New York Women in Film amp Television has announced the honorees for this year's Muse Awards on December 14th Laura Dern actor, Judith Light actor and Amy Emmerich Refinery29 Cco Regina K. Scully filmmaker and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation will receive the Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award and the inaugural Nancy Malone Directing Award will be presented to groundbreaking filmmaker Julie Dash.
- 12/14/2017
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Already this week, the 2017 edition of the Black List was released, and two of last year’s selections — “I, Tonya” and “The Post” — became Golden Globe nominees. Completing a trifecta of recent Black List developments, iTunes has curated a page for cinephiles to watch more than 100 films that graduated from the annual list of unproduced gems. Since former development executive Franklin Leonard created the Black List in 2004, more than 325 of its entries have resulted in movies.
Read More:Attention, Female Filmmakers: The Black List and Women In Film Want You For Two Exciting New Labs
Half of the past 20 Best Screenplay Oscars have been presented to writers who first saw their scripts on the list, including Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), Diablo Cody (“Juno”), and Michael Arndt (“Little Miss Sunshine”); among the represented Best Picture winners are “Argo,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” and “Spotlight.” These features can all be found in iTunes’ new Black List “room,...
Read More:Attention, Female Filmmakers: The Black List and Women In Film Want You For Two Exciting New Labs
Half of the past 20 Best Screenplay Oscars have been presented to writers who first saw their scripts on the list, including Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), Diablo Cody (“Juno”), and Michael Arndt (“Little Miss Sunshine”); among the represented Best Picture winners are “Argo,” “Slumdog Millionaire,” and “Spotlight.” These features can all be found in iTunes’ new Black List “room,...
- 12/12/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
This year’s Black List — Hollywood’s “most liked” unproduced screenplays — was unveiled throughout the early part of the day, care of a massive Twitter-centric push led by some of the industry’s biggest talents. This year’s 76-screenplay-strong list was announced via the social media platform, with big stars like Jake Gyllenhaal, Margot Robbie, Rian Johnson, Don Cheadle, Lena Waithe, and many more pushing out quick videos revealing each title over the course of a three-hour event.
“Congratulations to all of the screenwriters who made this year’s list and all of the executives who contributed to it,” said Black List founder Franklin Leonard in an official statement. “In aggregate, they’ve assembled another remarkable survey of extraordinary storytelling that I hope we all get to benefit from on screen in the coming years.”
Read More: Attention, Female Filmmakers: The Black List and Women In Film Want You For...
“Congratulations to all of the screenwriters who made this year’s list and all of the executives who contributed to it,” said Black List founder Franklin Leonard in an official statement. “In aggregate, they’ve assembled another remarkable survey of extraordinary storytelling that I hope we all get to benefit from on screen in the coming years.”
Read More: Attention, Female Filmmakers: The Black List and Women In Film Want You For...
- 12/11/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Gal Gadot’s wonderful year has been capped off by taking first place on IMDb’s Top 10 Stars of 2017. The list, which is based on the number of page views received by the performers in question, features seven women and only one American (Alexandra Daddario); everyone else, like “Guardians of the Galaxy” breakout Pom Klementieff and Dan “Cousin Matthew” Stevens, all hail from different corners of the globe.
IMDb has also unveiled its list of the year’s Top 10 Breakouts, which features significant overlap with its other list; it includes Jessica Henwick, Dylan Minnette, and Zendaya.
Read More:IMDbPro Launches an iPhone App, Available to Download Now Gal Gadot Tom Hardy Emilia Clarke Alexandra Daddario Bill Skarsgård Pom Klementieff Ana de Armas Dan Stevens Sofia Boutella Katherine Langford
And here are IMDb’s Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2017; the first five all appear on the first list as well:
Bill Skarsgård Pom Klementieff...
IMDb has also unveiled its list of the year’s Top 10 Breakouts, which features significant overlap with its other list; it includes Jessica Henwick, Dylan Minnette, and Zendaya.
Read More:IMDbPro Launches an iPhone App, Available to Download Now Gal Gadot Tom Hardy Emilia Clarke Alexandra Daddario Bill Skarsgård Pom Klementieff Ana de Armas Dan Stevens Sofia Boutella Katherine Langford
And here are IMDb’s Top 10 Breakout Stars of 2017; the first five all appear on the first list as well:
Bill Skarsgård Pom Klementieff...
- 12/7/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Crossing borders and platforms, Wff’s Summit to connect filmmakers and dealmakers.
Whistler Film Festival is celebrated its 16th edition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada with juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pandora Audience Award. A conference for the Canadian film industry, known as the Whistler Summit, is organized in connection with the film festival.
Structured around bringing films to market and designed to provide filmmakers with tools to succeed both within and beyond borders, delegates gain insights from key power brokers and some of the great creative minds of our time including:
Bill Bromiley — President, Saban FilmsBruce Cowley — Senior Director, CBC Documentary ChannelChristina Davila — Creative Executive, Stage 13/Warner Bros Digital NetworkHoward Barish — Founder and President / Executive Producer, Kandoo FilmsJeff Sackman — Executive Producer, Someone Else’s WeddingKim Fox — Partner, MadRiverKirk D’Amico — President and CEO, Myriad PicturesKristen Konvitz — Agent, International and Independent Film, ICMNate Bolotin — Co-Founder, Xyz filmsOlivia Thomas Steier — Original Programming Executive,...
Whistler Film Festival is celebrated its 16th edition in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada with juried competitive sections, the Borsos Awards, and the Pandora Audience Award. A conference for the Canadian film industry, known as the Whistler Summit, is organized in connection with the film festival.
Structured around bringing films to market and designed to provide filmmakers with tools to succeed both within and beyond borders, delegates gain insights from key power brokers and some of the great creative minds of our time including:
Bill Bromiley — President, Saban FilmsBruce Cowley — Senior Director, CBC Documentary ChannelChristina Davila — Creative Executive, Stage 13/Warner Bros Digital NetworkHoward Barish — Founder and President / Executive Producer, Kandoo FilmsJeff Sackman — Executive Producer, Someone Else’s WeddingKim Fox — Partner, MadRiverKirk D’Amico — President and CEO, Myriad PicturesKristen Konvitz — Agent, International and Independent Film, ICMNate Bolotin — Co-Founder, Xyz filmsOlivia Thomas Steier — Original Programming Executive,...
