouse Central.Half the PictureThis year at Sundance London—the Utah festival’s fifth edition based across the pond—the line-up was heavy with women-led and directed features. Of the twelve films that screened last weekend at London’s Picturehouse Central, seven of them were directed by women (working out to about 58% majority for women directors). The festival organizers inform us that this was a serendipitous programming choice, and maybe it was, but it settles into the feminist zeitgeist of the American film industry in a timely manner. In fact, #WhatsNext was the theme of this year’s festival: examining the future of independent film in light of the Time’s Up and #MeToo movements that have precipitated dramatic change in the industry over the past few months. Accordingly, one of the most relevant films in the lineup was Amy Adrion...
- 6/9/2018
- MUBI
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Ocean’s Eight [pictured]
Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Rihanna, Dakota Fanning, Awkwafina, and Sarah Paulson star in this crime caper comedy. Cowritten by Olivia Milch. (male director)
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Hotel Artemis
Jodie Foster stars as a nurse at a hospital for criminals in this futuristic crime thriller. Costarring Sofia Boutella and Jenny Slate. (male writer-director)
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Hereditary
Toni Collette stars as a mother coping with a haunting of her family in this horror drama. Costarring Milly Shapiro and Ann Dowd. (male writer-director)
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Half the Picture
Amy Adrion directs this documentary look at how women are excluded from the Hollywood’s directing chair, and undermined when they do rarely occupy it. Featuring Ava DuVernay, Jill Soloway, Lena Dunham, Miranda July, Catherine Hardwicke, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and others.
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Nancy
Andrea Riseborough stars in this...
Ocean’s Eight [pictured]
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Half the Picture
Amy Adrion directs this documentary look at how women are excluded from the Hollywood’s directing chair, and undermined when they do rarely occupy it. Featuring Ava DuVernay, Jill Soloway, Lena Dunham, Miranda July, Catherine Hardwicke, Gina Prince-Bythewood, and others.
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Andrea Riseborough stars in this...
- 6/8/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Authoritative and insightful, this essential film gives much needed cultural breathing room to some remarkable Hollywood women to discuss how they are undermined or shut out entirely from the industry. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
If you’ve been paying the teensiest bit of attention to what’s going on — and not going on — in Hollywood, there isn’t a lot in Half the Picture that will be news to you. But there is so much authority and insight in this film that is it essential viewing nevertheless for anyone who cares about all the great stories we are not seeing on our TVs and in our multiplexes because the voices of women storytellers are far too often stifled.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
If you’ve been paying the teensiest bit of attention to what’s going on — and not going on — in Hollywood, there isn’t a lot in Half the Picture that will be news to you. But there is so much authority and insight in this film that is it essential viewing nevertheless for anyone who cares about all the great stories we are not seeing on our TVs and in our multiplexes because the voices of women storytellers are far too often stifled.
- 6/8/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
In director Amy Adrion’s documentary “Half the Picture,” La Times journalist Rebecca Keegan shakes her head as she states on camera that she has written the same article about the lack of gender parity in Hollywood at least nine or ten times.
Keegan is quietly incredulous, and if you’ve been paying attention to the ways in which the industry shuts out women creators, you likely feel similarly tired as Keegan is about pushing this question: Why are so many films still directed by straight, white men?
“Half the Picture,” then — for the tired among us — seems on the surface like a pill we really don’t need to swallow. (How many other ways can it be said that things aren’t fair?) But Adrion’s selection of interview subjects make the issue personal. They demonstrate through storytelling not just this rote message we’ve heard before but also...
Keegan is quietly incredulous, and if you’ve been paying attention to the ways in which the industry shuts out women creators, you likely feel similarly tired as Keegan is about pushing this question: Why are so many films still directed by straight, white men?
“Half the Picture,” then — for the tired among us — seems on the surface like a pill we really don’t need to swallow. (How many other ways can it be said that things aren’t fair?) But Adrion’s selection of interview subjects make the issue personal. They demonstrate through storytelling not just this rote message we’ve heard before but also...
