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2024 Films, Profile, reviews, Thelma

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Femme Film Friday: “Babes,” “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” “Tell that to the Winter Sea,” “Ghostlight” and “Thelma”

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May 24, 2024

Babes – Pamela Adlon (screens in theaters nationwide starting today) At the beginning of the film “Babes,” directed by Pamela Adlon, we start with two childhood best friends, Eden (Ilana

Awards, Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Film Festivals, Profile, Short Films

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2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Awards

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May 7, 2024

On Thursday, May 2nd, at 2:00 PM Central, Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm and festival collaborators announced the award winners for the 2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, starting with

Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Film Festivals, Profile

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Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Announces Full Program: April 25 – May 2, 2024

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April 23, 2024

Chicago, Illinois, (April 2, 2024) – Today, the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival announced the full lineup of films and programs included in its 6th edition, running April 25 – May 2, 2024. Cinema Femme Magazine,

producer

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Cinema Femme Short Film Fest: Producer Panel – Apr. 30 | 3 PM CST

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March 31, 2024

4/30 – 3 PM LIVE Producer Panel moderated by Rebecca Martin Fagerholm: Cinema Femme Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm moderates an all-star dream team producer panel with women and non-binary

2024 Films, reviews

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Femme Film Friday: “How to Have Sex,” “Tótem,” “Departing Seniors,” and “Fitting In”

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February 2, 2024

Here are our capsule reviews of four new releases we recommend you seek out! How to Have Sex – directed by Molly Manning Walker (Feb. 9) | review by Rebecca

2023 Awards, 2023 Films, Awards, Profile

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Cinema Femme’s Top Ten Films of 2023

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December 14, 2023

This year has been a celebration of thought-provoking films, and audiences have been showing their gratitude for them by leaving their streaming platforms at home and going to the movies.

Film Festivals, Sundance

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Sundance 40: Twelve projects that have caught our eye

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December 7, 2023

Yesterday, the Sundance Film Festival announced 91 of their projects to be featured in the 40th edition of the festival next month. We’re so excited to kick off our coverage next

Profile

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Camera Ambassador and Cinema Femme Present: The Call Sheet Magazine Vol. 2

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November 10, 2023

Camera Ambassador and Cinema Femme Present: The Call Sheet Magazine Vol. 2 Introducing the latest edition of the groundbreaking magazine collaboration by Camera Ambassador and Cinema Femme. Working closely with

Chicago International Film Festival, Film Festivals

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Cinema Femme’s 10 most anticipated films for ChiFilmFest 2023!

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September 20, 2023

On Monday September 18th the schedule was announced for the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, which runs October 11 – 22, 2023. In no particular order, below are listed our

2023 Films, Indigenous in Film

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TRAILER RELEASES! Elevating Indigenous stories onscreen with “War Pony” and “The Unknown Country” | Opens in theaters July 28!

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July 26, 2023

WAR PONY WAR PONY follows the interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation. At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Whether

International Films, Interviews

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The Birth of a Heroine: Afrin Khanom and Angelos Rallis on “Mighty Afrin: in the time of floods”

by Matt Fagerholm

July 21, 2023

At the 2017 installment of Hot Docs in Toronto, I was fortunate enough to stumble upon a documentary so devastating and essential that it made my top ten list of

Awards, Film Festivals, Short Films

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Encore! Watch our 2023 AWARDED shorts this weekend (5/12 – 5/14)!

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May 12, 2023

With the success of our first hybrid (in-person and online) film festival, we wanted to bring back some of our shorts for one last weekend! All of these films received an

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