TRIBECA FILM FEST 2023 – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

Tribeca 2023 Women’s Performances To Watch – Liz Whittemore reports

June 16, 2023September 4, 2023 Liz Whittemore female filmmakers, gabriela cowperthwaite, gender parity, tessa thompson, Tribeca 2023, TRIBECA FILM FEST 2023

The 2023 edition of The Tribeca Film Festival upped the ante for female filmmakers. Femme-centric storytelling gave us innumerable outstanding performances from women of all ages. As usual, I begin my annual roundup with the caveat that this list pertains solely to the films I watched. You can read more about the festival lineup in our collective AWFJ coverage, and it is aplenty this year. Here is my 2023 list of Women to Watch from Tribeca.

Festivals

TRIBECA FILM FEST 2023: Women and Horror – Preview by Alexandra Heller Nicholas

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Alice Troughton, Barbara Crampton, heather graham, Indianna Bell, Jennifer Kim, jennifer reeder, Kate Lyn Sheil, Olivia West Lloyd, shudder, Stewart Thorndike, TRIBECA FILM FEST 2023, tribeca film festival

If you are looking for tangible evidence that film festivals are taking equity seriously, the stats surrounding the forthcoming 2023 Tribeca Festival are a good place to start. With 68% of films in competition directed by women and 36% of all features directed by BIPOC filmmakers, when these numbers are weighed up next to the high calibre names it’s frankly hard not to be impressed.