- 6/8/2018
- by April Wolfe
- The Wrap
There’s no ignoring the facts, female directors have had a rough time of it for as long as there has been a film industry in Hollywood. In the last twenty years, less than 4% of Hollywood productions have had a female director, and the numbers are even lower for women of colour. Which begs the question, how come that despite making up more than half of the Us population, women are still so badly represented in one of its most lucrative industries?
In a year which has seen more female voices rise up against the current status quo regarding gender parity in filmmaking, Amy Adrion’s new documentary Half The Picture presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to speak to a group of female directors and producers about their struggles to make themselves heard in an industry still dominated by old-fashioned machismo and a toxic “old boys’ club” mentality.
In a year which has seen more female voices rise up against the current status quo regarding gender parity in filmmaking, Amy Adrion’s new documentary Half The Picture presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to speak to a group of female directors and producers about their struggles to make themselves heard in an industry still dominated by old-fashioned machismo and a toxic “old boys’ club” mentality.
- 6/7/2018
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Oprah Winfrey's Own Network, The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation (Wjsff) and Discovery will donate 1,500 tickets to students in New York and Los Angeles for free screenings of the upcoming documentary Half the Picture from Gravitas Ventures.
The documentary celebrates the work of female film directors and dissects the systemic discrimination that has denied women opportunities in Hollywood. Rather than address the sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood figures, it focuses on how women have continued to succeed despite facing hardships along the way.
"Half the Picture powerfully illustrates an important truth: Only half our stories ...
The documentary celebrates the work of female film directors and dissects the systemic discrimination that has denied women opportunities in Hollywood. Rather than address the sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood figures, it focuses on how women have continued to succeed despite facing hardships along the way.
"Half the Picture powerfully illustrates an important truth: Only half our stories ...
Oprah Winfrey's Own Network, The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation (Wjsff) and Discovery will donate 1,500 tickets to students in New York and Los Angeles for free screenings of the upcoming documentary Half the Picture from Gravitas Ventures.
The documentary celebrates the work of female film directors and dissects the systemic discrimination that has denied women opportunities in Hollywood. Rather than address the sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood figures, it focuses on how women have continued to succeed despite facing hardships along the way.
"Half the Picture powerfully illustrates an important truth: Only half our stories ...
The documentary celebrates the work of female film directors and dissects the systemic discrimination that has denied women opportunities in Hollywood. Rather than address the sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood figures, it focuses on how women have continued to succeed despite facing hardships along the way.
"Half the Picture powerfully illustrates an important truth: Only half our stories ...
Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham’s film about a 13-year old girl navigating friendships in the social media age, won the Audience Favourite award at this weekend’s Sundance London film festival.
The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January, was voted as the most popular by festivalgoers who attended the Picturehouse Central event from May 31-June 3.
Burnham, who also presented a comedy masterclass called ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ as part of the festival, was present to accept the award for his directorial debut.
At...
The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January, was voted as the most popular by festivalgoers who attended the Picturehouse Central event from May 31-June 3.
Burnham, who also presented a comedy masterclass called ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ as part of the festival, was present to accept the award for his directorial debut.
At...
- 6/4/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Bo Burnham’s well-received coming-of-age comedy Eighth Grade scooped Sundance London’s Audience Favourite Award last night at the UK offshoot of the Sundance Film Festival. The film, about a teenager trying to survive the last week of her tough eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school, had its international premiere in London following its world premiere in Park City earlier this year. Newcomer Elsie Fisher stars in the pic, which A24 will release stateside in July.
Director Amy Adrion was awarded a special Picturehouse #WhatNext Prize for documentary Half The Picture, about the gender gap in Hollywood. The movie uses the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework to talk to successful female directors about their career paths, struggles and hopes for the future. Talking heads include Ava DuVernay, Lena Dunham, Jill Soloway, Rosanna Arquette and Gina Prince-Bythewood. The film was selected for the award...
