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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Tomboy

Tomboy written and directed by Celine Sciamma is literally one of my favorite movies of the year. I enjoyed every second of it. It tells the story of Laure, a girl who moves to a new town and pretends she is a boy. She has short hair, wears gender neutral summer clothing and is at an age where at first look there is hardly any indication that she is a girl. But she knows that being a boy brings a lot more freedom and much less scrutiny than being a girl so she does not hesitate to declare herself a boy.

Her parents have no idea what is going on. They are a well adjusted, loving normal family. Her little sister finds out and keeps her secret. But keeping this type of secret is not easy. Before she decides to take off her shirt to play soccer she spends time eyeing her breasts in the bathroom mirror to make sure that she has no breasts because once she starts getting breasts, she going to have to make adjustments to keep up the deception.

By Melissa Silverstein
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November 15, 2011 10:34 AM
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Jury Awards from Romania International Film Festival

Last Sunday concluded the Romania Film Festival in Bucharest where I was a jury member. There were two different sections -- CineBlackSea and Women in Cinema. We gave out awards for best overall film between the categories, best actor and a best director in each category.

By Melissa Silverstein
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October 12, 2011 3:03 AM
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NewFest Crowns Winners

NewFest wrapped up at the end of last week and female directors got a bunch of surprises.

By Melissa Silverstein
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August 1, 2011 2:30 AM
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