NYWIFT Blog

Tribeca Prize Honors Nora Ephron

Photo from Oprah magazine. Writer and director Nora Ephron, a woman of brilliance, warmth, generosity and wit, has inspired the creation of an award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. “The Nora” is a $25,000 prize, which will be awarded annually to the woman filmmaker whose voice and vision best embody Nora Ephron’s spirit, and whose film makes its...

Flix Not to Miss: ‘The Heat’

I can’t remember the last time I saw a funny female buddy movie. “The Heat,” starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, looks to be that movie. Directed by Paul Feig of “Bridesmaids,” the film appears to have the hi-jinx of its predecessor, but less “raunchy” by the looks of the trailer. The film arrives in theaters on June 28. —...

Terry’s Picks: April 23

Go check out: “Out of Print” by Vivian Roumani, narrated by Meryl Street at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25, 28. What is the future of printed books? Proud of the fact: Barbra Streisand, the first woman to write, direct, produce, and star in a single movie, was honored Monday by the Film Society of...

Earth Day: Women Rising at Tribeca Film Festival

Happy Earth Day! Women directors make inroads at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival: “Twenty-six feature films, about a quarter of the total to be presented during the two-week festival, are by women directors, including the first feature film by a female Saudi filmmaker shot entirely in her country.” Check out the full article on Reuters.

Road to Designing Women: Flashback 2003

Honorees on the red carpet: Costume Designer Jennifer Von Mayrhauser, Costume Designer Colleen Atwood, and Makeup Artist Judy Chin. Buy tickets now for the 2013 Designing Women to be held May 23.

Women of Transmedia: Tribeca Storyscapes

Frequent NYWIFT moderator and panelist Ingrid Kopp has outdone herself this year with her excellent programming of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival’s Tribeca Storyscapes. This unique “gallery space” experience is the first time the festival has presented a juried section for transmedia or interactive work of any genre. I had an opportunity to get a sneak...

Film News Roundup

Emily Kapnek makes the suburbs look appealing. “Your film? Never heard of it.” Sheri Candler on marketing your project. Nina Shaw reps hard. She was baptized on The Godfather movie set. HBO has Girls, the web has even more women. These comedy numbers aren’t funny. Nora Ephron Prize nominees. Lots of women at the box...

Flix Not to Miss: ‘Ginger & Rosa’

I loved Sally Potter’s Orlando and still have images in my mind from that film many years later. So I was excited to see her latest film, Ginger & Rosa, a coming-of-age story about two best friends (Elle Fanning and Alice Englert) growing up in London in 1962. The imagery was beautiful, and the the...

Submit It! Spring/Summer Call for Entries

We’ve rounded up top film fests, writing competitions, and grants with spring or summer deadlines. It’s time to polish that script, shoot that video, or burn those DVDS. Go, go, go Film festivals, video/TV contests & labsJust For Laughs Comedy Search (final deadline: 5/10)Southhampton Arts’ 20/20/20 Film Program (final: 5/15)Dogfish Accelerator for Film Producers (early: 4/19, regular:...

Terry’s Picks: April 16

Recently read: A great Wall Street Journal article on NYWIFT Board member Anne Hubbell’s and Amy Hobby’s new film production company, Tangerine Entertainment, that focuses on producing films directed by women. Read about it on the NYWIFT site. Enjoy a Tangerini cocktail during Tangerine Entertainment’s “Tangerine Movie Nights” Can’t stop thinking about: Sunday night’s episode of The...

What Can We Do About the Under-representation of Women in Screenwriting?

There has been a very thoughtful and extensive conversation going on over at the The Black Board (community of the Black List and Go Into The Story). It arose from this: The Nicholl’s website reveals a startling stat: 1 in 4 of their applicants are women. They’re referring to the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, of course, which is accepting...

Road to Designing Women: The Interviews

Recently, NYWIFT interviewed the three amazing women being honored at this year’s awards show. NYWIFT member Drake Stutesman and I were on hand to conduct the interviews, which will be used for the event’s video montages. It was a great day. The honorees—who’ve worked on such films as Moonrise Kingdom and The Amazing Spider-Man 2,...

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

judygrimes: Lucy Liu at the 2012 NYWIFT Muse Awards (x) We’re loving these GIFs of Lucy Liu’s NYWIFT Muse Awards acceptance speech. Created by judygrimes.

Film News Roundup

What’s on our radar this week: Director Kimberly Peirce is frightening. There’s a new voice at the village: Stephanie Zacharek. Cannes to honor director Jane Campion (again). This means “everything”: Nora Ephron doc coming to HBO. We all love Scandal(ous) discussions. I sue you. You thank me. Now that’s beautiful, Sylvia Nasar. In case you’ve...

Member Focus: Melissa Silverstein

As the saying goes: if you want success, see a need and fill it. That’s what NYWIFT member Melissa Silverstein has done with her popular blog Women and Hollywood. It was 2007 and not many people were writing about women who work in the male-dominated film industry. To fill that void, Silverstein launched a blog,...