Lisa Califf one of “Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys”

WIF Attorney Lisa Califf is one of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 100 Attorneys of 2017. “If you’ve got a documentary in the works, Callif and partner Michael Donaldson are the ones you call to make sure your subjects don’t sue. This year’s Sundance festival featured nearly two dozen films by her firm’s clients, including the […]

2017 Women In Film Finishing Fund Submissions Now Open!

The Women In Film Finishing Fund gives grants to filmmakers working in both short and long formats, in all genres — narrative, documentary, animated and experimental. To apply for the Finishing Fund, the filmmaker must have completed 90% of principal photography and have a rough cut at the time of application. You do not have […]

THR Covers WIF + Sundance Institute Finance Panel

Several financing myths were debunked at Monday night’s Women, Money and Movies panel, moderated by Women in Film president Cathy Schulman. Contrary to conventional wisdom, lower-budget films aren’t always easier to make. That lesson was one of the key take-aways from the Women, Money and Movies panel on Monday night at the Pacific Design Center […]