WEEK IN WOMEN: Zurich Film Fest’s High Score for Films by Women – Brandy McDonnell reports

September 22, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments

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The 15th Zurich Film Festival will feature more than 170 films from 58 countries, including more works by women directors than ever before.

Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Julie Delpy will be among the big names to be showcased at the Swiss festival, set for Sept. 26-Oct. 6.

The festival will screen a total of 171 films, nine more than last year. Twelve are world premieres and five are European premieres. The three Golden Eye competitions focus on young, original cinema with a total of 44 debut films competing.

The Zurich Film Festival will present more films by women directors across almost all sections of the festival than ever before, namely 55, according to a news release. That amounts to an increase of 39 percent on last year. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN.

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Brandy McDonnell

Brandy McDonnell writes features and reviews movies, music, events and the arts for The Oklahoman, Oklahoma's statewide newspaper, and NewsOK.com, the state's largest news Web site. Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4-H Club. Taking her duties seriously, she began submitting stories to The Lindsay News, and worked for the local weekly through high school. She attended Oklahoma State University, where she worked for The Daily O'Collegian and earned her journalism degree with honors. She worked for three years at small Oklahoma dailies The Edmond Sun and Shawnee News-Star. In 2002, she joined The Oklahoman as a features reporter, writing about movies, the arts, events, families and nonprofits. She moved to The Oklahoman's entertainment desk in 2007. In 2004, she won a prestigious Journalism Fellowship in Child & Family Policy from the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Along with her membership in AWFJ, she also is a founding member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. Brandy writes The Week In Women blog for AWFJ.org.