Women In Film

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.

Kevin B. Lee writes in the New York Times about the disparity in screen time for actresses vs. actors in Hollywood movies.

Lee writes about Cinemetrics, an analytical method introduced by film historian Barry Salt 40 years ago, that extracts statistical data from movies to reveal their inner workings.  Its adoption helped add scientific rigor to film studies back when it was still earning respectability in academia.

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Did you know that on average only 16% of the nominees have been women?  This includes nominees for the “Best Actress” category.   Alice Corona writes on the Silk.co platform about the data behind the gender gap at the Academy Awards.

During the Academy Awards season pictures of actresses monopolize the front pages of websites, magazines, newspapers and TV shows.  We discuss their stunning bodies, their designer clothes, their hairstyles, their make-up.

Unfortunately, very few women are actually nominated for an Oscar.  This was true 86 years ago with the first Academy Awards and remains true today.  In some categories, a woman has never been nominated for an Oscar, and the percentage of female nominees hasn't varied much for 86 years.

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It is almost time for Hollywood’s annual display of glitz and glamour: the Academy Awards.  Yet, on March 2nd, one notable flaw cannot be shrouded by a superbly draped gown, covered with copious concealer, or hidden beneath a well-fitted tuxedo.  Although it may not be obvious, no matter how closely you look, not a single woman will walk the red carpet to hear her name called as a Best Director nominee.

Stacy Smith, Katherine Pieper and Marc Choueiti of the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism wrote this guest column for Forbes.com.  Dr. Stacy Smith is the Director of MDSCI where Dr. Katherine Pieper is a research scientist and Marc Choueiti is a project administrator.  You can follow them on Twitter @MDSCInitiative.

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