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Evolution (French release) Directed by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
2016-03-16
The only residents of young Nicholas’s seaside town are women and boys. When he sees a dead body in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence and surroundings. Why must he, and all the other boys, be hospitalised?
Évolution (France, Belgium, Spain)
81 min | Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
French theatrical release: March 16, 2016
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Writers: Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Alanté Kavaïté & Geoff Cox
Find The Summer of Sangaile by Alanté Kavaïté on 10 Films In Competition To Discover At Sundance 2015

Sky (French release) Directed by Fabienne Berthaud
2016-03-16
Romy is on holiday in the USA with her French husband, Richard. But the journey quickly turns into a settling of old scores for this worn out couple. After an ultimate fight, Romy decides to break free. She cuts off her ties to a stable and secure life that has become alienating and escapes to the unknown.
Sky (France, Germany)
100 min | Drama
French theatrical release: March 16, 2016
Director: Fabienne Berthaud
Writers: Lucy Allwood, Pascal Arnold, Fabienne Berthaud
Stars: Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Gilles Lellouche

X Company 2x08 (CBC) Directed by Amanda Tapping
2016-03-16
X Company 2×08 (CBC- Canada)
“Fatherland”
Director: Amanda Tapping
Written by Sandra Chwialkowska, Mark Ellis, Stephanie Morgenstern
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Sisters (VOD/DVD) Co-written by Paula Pell
2016-03-15
Two sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home.
Director: Jason Moore
Writer: Paula Pell
Stars: Amy Poehler, Kate McKinnon, Tina Fey
VOD release on March 15

Crushed (Premiere in Randwick, Australia) by Megan Riakos
2016-03-15
A young woman returns home to her family vineyard after her father dies in an accident on the winery. But when his death is ruled a murder and her mother becomes the prime suspect she must uncover the truth.
Crushed (Australia)
111 min | Mystery, Thriller
Australian Premiere at the Ritz Cinema Randwick on Tuesday 15th March, 6:30pm
Directed & written by Megan Riakos
Stars: Sarah Bishop, Les Hill, Roxane Wilson

Shadowhunters 1x10 (Freeform) Written by Y. Shireen Razack
2016-03-15
Shadowhunters 1×10 (Freeform)
“The World Inverted”
Written by Y. Shireen Razack

Pretty Little Liars 6x20 (Freeform) written by I. Marlene King
2016-03-15
In a desperate attempt to discover Uber Bad’s true identity, the Liars riskily offer up Hanna as bait.
Pretty Little Liars 6×20 (Freeform)
“Hush Hush, Sweet Liars”
Written by I. Marlene King

Geena Davis @ SXSW “Gender In Media: Why It Matters”
2016-03-14 09:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
“Gender In Media: Why It Matters”
9:30 a.m. – Monday, March 14th @ SXSW
Actress Geena Davis and PBS’s Paula Kerger discuss gender balance on screen and what the media can do to help reduce gender stereotyping and increase diversity among characters.
Find the upcoming Bentonville Film Festival by the Geena Davis Institute on our Calendar of Films, Events & TV and our List of Women’s Film Festivals Worldwide

NCIS: Los Angeles 7x18 (CBS) Directed by Tawnia McKiernan
2016-03-14
The team is shocked to learn that Anna helped a convicted Cuban spy escape U.S. custody before he was to return to his country in a prisoner exchange.
NCIS: Los Angeles 7×18 (CBS)
“Exchange Rate” Airs March 14, 2016
Directed by Tawnia McKiernan
Written by Jordana Lewis Jaffe
Guest Cast:
Vyto Rugins (Arkady Kolcheck)
Bar Paly (Anastasia “Anna” Kolcheck)
Juan Javier Cardenas (Ricardo Pena/Roman Nulishkin)
Alexis Carra (DOJ Attorney Heidi Reardon)
Phil Abrams (Ben Walker)
Chris Gann (U.S. Marshal Anthony Howard)

The Magicians 1x09 (Syfy) Written by Sera Gamble
2016-03-14
The Magicians 1×09 (Syfy)
“The Writing Room”
Written by show creator Sera Gamble
Directed by James L. Conway
Find Sera Gamble on the Hollywomen Screenwriters Board

