Promising overlooked women: shining a light on female directors
Over a year ago, at Sundance 2020, pre-pandemic, Carey Mulligan spoke with Variety about how Oscar voters overlooked films with female filmmakers, meaning they did not watch these films before they cast their votes for the Best Director category. This discussion circled around her and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” premiere. I can’t help thinking […]
SBIFF 2021: Director Jaclyn Bethany and her team discuss their Chekov-esque comedy “Highway One”
I was fortunate to see a rough cut of Jaclyn Bethany’s “Highway One” last year prior to my interview with the director. The film danced in my mind long after. Seeing the final cut, I saw a symphony of personalities, colors, absurdity and moments of humanity. The story takes place in Cambria, a small town […]
SXSW 2021: “See You Then” tells a universal tale from a trans Asian American filmmaker
With the atrocities that happened this week in Atlanta that resulted in the deaths of Asian American women, and with the hashtag #StopAsianHate streaming through social media, a film like “See You Then” is more important to see then ever. A trans woman meets with an ex-girlfriend she hasn’t seen for a decade. They go […]
Abby Greensfelder is making a difference in non-fiction media with Everywoman Studios and the Realscreen Propelle Accelerator
Abby Greensfelder is my new hero. She shares our mission at Cinema Femme of elevating emerging female-identifying creators and connecting them with seasoned womxn in the industry with the goal of leading them into sustainable careers. Abby and her company, Everywoman Studios, takes that mission into the non-fiction media landscape. She is my new hero […]
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Amina Maher’s “Letter to My Mother” is a courageous and unflinching self-portrait
Amina Maher is brave. Her short film “Letter to My Mother” is a triumph and a courageous way for the filmmaker to break her silence about the abuse she endured as a child. She has spoken out about it in the past, and her mother is now aware of the sexual abuse that was done […]
Katrine Weber reflects on motherhood in her short doc “A Morning, A Mother & A Boy”
I was fortunate to speak with Katrine Weber, a Denmark filmmaker, about her short documentary “A Morning, A Mother & A Boy”. The short is an everyday drama portraying one morning, in the life of a mother and her 4 year old son. We follow the mother and child through all the morning routines while […]
Dianne Diep’s whimsical short “Cloud Gazing” elevates female collaboration
Dianne Diep is an Aussie expat living in NYC for the past nine years. She shot “Cloud Gazing” to get her feet wet as a first-time filmmaker. Now she’s drenched to the bone and quite philosophical about this. She cooks a mean chicken soup and as a humble gesture, wants to make new friends who […]
Look Back: Film critic Carla Renata speaks her truth through her journey to becoming The Curvy Critic
“We made history doing that [‘The Black Experience on Film’ for Turner Classic Movies]. Turner Classic Movies had never done anything like that before. Because my love of film was fostered by my mother, to be able to have her watch me hosting Turner Classic Movies was everything.”
Look Back: Breaking down walls and redesigning them: Production Design Oscar winner Hannah Beachler talks Wakanda, ‘Moonlight’, and more
Featured back in October 2019. We aren’t just taking down ceilings, we are busting down walls. Because you take out a ceiling and the building will stand, but if you take out the wall, it will fall. My whole thing is take out the wall and redesign the building. That’s what I’m trying to do. […]
Marion Hill puts her own spin on a cinematic romance in the Sundance hit “Ma Belle, My Beauty”
I am in love. I’m in love with Marion Hill’s ‘Ma Belle, My Beauty.’ This film is a romance that involves many people, but at the heart of it is the love between Bertie (Idella Johnson) and Lane (Hannah Pepper). At one time, Bertie and Lane were both in a polyamorous relationship with Fred (Lucien […]
Jessica Liu’s film “Prom Time!” brings a Chinese immigrant mother to the forefront of a raunchy comedy
We are continuing our coverage of the Cinema Femme Showcase by featuring our interview with Jessica Liu about “Prom Time!” Synopsis: Judy overhears her teen daughters recount their dating experiences while getting ready on prom night. Judy accidentally drugs herself with Chinese herbal medicine spiraling her into a gaudy sexual fantasy with the class hunk. […]