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Toronto is one of the places where many films with year end award ambitions debut in North America. It is always one of the most interesting festivals of the year and helps kick off the awards season. Festival runs from September 10-19. Women directed ...[Read on]

Newsflash: Women can direct movies

Lone Scherfig The NY Times takes a look at some of the films generating buzz at Toronto and lo and behold women directors are really making a mark this season. In general, women directors have a higher presence at film festivals. Festivals try and ge...[Read on]

Women Making Movies

The New York Times does it again! Just a couple short weeks after their girl-tastic issue of the NYT Magazine, yesterday they ran an article about the surprisingly large presence of female directors at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. In additio...[Read on]

The Post Oscar Debate on Kathyn Bigelow and Gender

This past week there have been a lot of stories looking at Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar win from a variety of perspectives. The fact that we are even having these conversations at all is in itself a huge and gigantic (and every other adjective I can throw ...[Read on]

Women at the Box Office – A look back and a look ahead

While most Americans (and the world) are struggling financially, Hollywood had a great year. Box office revenue topped $10.6 billion, up 10 percent from 2008 (according to Hollywood.com) and many of the year end stories have talked about women both at...[Read on]

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