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The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature has only existed for twenty-five years. In this short timespan, only 49 of the 243 nominees in the top three categories — Director, Screenwriter, &/or Producer — have been women (~ 20%). Remarkably, 14 of these women (~ 29%) were nominated in 2026’s 98th Academy Awards cycle.… read more.
FF2 Associate Eliana Levenson asks you to consider these 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)
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The Edge of Seventeen (Writer/Director Kelly Fremon Craig)
- Equity (Director Meera Menon and Writer Amy Fox)
My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)
- A Tale of Love and Darkness (Writer/Director Natalie Portman)
Photo: Edge of Seventeen
Photo Credit: (Murray Close/STX Films)… read more.
FF2 Intern Rachel Kastner 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)
- American Honey (Writer and Director Andrea Arnold)
- Maggie’s Plan (Writer and Director Rebecca Miller)
My Favorite Documentary Films of 2016 (2)
- A Tale of Love and Darkness (Writer and Director Natalie Portman)
- Sand Storm (Writer and Director Elite Zexer)
My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)
- Hooligan Sparrow (Writer and Director Nanfu Wang)
- Equal Means Equal (Director Kamala Lopez and Writers Kamala Lopez and Gini Sikes)