Women Filmmakers

Oscar Season Is Here: So We Ask "Does Gender Matter?"

Andrew Shapter | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Martina Niland, Rebecca Fulton, Rose Troche, Janet Pierson, Tracy Marino, Women in Film, Karin Chien, Independent Film, Oscars, Oscars 2012, Women Filmmakers, Women Film Directors, Academy Awards 2012, Women Directors, Video, Entertainment News
Andrew Shapter

It's true there's no business like show business. Yet film and television productions embody cultural art forms and also represent a team sport. Story...

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Ten Women Directors You Should Know About

flavorwire.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Female-Film-Directors, The Hurt Locker, Filmmakers, Women Filmmakers, Claire-Denis, Nicole Holofcener, Deepa Mehta, Kelly Reichardt, Mary Harron, Flavorpill, Catherine Breillat, Arts News

Kathryn Bigelow may have been the first female filmmaker to win a Best Director Oscar for 2009′s The Hurt Locker. But did you happen to notice that ...

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Moral Dilemmas, Youth & the Role of Education

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Women Filmmakers, Conflict, World Cup, Molly Blank, Where Do I Stand?, John Merrow, Learning Matters, South Africa, Education News
John Merrow

I have a new favorite film about education. This one is NOT about school but rather about the moral dilemmas we all face, in this case a matter of lif...

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Objects That Tell the Story of Our Life (Video)

Jessica Sanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jessica Sanders

To direct a short film about my family, I used the artifacts from our creative journeys: the film canisters stacked in the fridge, the Oscar in the guest bathroom, the photos, the news clippings.

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Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change

Franny Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Franny Armstrong

If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.

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Toronto's Celebration of Women Filmmakers

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abby Cornish, Women Filmmakers, Margarethe Von Trotta, Fanny Brawne and John Keats, Jane Campion, Bright Star, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

My favorite from women filmmakers so far is Campion's Bright Star, a cinematic tone poem about the love between poet John Keats and girl next door Fanny Brawne.

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The Age of Stupid Gives a Coin-Flip Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

Franny Armstrong | Posted 05.25.2011

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Franny Armstrong

We are the most intelligent creature ever to evolve and yet we are about to make the stupidest mistake in all of geological time

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Herb & Dorothy

Megumi Sasaki | Posted 05.25.2011

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Megumi Sasaki

Herb and Dorothy still live in the same apartment in New York with 19 turtles, lots of fish, and one cat. They've refilled it with piles of new art they've acquired.

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Frozen River: Breaking Through the Summer Pack

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

"Smart movies like Frozen River are an alternative" says Sony Pictures co-president Tom Bernard. "We never try to win the weekend... we try to win the war."

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