- 12/5/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Chicago – The education system of America has been ripe over the years for comedic skewering… and with today’s overindulgent parenting style, it’s never been a better time for those knowing laughs. The focus on parent teacher/conferences is the subject of the latest comedy web series, shot in Chicago, called “Other People’s Children.” (Opc).
Opc centers on Margot Antler (Astra Asdou), who dreams of becoming a renowned novelist, but in reality she’s a rookie second grade teacher who is about to experience the insanity of parent/teacher conferences for the first time. The series develops as a series of vignettes, as Margot finds herself at conferences where the adults behave worst than their children. In those encounters, it’s not so much the second graders who have problems, but rather their post millennial parents.
Astra Asdou in ‘Other People’s Children,’ Co-Created by Brad Riddell & Anna Maria Hozian
Photo credit: OPCTheSeries.
Opc centers on Margot Antler (Astra Asdou), who dreams of becoming a renowned novelist, but in reality she’s a rookie second grade teacher who is about to experience the insanity of parent/teacher conferences for the first time. The series develops as a series of vignettes, as Margot finds herself at conferences where the adults behave worst than their children. In those encounters, it’s not so much the second graders who have problems, but rather their post millennial parents.
Astra Asdou in ‘Other People’s Children,’ Co-Created by Brad Riddell & Anna Maria Hozian
Photo credit: OPCTheSeries.
- 12/2/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Finally back at home in Bali after being stranded for five days in Singapore because of the Mt. Agung volcanic eruption, Deane rejoins Brian for a serious and candid discussion on the Hollywood sexual abuse scandal with Elisa C. Rice, scoring director at Hollywood Scoring and co-host of the “Cued Up” podcast.
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- 12/2/2017
- by SCO Editorial Staff
- SCOREcastOnline.com
As awards season takes over Hollywood, keep up with all the ins, outs, and big accolades with our bi-weekly Awards Roundup column.
– The 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Holly Hunter with the Career Achievement Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. Past recipients of the Career Achievement Award include Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Kevin Costner, Bruce Dern, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Lynn Redgrave.
“Holly Hunter’s career is filled with many memorable performances including her Academy Award-winning role in ‘The Piano’ as well as other films including ‘Broadcast News,’ ‘The Firm,’ ‘The Incredibles’ and more,” said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner in an official statement. “In her recent film ‘The Big Sick,’ she brings comedy and poignancy as a mother coping with her daughter’s coma, while bonding with her daughter’s ex-boyfriend. It is our great honor...
– The 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will present Holly Hunter with the Career Achievement Award at its annual Film Awards Gala. Past recipients of the Career Achievement Award include Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Kevin Costner, Bruce Dern, Robert Duvall, Clint Eastwood, Sally Field, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, and Lynn Redgrave.
“Holly Hunter’s career is filled with many memorable performances including her Academy Award-winning role in ‘The Piano’ as well as other films including ‘Broadcast News,’ ‘The Firm,’ ‘The Incredibles’ and more,” said Festival Chairman Harold Matzner in an official statement. “In her recent film ‘The Big Sick,’ she brings comedy and poignancy as a mother coping with her daughter’s coma, while bonding with her daughter’s ex-boyfriend. It is our great honor...
- 12/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
New York Women in Film amp Television has announced the honorees for this year's Muse Awards on December 14th Laura Dern actor, Judith Light actor and Amy Emmerich Refinery29 Cco Regina K. Scully filmmaker and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation will receive the Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award and the inaugural Nancy Malone Directing Award will be presented to groundbreaking filmmaker Julie Dash.
- 11/21/2017
- by TV News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Urban Chestnut Beer poured freely (because it was free) at the Urban Chestnut Microbrewery in the Grove neighborhood inSt. Louis last night. It was the closing-night party for the 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival where the slate of audience-choice and juried-competition winners were announced to an attentive crowd. Sliff presented four major filmmaking awards during the course of the 2017 festival: Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award to Dan Mirvish; Women in Film Award to Pam Grier; Lifetime Achievement Awards to Sam Pollard; and the Contemporary Cinema Award to Marco Williams.
Tribeca Film Institute’s If/Then Short Documentary Pitch Competition
Tribeca Film Institute, in partnership with Sliff, sought short documentary projects by filmmakers living and working in the Midwest for its new If/Then Short Documentary Program, made possible with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Five projects were invited to enter...
Tribeca Film Institute’s If/Then Short Documentary Pitch Competition
Tribeca Film Institute, in partnership with Sliff, sought short documentary projects by filmmakers living and working in the Midwest for its new If/Then Short Documentary Program, made possible with support from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Five projects were invited to enter...
- 11/14/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dee Rees is a tall woman of fierce charisma. She’s the kind of director who talks fast, ideas coming so quickly that those less inclined can barely keep up. And yet her output has been slow: After Focus Features snapped up her breakout 2011 feature debut “Pariah” at Sundance, it was four years before HBO Film’s Emmy and DGA-award-winning 2015 biopic “Bessie.”
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
- 11/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Dee Rees is a tall woman of fierce charisma. She’s the kind of director who talks fast, ideas coming so quickly that those less inclined can barely keep up. And yet her output has been slow: After Focus Features snapped up her breakout 2011 feature debut “Pariah” at Sundance, it was four years before HBO Film’s Emmy and DGA-award-winning 2015 biopic “Bessie.”
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
“There’s an assumption that men who do small personal movies can leap to deliver larger things,” said “Bessie” producer Shelby Stone. “It’s much harder for women.”
Finally, we get to see Rees fulfill her promise with “Mudbound,” a Sundance triumph that set the 2017 festival sales record with its $12.5 million sale to Netflix, and opened AFI Fest November 9 after wowing crowds at seven film festivals.
When Rees received the Sundance Next Fest Vanguard Award in August, her presenter, “Pariah” star Kim Wayans, said it best: “The introverted,...
- 11/13/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
While participating in the Take Back the Workplace March in Los Angeles on November 12, actress Elizabeth Perkins implied that she has been mistreated by fellow actor James Woods. Perkins was photographed toting a white, handwritten sign that read, “James Woods #MeToo.” Representatives for Perkins and Woods have not yet responded to requests for comment.