Director Amy Adrion was awarded a special Picturehouse #WhatNext Prize for documentary Half The Picture, about the gender gap in Hollywood. The movie uses the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework to talk to successful female directors about their career paths, struggles and hopes for the future. Talking heads include Ava DuVernay, Lena Dunham, Jill Soloway, Rosanna Arquette and Gina Prince-Bythewood. The film was selected for the award...
- 6/4/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Amy Adrion’s new documentary rounds up 40 film-makers, including Ava DuVernay and Lena Dunham, to talk about systemic undermining of women in Hollywood
Here are words that film executives use to describe their ideal director: a general. A captain. A fighter. Someone in the trenches. They’re describing GI Joe, and until recently, 93% of the directors they hired fit that masculine mold. Women didn’t, so – consciously and subconsciously – female directors weren’t imagined as being hardy enough to helm a big blockbuster. The stereotype has been tough to shatter. Yet, the movies are an art form stitched together from creativity, empathy and connection. “What we need is a communicator who can lead,” says film-maker Karyn Kusama in Amy Adrion’s inquisitive documentary, Half the Picture, which screens this weekend at the Sundance London. “This isn’t a war.”
It isn’t. But it has been as the women of...
Here are words that film executives use to describe their ideal director: a general. A captain. A fighter. Someone in the trenches. They’re describing GI Joe, and until recently, 93% of the directors they hired fit that masculine mold. Women didn’t, so – consciously and subconsciously – female directors weren’t imagined as being hardy enough to helm a big blockbuster. The stereotype has been tough to shatter. Yet, the movies are an art form stitched together from creativity, empathy and connection. “What we need is a communicator who can lead,” says film-maker Karyn Kusama in Amy Adrion’s inquisitive documentary, Half the Picture, which screens this weekend at the Sundance London. “This isn’t a war.”
It isn’t. But it has been as the women of...
- 5/31/2018
- by Amy Nicholson
- The Guardian - Film News
In today’s film news roundup, a science-fiction Tom Hanks project will arrive in 2020, “Hearts Beat Loud” gets a film festival slot, and “Notes on an Appearance” gets distribution.
Release Dates
Universal Pictures has dated Tom Hanks’ sci-fi story “Bios” for Oct. 2, 2020, along with giving horror-thriller “The Turning” a Feb. 22 launch and canine drama “A Dog’s Journey” for May 17, 2019.
Hanks stars in Amblin Entertainment’s “Bios” as the last man on Earth who builds a robot to keep his beloved dog safe. As the trio embarks upon an epic cross-country journey, the scientist must teach his creation to become “human” enough to take care of its charge… and the beloved pet to accept a new master.
“Bios” is directed by Miguel Sapochnik from a script by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. Producers are Kevin Misher, as well as ImageMovers’ Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine. Robert Zemeckis, Luck, Sapochnik, and...
Release Dates
Universal Pictures has dated Tom Hanks’ sci-fi story “Bios” for Oct. 2, 2020, along with giving horror-thriller “The Turning” a Feb. 22 launch and canine drama “A Dog’s Journey” for May 17, 2019.
Hanks stars in Amblin Entertainment’s “Bios” as the last man on Earth who builds a robot to keep his beloved dog safe. As the trio embarks upon an epic cross-country journey, the scientist must teach his creation to become “human” enough to take care of its charge… and the beloved pet to accept a new master.
“Bios” is directed by Miguel Sapochnik from a script by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. Producers are Kevin Misher, as well as ImageMovers’ Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine. Robert Zemeckis, Luck, Sapochnik, and...
- 5/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Ava DuVernay, Catherine Hardwicke, Lena Dunham and Sam Taylor-Johnson speak out about their struggles as female directors and the power of Hollywood entrusting high-profile projects to women in the trailer for Amy Adrion's new documentary, Half the Picture, which The Hollywood Reporter is exclusively debuting.
