The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) is pleased to announce that we will present a juried EDA Award for the Best Female-Directed Film at the 2012 Salem Film Fest.

The jury for the EDA Award includes AWFJ members Cynthia Fuchs (Popmatters.com), Jennifer Merin (Documentaries.About.com and Womens eNews), Erin Trahan (The Independent), Susan Wloszczyna (USA Today) and Jeanne Wolf (JeanneWolfsHollywood.com and PARADE Magazine). Read more

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1” is the fourth installment in this multi-billion dollar franchise, chronicling Bella and Edward’s marriage, honeymoon and childbirth, including new complications with the werewolf Jacob and an epilogue about threats from the Volturi. Read more

Who wrote Shakespeare’s plays? Could it have been an itinerant actor or a nobleman with Royal connections? David Thewlis, Rhys Ifans and Rafe Spall star in Roland Emmerich’s “Anonymous,” a speculative, far-fetched alternative-history curiosity that continues the controversy. Read more