Women In Film

WOMEN IN FILM, LOS ANGELES ANNOUNCES 2014 CRYSTAL + LUCY AWARDS® HONOREES:

CATE BLANCHETT, KERRY WASHINGTON, ROSE BYRNE, JENNIFER LEE and EVA LONGORIA

The Annual Benefit Gala will take place on Wednesday, June 11 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza

Los Angeles, CA, (March 31, 2014) - Since 1977, Women In Film, Los Angeles has annually honored exemplary women in the entertainment industry – women who lead by example, who are creative, groundbreaking, and who excel at their chosen fields. This year’s Crystal + Lucy Awards® fundraising dinner, in support of WIF LA’s many educational and philanthropic programs and initiatives, is being held on Wednesday, June 11 in the Los Angeles Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City.

TICKET INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON, SO PLEASE STAND BY.

by Martha M. Lauzen, Ph.D.
Copyright  ©  2014 – All rights reserved.

Female characters remained dramatically under-represented as protagonists, major characters, and speaking (major and minor) characters in the top grossing films of 2013.

Females comprised 15% of protagonists, 29% of major characters, and 30% of all speaking characters.

CLICK HERE for the full report.

Women In FIlm is deeply grateful to our Legacy Series Production crew for their hard work last weekend at our latest shoot interviewing Angie Dickinson, Cloris Leachman, mother/daughter stuntwomen Jeannie and Eurlene Epper and Roz Heller.

Front row center:  Ilene Kahn Power, Executive Producer; Director Linda Feferman, Director of Photography, Nancy Schreiber, Producer Clare Baren.

March 8th is International Women's Day and March is National Women's History Month.  WIF looks forward to a time when equality of opportunity and access are the norm throughout the world.  The poster caption reads, “Give Us Women’s Suffrage. Women’s Day, March 8, 1914."

2014 TIMELINE
Applications Available: Monday, March 3, 2014.
EARLY APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 23, 2014
(Application Fee for WIF members: $50; for non-members: $75)
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, June 6, 2014
(Application Fee for all applicants: $100)
Winners will be announced in October 2014

 The Women In Film Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund (WIFF FFF) supports films by, for or about women by providing cash grants of up to $15,000 and in-kind services.

CLICK HERE for the 2014 Application.
CLICK HERE for the 2014 Guidlines.
CLICK HERE for the 2014 Grant Agreement.