New Film Critics Group Separates Best Director Category Between Men and Women for 2017 Nominations
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Indie Wire
In an unprecedented move, the LAOFCS has made the decision to split the Best Director into two sections: Best Female and Best Male Director. “There has been so much conversation about the power of female filmmakers and we wanted to embrace it,” Scott Mantz, one of the founders of the LAOFCS, said in a statement.