Three WIF Members are Fox Directing Fellows

On August 25, 2016, Fox Global Directors Initiative announced its 16 Director Fellows for its comedy and drama apprenticeship program. Three of the fellows selected are Women In Film members: Rachel Goldberg, Alexis Korycinski, and Yoko Okumura. All three of these women are part of WIF’s mentoring program, and also directed shorts selected for Women In Film’s […]

Eleanor Coppola Opens On Directing a Film at Age 80

Twenty-five years after directing the ‘Apocalypse Now’ doc ‘Hearts of Darkness,’ the helmer is making her narrative feature debut with the autobiographical Toronto entry ‘Paris Can Wait’ which sources say her nephew Nicolas Cage dropped out of. “I’m this housewife who suddenly decided to write and direct a film.” It all began with a cold. […]

Films By Women at TIFF 2016

The whole industry is talking about inclusion in a way it hasn’t in a long time. We never want to say ‘[diversity] is the goal’ because I don’t think that’s the right way to do it. But we do want to make sure we’re paying attention and maybe looking more deeply for stories that will […]