Calling all filmmakers

We may be in the midst of the Brooklyn Film Festival, but here's the word about the Brooklyn Girl Film Festival.

The new film festival focuses, naturally, on films by women, and is seeking entries for a premiere in March of next year.

According to the release we got, the goal of the new event is to "showcase the work of [female] filmmakers around the globe. From serious documentaries to light-hearted comedies, Brooklyn Girl Film Festival seeks to empower women and their unique and relevant interpretation of the world around them and strengthen the community of [female] filmmakers."

So if you might be the next Sophia Coppola, send your feature, documentary, short, animation or experimental film — which much feature a woman as director, writer, producer or lead animator — by Aug. 1 through Withoutabox. Entry fees are $55 for feature films and $30 for shorts.