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WEEK IN WOMEN: Women Directors to helm LOTR: RINGS OF POWER Season 2 – Brandy McDonnell reports

February 27, 2023March 7, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Charlotte Brändström, Louise Hooper, sanaa hamri, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, twiw, week in women

Three acclaimed women directors are bringing to life Amazon Prime Video’s next chapter of adventures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Charlotte Brändström, Sanaa Hamri and Louise Hooper are each helming multiple episodes for Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Brändström, who directed two highly acclaimed episodes of “The Rings of Power’s” first season (Episode 106, titled Udûn, and Episode 107, named The Eye), is directing four episodes of the second season and serving as co-executive producer for the series’ forthcoming season. Hamri and Hooper are directing two episodes. Brändström and Hamri also have overall deals with Amazon Studios.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: PGA honors Chinonye Chukwu’s TILL with Stanley Kramer Award- Brandy McDonnell reports

February 13, 2023February 23, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Barbara Broccoli, Chinonye Chukwu, Danielle Deadwyler, producers guild of america, Stanley Kramer Award, Till, twiw, week in women

The Producers Guild of America has named Chinonye Chukwu’s fact-based drama Till as its 2023 Stanley Kramer Award honoree. The Stanley Kramer Award lauds a production, producer, or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues, the PGA revealed on Facebook. Producers Keith Beauchamp, Barbara Broccoli, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Levine, Michael Reilly and Frederick Zollo will share the honor at the ceremony at the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards, scheduled for Feb. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Sally Field receives SAG Lifetime Achievement Award – Brandy McDonnell reports

February 8, 2023February 12, 2023 Brandy McDonnell fram drescher, SAG-AFTRA lifetime achievement, Sally Field, twiw, week in women

SAG Award and Oscar-winning performer Sally Field has been named the 58th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Field will be presented with the performers union’s top honor at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, which will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel on Feb. 26 from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Mindy Kaling to be honored by Producers Guild – Brandy McDonnell reports

January 31, 2023February 5, 2023 Brandy McDonnell mindy kaling, normal lear award, pga, producers guild of america, the office, twiw, week in women

The Producers Guild of America will honor trailblazing producer Mindy Kaling with its Norman Lear Achievement Award. Kaling will receive the award at the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards on Feb. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Emmy-nominated writer, producer, New York Times best-selling author, director, actor, and, most recently Tony Award winner, Kaling is considered one of the brightest voices of her generation.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Kristen Stewart named Berlinale Jury President – Brandy McDonnell reports

January 27, 2023January 29, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Berlin International Film Festival, directorial debuts, film festivals, Kristen Stewart, twiw, week in women

Oscar-nominated American actor, screenwriter and director Kristen Stewart will serve as the president of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Stewart first attended the Berlin International Film Festival in 2010 with Welcome to the Rileys. She has just completed production on Love Me, as well as on Love Lies Bleeding, and is currently working on her feature-length directorial debut, the adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Chronology of Water.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Claire Denis receives LA Film Critics Career Achievement Award – Brandy McDonnell reports

January 1, 2023January 6, 2023 Brandy McDonnell claire denis, claudia puig, LA film Critics, twiw, week in women

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has chosen French writer-director Claire Denis as the recipient of its Career Achievement Award. The critics organization will honor the filmmaker on January 14, 2023, at its first in-person awards event in three years. The L.A. Film Critics Association also will recognize 2022’s top achievements in filmmaking as decided by the membership at the ceremony.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Clintons’ Afghan doc IN HER HANDS lands at Netflix – Brandy McDonnell reports

October 24, 2022November 4, 2022 Brandy McDonnell chelsea clinton, documentary, hilary rodham clinton, in her hands, netfilx, twiw, week in women, zarifa ghafari

Produced by Hilary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, and filmed across two turbulent years, the documentary In Her Hands tells the story of Zarifa Ghafari, who at age 26 became one of Afghanistan’s first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold the position.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Women in Film/Netflix ReFrame Rise boosts women helmers & shooters – Brandy McDonnell reports

August 17, 2022August 20, 2022 Brandy McDonnell netflix, ReFrame Rise, twiw, week in women, women in film

Women in Film is expanding its offerings to help elevate women directors and cinematographers at multiple stages of their careers through a newly expanded ReFrame Rise accelerator and an upcoming Women in Film Directors and Cinematographers Fellowship. These programs are made possible by support from the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity, an initiative to build new opportunities for underrepresented communities within entertainment, according to a news release.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Taraji P. Henson’s deal with BET Studios – Brandy McDonnell reports

July 12, 2022July 16, 2022 Brandy McDonnell BET, BET Studios, taraji p. henson, TPH Entertainment, twiw, week in women

BET recently announced an overall deal with Taraji P. Henson’s TPH Entertainment for BET Studios, a studio venture launched in September 2021, powered by the infrastructure and financing of BET and Paramount. The venture was designed to supply the increased demand for premium content from Black creators across an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET, as well as to select third-party platforms that seek best-in-class content from both leading and rising Black creatives.

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WEEK IN WOMEN: Anna Fishko is on ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES for AMC – Brandy McDonnell reports

June 21, 2022June 25, 2022 Brandy McDonnell AMC Networks, Anna Fishko, John Fawcett, Orphan Black: Echoes, twiw, week in women

AMC Networks is working on Orphan Black: Echoes, a long-awaited new series set in the world of the landmark series Orphan Black, to appear on AMC+ and the company’s linear networks in 2023. Anna Fishko (Pieces of Her, The Society, Fear the Walking Dead) is creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer with John Fawcett, the co-creator of the original series who also directed 17 episodes across all five seasons, on as director and executive producer.

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"#TheLostKing is far from perfect but it is witty, vaguely edifying, and very British." @LizBraunSun reviews director Stephen Frears' latest, starring the always luminous Sally Hawkins: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/the-lost-king-review-by-liz-braun/

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ICYMI: @MarBarFu brings us #AWFJ's weekly look at movies made by and about women. For March 20-26, here's a run down of what's hitting theatres or streaming: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/opening-march-20-to-26-2023-margaret-barton-fumo-reports/

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s #Fugue is finally getting a long-overdue limited US cinema release. Our own @suspirialex takes a look at this portrait of a woman in crisis: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/fugue-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

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We had to wait decades for Nicolas Cage's very first western (Butcher's Crossing) but then only 1 year for his second - #TheOldWays. @susangranger reviews the latest from @PrimeVideo: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/the-old-ways-review-by-susan-granger/

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"Documentary-like in its candor, [#TheWorstOnes] is also touchingly tender as it captures a memorable summer in its characters’ lives." Our Movie of the Week (#MOTW) team reviews the #Cannes2022 #UnCertainRegard winner from Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/movie-of-the-week-march-24-2023-the-worst-ones/

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