USA Today reported that a few hundred protestors — a confluence of the Take Back the Workplace March and the #MeToo Survivors March — banded together at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenues, outside the Dolby Theatre, where The Academy’s Governors Awards took place Saturday evening (Perkins, 56, wore a red t-shirt supporting the former, which was organized by The Feminist Majority Foundation, Civican, and We For She).
#TakeBackTheWorkplaceMarch with @mogaffney @MaloneLynne @hannah__jo ✊ #Resist pic.twitter.com/gCLCIM0OZW
— Elizabeth Perkins (@Elizbethperkins) November 12, 2017
According to the Take Back the Workplace March’s website, the purpose...
USA Today reported that a few hundred protestors — a confluence of the Take Back the Workplace March and the #MeToo Survivors March — banded together at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenues, outside the Dolby Theatre, where The Academy’s Governors Awards took place Saturday evening (Perkins, 56, wore a red t-shirt supporting the former, which was organized by The Feminist Majority Foundation, Civican, and We For She).
#TakeBackTheWorkplaceMarch with @mogaffney @MaloneLynne @hannah__jo ✊ #Resist pic.twitter.com/gCLCIM0OZW
— Elizabeth Perkins (@Elizbethperkins) November 12, 2017
According to the Take Back the Workplace March’s website, the purpose...
- 11/13/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Women in Film Los Angeles is establishing a help line for men and women who experience sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.
The help line, which is expected to go live by Dec. 1 and be available year-round, will serve as a confidential crisis center for callers and refer them to follow-up resources, including mental-health counseling and law-enforcement and legal services.
“Our phones have been ringing off the hook since these harassment stories began to break,” Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer said in a statement. “We are hearing that victims feel isolated, that there is nowhere safe to go to...
The help line, which is expected to go live by Dec. 1 and be available year-round, will serve as a confidential crisis center for callers and refer them to follow-up resources, including mental-health counseling and law-enforcement and legal services.
“Our phones have been ringing off the hook since these harassment stories began to break,” Wif executive director Kirsten Schaffer said in a statement. “We are hearing that victims feel isolated, that there is nowhere safe to go to...
- 11/10/2017
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Call it “The Weinstein Effect,” but it seems Hollywood and the entertainment industry are not just waking up to the fact that sexual assault and harassment are a very real problem, but that it’s high time to enact measures to both help survivors and out abusers. In the wake of a seemingly unending series of allegations made against such Hollywood heavyweights as Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, Jeremy Piven, Dustin Hoffman, James Toback, Steven Seagal, and Jefferey Tambor, two key organizations of now announced new programs to specifically designed to aid survivors.
As Deadline reports, the Lapd is launching their own task force to investigate such possible crimes. Per the outlet, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey “has established a special task to force to look into allegations of sexual assault in the entertainment industry. Despite the growing number of allegations, however, no crimes have been referred for...
As Deadline reports, the Lapd is launching their own task force to investigate such possible crimes. Per the outlet, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey “has established a special task to force to look into allegations of sexual assault in the entertainment industry. Despite the growing number of allegations, however, no crimes have been referred for...
- 11/10/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Ben Affleck told The Associated Press that he is “looking at [his] own behavior” in the wake of numerous sexual harassment scandals in Hollywood and is vowing to be “part of the solution.” One way the actor is planning to do so is by refusing to make any more money off the films he made with Harvey Weinstein. The former head of The Weinstein Company has been accused of sexual harassment and/or abuse by over 60 women. The disgraced studio head gave Affleck his early breakthrough after acquiring and releasing “Good Will Hunting,” which earned Affleck an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Read More:Ben Affleck Says Sexual Harassment Must Also Be a ‘Men’s Issue,’ Vows to Be ‘Part of the Solution’
Affleck said in an interview with Fox 5 DC that he will donate all future residuals from his Weinstein-funded movies to anti-sexual assault organization Rainn and Film Independent. Rainn...
Read More:Ben Affleck Says Sexual Harassment Must Also Be a ‘Men’s Issue,’ Vows to Be ‘Part of the Solution’
Affleck said in an interview with Fox 5 DC that he will donate all future residuals from his Weinstein-funded movies to anti-sexual assault organization Rainn and Film Independent. Rainn...
- 11/7/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
When the popular women-focused lifestyle website Refinery29 began to build out its original video assets, they hit a stumbling block: they wanted more women creators to make their projects, but they couldn’t seem to find them through traditional means.
“We were building so many things simultaneously,” Chief Content Officer Amy Emmerich recently explained to IndieWire. “And having such a tough time finding women directors and hearing what the agents would say to us, like, ‘We don’t have someone who is a comedy director for you,’ or ‘There aren’t that many,’ and we kind of looked at each other, like, ‘What the hell is happening?'”
For a female-focused business, that idea just wasn’t tenable, and Emmerich and scripted programming executive producer Shannon Gibson set out to launch their own program aimed at female creators.
When the popular women-focused lifestyle website Refinery29 began to build out its original video assets, they hit a stumbling block: they wanted more women creators to make their projects, but they couldn’t seem to find them through traditional means.
“We were building so many things simultaneously,” Chief Content Officer Amy Emmerich recently explained to IndieWire. “And having such a tough time finding women directors and hearing what the agents would say to us, like, ‘We don’t have someone who is a comedy director for you,’ or ‘There aren’t that many,’ and we kind of looked at each other, like, ‘What the hell is happening?'”
For a female-focused business, that idea just wasn’t tenable, and Emmerich and scripted programming executive producer Shannon Gibson set out to launch their own program aimed at female creators.
- 11/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s loquacious personality is enough to bring people to National Geographic for “StarTalk,” but guests like filmmaker Kevin Smith is what keeps viewers coming back. Airing Sunday nights at 11/10c p.m., this week’s episode of Tyson’s weekly talk show will feature a riveting conversation with the “Clerks” director about the science of superheroes, the ongoing appreciation of comic books, and this generation’s obsession with events like Comic-Con.
Smith is a notorious superhero fan, and in the exclusive clip for this Sunday’s episode, Smith reveals what his number one superpower would be. While his answer isn’t what anyone would expect, it’s definitely on brand for “StarTalk,” as Tyson uses it to dive into the complex thought of our favorite superhero villains, such as Lex Luthor.
