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Rights-based stories dominate second edition of pitching event with roundtables, production deals and cash awards.

The Microsoft founder says that he’s been given ‘a whole new lens to see the world through’

Charlotte Cripps used to enjoy the blockbuster drama series for its luxurious escapism, until her own conflicts with her siblings made the show hit too close to home. As matters of inheritance tear apart the fictional Roys, she asks why money and wills can splinter even the strongest of families

From sisterly rivalries to the benefits of a female-centric cast and crew

Sky’s Dreamland is a feminist utopia and we love to see it

This show puts women first, and is all the better for it

'Secondary cancer takes a lot away from you; you feel like a patient, a burden, but really I am a lot of other things'

Movies by and about Iranian women took center stage at the Sundance film festival this weekend, as diaspora filmmakers reflected on female-led protests and the deadly challenges of censorship and resistance in their ancestral home. "Joonam," a documentary about a three-generation family of Iranian women now living in Vermont, and…

The reactions to Australia’s decision to reverse the Morrison government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ranged from outrage to endorsement. They confirmed, once again, that the territories involved are intensely contested. They also showed that there is almost no position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that can be understood…