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Hannah Berryman’s documentary “Spacewoman” chronicles the life and career of astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft in an era where many men still thought there was no place for women in space. During her time working at NASA in the 1990s, Collins broke many glass ceilings, which culminated in four dramatic and dangerous space shuttle missions. Through archival materials and intimate interviews, Berryman’s doc celebrates Collins’ groundbreaking work in space while also considering the emotional drama Collins’ family experienced during her trailblazing career.

The film is timely, given the fact that in February, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered NASA to purge diversity, equity, and inclusion frameworks specifically targeting women in leadership. In 2023, NASA proclaimed that it would “land the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the moon using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before.

Screen can reveal an exclusive first trailer for Spacewoman, the documentary about pioneering astronaut Eileen Collins.

Directed by Hannah Berryman, Spacewoman explores the achievements of Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft.

Spacewoman is written by Berryman, based on Collins’ memoirs; and is produced by Keith Haviland and Natasha Dack Ojumu, for UK companies Haviland Digital and Tigerlily Productions.

The film had its world premiere at Doc NYC in November, before playing Athena Film Festival, an event for films celebrating women and leadership, this past weekend. It will head to Boulder International Film Festival in Colorado this...

“Satisfied,” a documentary about Renée Elise Goldsberry’s life while creating her iconic onstage role in “Hamilton” and “Black Box Diaries” — the Oscar-nominated documentary about a director’s investigation into sexual assault — are part of the 2025 Athena Film Festival at Barnard College’s line-up.

Aff announced its narrative and documentary feature lineup ahead of the event taking place from March 6-9 on the Barnard campus in New York City. This year marks the festival’s 15th anniversary and comes with a partnership between Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership and the Women and Hollywood initiative.

“Our 2025 festival marks 15 years of championing diverse, authentic narratives through a powerful, women-centered lens,” artistic director of Aff Melissa Silverstein said. “The impact of this endeavor is shaped by the creators who bring these stories to life, as well as the audiences who support and amplify their reach.”

Check out this year’s line-up below:...

Exclusive: Doc NYC today unveiled its main slate for the 15th anniversary of America’s biggest documentary festival, a lineup that includes 31 world premieres and 24 U.S. premieres.

The festival, running from November 13-21 in Manhattan (and continuing online until Dec. 1) will open with the U.S. premiere of Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story, directed by Sinead O’Shea, a portrait of the acclaimed Irish writer who died in July at the age of 93. Closing the festival on Nov. 21 will be the world premiere of Drop Dead City – New York on the Brink in 1975, directed by Peter Yost and Michael Rohatyn, “a look back at the circumstances and players involved in NYC’s mid-70s financial crisis.” (The film’s title refers to a legendary headline in the New York Daily News reporting on then-Pres. Ford’s promise in October 1975 to veto any federal bailout of the Big Apple...

“Coco Chanel: Unbuttoned” director Hannah Berryman has set her latest documentary, about Nasa’s first female spacecraft commander Eileen Collins.

The feature-length doc is based on Collins’ memoir, “Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars,” which was co-written by Collins and Jonathan H. Ward.

According to the logline, it will focus on “the extraordinary achievements of Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a spacecraft, paving the way for the next generation of female space explorers.”

“Eileen’s journey from an underprivileged childhood in small town America to becoming the first woman to pilot and command a space shuttle is a fascinating one,” said Berryman. “The emotional drama of her family’s tale is just as gripping as the risks the shuttle astronauts like Eileen had to take.”

Collins said: “I am enormously excited to be involved with this film project. It is more than my personal journey...

Coco Chanel is one of the world’s most famous fashion icons, but her legacy has rarely been tackled on screen. Director Hannah Berryman aims to change that with a new feature-length BBC Two documentary about the designer.

Chanel’s absence on screen is partly down to the fact that very little footage of her exists aside from a couple of interviews from the 1950s and some 1930s B-roll.

But it’s also, the director says, because Chanel has long been underestimated. “She’s — for me — the most legendary designer ever, not even just ‘woman designer,’” says Berryman, who has directed documentaries about topics as varied as music studios, robots and beauty queens and is a former creative director of film at British Vogue.

In “Unbuttoned,” which was produced by WhyNow Studios and executive produced by Janet Lee, Berryman examines Chanel’s life and legacy, including her early years as an orphan and,...

The fund has previously backed titles including ‘Censor’ and ‘The Colour Room’.

The UK’s Ffilm Cymru Wales has invested £280,183 of National Lottery funding in the development of 12 feature films, throughout the past year, the Welsh film agency has revealed.

The agency offers writers, directors and producers support through the development process, and up to £25,000 of funding.

Titles to receive backing from this funding round include A Womanly Way: The Story Of Olivia Records, from director Hannah Berryman and producer Catryn Ramasut/ They previously worked together on Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm, and have received £24,980 for their documentary about...

Organizers of Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival, which champions inclusion in all forms of media, will be produced as an annual program by the nascent Arkansas nonprofit BFFoundation. Independent film producer Kristin Mann is set as head of content.

The mission of the organization, which was founded in December and has set up offices in Bentonville, Ar, is to promote underrepresented voices of diverse storytellers. It aims to amplify those who identify as female, non-binary, Lgbtqia+, Bipoc and people with disabilities in entertainment and media.

“Our organization remains dedicated to championing the inclusion of underrepresented storytellers and content creators across the industry,” Davis said in making the announcement this week. “We will continue to champion change by supporting work that reflects gender and racial equity on both sides of the camera — that allows for authentic representation of all forms of relationships and sexual orientations, and amplifies the voices of females,...

Ozzy Osbourne and Liam Gallagher discuss the legacy of Rockfield Studios in the upcoming documentary Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm, out next month.

Rockfield — originally a farm that was converted into a studio by brothers Kingsley and Charles Ward — is known as the world’s first residential studio. Located in the Welsh countryside, it’s hosted Black Sabbath, Queen, Robert Plant, Oasis, Coldplay, Simple Minds, and more.

Directed by Hannah Berryman, the clip above shows Osbourne and Tony Iommi recalling how they rehearsed 1970’s Paranoid at Rockfield. “We didn...

Documentary centres on the iconic recording studio and includes interviews with Robert Plant, Chris Martin and Liam Gallagher.

Autlook Filmsales has secured international rights to music documentary Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm and will introduce to buyers at Cannes’ Marché du Film Online.

The Vienna-based documentary specialist will handle all international sales rights to the feature, excluding the UK.

The documentary centres on the iconic recording studio in Wales where bands including Queen [pictured], Led Zeppelin, Oasis and Black Sabbath were among those who recorded albums at the farmyard facility. Rockfield was most recently depicted in Bohemian Rhapsody, as Queen...

New members include filmmakers Lynne Ramsay, Haifaa al-Mansour, Fox Searchlight’s Kate Gardiner and Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has revealed its 2019 intake of new members drawn from the film, TV and games industry.

Among the record 558 new members are filmmakers and writers Haifaa al-Mansour (Wadjda), Laszlo Nemes (Son Of Saul), Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), Lee Unkrich (Coco) and former Screen Star of Tomorrow Rose Glass (Saint Maud).

New executives on the list include Kate Gardiner (head of Fox Searchlight UK); Jason Maza (Unstoppable), Emma Hewitt (BBC Films...