Read More:Kevin Smith Will No Longer Profit From Weinstein Movies, Vows to Donate Residuals to...
Smith is a notorious superhero fan, and in the exclusive clip for this Sunday’s episode, Smith reveals what his number one superpower would be. While his answer isn’t what anyone would expect, it’s definitely on brand for “StarTalk,” as Tyson uses it to dive into the complex thought of our favorite superhero villains, such as Lex Luthor.
Read More:Kevin Smith Will No Longer Profit From Weinstein Movies, Vows to Donate Residuals to...
- 10/27/2017
- by Raelyn Giansanti
- Indiewire
Weeks later, the scandal surrounding Harvey Weinstein's alleged history of sexual harassment only seems to intensify. Stars have continued to come forward with stories about the producer, who is now being investigated by police in Los Angeles, New York and London. But could he be charged for the claims of sexual assault and rape leveled against him? And how has he -- and Hollywood -- reacted to new allegations?
Here's the latest on the scandal, from police investigations to the social media movement that sparked a conversation about sexual harassment in Hollywood.
Can Weinstein be charged for the allegations?
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told Et on Thursday that they are currently investigating Weinstein after a woman came forward alleging that he sexually assaulted her in 2013. The woman remains anonymous, but detailed her allegations to The Los Angeles Times, claiming that the producer "bullied his way into my hotel room" and alleging that he "then...
Here's the latest on the scandal, from police investigations to the social media movement that sparked a conversation about sexual harassment in Hollywood.
Can Weinstein be charged for the allegations?
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told Et on Thursday that they are currently investigating Weinstein after a woman came forward alleging that he sexually assaulted her in 2013. The woman remains anonymous, but detailed her allegations to The Los Angeles Times, claiming that the producer "bullied his way into my hotel room" and alleging that he "then...
- 10/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Quentin Tarantino admits that he knew about several of the allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein.
In an interview with The New York Times on Thursday, the director, who worked closely with Weinstein for years, revealed that he "knew enough to do more than I did."
"There was more to it than just the normal rumors, the normal gossip. It wasn’t secondhand. I knew he did a couple of these things," he admitted, citing several allegations by well-known actresses. "I wish I had taken responsibility for what I heard. If I had done the work I should have done then, I would have had to not work with him."
Tarantino went on to state that he was aware of the allegations his former girlfriend, Mira Sorvino, told The New Yorker about Weinstein, that the producer had massaged her without asking, chased her around a hotel room and even showed up at her apartment in the middle...
In an interview with The New York Times on Thursday, the director, who worked closely with Weinstein for years, revealed that he "knew enough to do more than I did."
"There was more to it than just the normal rumors, the normal gossip. It wasn’t secondhand. I knew he did a couple of these things," he admitted, citing several allegations by well-known actresses. "I wish I had taken responsibility for what I heard. If I had done the work I should have done then, I would have had to not work with him."
Tarantino went on to state that he was aware of the allegations his former girlfriend, Mira Sorvino, told The New Yorker about Weinstein, that the producer had massaged her without asking, chased her around a hotel room and even showed up at her apartment in the middle...
- 10/19/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Kevin Smith's allegiance to Harvey Weinstein dissolved earlier this month amid reports that the now-disgraced movie mogul had sexually assaulted or harassed dozens of women in the industry over the years.
And on October 13th, the filmmaker decided to take action to show his solidarity for those who have suffered abuse – at the hands of Weinstein or otherwise.
"My entire career is tied up with this man," Smith said during his Hollywood Babble-On podcast. "It's been a weird fucking week. I just wanted to make some fucking movies, that's it.
And on October 13th, the filmmaker decided to take action to show his solidarity for those who have suffered abuse – at the hands of Weinstein or otherwise.
"My entire career is tied up with this man," Smith said during his Hollywood Babble-On podcast. "It's been a weird fucking week. I just wanted to make some fucking movies, that's it.
- 10/18/2017
- Rollingstone.com
In response to the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, filmmaker Kevin Smith, whose career was launched and propped by the New York-based mogul, is donating all the residuals going forward from his Miramax and Weinstein Co.-produced canon to the non-profit Women in Film. Women in Film per their mission statement “advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries to achieve parity and transform culture.” The organization monitors…...
- 10/18/2017
- Deadline
Fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal can now be seen onscreen. A projectionist tells IndieWire that, a few hours before a recent Academy screening of Taylor Sheridan’s “Wind River,” he was asked to start the movie 14 seconds late. He wasn’t told why, but soon realized that this would be just enough time to remove the Weinstein Company’s logo from the beginning of the film.
Read More:It’s Time to Shatter the Harvey Myth: Weinstein Was Shitty at His Job
Upon arriving to work, he timed it to make sure that his suspicion was correct — and it was. TWC has considered changing its name so as to further distance itself from Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape by dozens of women; he’s since been fired from the company in addition to being expelled from the Academy.
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Read More:It’s Time to Shatter the Harvey Myth: Weinstein Was Shitty at His Job
Upon arriving to work, he timed it to make sure that his suspicion was correct — and it was. TWC has considered changing its name so as to further distance itself from Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape by dozens of women; he’s since been fired from the company in addition to being expelled from the Academy.
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- 10/18/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Beginning with 1994's Clerks, director Kevin Smith worked with now-disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein for over a decade.
Following the continuing reports of Weinstein's sexual harassment and assault, Smith has said that he will donate the residuals from his Weinstein-backed films to the nonprofit Women in Film, which advocates for the advancement of women in the industry.
"My entire career is tied up with the man. It's been a weird fucking week. I just wanted to make some fucking movies, that's it," Smith said on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast. "That's why I came, that's why I made Clerks."
Weinstein, at both Miramax and...
Following the continuing reports of Weinstein's sexual harassment and assault, Smith has said that he will donate the residuals from his Weinstein-backed films to the nonprofit Women in Film, which advocates for the advancement of women in the industry.
"My entire career is tied up with the man. It's been a weird fucking week. I just wanted to make some fucking movies, that's it," Smith said on his Hollywood Babble-On podcast. "That's why I came, that's why I made Clerks."
Weinstein, at both Miramax and...
