FilmInk Magazine - September - October 2015

In this issue

We celebrate a host of talented women both on screen and behind the camera, covering some of the biggest female-driven films to hit screens this year, and explore the industry’s devastating gender divide. Whether you’re a filmmaker or a film lover, it’s an unmissable issue. Here’s a sneak peek of the content you can expect:
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2
As female action heroes make their presence felt in Hollywood, bona fide superstar and Oscar winner, Jennifer Lawrence, brings one of the great modern franchises to a much heralded close.
FEMALE DIRECTORS ON THE RISE
The likes of Ana Lily Amirpour, Gillian Robespierre, Talya Lavie, Sophie Hyde, Maggie Carey, and Nikole Beckwith might not be household names just yet, but these under-forty filmmakers are well and truly on the way up.
CATHERINE HARDWICKE
After setting the template for the whole franchise with the first Twilight movie, this famously gritty filmmaker (Thirteen, Lords Of Dogtown) tells a warm tale of female friendship with Miss You Already, starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette.
WOMEN LEADERS
A host of Australian women in power talk about their careers, the challenges that they’ve faced, and the state of women in the film industry today.
FILM SCHOOLS: BRIDGING THE GAP
FilmInk’s annual education feature takes a look at the widening debate about gender disparity in the film industry, and what Australia’s film schools can do to redress the imbalance.
Plus more on Emily Blunt, Marion Cotillard, Hugh Jackman, Parker Posey, Everest, Straight Outta Compton, Holding The Man, Kill Me Three Times, The Dressmaker and much, much more.