WAM!Boston Film Festival 2012 Saturday, March 24 Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA WAM!Boston presents a unique lineup of films made by and about women from up-and-coming filmmakers, many from the Boston area. Q&A with the filmmakers or film subjects will follow each screening.  Get your tickets in advance here. Tickets may also available [...]

Celebrate International Women’s day with WIFV/NE, at these events! Monday, March 5th 5:30 – 8:30pm MCLE Auditorium 10 Winter Place, Boston The Women’s Forum at the United Nations Association of Greater Boston, will be screening War Redefined, the final film in the Women, War and Peace series, and featuring a panel discussion after the film [...]

Women in Film & Video/New England (WIFV/NE) is now accepting entries for our  Tenth Annual Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by Su-City Pictures, Inktip, Final Draft, and Lesley University. The WIFV/NE Screenwriting Competition aims to promote the work of women screenwriters and support the creation of worthy film roles for women. Entries must be authored or co-authored [...]

  WIFVNE is proud to co-sponsor this DocYard screening of Our School, a film by producer and director Mona Nicoara. Shot over four years in rural Transylvania, Our School follows three Roma children who are among the pioneer participants in an initiative to integrate the ethnically segregated Romanian schools. This award‐winning work will screen February 6 at 8pm [...]

Every year we hold a screenplay competition to help promote women screenwriters and strong, positive roles for women.  All entries must be authored or co-authored by a woman and/or feature a woman or women in prominent roles. This year’s batch of entries was impressive and our judges ultimately awarded the Grand Prize to Phil Ferriere [...]

Every year Women in Film & Video of New England holds a screenplay competition with the goal of promoting women screenwriters and strong, positive roles for women.  (Entries must be authored or co-authored by a woman and/or feature a woman or women in prominent roles.) We had lots of great entries for our 9th annual [...]

By Shannon Mullen Women in Film & Video of New England presents a new series of Q & A interviews with professional female filmmakers who live and work in New England or have strong ties to the region. In this edition WiFV features director Valerie Weiss, who started her film career while earning her PhD [...]

The film business is full of female documentarians from Hollywood to Woods Hole, but when it comes to narrative features women directors are still few and far between. That’s the consensus from a conversation with Judy Laster, founder of the Woods Hole Film Festival (WHFF), which kicks off on Cape Cod next week, marking its [...]

Reading blogs by film industry insiders can be an excellent way to stay informed way out here in Hollywood East, but navigating the blogosphere can be overwhelming, even for the savviest web browsers among us. To help narrow down the field I’m devoting this post to sharing a few excellent blogs/columns written by women in [...]

Two indie feature films with strong ties to New England are in theaters this week. New Hampshire native Chris Stinson co-produced the Sundance hit film Terri, which opened in the Boston area this past weekend.  (The film’s other producers also brought us Half Nelson and Blue Valentine.) Screenings continue this week at the Kendall Square [...]

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Join us Tuesday, March 6th for introductions, news and networking at The Friendly Toast at 1 Kendall Sq. in Cambridge, from 6:30-8:30. Open to all current, former, and prospective members. WIFVNE is actively seeking new members and volunteers to join the organization, and help us continue to thrive and serve our community. Networking Night is generally held on the first Tuesday of each month, the next one is scheduled for April 3rd.

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