THE FILM & TV INDUSTRY DECLARES A STRIKE!

THE FILM & TV INDUSTRY DECLARES A STRIKE!

We were hoping to avoid this, and did our damdest for that, but unfortunately, in the face of demeaning obduracy, we f...

Participants For Meryl Streep-Funded Screenwriters Lab Announced.

Meryl Streep has always been a trailblazer in Hollywood. Lately, she’s been helping other women become their own trailblazers by advocating for women who work behind ...

Venice Film Festival Reveals 2015 Juries

Competition jury includes Elizabeth Banks, Lynne Ramsay, Diane Kruger and Hou Hsiao-hsien. The Venice Film Festival (Sept 2-12) has revealed the members of its three intern...

New Film Prize Created To Promote Better Roles For Women

The New York-based Independent Filmmaker Project and Phosphate Productions have partnered to create a new prize, The Phosphate Prize at IFP, to encourage indie film writers...

11 highlights of SIFF 2015’s final weekend

On SIFF’s final weekend, highlights include a screening of the once-presumed-lost 1916 silent film “Sherlock Holmes” (starring William Gillette, who playe...

‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Makes 2015 A Historic Year For Women In Hollywood

The success of Pitch Perfect 2 isn’t just good news for musical comedy fans; it’s also a historic win for women behind the camera. The Elizabeth Banks-directed ...

Manish Mundra Appoints Shiladitya Bora As Drishyam Films CEO

Mumbai, April 28, 2015: Manish Mundra, producer of award winning films such as Aankho Dekhi, Umrika and Dhanak, has appointed Shiladitya Bora as the CEO of...

Meryl Streep Funds Lab for Women Screenwriters Over 40

Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriters lab for women writers over 40, to be run by New York Women in Film and Television and IRIS, a collective of women filmmakers.
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Geetu Mohandas(Liar’s Dice) And Raj Rishi More(Lunchbox), Among The Seven Selected Projects For Inaugural Drishyam / Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab In Goa, India April 12-16

Sriram Raghavan(Badlapur, Ek Haseena Thi), Shridhar Raghavan(Yennai Arindaal), and Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk To Me), Srdan Golubovic (Circles), Erik Jen...