Currently Browsing: Make Oscar Gold
Dear Cinephiles: It’s time to think about short lists for the 89th annual OscarBowl on February 26, 2017.
Backlash from the 2016 Oscar snubs sparked our merit-based Make Oscars Gold campaign, a combination of #OscarsSoWhite (lack of minorities) and #StopBlueOscar (lack of women). If Oscar wants to be “gold” = merit-based, then everyone should have an equal chance of success.… read more.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films (out of the 145 films submitted) in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards®. Our FF2 Media has screened and reviewed each documentary by a female filmmaker.
Congratulations to Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, Big Mouth Productions), Hooligan Sparrow (Nanfu Wang, Little Horse Crossing the River), 13th (Ava DuVernay, Forward Movement) and Weiner (Elyse Steinberg, Edgeline Films).… read more.
FF2 Managing Editor Brigid Presecky asks you to consider these six films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.
My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)
- Jack of the Red Hearts (Director Janet Grillo and Writer Jennifer Deaton)
- Nerve (Director Ariel Schulman)
My Favorite Documentary Films of 2016 (2)
- Be Here Now (Director Lilibet Foster)
- Marathon: Patriot’s Day Bombing (Writer/Directors Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg)
My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)
- Long Way North (Writers Claire Paoletti
and Patricia Valeix) - Nakom (Director Kelly Daniela Norris)
Photo: Jack of the Red Hearts
Photo Credit: Sundial Pictures… read more.
FF2 Social Media Manager Georgi Presecky asks you to consider these six films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.
My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)
- Into the Forest (Writer/Director Patrica Rozema)
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Screenwriter J.K.
FF2 Senior Contributor Lesley Coffin asks you to consider these six films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.
My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)
- The Dressmaker (Director Jocelyn Moorhouse)
- Queen of Katwe (Director Mira Nair)
My Favorite Documentary Films of 2016 (2)
My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)
- Toni Erdmann (Writer/Director Maren Ade)
- Summertime (Writer/Director Catharine Corsini)
Photo: Kate Winslet in The Dressmaker
Photo Credit: Screen Australia… read more.
FF2 Senior Contributor Lisa Iannucci asks you to consider these four films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.
My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)
- Hello, My Name is Doris (Screenwriter Laura Terruso)
- Sensitivity Training (Writer/Director Melissa Finell)
My Favorite Documentary Films of 2016 (2)
- 13th (Writer/Director Ava DuVernay)
- Women of Maidan (Writer/Director Olha Onyshko)
Photo: Sally Field in Hello, My Name is Doris
Photo Credit: Roadside Attractions… read more.