NYWIFT Members at Sundance Film Festival
From the documentary The Hunting Ground. Members of New York Women in Film and Television have films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, which runs from January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Utah. Here’s a sneak peek: ADVANTAGEOUS Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition Director: Jennifer Phang Screenwriters: Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang Production Designers: Dara Wishingrad (NYWIFT Member), Aiyana...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: NYWIFT Members at Sundance, Bentonville Film Festival & What to Look for in 2015
Can’t Wait for: Geena Davis to launch the Bentonville Film Festival to “champion women and diversity in film.” The festival runs May 5-9 in Bentonville, AK. Check out the press release from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. Congratulations to: NYWIFT members with films at Sundance this year. Make sure to check out these Member films screening at Sundance this...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Awards, Animation & An Absence of Women Directors
//embed.gettyimages.com/embed/461167944?et=fzmEQGH0Rn1a6eQqvwNMPw&socialOnLoad=off&sig=UzXAoUBJoRWvhGfK152hUWgKWmc-MlAm3MfmEdAvIok=&caption=true Lots of great moments at the People’s Choice Awards. The January “Call for Writers” topic on btchflcks.com is…Black Families. DreamWorks Animation hires two women to take the lead! Hayley Atwell loves being Agent Carter and the “Yes, and?” world of LA. It’s 2015 and there’s still a 4% problem for female directors. Here’s helpful advice if you’re moving to LA...
READ MORE2014 Screenplays, Screenplays, Screenplays
It’s that time of the year again. The Award Season scripts are being post online by the studios for all to read and the 2014 Blacklist scripts are available for download. We wish more were written by women, so get reading and get writing!
READ MOREFlix Not to Miss: ‘Making Mr. Right’ (1987) by Susan Seidelman
I always enjoy a good romantic comedy, and Susan Seidelman provides a quirky, offbeat example of the genre with a touch of sci-fi in Making Mr. Right. Comedian Ann Magnuson is terrific as a high-powered image consultant who’s tasked with creating a more human android, played by a young John Malkovich. Unfortunately, she succeeds a little too...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Diary of a Teenage Girl, Muse Red Carpet & Inequality, again
Info-graph depicting inequality in female/male actor pay. Courtesy of New York Film Academy Go watch: the first NYWIFT Nancy Malone Marketing and Promotion Grant recipient, Diary of a Teenage Girl, screening this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Marielle Heller with a female led produced team, the film tells the story...
READ MOREA New Year Begins: Get A Jump Start on NYWIFT’s January Programs
New Year wallpaper by Grimarika. Three Secrets to Unblocking Your Creativity January 8, 6:30 pm Do you have a great story that’s dying to be told but you can’t get the words out? Whether you’re a writer, filmmaker, or actor, we all get stuck sometimes. The more important the story, the harder it can be...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Sony Hack, Ana Y Yo, and Alysia Reiner
Alysia Reiner on the Red Carpet at the 2014 NYWIFT Muse Awards. Following: Hollywood exposed by the latest leaks from the Sony Pictures hack. It has us all reeling, from reading about income inequality among female executives to learning Aaron Sorkin’s view that women’s roles are not as challenging as men’s roles. The real...
READ MORENYWIFT Member Suzanne Hayes Kelly on Producing ‘Isn’t it Delicious’
Still from Isn’t it Delicious with Alice Ripley (L) and Suzanne Hayes Kelly ®. Photo courtesy of Aquapio Films. Last week, New York Women in Film and Television members were invited to see Isn’t It Delicious, an independent feature film produced by NYWIFT member Suzanne Hayes Kelly, at the Quad Cinema in New York City....
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Muse Interviews & Year-End Reviews
VIVE Katerin has exciting interviews from the 2014 MUSE awards! (Video) Sarah Silverman and HBO partner to bring humor to the “modern midlife crisis.” From A to Z, Women and Hollywood lists women in film 2014, Parts I and II. There’s still time to submit that “family-friendly” script you wrote this year. We’re waiting with bated breath, Nikki Finke! 2014 is almost...
READ MOREAdvice from an Indie Producer: The Page Turn
After you’ve hired your crew, it’s now time to schedule a meeting with your key department heads to go scene by scene through the script, which is called a “page turn.” A page turn ensures all the department heads are in alignment with the producer/director’s vision. This meeting saves time and money because it reduces...
READ MOREDispatch From the West Coast: How Indie Films Are Conquering LA
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival audience at AT&T Center in Downtown LA. The face of Los Angeles independent filmmaking is changing, and it has been for a while. More and more festivals showing short and experimental films are popping up in the capital of the Hollywood machine. Young and new filmmakers are not scared of...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Muse Award Wrap-Ups, ‘Isn’t It Delicious,’ The Black List & Amy Schumer
Robert LuPone and Kathleen Chalfant in Isn’t It Delicious. Photo Courtesy of Empekay Kayjaykay Productions. Don’t miss: NYWIFT’s 34th Annual Muse Awards’ recaps (nywift.org and NYWIFT Blog) if you missed the event held last week in New York featuring honorees Mary Bailey, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dawn Ostroff and Wanda Sykes. It was a huge success! Feeling frustrated: with signs of progress...
READ MORERoad to Muse: Missed the NYWIFT Muse Awards? We Got You Covered!
(L-R) NYWIFT 2014 Muse Award honorees Wanda Sykes, Abigail Disney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Bailey, and Dawn Ostroff, and Muse host Judy Gold. Photo courtesy of NYWIFT. On December 11, 2014, New York Women in Film & Television held its annual Muse Awards, a fundraising gala luncheon that honors women of outstanding “vision and achievement,” as well as...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: NYWIFT Muse Awards, Golden Globe Noms & THR Power 100 List
(L-R) Loreen Arbus, Wanda Sykes, Abigail Disney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Bailey, Dawn Ostroff, Judy Gold, Alexis Alexanian, and Terry Lawler at NYWIFT’s 2014 Muse Awards. NYWIFT’s 2014 Muse Awards honored Maggie Gyllenhaal, Wanda Sykes, Dawn Ostroff, Mary Bailey, and Abigail Disney. Ava DuVernay makes history, and other Golden Globe news! Meet the women on this year’s The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 List. Melissa Joan...
READ MORERoad to Muse: Honorees Dawn Ostroff, Mary Bailey & Abigail Disney
Dawn Ostroff, president of Condé Nast Entertainment. Tomorrow afternoon, New York Women in Film & Television will celebrate the achievements of Condé Nast Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff, script supervisor Mary Bailey, and actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Wanda Sykes at the nonprofit’s annual Muse Awards, held at the New York Hilton. Filmmaker, philanthropist, and activist Abigail Disney will be honored with...
READ MORERoad to Muse: Goodie Bags & Raffles
Muse Awards 2014 goodie bags are once again filled with amazing items from New York Women in Film & Television sponsors. Make-up is always a big hit with the ladies and this year Sephora and Ricky’s once again will be packing a punch! Beauty items galore are being offered in the Raffle including a basket...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Muse Awards, Chicken & Egg, & Atlanta Film Festival
Don’t miss: 2014 Muse Awards honoring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Wanda Sykes and more amazing women! Buy your ticket now! Must read: about how the Atlanta Film Festival wants you to know there are many great new movies made by women. Congrats to: NYWIFT member Gini Reticker who is among the recently announce Chicken & Egg Pictures Grantees for...
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