Women and Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry.

She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC.

Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.

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On the Ground in Berlin

News

I arrived in Berlin two days ago from NY after the huge success of The Athena Film Festival. Did you hear we had a blizzard and people still came. I missed the opening weekend craziness and after the insanity at the beginning of Sundance, I was really glad not to have to deal with it. To be honest, this festival has a completely different feel than Toronto and Sundance. It's just more mellow. Granted, as I mentioned, I did miss the first weekend when all the industry folks are here so I can't compare apples and apples, but this is way more low key. I am not innundated with press releases and with events, and I really am ok with that.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 14, 2013 5:40 AM
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Blogs

Here are my impressions of the film from the Toronto Film Festival. The film opens in NY and LA today with a nationwide release it follow.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 27, 2012 10:30 AM
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Festivals

The program for the 2012 Berlinale is rolling out. 20 international films have been announced for inclusion in the Panorama section. Five are directed by women. Keeping count that is just 20%.