In the trailer, above, for the doc, which premiered at Sundance, DuVernay recalls hearing, "No, we're not going to accept you into this festival, and, no, we're not going to give you money."
And Hardwicke reveals that she took the resistance she faced personally.
"I thought, Ok it's just me,...
In the trailer, above, for the doc, which premiered at Sundance, DuVernay recalls hearing, "No, we're not going to accept you into this festival, and, no, we're not going to give you money."
And Hardwicke reveals that she took the resistance she faced personally.
"I thought, Ok it's just me,...
- 5/1/2018
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Women in Film is now accepting applications for its 2018 Finishing Fund and Belgian beer Stella Artois continuing its support of female filmmakers with the announcement of $100,000 in new grant funding.
The Women in Film Finishing Fund will award 10-15 grants in cash and in-kind gifts for films by and/or about women as represented in documentary, fiction, animated and/or experimental films, shorts or feature length. Stella Artois will provide four $25,000 grants for fiction and documentary films that inspire social change, with particular consideration given to films with a water theme.
To kick off the opening of the submission period, Wif and Stella Artois will host a screening of director Amy Adrion’s documentary “Half the Picture” in Los Angeles Thursday night. The film – a Stella Artois-funded Film Finishing Fund grant recipient last year — examines Hollywood’s discrimination against female filmmakers in the hiring of film and television directors, and features interviews with Ava DuVernay, Lena Dunham, Jill Soloway and others.
The film had its World Premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will open theatrically in June.
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“The support from Stella Artois has truly magnified the impact of the Fund for our filmmakers,” said Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer. “We have seen this in both their financial assistance toward completion of the films and also the platform given to these filmmakers through events like the ‘Filmmaker Roundtable’ at Sundance Film Festival. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Stella Artois in empowering the next generation of films.”
An advocate of film and its community, Stella Artois hopes to inspire up-and-coming female filmmakers as the 2019 festival season approaches.
“By funding these grants, we’re thrilled to continue our commitment to women in the film industry and help them achieve their dreams,” said Stella Artois brand director, Anna Rogers. “It’s incredibly exciting to follow these films as they make a difference in the world and we hope to encourage other filmmakers to use their medium to do the same.”
Since its inception in 1985, the Film Finishing Fund has awarded more than $2 million worth of grants to cover 235 films from all over the world, films that have gone on to win Academy, Peabody, Berlin FilmFestival and Sundance Awards. This year alone, past grant winners premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, like, Amy Adrion’s “Half the Picture,” Stephanie Soechtig’s “The Devil We Know,” Christina Choe’s “Nancy,” and Heather Lenz’s “Kusama: Infinity.”
Applications are being accepted beginning April 26 through June 30 for the Women in Film Finishing Fund grants. Recipients will be announced in November. Interested filmmakers can visit the Wif website http://womeninfilm.org. Entrants do not have to be Women in Film members to apply for a grant. Detailed requirements will be available in the online application.
Read original story Women in Film’s $100,000 Finishing Fund Grants Open for Submission At TheWrap...
The Women in Film Finishing Fund will award 10-15 grants in cash and in-kind gifts for films by and/or about women as represented in documentary, fiction, animated and/or experimental films, shorts or feature length. Stella Artois will provide four $25,000 grants for fiction and documentary films that inspire social change, with particular consideration given to films with a water theme.
To kick off the opening of the submission period, Wif and Stella Artois will host a screening of director Amy Adrion’s documentary “Half the Picture” in Los Angeles Thursday night. The film – a Stella Artois-funded Film Finishing Fund grant recipient last year — examines Hollywood’s discrimination against female filmmakers in the hiring of film and television directors, and features interviews with Ava DuVernay, Lena Dunham, Jill Soloway and others.
The film had its World Premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will open theatrically in June.
