NYC Film Office Launches Effort To Boost Women Filmmakers

The New York City film office has launched what it’s calling a “groundbreaking series of initiatives targeting the under-representation of women in film and television.” The film office said that this is the “first time ever” that a municipal agency has launched such a program. Part of the program, however, asks women writers to work for free. The five-part program includes a $5 million fund that will provide grants to support film and theatre projects by and about women: a script-writing contest; pitch workshops and a film financing conference; a report analyzing the gender inequality of directors in the film industry; and a block of programming on one of the City-owned TV channels that will focus on women and their perspectives. Read More…