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Sundance, day 10: Toivoniemi wins Short Film Jury Award, rest of awards...
by Kyna MorganSundance announced the winners of the Short Film Jury Awards on January 22. With over 8,000 shorts submitted, 65 shorts were chosen to screen and only 14 were candidates in competition....
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Sundance, day 11: The Awards! Women take home major prizes
by Kyna MorganAwards were passed out in Park City, Utah, last night as the Sundance Film Festival wound to an end. Several women directors and screenwriters walked away with major awards for what...
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Her.Stories: Black History Month on Lifetime, Funding women filmmakers,...
Blige and Bassett star as Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King in new film TONIGHT: Mary J. Blige-produced 'Betty & Coretta' to begin Lifetime network's Black History Month celebrationat The...
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Her.Stories: Afghanistan's first women's film fest, female Cuban filmmakers...
International Women's Day to be marked by film festival in Afghanistan (country's first women's film festival)at Stars and Stripes Top female Cuban filmmakers visit U.S. for three-city showcaseat the...
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Welcome to new Her Film Project team member, Adite Banerjie!
by Kyna Morgan I'm happy to welcome on board to the Her Film Project new team member Adite Banerjie. A journalist by training, Adite is also a screenwriter. She is the author of the excellent blog,...
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Her.Stories: WAM! Fest in Boston, Women-Hollywood-Financing, Arab women...
WAM! (Women, Action and the Media) Boston Film Festival Starts Todayat WBURWhy Women in Hollywood Can't Get Film Financingat Bloomberg Businessweek Filmmor Fest (in Turkey) starts with female...
View ArticleMulling the Role of Indian Media in the Aftermath of a Horrific Rape
by Adite BanerjieThere were a few lines of dialogue in a recent Bollywood movie, Talaash, which stuck with me for days after I’d seen the film. A hooker tells the protagonist who is a cop: “Women like...
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Her Film Review: Tiny Furniture (2010)
by Lotus Wollschlager A film by Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture, a film by Lena Dunham, is set in New York City and follows the life of Aura. She has just gotten out of a long term relationship and...
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Her.Stories: SWAN Day, Female directors behind the camera, filmmaker Kim...
TODAY: Support Women Artists Now (SWAN)at Huffington PostVisit the SWAN day calendar at WomenArtsBringing Films and Their 'Extended Families' to the 2103 Women Deliver Cinema Cornerat Huffington Post...
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The Role of Social Media as a Catalyst of Change
by Adite Banerjie In the aftermath of Jyoti Pandey’s horrific gangrape in Delhi and her death, media has been abuzz with debates about social attitudes towards women. The blame-the-victim game was...
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Interview with Women in Horror Month founder Hannah Forman
by Katie Carman-Lehach Early on in my filmmaking career I realized the subject matter for my films was trending toward the macabre. Horror films were films I really enjoyed watching, and despite the...
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Crowdfund Roundup #2: Four incredible projects by women filmmakers
by Katie Carman-LehachOnce again, Her Film Project sought out a few exceptional projects by women filmmakers around the world who are currently raising funds through crowdfunding, as part of our...
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Her.Stories: the Bollywood Effect, Ekta Kapoor's witchcraft controversy,...
The Bollywood Effect: Women and Film in South Asiaat Foreign PolicyRegressive role of women in film? Ekta's 'Daayan' angers National Commission for Womenat One India Wiccan priestess Ipsita Roy...
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Why So Few Female Directors? 2012 Data and Solutions
Guest post by Kate ChaplinThe River Bend Film Festival was so kind to ask me to give a presentation entitled, "Why so few female directors." I was first asked to give presentation in October of 2011 to...
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Rosario Dawson on Producing Women-Led Feature Films
Excerpted from "Q&A: Rosario Dawson" in Dame Magazine Is there a demand to see women portrayed as multi-faceted, not just victims or not just powerful? The demand is really there to seeing...
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Her.Stories: McCarthy and Bullock, Palestine's first female director, women...
Melissa McCarthy, Sandra Bullock defend women in comedy 'what cave do you live in?'at Entertainment.ie A plea from Palestine's first female director at The Independent Tribeca Film Festival to Honor...
View ArticlePalestinian Women Filmmakers the 2013 theme for Her Film Project
Are you a Palestinian woman filmmaker? Whether you live inside or outside of the Palestinian Territories, we need you! Her Film Project seeks interviews with, and guest posts by, Palestinian women...
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Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking to screen "Shero" on April 23
(Thanks to HWIF for this information and permission to post.) Lymari Graciano Shero is a film by Lymari Graciano that will be part of Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking's "Work in Progress" screening on April...
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Maidentrip: Review and interview with director Jillian Schlesinger
Guest post by Nilagia McCoy Maidentrip “Maidentrip” is a documentary about Laura Dekker of Holland, who at age 14 embarked upon a two-year journey to become the youngest person to sail around the world...
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Welcome to new HFP team member Rebecca Brand!
We're delighted to welcome Rebecca Brand as a regular Contributor to Her Film Project! Rebecca is based in London, England, and works as a freelance filmmaker and communications professional. With...
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