- 10/18/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Harvey Weinstein was trying to lose weight and visited one of his sets, handlers advised the crew to remove certain foods from the craft service table. With a crew of well over 100 people, the solution wasn’t to provide an enticing, healthy alternative for the visiting boss, who had to be followed with cans of diet soda like a nurse with an oxygen tank. The solution was to eliminate any food that could be a possible temptation. The assumption was clear: Weinstein’s appetite was huge, his discipline nonexistent, and the entire company needed to cater to his shortcomings.
This isn’t meant to be a metaphor to explain the avalanche of sexual assault accusations against Weinstein. It is one of thousands of examples that show how an entire business was built around his failings as a human being. The traits that he forced his staff to account for...
This isn’t meant to be a metaphor to explain the avalanche of sexual assault accusations against Weinstein. It is one of thousands of examples that show how an entire business was built around his failings as a human being. The traits that he forced his staff to account for...
- 10/18/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal has inspired numerous actresses to speak out on the issue, and Kristen Stewart was one of them at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles Monday night. The actress expanded the conversation to include the harassment and abuse that below-the-line crew members face on a daily basis. Stewart says she has tried to protect makeup artists and camera assistants from sexual harassment on numerous occasions.
Read More:Kevin Smith Will No Longer Profit From Weinstein Movies, Vows to Donate Residuals to Women in Film
“I want to express how thankful I am to hear what is typically a murmured sotto conversation,” Stewart said in reference to Weinstein. “We’ve all been talking about this forever, not to make it specific, but it is, ah, about this motherfucker. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve saved makeup artists — because it trickled down,...
Read More:Kevin Smith Will No Longer Profit From Weinstein Movies, Vows to Donate Residuals to Women in Film
“I want to express how thankful I am to hear what is typically a murmured sotto conversation,” Stewart said in reference to Weinstein. “We’ve all been talking about this forever, not to make it specific, but it is, ah, about this motherfucker. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve saved makeup artists — because it trickled down,...
- 10/18/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Kevin Smith and Harvey Weinstein’s careers have been linked since the mid-1990s, when Miramax launched the young director’s career by purchasing “Clerks” at Sundance. Kevin Smith owes Weinstein his career, which has made the latter’s sexual harassment scandal all the more personal for Smith. The director explained on his “Hollywood Babble-On” podcast that in light of recent events he will no longer be accepting residuals from the films he made under Weinstein, which includes “Clerks II,” “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” “Jersey Girl,” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.”
“My entire career is tied up with the man,” Smith said. “It’s been a weird fucking week. I just wanted to make some fucking movies, that’s it. That’s why I came, that’s why I made ‘Clerks.’ And no fucking movie is worth all this. Like, my entire career, fuck it, take it.
“My entire career is tied up with the man,” Smith said. “It’s been a weird fucking week. I just wanted to make some fucking movies, that’s it. That’s why I came, that’s why I made ‘Clerks.’ And no fucking movie is worth all this. Like, my entire career, fuck it, take it.
- 10/18/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Kevin Smith is hoping to make a difference for female actresses in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. In the latest episode of his podcast titled Hollywood Babble-On, the actor promised to give any future residual income earned from his Weinstein-made projects to Women in Film. He also expressed his disappointment towards the Hollywood producer who continues to face allegations of sexual harassment. "My entire career is tied up with the man. It's been a weird f--king week. I just wanted to make some f--king movies, that's it," Kevin explained in the episode. "That's why I came, that's why I made Clerks. And no f--king movie is worth all this. Like, my entire career,...
- 10/18/2017
- E! Online
With this weekend’s launch in Hollywood of the Animation Is Film Festival at the Tcl Chinese 6 Theater, there’s an opportunity to expand industry tastes while influencing the Oscar race. “It’s for film people to find a highly curated selection of the best feature filmmaking from around the world [for that particular year] in one place,” said Aif founder Eric Beckman, the co-founder and president of GKids, which organized the festival in collaboration with the Annecy International Animation Festival, Variety, and Acifa-Hollywood.
After 20 years of success with the New York International Children’s Film Festival, Beckman thought it was time to broaden the appeal in Hollywood with an emphasis on global production and distribution.
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature
Why launch a new festival?
The timing couldn’t be better: New Academy rules now allow all eligible members to vote for animated features, using preferential voting. However, it remains to...
After 20 years of success with the New York International Children’s Film Festival, Beckman thought it was time to broaden the appeal in Hollywood with an emphasis on global production and distribution.
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature
Why launch a new festival?
The timing couldn’t be better: New Academy rules now allow all eligible members to vote for animated features, using preferential voting. However, it remains to...
- 10/17/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Harvey Weinstein has resigned from the board of The Weinstein Company following the numerous sexual harassment and abuse allegations made against him. Weinstein had previously been fired from his position as co-chairman of the company on October 8, but he had remained a board member until announcing his resignation Tuesday. Weinstein continues to own 22% of the company’s stock, according to Variety.
Read More:Lena Headey Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment: ‘I Felt Completely Powerless’
The company’s remaining board members include Harvey’s brother, Bob Weinstein, and there is apparently tension among the executives over whether or not the company should be sold in order to save it. Multiple reports have cited Colony Capital as the likeliest buyer, though Bob said in his official statement last that the company was not for sale.
The future of The Weinstein Company has been thrown into jeopardy ever since the first sexual...
Read More:Lena Headey Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Harassment: ‘I Felt Completely Powerless’
The company’s remaining board members include Harvey’s brother, Bob Weinstein, and there is apparently tension among the executives over whether or not the company should be sold in order to save it. Multiple reports have cited Colony Capital as the likeliest buyer, though Bob said in his official statement last that the company was not for sale.
The future of The Weinstein Company has been thrown into jeopardy ever since the first sexual...
- 10/17/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
More and more women in the entertainment industry are opening up about the misogyny they face every day.
And as some of the most sought-after talents in Hollywood come forward with tales of bias and chauvinism, it’s clearer than ever that sexist attitudes are the norm in the industry.
Below, twenty-two seasoned Hollywood stars share stories of the sexism they’ve endured.
Reese Witherspoon
“This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, and a lot of situations and a lot of industries are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths.
And as some of the most sought-after talents in Hollywood come forward with tales of bias and chauvinism, it’s clearer than ever that sexist attitudes are the norm in the industry.