Yalom's Cure (USA-Limited) by Sabine Gisiger
2016-03-11
This cinematic feature documentary is more than a classic biography. Yalom takes the audience on an existential journey through the many layers of the human mind while he shares his fundamental insights and wisdom.
Limited US release on March 11
1h 17min | Documentary, Biography | Switzerland
Directed & written by Sabine Gisiger
Stars: Irvin D. Yalom, Marilyn Yalom

City of Gold (USA-Limited) by Laura Gabbert
2016-03-11
A documentary portrait that takes us into Jonathan Gold’s universe to tell the improbable story of a revolution inspired by the pen, but driven by the palate.
Limited US release on March 11
1h 36min | Documentary, Biography | 2015
Directed & written by Laura Gabbert
Stars: Jonathan Gold, Allen Salkin
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Lolo (USA-Limited) by Julie Delpy
2016-03-11
Violette, a 40-year old workaholic with a career in the fashion industry falls for a provincial computer geek, Jean-Rene, while on a spa retreat with her best friend.
Limited US release on March 11
1h 39min | Comedy | 2015
Director: Julie Delpy
Writers: Julie Delpy, Eugénie Grandval
Stars: Julie Delpy, Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste

River of Grass (USA-Limited) by Kelly Reichardt
2016-03-11
Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gun shot sends them on the run together, thinking they’ve committed murder.
Limited US Re-release of River of Grass by Kelly Reichardton March 11, 2016
1h 16min | Drama | 1994
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Writers: Jesse Hartman (story), Kelly Reichardt (screenplay)
Stars: Lisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell

Hawaii Five-0 6x17 (CBS) Directed by Maja Vrvilo
2016-03-11
McGarrett and Five-0 must track down a Russian spy who has stolen a flash drive containing classified NSA information that puts the life of a member of their Ohana at risk. Also, McGarrett finally learns why Catherine left him, and Abby continues to conceal her actual mission from Chin and Five-0.
Busy week for director Maja Vrvilo: 3 days after her delivering a pivotal episode of Limitless, she’s back at it with Hawaii Five-0’s “Waiwai”.
She’s no stranger to the sets of Oahu, having made her directorial debut on the series two years ago and helmed seven episodes since then.
Starting her career in Croatia as an editor in the early 90’s, she moved to the United States a few years later, working on features and getting her first TV gig in 2001 on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Editing the pilot of the CBS series The Agency the same year proved to be a major turning point in her career: from that moment on, she would become a trusted member of the CBS family. After 9 episodes on Paige Turco’s series, she switched to Cold Case in 2003, editing 53 episodes from the pilot to its penultimate installment.
Joining the team of Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-0’s second episode “Ohana”, she has worked more than 40 times on the series as an editor or supervising editor. The next step in her career would happen at the end of the 4th season with her first directing assignment: “Ku I Ka Pili Koko (Blood Brothers)”.
In charge of 6 more episodes of the series after that, she has also worked on Graceland, CSI: Cyber and the upcoming “ShotSeeker” of Person of Interest.
She’s in good company on this new episode of Hawaii Five-0, written by none other than Eric Guggenheim. This is not the duo’s first partnership, as, before “Waiwai”, Vrvilo had directed 4 episodes authored by Guggenheim.
The younger brother of showrunner/comic book icon Marc Guggenheim and “Safe House” writer David Guggenheim, Eric joined the family business in 2004 by writing the hockey biopic Miracle directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Kurt Russell.
In 2010, he made his TV debut by delivering the script of Parenthood’s season 2 “Seven Names” by Jan Eliasberg, quickly followed by 3 more episodes as well as writing assignments and producing credits on Hawaii Five-0.
“Waiwai” marks the final appearance of Hawaiian jazz singer Jimmy Borges -currently fighting cancer- as the nefarious Dr. Yang. Already part of the cast of the season 2 episode “Lekio”, Borges ends a long run of cameos in Hawaii-set series, having played various roles in the original Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files & Magnum, P.I.
Hawaii Five-0 6×17 (CBS)
“Waiwai (Assets)” (March 11, 2016)
Directed by Maja Vrvilo
Written by Eric Guggenheim
Stunt double: Jacqueline Cadiente
Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Cadiente
Guest Cast:
Dennis Chun (Sgt. Duke Lukela)
Julie Benz (Inspector Abby Dunn)
Ingo Rademacher (Robert Coughlin)
Olga Fonda (Anna Novick)
Jimmy Borges (David Yang)
Derek Webster (Elliot Brenner)
Michael McMillian (Chris Dalton)
Regan Downie (Paramedic Andre Weller)
Danielle Zalopany (Surgical Assistant)
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— Maja Vrvilo (@majavrvilo) February 9, 2016

