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WEEK IN WOMEN: Showrunner Ashley Michel Hoban’s DR DEATH Season 2 at Peacock – Brandy McDonnell reports

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Ashley Michel Hoban, Dr. Death, Edgar Ramírez, Jennifer Morrison, Laura Belsey, Mandy Moore, the week in women, twiw, wondery podcast

From writer, executive producer and showrunner Ashley Michel Hoban, Dr. Death Season 2 is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. The sophomore season follows Miracle Man Paolo Macchiarini (Edgar Ramírez), a charming surgeon renowned for his innovative operations. When investigative journalist Benita Alexander (Mandy Moore) approaches him for a story, the line between personal and professional begins to blur, changing her life forever. As she learns how far Paolo will go to protect his secrets, a group of doctors halfway across the world make shocking discoveries of their own that call everything about Paolo into question.

Festivals News

AWFJ EDA Awards @ Whistler Film Festival 2023 – Jennifer Merin reports

December 2, 2023December 4, 2023 Jennifer Merin Atikamekw Suns, awfj eda awards, best female-directed feature, Brenda Amaklak Putulik, chloe leriche, Healer, jennifer merin, Kim Albright, Lindsay McIntyre, Makenzie Leigh, nadine whitney, NIGIQTUQ ᓂᒋᖅᑐᖅ, sandie angulo chen, The South Wind, Whistler Film Festival, With Love And A Major Organ

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists and Whistler Film Festival are proud to announce the winners of the AWFJ EDA Awards for Best Female-Directed Feature and Best Female-Directed Short at Whistler Film Festival 2023. The winners were announced at the Whistler Film Festival awards ceremony on Sunday, December 3, 2023. This is the eleventh consecutive year of the partnership between AWFJ and WFF to recognize and honor the work of female filmmakers. WFF nominated four narrative films and six short films for consideration by AWFJ’s member jurors.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Lagueria Davis’ ‘BLACK BARBIE Documentary Lands at Netflix and Shondaland – Brandy McDonnell reports

November 27, 2023November 29, 2023 Brandy McDonnell betsy beers, Black Barbie: A Documentary, greta gerwig, Lagueria Davis, netflox, Shonda Rhimes, Shondaland, the week in women, twiw, week in women

Writer-director Lagueria Davis has found a home for her timely and relevant Black Barbie: A Documentary. Netflix and Shondaland recently announced the acquisition of Davis’ film.Black Barbie. Davis brought her “Black Barbie” to the festival circuit just as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie started generating critical acclaim and record-breaking box-office numbers. Considering Davis spent a dozen years making Black Barbie, and the movie Barbie had been in the works since The LEGO Movie became a 2014 blockbuster, it’s interesting timing that both films debuted within just a few months of each other.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Beyoncé brings RENAISSANCE concert film to movie theaters – Brandy McDonnell reports

November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Beyonce, documentaries, Queen Bey, Renaissance, Renaissance World Tour, Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour., the week in women, twiw

Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé officially arrives in theaters on Dec. 1, with select screenings starting on Nov. 30. Running 2 1/2 hours, Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé follows the journey of Queen Bey’s blockbuster “Renaissance World Tour” from its inception to its opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to its finale in Kansas City, Missouri. The film is said to reveal Beyoncé’s intention, hard work, involvement in every aspect of the production; her creative mind and purpose to create her legacy; and her mastery of her craft, from its inception to its opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to its finale in Kansas City, Missouri.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Gotham Awards’ Breakthrough Director Award nominees are all Women – Brandy McDonnell reports

November 13, 2023November 16, 2023 Brandy McDonnell A.V. Rockwell, best breakthrough director, celine song, Georgia Oakley, gotham awards 2023, Michelle Garza Cervera, Raven Jackson

As the 2023 Gotham Awards launch the cinematic awards season, the Gotham Awards have singled out 20 feature films, 11 series, and 30 performances in 10 award categories. One of those awards categories is the coveted Best Breakthrough Director Award. All five nominees competing in the Breakthrough Director Award are women.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Katherine Jakeway’s THE BUCCANEERS takes on Edith Wharton – Brandy McDonnell reports

November 8, 2023November 9, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Apple TV+, Edith Wharton, Katherine Jakeways, Stella Mozgawa, Taylor Swift, The Buccaneers, the week in women, twiw

Led by an all-female creative team, The Buccaneers makes its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Wednesday, Nov. 8, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday through Dec. 13. The new eight-episode drama, inspired by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edith Wharton’s unfinished final novel of the same name, comes from creator Katherine Jakeways.

EDA Awards News

2023 EDA Award Categories and Timeline – Jennifer Merin reports

November 2, 2023November 3, 2023 Jennifer Merin 2023 EDA Awards Categories

With this years awards season looming large on the horizon, The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is delighted to announce our 2023 EDA Awards categories and timeline.

This year, the AWFJ EDA Awards categories are the same as they were last year. We consider and recognize films and annual achievements in three awards sections: Best Of, Female Focus and EDA Special Mention Awards. You can access the full list here.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Emerald Fennell’s SALTBURN set for holiday release – Brandy McDonnell reports

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Brandy McDonnell amazon studios, ATHE WEEK IN WOMEN, Barry Keoghan, Carey Mulligan, emerald fennell, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, saltburn, twiw

Oscar-winning writer-director Emerald Fennell will help kick off the cinematic holiday season when her Saltburn bows into theaters in limited release on Nov. 24, which is Black Friday. It will expand to additional theaters Dec. 1. Hailing from MRC Film and Amazon Studios, “Saltburn” also will reunite Fennell with two-time Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan, who starred in Fennell’s 2020 feature film directorial debut Promising Young Woman.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ sets all-time record – Brandy McDonnell reports

October 11, 2023October 19, 2023 Brandy McDonnell AMC Theatres, concert films, Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. the week in women, twiw

Considering the number of records she’s shattered over the course of her music career, it’s little surprise that Taylor Swift has set a record for the biggest concert film opening of all time. Bowing in theaters Oct. 13, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour topped the North American box office with a huge opening of $92.8 million during its first three days in theaters, according to CNBC. It is the biggest concert film opening of all time. It’s also the second-highest October domestic film opening, after the 2019 North American bow for Joker, which nabbed $96.2 million.

Festivals News

EDA Awards @ Tallgrass Film Festival 2023 – Jennifer Merin reports

October 7, 2023December 2, 2023 Jennifer Merin best female-directed feature, best female-directed short, Black Barbie, brandy mcdonnell, EDA Awards, jelly, jemie broadnax, jennifer merin, lonita cook, maryann johanson, melanie addington, rachel west, Tallgrass Film Festival 2023, this is concrete

The Alliance of Women film Journalists partnered with Tallgrass Film Festival to present EDA Awards for Best Female Directed Films at the festival’s 21st edition, held in Wichita, Kansas from October 5 to 8, 2023. This is the third consecutive year of the partnership. With “Stubbornly Independent” as its motto, Tallgrass Film Festival, one of the nation’s leading regional film festivals, founded in 2003, aims to foster an appreciation of the cinematic arts by creating shared experiences around the international medium of film. Women in film are high priority on the festival’s agenda and the program presents a high percentage of female-directed films.

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