Below, twenty-two seasoned Hollywood stars share stories of the sexism they’ve endured.
Reese Witherspoon
“This has been a really hard week for women in Hollywood, for women all over the world, and a lot of situations and a lot of industries are forced to remember and relive a lot of ugly truths.
- 10/17/2017
- by Lydia Price
- PEOPLE.com
The Oxfam & Mami’s 'Women in Film' brunch on Wednesday saw some of the strongest women from cinema including actors, writers, producers and directors. What was special this year was the celebration Shadab Jahan’s inspiring story.
Shadab Jahan was a victim of domestic violence who shared her story of oppression and her fight for survival. She came with her daughter Rehana Ali from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. They spoke about their fight against violence and patriarchy, and how Shadab Jahan now helps other women through her Ngo, Astitva.
Shadab Jahan was a victim of domestic violence who shared her story of oppression and her fight for survival. She came with her daughter Rehana Ali from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. They spoke about their fight against violence and patriarchy, and how Shadab Jahan now helps other women through her Ngo, Astitva.
- 10/17/2017
- by TNM NEWS
- The News Minute
As Hollywood grapples with the ugliness of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual misconduct allegations, top female activists are thinking about how the industry can expose and eradicate a culture that enabled the movie mogul. Advocates for women in show business told TheWrap that future incidents of harrassment can be avoided if the industry hires more women, creates a safe space for women to speak out about their claims and increases the penalties for this kind of behavior. “We definitely believe the time for change is now,” Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Women in Film in Los Angeles, told TheWrap.
- 10/13/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
The one and only Pam Grier will be honored by Cinema St. Louis with a ‘Women in Film Award’ when she’s in town for this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Pam’s iconic movie career began when she moved to Los Angeles in the late ‘60s from her native North Carolina at age 18. After a tiny role in Russ Meyer’s Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970), she landed a job as a receptionist for American International Pictures where she was discovered by Jack Hill, an Aip director who cast her in a pair of women’s prison films: The Big Doll House (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). Soon she was known as the “Queen of Blaxploitation” at a time when film roles for African-American women were, as Grier puts it, “practically invisible, or painfully stereotypical”.
Sliff, which runs Nov. 2nd-12th will kick off with...
Sliff, which runs Nov. 2nd-12th will kick off with...
- 10/12/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Women in Film, a non-profit dedicated to advocacy and advancing the careers of women working in the screen industries, is offering its take on sexual harassment in the industry in the wake of allegations of rape and sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein.
In a written statement issued Tuesday, the group encouraged women to continue speaking up about sexual harassment, and condemned "other men in power" who "knew about Weinstein's behavior and didn't say anything."
It also said that Weinstein might only be the beginning. "We will likely hear about other men in the entertainment industry who have harassed women, because the...
In a written statement issued Tuesday, the group encouraged women to continue speaking up about sexual harassment, and condemned "other men in power" who "knew about Weinstein's behavior and didn't say anything."
It also said that Weinstein might only be the beginning. "We will likely hear about other men in the entertainment industry who have harassed women, because the...
- 10/11/2017
- by Lauren Huff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As more continue to speak out about Harvey Weinstein’s alleged decades of sexual misconduct, Women in Film released a three-point plan for potentially combating it Tuesday, encouraging women to “continue speaking up about sexual harassment, which is an all-too-common form of discrimination.”
The organization’s basic guidelines for the entertainment industry could theoretically help to combat this sort of abuse (and enabling of said abuse) going forward. Wif’s three-part plan is as follows (from the official release):
In order to do something to end sexual harassment, we must require Industry leaders to: (1) mandate gender inclusive boards and decision making groups (2) mandate inclusive hiring practices from the top down, from executives to support staff. Ensuring that there are more women in positions of power will change the culture and result in decreased sexual harassment and discrimination overall (3) mandate that lasting legal penalties be applied without compromise, bias or settlement,...
The organization’s basic guidelines for the entertainment industry could theoretically help to combat this sort of abuse (and enabling of said abuse) going forward. Wif’s three-part plan is as follows (from the official release):
In order to do something to end sexual harassment, we must require Industry leaders to: (1) mandate gender inclusive boards and decision making groups (2) mandate inclusive hiring practices from the top down, from executives to support staff. Ensuring that there are more women in positions of power will change the culture and result in decreased sexual harassment and discrimination overall (3) mandate that lasting legal penalties be applied without compromise, bias or settlement,...
- 10/10/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Women In Film which has been inundated with calls over the past two days to give their assessment of the scandal involving Miramax and TWC former mogul Harvey Weinstein just issued a statement about sexual harassment, stating that “the problem is far more widespread than people have been willing to discuss publicly.” Like actress and Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan, they have, too, asked for male colleagues to come forward and step up to speak about what they know. Wif…...
- 10/10/2017
- Deadline
It would be easy to look at the last month in the indie film world — a month that has been marked by allegations against the Alamo Drafthouse, Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles, Screen Junkies’ Andy Signore, and, most notably, Harvey Weinstein — and not believe that a major (and long overdue) change is taking hold of the industry, but the work has only just begun. With the recent firing of both Signore and Weinstein from companies they built (complete with cultures they surely helped create), real-world consequences are finally a part of the kind of equation that for so long pushed victims and survivors of sexual assault and harassment to keep quiet.
That’s a huge jump forward, but it’s hardly the last one that needs to take place.
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So what’s next for...
That’s a huge jump forward, but it’s hardly the last one that needs to take place.
Read More:Harvey Weinstein’s Firing: What Happens to TWC, the Movies, and Harvey
So what’s next for...
- 10/9/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Three hours after The New York Times published its investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s alleged pattern of sexual misconduct, another of Hollywood’s most powerful producers, Steven Spielberg, demurred when asked to comment. “I think that is a subject that is not on keynote for what we’re talking about here tonight,” he told the Associated Press Oct. 5 while standing next to “Spielberg” director Susan Lacy on the red carpet of that documentary’s New York Film Festival world premiere. “It’s a subject I don’t shy from, but it’s not relevant to what we’re discussing about Susan’s movie today. I have a lot of opinions about that, but not for this event tonight.”
Spielberg and Weinstein have known each other for decades. Last year, news broke that they were preparing competing films about Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish child who grew up to be a Catholic...
