Los Angeles, CA (December 9, 2021)—Filmocracy, the world’s premiere digital screening, distribution, and experience platform, has announced today its non-profit, The Filmocracy Foundation, is funding the first round of fellowships in its worldwide film festival mentorship program for underrepresented film festivals, co-founder Paul Jun and […]
Happy Monday! Today we celebrate Patricia Vidal Delgado (“La Leyenda Negra”), and her short “Caroline”. It premiered yesterday for the European Cultural Days 2021 and runs on YouTube until May 16th. The short is featured as part of the Female Award-Shortfilm-programme. About “Caroline” Synopsis: A professional artist is on […]
Over a year ago, at Sundance 2020, pre-pandemic, Carey Mulligan spoke with Variety about how Oscar voters overlooked films with female filmmakers, meaning they did not watch these films before they cast their votes for the Best Director category. This discussion circled around her and […]
One of the joys of covering the movie beat is seeing a great artist whose work you believe in receive the recognition they deserve. When the 2021 Oscar nominations were announced on March 15th, I jumped out of my chair and cheered when Elvira Lind’s […]
With the Oscar nominations announced this morning in the wake of the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and BAFTA announcements, we had our eyes on the director category for the hope of 3+ nominations for women. Two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were nominated this […]
Film director Chloé Zhao made history Sunday night after winning the Golden Globe for Best Director for her film “Nomadland,” becoming the second woman to win the award and the first Asian female director to win it. Barbra Streisand was the first woman to win […]
We featured this interview on July 1st, 2020 before John Lewis passed. Dawn Porter won Mind the Gap (California Film Institute and Mill Valley Film Festival) Documentarian of the Year on 11/25/20. Black Lives Matter. There is a man named John Lewis, who has fought […]
SEATTLE, WA (OCTOBER 28th, 2020) — This year, to honor the legacy of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Northwest Film Forum and Duplass Brothers Productions launched the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. This $25,000 unrestricted cash grant is modeled after Shelton’s own history in the […]