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NYWIFT Creative Showcase: Members at the 2025 SOHO International Film Festival

NYWIFT Creative Showcase: Members at the 2025 SOHO International Film Festival

09 Oct 2025 @ 05:10pm

The NYWIFT Member Screening Series comes to SOHO International Film Festival with a selection of six short films showcasing talented members of the New York Women in Film & Television community in key creative roles.

Showcase screening followed by a conversation with the artists, and a reception at the festival filmmakers’ lounge.

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Latest news

NYWIFT is on the road and hitting the festival circuit! The latest letter from NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez details all the latest happening in programming and festival partnerships. 

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NYWIFT members are encouraged to submit their projects for consideration for the NYWIFT Member Screening Series!

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Congrats to the NYWIFT Members with films screening at the 2025 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival!

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Congratulations to the 12 NYWIFT Members nominated for the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards!

See the nominees and winners…

NYWIFT CEO Cynthia Lopez shares recaps of recent NYWIFT happenings at Tribeca, the Made in NY Awards, and our Meet the Candidates Night, plus previews upcoming programs and pays tribute to two special members of our community who have passed. 

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In her latest letter from the CEO, Cynthia Lopez shares behind-the-scenes highlights from the 45th Annual NYWIFT Muse Awards!

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Congrats to the six NYWIFT members involved in Oscar-nominated projects this year!

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Catch the special broadcast for the 44th Annual NYWIFT Muse Awards on NYC Life March 1 and 21!

Check out the promo and local listings…

We’re proud to share that 10 NYWIFT members had projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival!

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NYWIFT has compiled a list of resources for members in need following the California wildfires, and for those in NYC looking to send support. 

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There are several NYWIFT Members involved in projects nominated for the 2025 Golden Globes!

Check out the full roster…

NYWIFT presented 11 awards to women filmmakers across six New York-area film festivals in 2024.

Meet who we supported…

NYWIFT presented scholarships to eight filmmaking students in 2024 as part of our ongoing commitment to nurturing the next generation of women in media.

Meet the students…

Congrats to the NYWIFT members with films at DOC NYC 2024!

Check out the festival highlights…

NYWIFT is proud to announce the new Nancy Mysel Scholarship Fund for students dedicated to the art and science of film preservation. The scholarship is named for the late UCLA preservationist.

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Four NYWIFT Members have been nominated for Artios Awards for casting theater and television – including former Board Member Destiny Lilly, who has nine nominations! Congrats to all.

Read about the nominees…

Four NYWIFT members have films screening at the 2024 Urbanworld Festival – congrats to all involved!

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Congrats to the ten members with projects at the Chelsea Film Festival!

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We are proud to have five NYWIFT members with projects at this year’s NewFest, NYC’s LGBTQIA+ film festival!

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Congrats to the NYWIFT members with films screening at the 25th Anniversary Woodstock Film Festival!

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In her latest letter from the CEO, Cynthia Lopez recaps NYWIFT all around New York: from The New School to Greenpoint to NYC TV Week, DCTV, Queens, the Hamptons, and beyond…

Read all about it…

Congrats to all of the NYWIFT Members with films at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival, including Past NYWIFT Board President Simone Pero and Lilly, recipient of the NYWIFT Ravenal Foundation Feature Film Grant! 

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NYWIFT is proud to announce new Board President Kim Jackson, along with several other new and returning board members for 2024-2025.

Get to know them here!

New York Women in Film & Television is proud to announce its continued partnership with the Hellenic Film Society in 2024, including two October screenings at the NY Greek Film Expo.

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Congrats to the 25 NYWIFT Members featured in the 15th Annual SOHO International Film Festival, as well as festival Executive Director and Head of Programming, NYWIFT Board Member Sibyl Reymundo-Santiago!

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NYWIFT is proud to share that seven of our members were nominated for 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, for shows including The Gilded Age, Only Murders in the Building, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Telemarketers, Saturday Night Live, True Detective: Night Country, and Girls State.

Check out the nominees…

The Writers Lab today announced that renewed support from steadfast champion Meryl Streep will enable 14 writers across 12 projects to attend its tenth annual lab. With Labs now operational in the US, Canada, UK and Europe, The Writers Lab is still the only program in the world dedicated exclusively to elevating the work of women and nonbinary screenwriters over 40. 

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Congratulations to the NYWIFT members who had projects at the 2024 Tribeca Festival!

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Visit our NYWIFT Boutique to shop for Muse Awards mugs and apparel!

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  • "As always and even more so today, women in our business are taking up the mantle of courage and truth-telling and consciousness, and they move and inspire me. We are awake now in a way we have never been before."

    - Actor Judith Light, accepting her 2017 NYWIFT Muse Award

  • "My faith is renewed by the way I experience this vanguard moving through the world with such grace at such a complex time. Speaking truth to power and creating a legacy for the women and the men who follow."

    - Actor Judith Light, accepting her 2017 NYWIFT Muse Award

upcoming events

  • NYWIFT Creative Showcase: Members at the 2025 SOHO International Film Festival

    05:10pm
  • NYWIFT x Hellenic Film Society Co-Present ‘Little England’ at New York Greek Film Expo

    08:00pm
  • NYWIFT 2025 Hamptons Brunch & 21st Annual Short Film Showcase

    12:00pm
  • The Business of Adaptations for Film & TV – Fall 2025

    06:30pm
  • NYWIFT Co-Presents with Among Other Things - "In Pursuit Of: Women’s Representation in Film"

    06:00pm
  • NYWIFT @ Woodstock Film Festival - "Creative Control: Censorship, Film Audiences and Free Speech"

    01:30pm
  • NYWIFT Co-Presents NewFest Closing Night Film "Christy"

    06:00pm
  • NYWIFT Night Out with HRTS at the National Arts Club

    07:00pm

 

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From Limerick, Ireland, Maeve studied Theatre Studies at Trinity College. A Licentiate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she graduated from GMIT where she studied Television Production and Development. Maeve has a Master’s in Media Studies from Mary I/UL and was Joint Winner of the Irish Times Theatre Award Judges’ Special Award in 2015. Currently Director of Programming at the Galway Film Fleadh, Maeve is an arts producer and festival programmer working in all aspects of film, TV, and theatre for over 25 years. Maeve is a professional actress with recent roles including Conveyance, Bad Sisters, Valley of the Squinting Windows, WAVE, and Brooklyn. As one half of award-winning film production company, Dromglen Productions, she co-produces narrative and documentary films, including award-winning PADDY, Medjugorje Man, and Being Put Back Together. The company is currently in development with two feature films. Maeve sat down with me to discuss her advice for creatives and her path in the industry in the latest edition of “What’s in Your Toolkit?”

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