DGA Awards Film Noms: Zero Women Up for the Top Honor, But They Dominate First-Time Director Category
The Directors Guild of America has announced the directors competing for the top feature film prize at its 75th annual DGA Awards, and zero of the nominees are women: potential contenders like Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Woman King”) and Sarah...
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DGA Awards Film Noms: Zero Women Up for the Top Honor, But They Dominate First-Time Director Category
"Aftersun"The Directors Guild of America has announced the directors competing for the top feature film prize at its 75th annual DGA Awards, and zero of the nominees are women: potential contenders like Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Woman King”) and Sarah Polley (“Women Talking”) have been shut out of the race.
Women dominate the First-Time Feature Film Prize category, accounting for four of five nominees. Up for honors are Alice Diop for “Saint Omer,” the story of a writer attending the trial of a woman accused of infanticide; Audrey Diwan for “Happening,” a portrait of a woman trying to get an abortion in France before the procedure was legalized; Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic for “Murina,” a coming-of-age story about a teen who is drawn toward’s her father’s friend; and Charlotte Wells for “Aftersun,” a drama centering around a vacation a pre-teen girl takes with her single father.
The DGA Awards will take place February 18. Head over to Deadline to check out all of the nominees.
Last year women took home honors for Outstanding Directorial Achievement and Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film. Jane Campion landed the former for “The Power of the Dog” and Maggie Gyllenhaal the latter for “The Lost Daughter.” Campion went on to receive the Oscar for Best Director, becoming the third woman to win the category.
