Check out this USA Today article that promotes two Hollywood films with lineups of female leads:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-18-WIF_N.htm

ScreenDaily drew attention to two recent stories on the place of women in Hollywood.

Cannes 2008: The cruel trap facing Hollywood's women
Gwyneth Paltrow has dared speak the truth in Cannes: Tinseltown prefers its leading females to remain young - and childless
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/05/the_cruel_trap_facing_hollywoo....

Film directing is still a man's world
www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-goldstein20-2008may20,0,...

Check out this New York Times article from ScreenDaily – ‘Is there a real woman in this Multiplex?’
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/movies/moviesspecial/04dargi.html?_r=1...

Find competitions and opportunities on this interesting website: www.dukecityshootout.org/

280 documentaries, including 65 series, were in various stages of production in Australia in 2007. For statistics and info on the booming Australian screen industry check out The Screen Hub Production Report, which is free online at www.screenhub.com.au

Check out this great website described as a ‘DVD magazine for rare and unseen short films’. Includes high quality international shorts of varying lengths and work by NZ’s own Jill Kennedy.
www.wholphindvd.com

“It’s funny,” beams Uma Thurman, “but in Hollywood, you don’t hear the word ‘bitch’ as much as you used to. Up until recently, if ever a woman was doing well or achieving something, that term was liberally applied. Women were called all sorts of names.” Sitting in the comfortable confines of London’s Dorchester hotel, looking remarkably fresh in her earth-coloured trousers and top, and acting especially chirpy for someone who stepped off a transatlantic flight just four hours earlier, Thurman is musing on Hollywood’s perception of female writers and directors. A trio of women screenwriters crafted her latest movie, The Accidental Husband.

To read more click here http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/a...

Movies seem increasingly preoccupied with men and their problems, leaving female actors on the sidelines, writes Tim Robey.

Casting your eyes over this year's roster of film award contenders, you'd be forgiven for wondering why women, more than ever, have been relegated to the margins. The stories Hollywood wanted to tell last year were about fathers and sons, the American west, and machismo run amok.

To read on click here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/02/16/bfmacho1...