Archive | January, 2013

WIFTI Special Event@Sundance

01/14/2013

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Women in the Director’s Chair@Sundance, a networking special event and panel discussion presented by Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI) included female filmmakers– Lynn Shelton, Stacie Passon, Francesca Gregorini and Jendra Jarnagin – sharing their insights on their films, film festivals, the film industry at large including the “Celluloid Ceiling” report– a variant on […]

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Celluloid Ceiling Inches Towards Ten Percent Mark

01/14/2013

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Celluloid Ceiling

An article in Sunday’s New York Times January 13, 2013 announced that 9 percent of the top 250 movies at the domestic box office last year were directed by women, “a substantially higher number” than the 2011 figure of 5 percent. Funny, the 2012 report is not out yet. The NYT attributes this to San […]

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