Alliance for Women Film Composers

05/29/2026

MEASURE FOR MEASURE: DIRECTOR x COMPOSER COLLABORATIONS 

The Alliance for Women Film Composers, Composers Diversity Collective, and Film Fatales are hosting an in-person panel discussion during the Tribeca Festival. This will be an intimate conversation with several filmmaker/composer teams about their creative process of collaboration. Followed by a casual social mixer hosted by Ensemble Recording. Light refreshments. All ages and genders are welcome.

Panelists include:
Cynthia Lowen (director) - Kids Like Me
Jehane Noujaim and Vikrim Gandhi (directors) and Tori Letzler and Steven Richard Davis (composers) - The Man Will Burn
Rachel Rose (director) and Sofia degli Allesandri (composer) - The Last Day
Ran Jing (director) and Matthew Wang (composer) - Imprint
Moderated by Shruti Kumar (composer) - CDC
Accessibility Notes: The venue is ADA accessible and has all-gender restrooms. Please contact [email protected] for an accessible accommodation. We hope to see you there!

RSVP at the link in bio.

05/28/2026

AWFC PLAYBACK: THE 2026 BMI FILM, TV, & VISUAL MEDIA AWARDS

On May 13th, members of the AWFC attended the 2026 BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, celebrating the success of BMI composers and music artists in the industry.

Women and gender-diverse winners included: Sarah Schachner for Predator: Badlands (BMI Theatrical Film Awards), Dara Taylor for Tyler Perry’s Straw (BMI Streaming Film Awards), Claudia Sarne for The Yogurt Shop Murders (BMI Streaming Documentary Awards), Morgan Kibby with David Klotz for All’s Fair and Deana Kiner with Kevin Kiner and Sean Kiner for House of David (BMI Streaming Series Awards), Sherri Chung for Found, Deana Kiner with Kevin Kiner and Sean Kiner for NCIS: Origins, and Joanne Higginbottom for Tracker (BMI Network Television Awards).

Congratulations to all winners, and thank you to BMI for hosting this exciting event!

(Photos by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI.)

05/27/2026

MEASURE FOR MEASURE: DIRECTOR x COMPOSER COLLABORATIONS 
The Alliance for Women Film Composers, Composers Diversity Collective, and Film Fatales are hosting an in-person panel discussion during the Tribeca Festival. This will be an intimate conversation with several filmmaker/composer teams about their creative process of collaboration. Followed by a casual social mixer hosted by Ensemble Recording. Light refreshments. All ages and genders are welcome.
Panelists include:
* (director) - Kids Like Me
* and (directors) and and (composers) - The Man Will Burn
* (director) and (composer) - The Last Day
* (director) and (composer) - Imprint
* Moderated by (composer) - CDC
Accessibility Notes: The venue is ADA accessible and has all-gender restrooms. Please contact [email protected] for an accessible accommodation. We hope to see you there!
RSVP at the link in bio.

05/20/2026

SHEFFIELD DOCFEST COMPOSER DRINKS x AWFC DRINKS 
Friday, 12th of June
6pm til late!
Cambridge St Collective 6pm

Join us for a community hang at Sheffield DocFest. Participants responsible for their own drinks. Please RSVP through the link in bio

05/19/2026

AWFC MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: A Q&A with Adele Etheridge Woodson

“Through all the ups and downs of the last few years, the composer community here totally embraced me and has supported me in every possible way. I have made really deep and long-lasting friendships from organizations like the AWFC, which is super active here in the
UK.”

To read more about check out the AWFC Composer Spotlight link in our bio.

Interview by Carolyn Koch

Edited by Michael van Bodegom-Smith

05/15/2026

AWFC Playback - Deadline: Sound & Screen Television

I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Sound & Screen Television presentation at UCLA’s Royce Hall. This concert is a key event in setting the tone for Emmy consideration, featuring a 60-piece orchestra and an informative Q&A after each piece, as well as a cocktail reception where voters can mingle and get to know the artists. This concert, presented by Deadline in association with Rhapsody PR and Costa Communications, serves as a great reminder to honor television scores as epic, cinematic, and also ultimately human musical experiences. If anyone needs to be convinced of the value of a live ensemble budget for a show, this concert is a great place to start!

As Co-President of the AWFC, I really enjoyed connecting with several AWFC members (see the photo!) as well as supportive studio executives, PRO directors, AWFC supporting members, friends from the CDC, and various other composers presenting their work on the program. The positive energy, creativity, and excitement were palpable.

It was a pleasure to celebrate Amanda Jones’ participation with her score for Murderbot (Apple). Amanda conducted her own score onstage. The music captures a unique combination of energy, propulsion and humor for this popular sci-fi series (which happens to feature one of my personal faves, Alexander Skarsgard!). The show’s music is up for Emmy consideration in three music categories: Main Title, Series and Song. We had a chance to talk to Amanda about the story concepts which motivated her score and how she approached instrumentation to bring the tension between technology and humanity to life. For fans of the show, the suite was a wonderful encapsulation of the arc, and it also served as a fabulous introduction to the world of the story to those who haven’t watched it yet.

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05/14/2026

Members of the AWFC attended 2026 ASCAP Screen Music Awards on April 28, 2026.

Women and gender-diverse nominees included Raashi Kulkarni for A Nice Indian Boy (Composer Choice: Film Score of the Year), Amanda Jones for Murderbot (Composer Choice: Television Theme of the Year & Television Score of the Year), Sofia Degli Alessandri for Prime Minister (Composer Choice: Documentary Film Score of the Year), Amanda Jones for Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (Composer Choice: Documentary Series Score of the Year-WINNER) and Nainita Desai for Secrets of the Penguins (Composer Choice: Documentary Series Score of the Year).

Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to ASCAP for hosting this amazing event.

05/13/2026

INSIDE SESSION: Shaking the Tree and Building Community

DATE: Wednesday, May 20 | 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm UK

Link in bio to register

05/13/2026

AWFC MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: A Q&A with Tiff Randol

“Co-founding Mamas in Music wasn’t some big master plan. It was more of a response. A need to create something that we couldn’t find. What’s been most meaningful is seeing how ready people were for it. The need for connection, for shared understanding, for real support. It was already there. Sometimes just creating a space where people can find each other shifts everything.”

To read more about check out the AWFC Composer Spotlight link in our bio.

Interview by AWFC member Alex Petkovski

01/24/2026

Submission Deadline is Jan 25!!!

FINAL HOURS... Remember to get your Universal Composers Initiative 2026 Application in by Sunday, January 25th @ 11:59pm PT. We hope that you have been inspired by all of our content these past 3 weeks and look forward to receiving your applications!

APPLY NOW - Link in Bio