Earlier this week, the Directors Guild of America announced their nominees for best documentary. They’ve previously announced the nominees for film and television. Two women were nominated out of the five nominees which also includes Kirby Dick’s Academy Award nominated film The Invisibl...
Read More »Given the difficulty in characterising a single year in film, even through a specific prism such as gender, I have opted for the catalogue format of an A-Z review.
Read More »The International Documentary Association announced their nominees for their 2012 IDA Documentary Awards. It’s really exciting to note that 4 of the 5 shorts are directed by women as well as 2 of the 5 features (and one of the other features nominated is The Invisible War).
Read More »Sundance Institute announced today that they will be teaming up with artist and designer Todd Oldham to produce a custom line of limited-edition recycled bags and wallets, as well as accessories and apparel, exclusively for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »In some ways this movie's subtitle is revenge of the 99%. The film gives you a behind the scenes look of an absurdly wealthy couple -- David and Jackie Siegel-- who are building the largest house in America. 10 kitchens, including a sushi kitchen and a baseball field. Things mo...
Read More »Acclaimed documentary filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield ("THIN") didn't know what she was getting herself into when she approached billionaire Jackie Siegel (wife to timeshare titan David) at a party hosted by Donatella Versace. Greenfield's initial intention was to phot...
Read More »Here's the list of women directed and women written films that got picked up out of Sundance. I'm sure there will be more to come.
Read More »Another Sundance is in the books and women and their films took many of the top honors in this past weekend's awards ceremony.
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