The Young Messiah co-written by Betsy Nowrasteh
2016-03-11
Told from the childhood perspective of Jesus Christ, The Young Messiah follows young Jesus at age seven as he and his family depart Egypt to return home to Nazareth, and grows into his religious identity.
The Young Messiah
Drama
11 March 2016 (USA)
Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh
Written by Cyrus Nowrasteh & Betsy Nowrasteh (The Stoning of Soraya M.)
Based on the novel by Anne Rice

Hello, My Name Is Doris - co-written by Laura Terruso
2016-03-11
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Drama
11 March 2016 (USA)
Director: Michael Showalter
Writers: Michael Showalter & Laura Terruso
Stars: Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs

Nominate A Woman In Tech With Geena Davis & Google
2016-03-10
Strong allies, Google & the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media are teaming up once more.
This time, they’re partnering with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) to deliver the first Reel Women in Technology (Reel WiT) Award for the best portrayal of a leading woman in technology.
As only 17% of onscreen technology roles feature women or girls, this award aspires to change that by recognizing the best portrayal of a leading woman in technology from a program who serves as a role model for girls and women with computing aspirations while disrupting the stereotypes of female ingenuity in technology fields.
From all the submissions, the selection has been reduced to 5: the cast from the documentaries CodeGirl & She Started It, Loretta from the Disney animated show Miles from Tomorrowland, Carla from HBO’s Silicon Valley and Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The winner will be determined through an online vote ending on March 10, and announced in May at the 2016 NCWIT Summit just outside Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.
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Discover the SXSW panel Gender In Media: Why It Matters featuring Geena Davis on March 14

Follow the footsteps of Jane Austen, Agatha Christie and great authors on our sister project LibrAdventures – The Literary Atlas, showcased by Google Maps and several foreign branches of Google

Legends of Tomorrow 1x08 (CW) Written by Sarah Nicole Jones & Cortney Norris
2016-03-10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwwXR3lUI_g
The team tracks Savage to a small town in Oregon during the 1950s. Upon arrival, they discover there have been a recent string of murders and they suspect Savage is involved.

Rising through the ranks and earning her production stripes in film & television during the last decade, Cortney Norris got her first writing credit in 2015 on The Flash’s pivotal episode “Who Is Harrison Wells?”.
Along with her Flash co-writer Ray Utarnachitt, she joined the writing team of Legends of Tomorrow in mid 2015 to pen two episodes: the March 10 “Night of the Hawk” and the upcoming “River of Time” two months later, co-written with Anderson Mackenzie and directed by Alice Troughton.
Her co-writer on “Night of the Hawk” is none other than Sarah Nicole Jones. A former writer’s assistant for Eureka and story editor, Jones made her debut in 2012 on Longmire, writing 8 episodes of the A&E series and penning 3 episodes of the ABC show Forever.
A producer on Legends of Tomorrow, she made her entrance with the episode 1×04 “White Knights” co-written with her Forever writing room partner Phil Klemmer and has been tasked with the upcoming 1×13 “Leviathan”.
Who do you hire to direct this major sci-fi/action series? A genre film legend in its own right, that’s who.
Before Rachel Talalay in April, horror icon Joe Dante has been called to lead the team of superheroes, traveling through time with them to the 50’s on “Night of the Hawk”.
While preparing his new feature Labirintus and developing his passion project The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes, Dante has been quite active in TV, alternating between episodes of Hawaii Five-0, Witches of East End and Salem.
Legends of Tomorrow 1×08 (CW)
“Night of the Hawk”
Written by Sarah Nicole Jones & Cortney Norris
Directed by Joe Dante
Guest stars: Ali Liebert, stunt artist Cameron Hilts, Laura Mennell, Melissa Roxburgh, Bronwen Smith, Ben Wilkinson
Hawkgirl’s stunt double: Sharlene Royer
First assistant director: Warren Hanna

Underground 1x01 (WGN) co-created by Misha Green
2016-03-09
Underground centers on a group of slaves planning a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
Underground (WGN America)
1×01 “The Macon 7”
Written by Misha Green & Joe Pokaski
Directed by Anthony Hemingway
Show Created by Misha Green & Joe Pokaski
Starring Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aldis Hodge, Christopher Meloni, Reed Diamond
Find Misha Green on the Hollywomen Screenwriters Board

