L to R: Julie Janata, Martha Richards, Jacqui Barcos, Julie Forbes, Maria Burton
Guest post from director Maria Burton:
The Alliance of Women Directors (AWD) and The Fund for Women Artists hosted their inaugural Sundance party celebrating Women Filmmakers Sunday night at the gorgeous Queer Lounge. The evening was a rousing success, with overflow attendance and the crowd partying down — though some were shocked to learn some of the shameful statistics about women directors (i.e. that of the 250 top grossing films of 2007, only 6% were directed by women - certainly not due to lack of interest and availability of women directors!) Attendees were inspired to work together to make more films with women at the helm, and happy to celebrate (helped along thanks to Absolut Vodka’s sponsorship!) the women filmmakers at Sundance, Slamdance and beyond!
The AWD is a coalition of women directors which both provides a community of peers for mutual support, and furthers the art, craft and visibility of women directors in the film and television industry. Along with over 200 partiers (many of whom left excited to join AWD!), in attendance were AWD Board members Jacqui Barcos, Julie Janata and Maria Burton as was the Fund for Women Artists Julie Forbes and Executive Director Martha Richards.
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