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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 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.
Hannah Fidell is an American film director, producer and screenwriter, known for her work on A Teacher and 6 Years. Fidell wrote, directed, produced and acted in the 2010 film We’re Glad You’re Here followed by shorts, The Gathering Squall (2011) and Man & Gun (2011).
A Teacher debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was adapted for television by HBO the following year.… read more.
AMPAS ADDS WOMEN DIRECTORS: With our commitment to reviewing all new releases written and/or directed by women, FF2 Media now plays an important role in breaking down barriers. AMPAS invited 683 new members this year, 49 of whom are female directors. Who are they? What are their stories? We already know them, and we are here to tell you!… read more.
AMPAS ADDS WOMEN DIRECTORS: With our commitment to reviewing all new releases written and/or directed by women, FF2 Media now plays an important role in breaking down barriers. AMPAS invited 683 new members this year, 49 of whom are female directors. Who are they? What are their stories? We already know them, and we are here to tell you!… read more.