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Attenberg to be Greek Entry for Academy Awards
Attenberg, written and directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari has been making its way around the world winning many awards including best actress at the Venice Film Festival and the top award at the International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund, Germany (where I was on the jury) to name just a few.
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Cholodenko and Hardwicke Book New Projects
There are reports that two high profile female directors -- Lisa Cholodenko and Catherine Hardwicke -- are circling their next projects.
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The Beaver - Directed by Jodie Foster
It would have been so much easier if The Beaver stunk and then I could write again about how I can't stand Mel Gibson (and not just for what he did to his girlfriend) and how I don't understand how Jodie Foster could still continue to stand up for him. Mel Gibson should actually be sending Jodie fl...
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Save the Date: The Topp Twins are Coming to NYC on May 13 for a Q and A with Me!
One of my favorite films from the Athena Film Festival which I produced last February was The Topp Twins. As I say to everyone on paper this film sounds too way out to work. It's about lesbian twins sister activist singers from New Zealand. But this film rocks. The sisters, Lynda and Jools, are ...
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Trailer Watch: Buck - directed by Cindy Meel
This film premiered at Sundance and has been playing the festival circuit all spring. It opens on June 24
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Los Angeles Film Festival 2011 Selections: The Women
The LA Film Festival will run from June 16 to June 26. They received over 5,000 submissions for their competition program. All the films in competition are either world, North American, or US premieres. According to the press release the number of female filmmakers increased to 23.The Narrative C...
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Will Kathryn Bigelow Be The First Out of the Gate With a Bin Laden Movie?
I imagine that Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal are pretty psyched today regarding the prospects for their upcoming film which has long been rumored to be about the attempt to capture Bin Laden. In January, Variety reported the pair had received financing from Megan Ellison and her company Annapurna F...
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Women Win Big Prizes at Tribeca Film Festival
Lisa Aschan's Swedish film She Monkeys (which I missed and desperately want to see) won the best narrative at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. The film was written by Josefine Adolfsson and Lisa Aschan.
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The Arbor - Directed by Clio Barnard
Clio Barnard takes the documentary form and stands it on its head with The Arbor a look at playwright Andrea Dunbar and her family. Dunbar grew up a working class kid on an estate in Bradford, England. She was able to take her experiences of her life write a play while in her teens which was prod...
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