NY Women in Film & TV

✨ Join us Friday, March 20th to celebrate women of vision and achievement at the 46th Annual NYWIFT Muse Awards! ✨ Honoring: 🌺 Jamie Brewer 🌺 Patricia Cardoso 🌺 Izzy Harrison 🌺 Audra McDonald 🌺 Gwyneth Paltrow 🌺 Jane Raab 🌺 Joy Reid nywift.org/muse

Welcome, Ida Edina, to NYWIFT! 👋 Ida is a multi-hyphenate singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker who started playing the Finnish harp at 13. She brands herself as a modern pop kantele queen from the nordics. bit.ly/4bpWWXV

Welcome to NYWIFT, Jackie Quinones! 👋 Jackie is a boundary-pushing filmmaker with a career that seamlessly blends music, acting, marketing, development, and production. bit.ly/4l6xOJR

💫 Tune in for stories of reinvention from our Muse Honorees! 🎞️ @msjamiebrewer shares what inspired her characters across the American Horror Story universe 📺 Patricia Cardoso tells us about her directing Real Women Have Curves and iconic TV series bit.ly/3NGMDqp

In this new era, where @nycgov puts the needs of our creative workforce front & center, we’re thrilled to highlight @RebeccaDamonNYC’s work at @sagaftra, @WGAEast & beyond, to implement protections against AI & bring about worker centered trade policy. Congratulations Rebecca! 👏

Congratulations to #SagAftra Chief Labor Policy Officer and NY Exec. Director Rebecca Damon who will receive the @MadeInNY Award at this year’s @NYWIFT Muse Awards.

Support NYWIFT's advocacy and educational initiatives AND win fabulous prizes like Broadway tickets, luxury travel, dining and more in our virtual Muse Awards Raffle! Open now through Friday 3/20 at 2 PM. go.rallyup.com/muse2026

Welcome to NYWIFT, Kelli Reilly! 👋 Kelli Reilly is a producer, director, and writer working across narrative film and documentary, based between New York and Los Angeles, and the founder of Quartermaster Creative. bit.ly/4bj1MHj

We have exclusive coverage of the historic 98th Oscars - with @tammyreesemedia bringing us an interview with the first-ever Casting Honoree Cassandra Kulukundis and more women-centered wins! Check it out... bit.ly/40zqNYM

NYC - don't miss the encore broadcast of the 45th annual @NYWIFT MUSE Awards, celebrating women creatives in the entertainment industry as part of #WomensHistoryMonth! Tune in today at 7pm on #NYCLife. on.nyc.gov/2DbmFUm

On The NYWIFT Podcast this week: women shaping narratives: 📖 Emmy-winning journalist Bianna Golodryga tells us about her new book, Don't Feed the Lion 💰 Trailblazer Anita Verma-Lallian speaks about rewriting the playbook for grassroots film financing. bit.ly/46WsYct

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✨ Join us Friday, March 20th to celebrate women of vision and achievement at the 46th Annual NYWIFT Muse Awards! ✨ Honoring: 🌺 Jamie Brewer 🌺 Patricia Cardoso 🌺 Izzy Harrison 🌺 Audra McDonald 🌺 Gwyneth Paltrow 🌺 Jane Raab 🌺 Joy Reid nywift.org/muse

We thrilled to screen Laundry directed by Okema T. Moore and written by Alterik Miller in @BAMfilmBrooklyn @reelsisters Women's History Month celebration on March 25 at 7 pm! @NYWIFT INFO: bam.org/film/2026/reel…

Welcome to NYWIFT, Kasey O’Brien! 👋 Kasey is a queer-identifying filmmaker based in Queens, working across both fictional narratives and documentaries. While she has dabbled in various positions in production, she is most at home directing and producing. bit.ly/47m1BbQ

Welcome to NYWIFT, Carmen Matias! 👋 In our latest interview, Carmen discusses her experience as a TV producer; early career moments with Desi Arnaz, Imogene Coca, Rita Moreno, and Alan Arkin; and shared her advice for young creatives. bit.ly/3NeHFRr

Welcome to NYWIFT, Juleyka Lantigua! 👋 Juleyka is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and the Founder of LWC Studios, a digital media studio dedicated to creating socially conscious storytelling for rising-majority audiences. bit.ly/4r67D7K

Welcome to NYWIFT, Danielle Bancroft! 👋 Danielle is a recent Chapman University graduate who earned a BFA in Film Production, with an emphasis in Production Design and a minor in Entrepreneurship. bit.ly/3MT4Hgq

Welcome to NYWIFT, Bakhtawar Tagar, a documentary filmmaker and editor. 👋 Her work is rooted in amplifying marginalized voices through stories centered on indigenous land rights, human rights justice, decolonization, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. bit.ly/4aMkZ2z

Welcome to NYWIFT, Jackie Yunchang Zhang! 👋 Jackie is a non-fiction filmmaker from China, now based in NYC. Working across lens-based media and animation, she uses a hybrid non-fiction approach to explore identity, resilience, and cultural displacement. bit.ly/4c7pes5