Road to Muse: Honorees Wanda Sykes & Maggie Gyllenhaal
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READ MOREWeekly Roundup: ‘Wild’ Buzz, Sundance Announces Slate & Kathy Griffin Joins the Force
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READ MORERoad to Muse: #ThrowbackThursday Videos
We hope you have your 2014 Muse Awards ticket in hand! If not, buy one now. You don’t want to miss the sure to be jaw-dropping, laughter-inducing Wanda Sykes’ acceptance speech, the industry insights from the stunning and talented Maggie Gyllenhaal, the thought-provoking, global-minded Abigail Disney’s Changemaker Award acceptance speech, or further wise words from industry...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Wonder Woman, Amma Asante & Sarah Hanssen
First official photo of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. Check it out: NYWIFT Member Sarah Hanssen directed a video with The Wall Street Journal’s Kelly Crow about Peruvian artist Grimanesa Amoros. Way to go: Belle Director Amma Asante speaks out about the difficulties of funding a “sophomore movie” being “compounded when the filmmaker is female and/or a minority” during her keynote speech at the...
READ MORETop 10 Reasons to Join NYWIFT
Discounts to High-profile Special Events Celebrating Women Calling the Shots in Television, Film & Digital Media: Attend our well-loved annual tributes to women working in the industry at the right industry insider price! Designing Women: A celebration of the achievements and influence of costume designers, make-up artists, and hair stylists in film, television, and digital...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,’ Nina Jacobson & a Must Read
Women take to the streets in protest for equality. Making Plans: to attend the NYWIFT/ Women Make Movies/Chicken & Egg and Women in Media Coalition screening of She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry on the evening of Sunday, December 7 at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema. Listening To: A podcast with Nina Jacobson, the producer of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, discuss, “the meteoric...
READ MOREJoin Now! 50% Off Initiation Fee Until 12/5
Join New York Women in Film & Television by December 5, 2014, and get 50% off the initiation fee! NYWIFT membership creates business and networking opportunities—where you can build your career, hone your skills, stay in the job market, preserve your cultural legacy, and make a difference. Learn more about NYWIFT member benefits and how to apply for membership.
READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Hoarder Edition
Photo via Go Into the Story. A first draft is a hoarder house. It is piled full of things of great value to the writer, things that feel necessary and beautiful and valuable, or at least are too nice to throw away. The experience of the reader to the hoarder draft is, “Why are you...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Dinners, Movies, Podcasts & ‘Wonder Woman’!
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READ MORE#TBT Flix Not to Miss: ‘The Gleaners & I’ (2000) by Agnes Varda
The Gleaners, an oil painting by Jean-François Millet. In her documentary The Gleaners & I (2000), Agnes Varda’s point-of-departure is a 1857 painting by Jean-Francois Millet portraying three women gleaning the fields. The painting, hanging in the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, is captured in the film through crowds of onlookers. While in his painting Millet sought to give a voice to...
READ MOREActing Up: Interview With Casting Director Brette Goldstein
Casting director Brette Goldstein has cast over 40 independent films—many of which have won awards and been official selections at major film fests, including Sundance, Tribeca and Cannes—as well as numerous commercials and plays and several TV and digital projects. Goldstein was the resident casting director at the Folger Elizabethan Theatre in Washington, DC, for 10 seasons, and...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Women in Film Fund, Olive Kitteridge & Hillary Swank
Frances McDormand in Olive Kitteridge. Photograph courtesy HBO. Watching: Hilary Swank discuss her starring role in The Homesman on The Hollywood Masters, saying she believes it’s a “feminist movie and shows how far we need to go.” Congratulating: the 9 talented grantees of the Women in Film Fund. Recommending: HBO’s mini-series Olive Kitteridge, starring Frances McDormand in an amazing...
READ MORERoad to Muse: NYWIFT to Honor Maggie Gyllenhaal, Wanda Sykes, Dawn Ostroff, Mary Bailey & Abigail Disney
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READ MORETerry’s Picks: ‘Rare Birds of Fashion,’ Women and Hollywood Gets a Podcast & Made In NY Awards
Fundraising video for Rare Birds of Fashion. Supporting: Lily Hayes Kaufman’s Indiegogo campaign to raise funds for Rare Birds of Fashion, a new comedy web series about two funny and smart entrepreneurs who launch a plus-size fashion line. Check out: the newly launched podcast by NYWIFT member Melissa Silverstein’s Women and Hollywood. Congratulating: NYWIFT members Lydia Dean Pilcher and Rachel Watanabe-Batton, along with Mary Jo Winkler, for...
READ MOREWeekly Roundup: Celebrity News & Great Career Advice
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READ MOREWeekly Roundup: ‘Ellentube,’ Career Advice & ‘Ugly Truths’
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READ MORESign Up for NYWIFT’s November Events: Women Aren’t Funny, The Only Real Game & Member Shorts Program
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READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Pitch Me
Photo via Go Into the Story. Ninety seconds is more than enough time to pitch a well-defined story. The elements that make a story interesting and easy to envision, when stripped of less important trappings, can fit on an index card. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the Austin Film Festival Pitch Finale Party...
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