Suite Armoricaine (French release) by Pascale Breton
2016-03-09
Suite Armoricaine (France)
145 min – Drama
French theatrical release: March 9 2016
Director: Pascale Breton
Written by Pascale Breton & Robin Campillo
Stars: Valérie Dréville, Kaou Langoët, Elina Löwensohn

X Company 2x07 (CBC- Canada) Directed by Amanda Tapping
2016-03-09
X Company 2×07 (CBC- Canada)
“La Vérite Vous Rendra Libre”
Director: Amanda Tapping
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Eroin - Women Directors Short Films @ Los Angeles
2016-03-08 19:30 | Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, 10361 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Founded by Audrey Clinet in 2012, Eroïn started as an annual event highlighting 9 short films directed by women screened at the Parisian Elysees Biarritz theater.
Following its 2016 ceremony presented on February 29 in Paris, a selection of shorts from the current and past editions will be showcased in Los Angeles on March 8 / 7.30PM to celebrate Women’s Day at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, in collaboration with the Lycee Français.
Introduced by founder Audrey Clinet and director Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix, all films will be presented in French with English subtitles. Complimentary wine and cheese will be served at the intermission.

J’aurais pas du mettre mes clarks by Marie Caldera

Nico has everything to be happy : a wife, three kids, a flat, work. But one day, his hungry for fame and success put him to implosion.
Comedy -2014 – 15 minutes
Eroïn Selection 2014
Cast: Stéphane Metzger, Pascal Demolon, Marie Caldera, Laeticia Colombani, Benoit Pétré
Award: Prix du Public, Champs Elysées Film Festival, France juin 2015
Selection of COLCOA Film Festival, Los Angeles (US)

Les Murmures by Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix

Drama/Comedy – 2015 – 8 minutes
Eroïn selection 2016
Drama comedy
Awards: Grand Jury Short Film Award, Skyway Film Festival, Florida USA, June 2015

La plage by Keren Ben Rafael

Drama – 2015 – 19 minutes
Eroïn selection 2016
Awards: Prix France Télévisions and Prix UniFrance Festival Tous Courts of Aix-en-Provence, France 2015
15-minute intermission, which will include complimentary wine and cheese

Dog Sitting by Sara Verhagen

A young English student in Paris, who looks after dogs to make ends meet, finds that man’s best friend can sometimes be an unexpected burden…
Drama/Comedy – 2011 – 8 minutes
Eroïn Selection 2012
Best Short Film Prize International Festival Comedy of ALPE D’HUEZ, France 2011
Selection of Palm Springs Film Festival (US), 2011
Directed by Sara Verhagen & Yannick Privat

C’est du caviar by Sarah Lelouch

Comedy – 2015 – 23 minutes
Eroïn Selection 2016
Selection of the Alpe D’Huez Festival, 2016
Cast: Charlotte Gabris, Caroline Anglade, Fabian Richard et David Marouan

Bal de famille by Stella Di Tocco

Drama – 2015 – 24 minutes
Eroïn Selection 2016
Award: Jury Prize Région Basse-Normandie, Festival Off-Courts Trouville 2015

Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
2016-03-08 - 2016-03-13 | Unnamed Venue, Vancouver, Canada
Now in its 11th year, the annual Vancouver International Women in Film Festival (#VIWIFF2016) showcases an impressive lineup of short, mid-length and feature films (narrative, documentary, experimental and animation) by established and emerging women filmmakers from around the world.
The 2016 film festival will open on Tuesday March 8th, International Women’s Day and will end with an awards gala on Sunday, March 13th.
This six-day celebration is organized by Women in Film and Television Vancouver, a not-for-profit society founded in 1989 to advocate for, celebrate and promote women working in screen-based media.
The festival accepts films with women in at least three of these key creative roles: Writer, Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor, Composer, Lead Performer. Films completed after March 2013 are eligible.

