Venkat's handpicked articles and websites :

1. Works of 11 Female Artists Are Oscar Nominees -
                    The work of 11 female directors and screenwriters have been recognized in the major awards categories in 2004 Oscar race. Nominations for Sofia Coppola's film "Lost in Translation" are just the tip of the iceberg in a record-setting year.

2. Women in Film -
                     WIF's purpose is to empower, promote, nurture, and mentor women in the industry through a network of valuable contacts, events, and programs including the Women In Film Mentor Program, the award- winning Public Service Announcement Production Program, and the Internship Program in association with the Fulfillment Fund.

3. Newyork women in film and television
                     NYWIFT brings together more than 1,500 professionals including EMMY and Academy Award® winners, who work in all areas of the entertainment industry — above and below the line. It is part of a network of 40 international women in film chapters, representing more than 10,000 members worldwide.

4. Reel women
                   Reel Women began in April 1996 as an informal networking organization for women interested in filmmaking. It has since become a valuable service organization with more than 200 members, offering a wide variety of services to women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries

5.Women Filmmakers and Women Audiences -
                    Films42.com - Jan and Rich has made this beautiful site with lots of good articles.

6. Through the eyes of women filmmakers - Shoma Chatterji
                   Indiatogether.org has this article."Women, Media and Transformations" was the leitmotif of a festival of documentary and short films for South Asian women filmmakers that concluded in Calcutta earlier this month.

7. sisters in cinema - Helping african-american women filmmakers
                     Sisters in Cinema is a resource guide for and about African American women feature filmmakers.

8. WOMEN DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES
                     Moviesbywomen.com - website about movies directed by women. This site includes information on historical women directors, current and past statistics on women directors, and also includes female director interviews.

9. Chicks Make Flicks
                    A free monthly film series featuring work by local women filmmakers. Filmmakers are present to introduce the screening and for a post-screening discussion.

10.Influential Canadian women filmmakers
                    collectionscanada.ca - Canadian Women in Film profiles the work of influential Canadian women filmmakers from the early 20th century to the present, whose work ranges from the silent films of Nell Shipman to the industrials of Judith Crawley, and from animation work by Evelyn Lambart to documentaries by Anne-Claire Poirier and feature films by Patricia Rozema.

11.Damasco to Make Documentary about Iran's Women Cinema
                      I love iranian films and heres a article about women filmmakers in iran ."Samira Makhmalbaf is the only Iranian woman filmmaker who is famous in Italy" - iranartists.org.

12.Festival - Made by Women 2
                     Hinduonnet.com - While Norwegian filmmaker Margareth Olin's documentary "My Body" sensitively explores the issue of identity in relation to one's physical appearance, Iranian filmmaker Marziyeh Meshkini's three-part feature "The Day I Became A Woman" presents interesting vignettes from the lives of three women at different stages of life - childhood, adulthood and old age.

13.CineWomen NY -
                     We are a grassroots, volunteer-run, nonprofit organization that supports and encourages women in the film and entertainment industry. Our motto is: Help us to help you... make a movie, build a career, launch a dream. CineWomen NY Screening Series

14.Women Make Movies
                     wmm.com - Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitiates the production, promotion, distribution, and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women

15.Women in Film.Dallas
                     wifdallas.org - committed to promoting and enhancing the recognition of all professional women in the film and video industry as well as pursuing equitable treatment and opportunities. News and announcements

16.Women In Film & Television International
                     Women In Film & Television International (WIFTI) is a global network comprised of some 37 Women In Film chapters* worldwide and over 10,000 members dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video, and other screen-based media

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