The American Film Institute has selected Joy Gohring as one of this year's eight acceptees into the Directing Workshop for Women. Joy will be directing a short film that she has written titled 18 about a girl who receives power-of-attorney on her eighteenth birthday and must face the decision of removing her mother from life support.

In 2007:
- Only 6% of all directors in Hollywood were women
- 22% of films employed no women directors, executive producers, cinematographers, or editors.

AFI's Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) has been the premier institution working to increase the number of women behind the camera.

As part of the AFI DWW program, each film maker receives $5,000 toward their budget. The goal is to raise an additional $20,000 to ensure that they produce a quality product. If you would like to donate, please visit:

http://www.eighteenmovie.com

All donations are 100% tax deductible.

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