Limitless 1x17 (CBS) Directed by Maja Vrvilo
2016-03-08
Brian and Rebecca are placed under quarantine by the CDC after being exposed to an unknown substance after investigating a citywide blackout. Also, trust issues arise after Rebecca catches Brian using his secret stash of NZT.
Limitless 1×17 (CBS)
“Close Encounters” (March 8, 2016)
Directed by Maja Vrvilo
Written by Kari Drake

Shadowhunters 1x09 (Freeform) Written by Hollie Overton
2016-03-08
Shadowhunters 1×09 (Freeform)
“Rise Up ”
Written by Hollie Overton
Directed by J. Miller Tobin

Geena Davis Institute Symposium in São Paulo
2016-03-08
The Geena Davis Institute On Gender In Media will present new global research which explores the influence of film audiences in the UK, India, Nigeria, France and Brazil funded by the Oak Foundation.
The global symposiums will convene eminent entertainment content creators, business leaders, actors, directors, media personalities, policy makers, to engage in dialogue around the ìnstitute’s global research along with two panel discussions from leading entertainment industry personalities, content creators along with gender in media related subject matter experts.
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OPENING REMARKS

Geena Davis
Founder and Chair, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
@GDIGM

SPEAKERS

Madeline Di Nonno
Chief Executive Officer,
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Caroline Heldman
Associate Professor of Politics
Occidental College, Los Angeles

CHAIR

Deborah Calla
Writer/Producer and Founder,
Calla Productions

ADVISORY BOARD

Malu Andrade
New Initiatives Coordinator,
Spcine

Maristela Bizarro
Co-Founder,
WIFT Brasil

Nágila Guimarães
Co-Founder & President,
WIFT Brasil

Krishna Mahon
Director of Original Content

Ana Cláudia Martins
Communications Director,
WIFT Brasil

Shri Narayanan
Professor of Engineering,
University of Southern California

Marília Nogueira
Executive Director,
WIFT Brasil

MODERATORS & PANELISTS

Tata Amaral

Cristina Fantato
Head of Local Productions

Tatiany LeiteJournalist, YouTube Creator

Nana LimaThink Olga

Tatiana Moura
Executive Director,
Promundo

Anna MuylaertDirector

Stephanie NoelYouTube Creator

Thais Scabio

Letícia Serafim
Communications Coordinator,
Promundo

Manuela VillelaYouTube

The Magicians 1x08 (Syfy) Directed by Jan Eliasberg
2016-03-07
Brakebills is thrown into chaos when Penny is violently attacked by someone who was considered a friend; at the same time, Quentin tries to find a connection to the Beast; and Julia considers giving up magic for good after entering a rehab facility.
Starting her career in early 1986 by helming an episode of Cagney & Lacey, Jan Eliasberg finished the year by joining the roster of directors of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice, delivering 3 episodes in 1986 and 1987.
In 1991, she made her feature debut with the neo-noir thriller Past Midnight, starring Paul Giamatti and co-written by Quentin Tarantino.
Since then, she has become a well-established director of action & dramas, from 21 Jump Street to Sisters, Early Edition, Supernatural, Nashville & NCIS: Los Angeles.
Between pilots and TV gigs, the former Wesleyan & AFI Directing Workshop student went regularly back to university by teaching film directing at NYU & the Academy of Art and is currently working on new original features.
On the new episode of The Magicians “The Strangled Heart”, Eliasberg teams up with the co-writer of her 2010 Supernatural episode, David Reed.
While Reed was only at the beginning of his screenwriting career back then, he became a fellow collaborator of his former Supernatural showrunners by working with Eric Kripke on Revolution and its webseries Enemies of the State, quickly followed by Sera Gamble’s Aquarius and The Magicians, both developed by John McNamara.
The Magicians 1×08 (Syfy)
“The Strangled Heart”
Directed by Jan Eliasberg
Written by David Reed
Music by Will Bates
Cinematography by Elie Smolkin
Production Design by Rachel O’Toole
Art Direction by Kendelle Elliott
Set Decoration by Kate Marshall

Trapped (USA-Limited) by Dawn Porter
2016-03-04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY9b2Lcmh5k
American abortion clinics are in a fight for survival. Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws are increasingly being passed by states that maintain they ensure women’s safety and health, but as clinics continue to shut their doors, opponents believe the real purpose of these laws is to outlaw abortion.
US limited release on March 4
Directed by Dawn Porter
Cast: Marva Sadler, Willie Parker MD, Nancy Northup, Dalton Johnson, Gloria Gray, June Ayers
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The Originals 3×15 (CW) Co-written by Carina Adly MacKenzie
2016-03-04
When Klaus learns that Cortez, an old vampire with a vendetta against him, has arrived in New Orleans, he finds himself forced to deal with this new threat.
The Originals 3×15 (CW)
“An Old Friend Calls” (March 4, 2016)
Directed by Jeffrey Hunt
Written by Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Russo
Guest star: Matt Cedeno