Also Read: Power Lunch With Dakota Fanning: 'You're Not Telling a Women's Story, You're Telling a Human Story' (Exclusive Video)
“The support from Stella Artois has truly magnified the impact of the Fund for our filmmakers,” said Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer. “We have seen this in both their financial assistance toward completion of the films and also the platform given to these filmmakers through events like the ‘Filmmaker Roundtable’ at Sundance Film Festival. We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Stella Artois in empowering the next generation of films.”
An advocate of film and its community, Stella Artois hopes to inspire up-and-coming female filmmakers as the 2019 festival season approaches.
“By funding these grants, we’re thrilled to continue our commitment to women in the film industry and help them achieve their dreams,” said Stella Artois brand director, Anna Rogers. “It’s incredibly exciting to follow these films as they make a difference in the world and we hope to encourage other filmmakers to use their medium to do the same.”
Since its inception in 1985, the Film Finishing Fund has awarded more than $2 million worth of grants to cover 235 films from all over the world, films that have gone on to win Academy, Peabody, Berlin FilmFestival and Sundance Awards. This year alone, past grant winners premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, like, Amy Adrion’s “Half the Picture,” Stephanie Soechtig’s “The Devil We Know,” Christina Choe’s “Nancy,” and Heather Lenz’s “Kusama: Infinity.”
Applications are being accepted beginning April 26 through June 30 for the Women in Film Finishing Fund grants. Recipients will be announced in November. Interested filmmakers can visit the Wif website http://womeninfilm.org. Entrants do not have to be Women in Film members to apply for a grant. Detailed requirements will be available in the online application.
Read original story Women in Film’s $100,000 Finishing Fund Grants Open for Submission At TheWrap...
- 4/27/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Sundance London (May 31 – June 3), the Sundance Film Festival’s London spinoff, will present 12 movies from this year’s Park City festival including Jennifer Fox’s The Tale and Debra Granik’s Winer’s Bone follow-up Leave No Trace. The event will open with the UK premiere of Fox’s hit, starring Laura Dern and Elizabeth Debicki, and will close four days later with Granik’s drama, which is also heading to Cannes.
In a conscious move, seven out of the twelve films showing at the festival are directed by women. The selection “champions female voices and highlights some of the broad and excellent women-led work direct from Sundance Utah,” said the festival.
Among guests and filmmakers attending the weekend will be Toni Collette, star of gala film Hereditary, while the festival will also feature the UK premiere of Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, winner of the Us...
In a conscious move, seven out of the twelve films showing at the festival are directed by women. The selection “champions female voices and highlights some of the broad and excellent women-led work direct from Sundance Utah,” said the festival.
Among guests and filmmakers attending the weekend will be Toni Collette, star of gala film Hereditary, while the festival will also feature the UK premiere of Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation Of Cameron Post, winner of the Us...
- 4/19/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Seven of the dozen films screening at Sundance Film Festival: London 2018 are directed by women as the U.K. edition of the indie festival puts female filmmakers center stage.
The selection includes the U.K. premieres of Desiree Akhavan’s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (pictured), Crystal Moselle’s “Skate Kitchen,” and the international premiere of Augustine Frizzel’s “Never Goin’ Back.” The organizers said the lineup “champions female voices and highlights some of the broad and excellent women-led work direct from Sundance Utah.”
Other international premieres include Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” and Amy Adrion’s “Half the Picture.” Jim Hosking’s “An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn,” Lauren Greenfield’s “Generation Wealth,” Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace,” and Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale,” will all have their U.K. premieres, as will Idris Elba’s “Yardie.”
Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” will also have its international premiere and its star,...
The selection includes the U.K. premieres of Desiree Akhavan’s “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” (pictured), Crystal Moselle’s “Skate Kitchen,” and the international premiere of Augustine Frizzel’s “Never Goin’ Back.” The organizers said the lineup “champions female voices and highlights some of the broad and excellent women-led work direct from Sundance Utah.”
