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Cinemas across Dubai are using International Women’s Day to speak out about inequality in the film industry, and to celebrate the women behind the camera

TOrnos news

American Film Showcase welcomed to Thessaloniki in Greece on March 2-5, 2019

WECT NEWS

Film festival celebrates women’s stories

PORTLAND MERCURY

Half the Picture Review: First Eye-Opening, Then Infuriating

THE MONTCLARION

“A beautifully crafted love letter to female directors everywhere”

AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

“Fresh from Sundance, Amy Adrion's Half the Picture serves as a rallying cry for greater gender representation behind the camera…the articulate, often hilarious, personal recollections speak volumes of truth to power.”

THE STRANGER

* RECOMMENDED* Half the Picture, a Documentary About How Hollywood Still Sucks for Women

TUFTS NOW

"Tell Me More: Breaking Up the Hollywood Boys Club”

THE WRAP

"Women Directors Tell All in Illuminating, Infuriating Doc"

THE DAILY BEAST

‘Half the Picture’ director Amy Adrion opens up about her documentary, which features female filmmakers like Ava DuVernay and Kimberly Peirce celebrating sisterhood in Hollywood. "A celebration of the joys of filmmaking!"

LOS ANGELES TIMES

"With careful craftsmanship, “Half the Picture” is an important piece of testimony in the fight for the civil rights of female directors in Hollywood"

THE VILLAGE VOICE

"It’s experiential revelation as advocacy filmmaking, an incisive and inviting example of the personal as political...Half the Picture is a timely and entertaining antidote to the devaluation of women’s accomplishments"

Hollywood reporter

OWN, Discovery, Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation to Offer Free Student Screenings of 'Half the Picture'

METRO

‘Half The Picture’s’ director was told not to explore Hollywood’s lack of female filmmakers because sexism no longer existed. Amy Adrion’s documentary proves that it is obviously still a huge issue

DEADLINE

Sundance London: Comedy ‘Eighth Grade’, Gender Equality Doc ‘Half The Picture’ Scoop Prizes

STYLIST

Director Amy Adrion on Half the Picture, her vital documentary about women filmmakers

ROGER EBERT.COM

“This is no pity party. There is a sense that sisters are doing it for themselves and each other as more female decision makers make inroads behind the scenes."

OUT MAGAZINE

Half the Picture Is the #TimesUp Movie You Must See as Soon as Possible: "Nothing in popular culture has articulated the film industry's gender inequality as convincingly, succinctly, or powerfully as Half the Picture, an essential new documentary from director Amy Adrion"

BUSTLE

The Documentary 'Half The Picture' Takes On Hollywood's Ridiculous Lack Of Female Directors — EXCLUSIVE CLIP

EXPRESS

Sundance Film Festival: Hollywood 'MUST get more female directors' after Me Too scandal

CULTURED VULTURES

INTERVIEW: Amy Adrion Talks Half The Picture

harpers bazaar

"Why there are so few female directors working in Hollywood? The documentarian Amy Adrion explains the film industry’s gender imbalance in Half the Picture"

THE GUARDIAN

"Half the Picture plays like a cocktail party where everyone’s had a glass of wine and is ready to get real. Adrion bounces between interview clips as though the women are having a conversation. It’s not a screed – it’s fun and surprising"

CRITICAL POPCORN

Sundance London 2018: Director Amy Adrion talks ‘Half the Picture’ - “Without doubt, one of the must-see films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival: London”

THE TELEGRAPH

'You can go on stage at the Oscars, but you can’t talk': inside Hollywood's brutal war on female filmmakers

VARIETY

Female Filmmakers Center Stage at Sundance Film Festival London

POP matters

'Half the Picture': A Consciousness Raising Discussion About Women in Film

SYFY WIRE

FEMALE FILMMAKER FRIDAY: A CONVERSATION WITH HALF THE PICTURE DIRECTOR AMY ADRION

The daily californian

2018 San Francisco Int'l Film Festival offers profound variety of films - “Half the Picture” is, in every way, heartbreaking... powerful to the point that it is infuriating"

KFOG San Francisco

‘Half the Picture’ speaks to the next generation of filmmakers at SFFILM Festival - "The message to aspiring filmmakers in Adrion’s Half the Picture is clear: it’s not easy but it’s so, so much fun. And if these women have done it, so can you."

Herald tribune

Through Women's Eyes tells women's stories through film

BROADWAY WORLD

BWW Feature: AMY ADRION HALF THE PICTURE at Sarasota Film Festival

REMEZCLA

In this Doc, Ava Duvernay, Jill Soloway, Patricia Riggen & More Tell Hard Truths About Being a Female Director

KPFA San Francisco 94.1fm

Mothers & Movies

TEXAS MONTHLY

In ‘Half the Picture,’ Female Directors Call for Long-Overdue Equality in Hollywood

FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

“Getting Five Different Looks From One Room”: DP Yamit Shimonovitz on Half the Picture

DIGITAL TRENDS

Sundance shines spotlight on Hollywood’s lack of female directors

FILM INQUIRY

SXSW Review: HALF THE PICTURE: Death By A Thousand Cuts For Hollywood Misogyny

FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

“Advocating For the Civil Rights of Women”: Editor Kate Hackett on Half the Picture

VARIETY

‘Half the Picture’ Documentary on Female Directors Sells to Gravitas

HUFFINGTON POST

Women Directors Explain Exactly What It’s Like To Work In Sexist Hollywood

REFINERY 29

You Know About The Lack Of Female Directors In Hollywood. These Are Their Stories.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

The makers of 'Half the Picture' discuss women's tenacious quest for visibility as directors

NPR / KPCW

The Sundance Reel

BUSTLE

'Half The Picture' Director Amy Adrion Knows The Real Secret To Getting Women More Jobs In Hollywood

DEADLINE

‘Half The Picture’ Clip: Ava DuVernay Talks Female Discrimination In Hollywood In Amy Adrion’s Sundance Docu

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

'Half the Picture': Film Review | Sundance 2018 - "THE BOTTOM LINE: Preach, Sister!"

INDIEWIRE

19 Movies From Female Filmmakers to See At Sundance. "There’s timely and then there’s timely. Amy Adrion’s documentary asks a slew of female filmmakers and industry luminaries in a business built on systemic discrimination. And has she got a murderer’s row of talking head talent to tell it like it is"

THE VERGE

Half the Picture proves that #MeToo alone won’t solve sexism in entertainment

WIRED

"Sometimes being on-the-nose is bad, but when “on-the-nose” means “a documentary about the lack of gender parity in Hollywood directing gigs coming to Sundance” then it’s just right."

NPR, KPCC'S THE FRAME

'Half The Picture' shows how 50 women filmmakers broke into Hollywood

INDIEWIRE

‘Half the Picture’ Exclusive Clips: New Documentary Examines Hollywood’s Discriminatory Hiring Practices. The film features conversations with Lena Dunham, Catherine Hardwicke, Miranda July and more

FILM INQUIRY

Fighting For Equality Behind The Scenes: An Interview With Amy Adrion, Director of HALF THE PICTURE

INDIEWIRE

Female Directors in Hollywood Share Their Stories in ‘Half the Picture’. "An appreciation of directors working at the height of their craft and an inspiration to every girl and young woman who dreams of making films."