WEEK IN WOMEN: Nantucket Film Fest honors Nicole Holofcener with Screenwriters Tribute Award – Brandy McDonnell reports

An award-winning filmmaker whose work spans three decades, Nicole Holofcener will receive the Screenwriters Tribute Award at the writer-centric Nantucket Film Festival this summer. Acclaimed by critics and audiences for her relatable writing and personal directing style, Holofcener has created seminal films about relationships, class, loyalty and love with realistic and multidimensional characters, including Friends with Money, Please Give and Enough Said, with the latter starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini.

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