Other international premieres include Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” and Amy Adrion’s “Half the Picture.” Jim Hosking’s “An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn,” Lauren Greenfield’s “Generation Wealth,” Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace,” and Jennifer Fox’s “The Tale,” will all have their U.K. premieres, as will Idris Elba’s “Yardie.”
Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” will also have its international premiere and its star,...
- 4/19/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
The 2018 SXSW Film and TV lineups have landed, and Austin’s programming of new films and TV shows looks like nothing else out there. As the film section enters its 25th anniversary and the festival’s top programmer Janet Pierson enters her 10th, SXSW remains a distinctive presence on the festival circuit, one that speaks to an ever-changing media landscape and the variability of filmmaking outside of Hollywood. Here are some of the standouts from the announcement.
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Daryl Hannah Made an Experimental Western With Willie Nelson
As calls for supporting women filmmakers continue to dominate the industry, SXSW’s program provides a compelling response. Its 10-movie narrative competition is dominated by eight women directors, varying wildly in age and experience. These include first-time director Hannah Marks, who co-directed the drama “Shotgun” with Joey Power. Marks...
See More:sxsw Film and TV 2018 Lineup: Jordan Peele, Female Directors, and More Lead Latest Announcement
Daryl Hannah Made an Experimental Western With Willie Nelson
As calls for supporting women filmmakers continue to dominate the industry, SXSW’s program provides a compelling response. Its 10-movie narrative competition is dominated by eight women directors, varying wildly in age and experience. These include first-time director Hannah Marks, who co-directed the drama “Shotgun” with Joey Power. Marks...
- 1/31/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Making its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Amy Adrion’s Half the Picture digs into Hollywood discrimination of female filmmakers. In a clip from the documentary, Ava DuVernay talks about her experiences as a woman in the male-dominated industry. Half the Picture explores the low number of women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework to talk to successful women directors…...
- 1/23/2018
- Deadline
The new feature documentary “Half the Picture” explores gender equality, discriminatory hiring practices and the struggle for female creatives in Hollywood through conversations with dozens of top female film and TV directors. The film has spent over nine months in production and features over 40 interviews, and now director Amy Adrion and the rest of her team have turned to the Seed&Spark crowdfunding community to raise $30,000 to complete the principal photography. Watch a series of brief clips from the film below.
Read More: Female Directors in Hollywood Share Their Stories in ‘Half the Picture’
“‘Half the Picture’ is the culmination of my lifetime as a film lover,” says director Amy Adrion, “and is a tribute to the women who inspired me to make films. Also, it was important to me that we ‘be the change’ women filmmakers and film lovers want to see in the world. On the production, I...
Read More: Female Directors in Hollywood Share Their Stories in ‘Half the Picture’
“‘Half the Picture’ is the culmination of my lifetime as a film lover,” says director Amy Adrion, “and is a tribute to the women who inspired me to make films. Also, it was important to me that we ‘be the change’ women filmmakers and film lovers want to see in the world. On the production, I...
- 11/17/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress, as presented by the creators themselves. At the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Half the Picture
Logline: A feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood.
Elevator Pitch:
“Half the Picture” is a feature length documentary about women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework for conversations with successful women directors about their paths, their struggles, their inspiration and their hopes for the future.
After 11 months of shooting, we’ve completed over 40 interviews with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kimberly Peirce, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, Chris Hegedus,...
In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Half the Picture
Logline: A feature length documentary about the dismal number of women directors working in Hollywood.
Elevator Pitch:
“Half the Picture” is a feature length documentary about women directors in Hollywood, using the current Eeoc investigation into discriminatory hiring practices as a framework for conversations with successful women directors about their paths, their struggles, their inspiration and their hopes for the future.
After 11 months of shooting, we’ve completed over 40 interviews with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kimberly Peirce, Karyn Kusama, Rosanna Arquette, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, Chris Hegedus,...
- 11/10/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
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