Spielberg and Weinstein have known each other for decades. Last year, news broke that they were preparing competing films about Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish child who grew up to be a Catholic...
- 10/6/2017
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Cinema St. Louis has unveiled the narrative and documentary features that comprise the 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, to be held Nov. 2-12, Among the highlights are such St. Louis-related works as “Atomic Homefront,” opening-night film “Bad Grandmas,” and “For Ahkeem” and such festival buzz films as “Call Me by Your Name,” “Dahmer,” “Darkest Hour,” “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” “Last Flag Flying,” “The Leisure Seeker,” “Thoroughbreds,” and “Walking Out.”
For a complete list of the films, go Here
http://www.cinemastlouis.org/films-preview
The fest will honor Pam Grier (“Bad Grandmas” and “Jackie Brown”) with a Women in Film Award; Sam Pollard (“Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” and “Acorn and the Firestorm”) with a Lifetime Achievement Award; Marco Williams (“Tell Them We Are Rising”) with a Contemporary Cinema Award; and Washington U. grad Dan Mirvish (the Jules Feiffer-written “Bernard...
For a complete list of the films, go Here
http://www.cinemastlouis.org/films-preview
The fest will honor Pam Grier (“Bad Grandmas” and “Jackie Brown”) with a Women in Film Award; Sam Pollard (“Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” and “Acorn and the Firestorm”) with a Lifetime Achievement Award; Marco Williams (“Tell Them We Are Rising”) with a Contemporary Cinema Award; and Washington U. grad Dan Mirvish (the Jules Feiffer-written “Bernard...
- 10/3/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
There's not a red lipstick in the world Tracee Ellis Ross can't wear. The Black-ish star and emerging fashion plate sported an orange-red version to the BBC America BAFTA Tea Party, a deep shade to the Variety and Women In Film's 2017 Pre-Emmy Celebration, there's a variety of reds littered throughout her Instagram—she even wears the sexy, bold hue to the gym. The award-winning actress recently shared her makeup must-haves with InStyle, and with them, a little beauty tip on how to look your best...even when you're drenched in sweat. "I don't like foundation. I love the look of a fresh face with a pop of color on the lips," Tracee shared. "It makes me feel so good....
- 9/25/2017
- E! Online
Perfidious algorithms | Women in film | Meeting types | John Lemon lemonade
The long read on “Facebook’s war on free will” (19 September) makes valid points about tech, engineers, cold-blooded corporations, manipulation, data mining and commodification etc. But there is a dangerous trend to synonymise the word “algorithm” with “everything potentially malign about digital technology”. An algorithm is merely a tool, a set of rules, a recipe or formula of the sort you might use to filter data or solve a mathematical problem.
John Carvill
Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
Related: Lawrence of Arabia review – David Lean's sandy epic still radiates greatness
Continue reading...
The long read on “Facebook’s war on free will” (19 September) makes valid points about tech, engineers, cold-blooded corporations, manipulation, data mining and commodification etc. But there is a dangerous trend to synonymise the word “algorithm” with “everything potentially malign about digital technology”. An algorithm is merely a tool, a set of rules, a recipe or formula of the sort you might use to filter data or solve a mathematical problem.
John Carvill
Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
Related: Lawrence of Arabia review – David Lean's sandy epic still radiates greatness
Continue reading...
- 9/21/2017
- by Letters
- The Guardian - Film News
- 9/1/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
Women in Film: Producer Amanda Marshall on Her Relationship with Miranda Bailey and Lake Bell’s ‘I Do Until… I Don’t’Producers Amanda Marshall and Miranda Bailey
Always at the forefront of the most innovative titles in independent film, producing partners Amanda Marshall and Miranda Bailey have supported the artists behind singular projects like “Swiss Army Man” and “The Diary of a Teenager Girl,” among countless others. Their latest production, “I Do…Until I Don’t” unites them with multitalented creator Lake Bell, who wrote, directed, and starred in the new comedy about the perils of marriage.
Recently, Marshall and Bailey’s creative relationship shifted as the latter embarked on two projects in the director’s chair: The Pathological Optimist and You Can Choose Your Family. In this new dynamic, their seasoned rapport is an invaluable asset, especially when considering that their approach to producing is hands-on.
Marshall...
Always at the forefront of the most innovative titles in independent film, producing partners Amanda Marshall and Miranda Bailey have supported the artists behind singular projects like “Swiss Army Man” and “The Diary of a Teenager Girl,” among countless others. Their latest production, “I Do…Until I Don’t” unites them with multitalented creator Lake Bell, who wrote, directed, and starred in the new comedy about the perils of marriage.
Recently, Marshall and Bailey’s creative relationship shifted as the latter embarked on two projects in the director’s chair: The Pathological Optimist and You Can Choose Your Family. In this new dynamic, their seasoned rapport is an invaluable asset, especially when considering that their approach to producing is hands-on.
Marshall...
- 8/31/2017
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Jampro has partnered with the Jamaica Film and Television Association (Jafta), and the Chase Fund to deliver Jafta Propella –a script to screen program which nurtures Jamaican content creators and enables them to tell their stories cinematically by providing funding and in-kind support.
Renee Robinson, a native Jamaican, is the new(ish) Film Commissioner of Jamaica, now in her second year of a three year term. In fact the first film professional to hold the office of Film Commissioner, she has instituted changes geared toward helping emerging filmmakers hone their talents to make Jamaica great again. She is a multi-lingual cultural industry strategist and thought-leader who has worked in Canada, Europe, South Africa, and the Caribbean in film, television, digital media, arts and culture, entertainment, and communications. With almost two decades of senior management experience in content programming, regulation/ policy, strategic planning, and industry intelligence, she has held in leadership...
Renee Robinson, a native Jamaican, is the new(ish) Film Commissioner of Jamaica, now in her second year of a three year term. In fact the first film professional to hold the office of Film Commissioner, she has instituted changes geared toward helping emerging filmmakers hone their talents to make Jamaica great again. She is a multi-lingual cultural industry strategist and thought-leader who has worked in Canada, Europe, South Africa, and the Caribbean in film, television, digital media, arts and culture, entertainment, and communications. With almost two decades of senior management experience in content programming, regulation/ policy, strategic planning, and industry intelligence, she has held in leadership...
