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Formerly Known as Women Wednesday
Biweekly Newsletters
Each email newsletter features a feature filmmaker, a short form filmmaker, and a crew member from below the line - all women or non-binary folks! We also include a timely headline with women-centric industry news.
Read sections from past newsletters below.
Carey Mulligan Says Actors ‘Are 100% Lying’ When They Say Awards Don’t Matter and ‘I’m Gutted’ Over Greta Gerwig’s Oscar Snub for Best Director
By: Zach Sharf While Mulligan is certainly thinking about her Oscar nomination, she’s also thinking about the films and artists who were...
How Kacey Musgraves, Mickey Guyton and Maren Morris Beat a Sexist Country Music System
“Music journalist Marissa R. Moss talks about capturing the victories and challenges of female artists with the odds stacked against them...
‘Subject’ Examines Ethics in Documentary Filmmaking — and Gives Those Featured in Them a Voice
“'For anyone aiming to be a documentary filmmaker, Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall’s 90-minute doc “Subject” should be required...
Mind the gap: Calling out movies pairing men with much younger women
“'We need to show women ageing on screen, we need to show that their bodies age and change and their minds evolve, and become more...
Cannes Film Festival: Number Of Female Filmmakers In Competition Drops, But Percentage Remains
"The number of female filmmakers selected for Cannes Film Festival’s Competition program dipped this year, with three of the 18 titles...
Millie Bobby Brown Calls Out Press for Sexualizing Her More After Turning 18: 'It's Gross'
“Stranger Things” and “Enola Holmes” actor Millie Bobby Brown appeared on the “Guilty Feminist” podcast this week (via the Los Angeles...
Karen Westerfield Defeats Incumbent Randy Sayer
Karen Westerfield Defeats Incumbent Randy Sayer to Become First Female Business Rep of Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild By: David...
Elliot Page’s ‘Umbrella Academy’ Character to Come Out as Transgender in Season 3
"Elliot Page’s “The Umbrella Academy” character will come out as transgender in Season 3 of the Netflix series, the actor said Tuesday....
Winners Selected For The 8th Annual Women’s Voices Now Film Festival Award Ceremony
The 8th Annual Women’s Voices Now Film Festival: The Rights and Roles of Women: Redefining Our Shared Reality is in the books and the...
Only 7% of Movies in 2021 Featured More Women than Men, Study Finds By: Pat Saperstein
"Male characters in films continued to heavily outnumber female characters in 2021, according to the latest It’s a Man’s (Celluloid)...
Study Finds Sustained Progress for Female Directors and Filmmakers of Color By: Nicole Sperling
"Over the 15 years of the study, which analyzed 1,542 directors, only 5.4 percent were women. In 2020, that percentage rose to 15 percent...
NEXT GEN MENTORSHIP APPLICATIONS (2/3 @ 7pm PT)!
Applications for people looking to mentor or be a mentee in our 2nd inaugural Women Wednesday mentorship program open tomorrow at 7pm PT....
"In Mexico, Women Directors Take the Lead" By: Oscar Lopez
“After decades of fighting for recognition in an industry dominated by men, women filmmakers like (Fernanda) Valadez are setting Mexican...
"Remembering Betty White, Whose Timeless Humor Made Her One of the Greatest Comedians in TV History"
“Betty White, who died Dec. 31 at age 99, was perhaps the greatest comic tactician in the history of television. That’s distinct from...
"Every Studio Film Directed by Female Filmmakers Coming Out in 2022 and 2023" By: Kate Erbland
“While it’s understandable that the next two years at the box office still seem a little hazy, this early look at what’s to come from...
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