‘Star Wars’ Continues to Embrace Female Leadership, As Long As They’re Not Directing Films
Lucasfilm clearly values female leadership, so why haven’t they bothered to hire a female director yet?
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Film Festivals See ‘Historic Highs’ in Female Filmmaker Representation, But the Gender Divide Remains Steep
A new study finds that indie films are seeing an uptick in female filmmakers in all areas, but there’s still more work to be done.
Cannes Is Changing, but Thierry Frémaux Still Has Outdated Ideas About Gender Parity
The Cannes competition doesn’t have many women after signing the 5050×2020 pledge last year, but is the problem submissions or selections?
Cannes 2019: Meet the 15 Female Filmmakers Premiering Films at the Festival
This year’s festival includes a variety of works from female filmmakers. Here’s who they are, and why you should know them.
Cannes 2019: One Year After Gender Parity Pledge, Female-Directed Competition Titles See Small Increase
A year after protests and promises, the festival has unveiled a competition slate that touts a new high in female filmmaker representation, but the changes remain incremental.
Nelly Kaplan’s ‘Ferocious Films’ Get New York Retrospective, Including ‘A Very Curious Girl’ Restoration
The Quad Cinema will host the April retrospective, which includes five 2K restorations of some of the indelible filmmaker’s best films. Plus, watch an exclusive trailer.
The 100 All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women
Films by Julie Dash, Chantal Akerman, Chloe Zhao, Forough Farrokhzad, Jennifer Lee, and many other female filmmakers made the list.
Debra Granik and Marielle Heller Open Up About Being Left Out of This Year’s Oscar Conversation
Their films are among the best films of the year, but the directors have been shut out of the main awards conversation. They tell IndieWire how that felt, and what they think needs to change.
Female Filmmakers Pull Focus at IndieWire’s Sundance Dinner Presented by Canada Goose
IndieWire’s annual female filmmaker dinner at the Sundance Film Festival, presented by Canada Goose, celebrated women directors the night of January 27 such as Kyra Sedgwick, Jennifer Kent, Lulu Wang, Nisha Ganatra, and Penny Lane. The event took place at the Canada Goose Basecamp on Main Street in the heart of Park City, Utah.
At Sundance 2019, Women Directors Push Beyond ‘Female Stories’
At Sundance 2019, 45 percent of this year’s films were directed by women. A festival programmer walks us through some favorites.
Oscars 2019 Shut Out Female Filmmakers in Best Director and Best Picture Races
The Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary categories offer a touch more hope, with four female directors making the nomination cut.
7 Women Directors Made Their Best Films Yet in 2018, and Still Got Left Out of Oscar Race
The limp excuse that there just aren’t enough good films made by women to crack the upper echelons of awards contention hasn’t held water for a long time, but 2018 beat it into oblivion.
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