- 8/21/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
10th Anniversary of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Comes with Latino & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival, September 16Ficg in L.A. is not the only Latino Film Festival in Los Angeles, a city populated almost 50% by Latinos. NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences spotlight emerging global filmmakers at the Annual Latino & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival honoring Hispanic Heritage Month this September.
Celebrating 10 Years, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles continues to champion and promote the works of global emerging filmmakers. With the goal of showcasing, supporting and connecting emerging filmmakers, Nfmla has rapidly expanded to become much more than a monthly film festival for shorts.
As a monthly event, founder Larry Laboe and Susie Kim consistently support emerging filmmakers in much the same way as NewFilmmakers New York does on a weekly basis. In New York, NewFilmmakers New York is a part of the Anthology Film Archives founded in 1998 by Jonas Mekas.
Celebrating 10 Years, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles continues to champion and promote the works of global emerging filmmakers. With the goal of showcasing, supporting and connecting emerging filmmakers, Nfmla has rapidly expanded to become much more than a monthly film festival for shorts.
As a monthly event, founder Larry Laboe and Susie Kim consistently support emerging filmmakers in much the same way as NewFilmmakers New York does on a weekly basis. In New York, NewFilmmakers New York is a part of the Anthology Film Archives founded in 1998 by Jonas Mekas.
- 8/17/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Programme set to take place on September 16 in La highlights diverse filmmakers from underserved communities.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (Nfmla) and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) with presenting partners Nalip and SAG-aftra will host the annual Nfmla InFocus: Latino and Hispanic Cinema event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
InFocus, Nfmla’s diversity programme, seeks to highlight filmmakers and stories from underserved communities or regions of the world.
Nfmla hosts a monthly film festival designed to spotlight emerging filmmakers, screening 150 to 200 films per year. In its 10 years of operation, Nfmla has presented more than 2,500 screenings by more than 2,500 filmmakers.
The festival on on September 16 presents a line-up of local and international films from Us, Cuba, Spain, Peru, Guatemala, Venezuela and Mexico.
Speakers will include president Pro Tem of the California State Senate, Kevin de León, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association president Claudia Puig, among others.
The September Hispanic and Latino cinema event coincides...
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (Nfmla) and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) with presenting partners Nalip and SAG-aftra will host the annual Nfmla InFocus: Latino and Hispanic Cinema event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
InFocus, Nfmla’s diversity programme, seeks to highlight filmmakers and stories from underserved communities or regions of the world.
Nfmla hosts a monthly film festival designed to spotlight emerging filmmakers, screening 150 to 200 films per year. In its 10 years of operation, Nfmla has presented more than 2,500 screenings by more than 2,500 filmmakers.
The festival on on September 16 presents a line-up of local and international films from Us, Cuba, Spain, Peru, Guatemala, Venezuela and Mexico.
Speakers will include president Pro Tem of the California State Senate, Kevin de León, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association president Claudia Puig, among others.
The September Hispanic and Latino cinema event coincides...
- 8/14/2017
- ScreenDaily
Talk isn’t cheap. And, in Hollywood, it still seems to come predominately out of male mouths.
The Wrap reports that, over at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (Sail), a new study has broken down the metrics of nearly 1,000 film scripts to better understand how language can impact the way various groups, particularly gender, are portrayed on screen.
Using a tool developed by the lab and “in conjunction with existing cognitive and developmental language tools, researchers Anil Ramakrishna, Victor R. Martinez, Nikolaos Malandrakis, and Karan Singla, doctoral students in Computer Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, together with Professor Shrikanth Narayanan, the Niki and C. L. Max Nikias Chair in Engineering, were able to quantify the sophistication and the tone of language of 7,000 characters and over 53,000 dialogues.”
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The Wrap reports that, over at the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (Sail), a new study has broken down the metrics of nearly 1,000 film scripts to better understand how language can impact the way various groups, particularly gender, are portrayed on screen.
Using a tool developed by the lab and “in conjunction with existing cognitive and developmental language tools, researchers Anil Ramakrishna, Victor R. Martinez, Nikolaos Malandrakis, and Karan Singla, doctoral students in Computer Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, together with Professor Shrikanth Narayanan, the Niki and C. L. Max Nikias Chair in Engineering, were able to quantify the sophistication and the tone of language of 7,000 characters and over 53,000 dialogues.”
Read MoreLesli Linka Glatter and NBC Partner on Plan to...
- 8/4/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Paley Center for Media has announced that it is now accepting submissions for its 14th Annual Paley DocPitch Competition. The program was initially launched to engage and promote emerging nonfiction filmmakers seeking support for their unfinished feature-length films, and it promises a sizable prize: the winning submission will receive a $5,000 grant from A & E IndieFilms.
The live pitch event will take place at a workshop and finale event on Monday, November 6, 2017, at the Paley Center in New York City.
The Paley Center will accept footage submissions from around the country, and after careful consideration of all entries, five finalists will be selected to come to the Paley Center in New York to pitch and present their works to a panel of judges that will include industry experts and award-winning producers. Per the competition’s official aims, “entries will be judged based on the originality of the vision and the viability of the concept.
The live pitch event will take place at a workshop and finale event on Monday, November 6, 2017, at the Paley Center in New York City.
The Paley Center will accept footage submissions from around the country, and after careful consideration of all entries, five finalists will be selected to come to the Paley Center in New York to pitch and present their works to a panel of judges that will include industry experts and award-winning producers. Per the competition’s official aims, “entries will be judged based on the originality of the vision and the viability of the concept.
- 7/25/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In an effort to combat the disparity between the number of male and female screenwriters in Hollywood, The Black List and Women In Film have teamed up to launch a feature film writing lab exclusively for women. The event, which will be a one-week residency in Los Angeles in February 2018, is the second development in The Black List’s partnership with Wif, following their inaugural Episodic Lab. The latter will receive another installment in L.A. this October, as well. Six female writers will be chosen to participate in the feature writing lab program, which will include one-on-one mentorship, workshops with the other participants, as well as networking opportunities including screenings and industry events. Another six to eight female writers will be chosen for the Episodic Lab which will simulate the actual episodic process, including script development and story pitching, complete with a mock writers’ room. Participants for both the...
- 7/19/2017
- backstage.com
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