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December 05, 2025

Missing in Action: New Study Reveals the State of Menopause Representation in Film

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November 24, 2025

GDI Spotlight: Inside Paper Bag Plan: Authentic Casting at the Center

Variety’s Producers to Watch panel at the 2025 Bentonville Film Festival featuring emerging film producers.

October 15, 2025

Bentonville Film Festival Announces 2026 Dates

Madeline Di Nonno receives Advertising Week’s 2025 “Future Is Female” Lilly Ledbetter Lifetime Achievement Award in New York.

October 15, 2025

Geena Davis Institute President & CEO Madeline Di Nonno Honored With Advertising Week “Future Is Female” Lilly Ledbetter Lifetime Achievement Award

Madeline Di Nonno of the Geena Davis Institute with Molly Mykich and Beth Thompson of Gatesman at the 2025 PR Daily Nonprofit Communications Awards

October 02, 2025

Geena Davis Institute Honored with PR Daily Non-Profit Communications Award

September 24, 2025

Geena Davis Institute Highlights Digital Media Leader Cheldin Barlatt Rumer