1.   If opportunities for independent filmmakers are slim, those for independent women filmmakers are slimmer yet.

2.   Massiah said that during her tenure at the center, she helped start the careers of several black women filmmakers.

3.   Massiah said she helped start the careers of several black women filmmakers there.

4.   She definitely establishes herself not only as a gifted story-teller, but a young woman filmmaker with integrity, vision and no particular political agenda.

5.   There are few female directors, and Ms. Meyers was a bit concerned about dealing with crews that sometimes patronize women filmmakers.

6.   With minority women filmmakers, the skepticism directed toward them seems to run even deeper.

7.   Plus, Women in Film was founded in Hollywood, California, to further opportunities for women filmmakers.

8.   In her acceptance speech, Amy Pascal, president of Columbia Pictures, lashed out at those who dismiss the importance of women filmmakers.

9.   In two years, she predicted, women filmmakers will be mainstream.

10.   Women filmmakers came in unprecedented numbers here to Sundance Film Festival with disturbing stories that they say have long been ignored by the male-dominated film industry.