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Catherine Hardwicke<\/p><\/div>\n

A decade after Catherine Hardwicke shattered records for female directors with the global success of the fantasy franchise-launching romantic drama \u201cTwilight,” the director says there\u2019s still not enough women working behind the camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of work to do because we\u2019ve got to get to both sides of the camera; we\u2019ve got to get more representation in all the categories,\u201d Hardwicke told\u00a0Variety<\/a> last week at the 45th Student Academy Awards ceremony at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot to say, and we\u2019ve had a long time where we haven\u2019t gotten to have our voices back there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hardwicke, along with Patricia Riggen, Kumail Nanjiani and Arthur Dong, presented awards at Thursday\u2019s Student Academy Award ceremony, which spotlighted some of the best student films from around the world in animation, alternative filming, documentary filming and narrative filming. Out of the more than 1,500 submitted entries, the Academy selected 15 to be honored during the show, according to Variety.<\/p>\n

With its $69.6 million opening weekend, 2008’s “Twilight” boasted the biggest opening take ever for a film directed by a woman, and the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling novel went on to gross nearly $400 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

After Hardwicke dropped out of the sequel \u201cNew Moon\u201d over scheduling disputes with the studio, she has said she didn’t get as many filmmaking opportunities as she expected given her record-breaking “Twilight” success and actually took a pay cut for her next helming gig, the 2011 horror fairytale \u201cRed Riding Hood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deadline Hollywood<\/a> reported earlier this month that Hardwicke has signed on to\u00a0direct the fantasy film “Dissonance” for Straight Up Films and Envision Media Arts.<\/p>\n

Andrea Seigel (“Laggies”) is adapting the screenplay for the film, which is based on the 2014 book of the same name by Erica O\u2019Rourke.<\/p>\n

“Dissonance” centers on Del, a woman who has the ability to walk between alternate realities and is entrusted with keeping the dimensions in harmony. When she secretly starts to investigate other dissonant worlds, Del uncovers a secret that threatens the survival of the entire multiverse.<\/p>\n

-BAM<\/p>\n

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