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EXCLUSIVE: WIF (Women In Film Los Angeles) and the Black List revealed the six aspiring screenwriters set to participate in the 2021 Feature Residency. The program, a joint effort between both organizations, provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women and non-binary screenwriters over the course of a year.

New York Women in Film & Television has announced that the third annual NYWIFT Summit will be held between the 22nd and 25th of June.

Women In Film Los Angeles has selected the first class of participants for its new Emerging Producers Program, which is designed to provide women and non-binary people access to master classes, mentorship and advising early in their producing careers.

Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF) is expanding its board of directors by six with the election appointments of Niija Kuykendall, Michelle Lee, Monica Levinson, Chris Nee, Shivani Rawat and Ida Ziniti. “Each of these impressive women is uniquely expert, whether as an executive, producer, creator, or agent," said board president Amy Baer, CEO of Gidden Media.

nominate three women in the Best Director category.

‘Gogglebox’ Co-Creator Leaves Studio Lambert

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity (TTIE) has teemed with Storyline Partners, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Women In Film, ACLU, Color Of Change, Define American, The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Hollywood, Health & Society, Maytha Alhassen, Ph.D., Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, and National Hispanic Media Coalition for the first six factsheets for its

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe winners of the 2020 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards were announced last night, with Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson pic Ordinary Love winning Best Film, presented by Martin Scoresese. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor won Best Actor in Film for Rialto, which also scooped the Scriptwriter prize for Mark O’Halloran.

Dino-Ray Ramos editorThe Black List and WIF (Women In Film, Los Angeles) have unveiled the participants who have won spots in their fifth annual Episodic Lab as well as the annual Feature Lab.The Episodic Lab provides mentorship and career opportunities to six rising women television writers over the course of a year.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe CW will team with Women In Film Los Angeles to televise the organization’s star-filled Make It Work! variety show on August 26.Announced on Tuesday, the variety special touts a lineup of influential women in the film and television worlds as Alison Brie, Beanie Feldstein, Alfre Woodard and others are set to make an appearance.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterWomen and Film, Los Angeles and The Black List unveiled the participants of the​ 2020 Feature Lab and Residency on Monday. The annual program is an expansion of the original writing lab which is a joint effort between WIF and The Black List.The program provides mentorship and career opportunities to seven rising women screenwriters over the course of a year.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorWomen in Film Los Angeles on Wednesday launched Hire Her Back, an initiative to call on entertainment companies to continue to seek gender and racial equality in their hiring as the the industry looks to return to film and TV production after the COVID-19 shutdown.Key to the initiative is the Hire Her Back Fund, a partnership among WIF, New York Women in Film & Television and Women In Film and Television Atlanta to provide grants to women in the industry

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