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by Rebecca Martin
September 13, 2024
Sophia Dilley is a force in the industry. In 2018, she was hired by Concord Music to build their new content strategy. In 2021, she launched “Concord Originals,” the company’s
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by Rebecca Martin
September 11, 2024
When you see it, you know it. When you see a film that is so timeless, beautiful, and raw like “Hoard,” you know that you have to share it with
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by Rebecca Martin
September 4, 2024
Learn more about Samiksha’s project and support here: https://seedandspark.com/fund/clouds-in-my-coffee#story Samiksha Thakur is an award-winning Indian-American filmmaker whose shorts have screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals like Seattle International Film Festival
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by Rebecca Martin
August 30, 2024
I had the opportunity to talk to actor/writer/producer Lydia Ellis Curry and director Alyssa Thordarson about their short film, “Chronic,” which will premiere at the 11th Annual NOHO Cinefest 2024
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by Rebecca Martin
August 27, 2024
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy Today we bring back our CIFF 2023 interview from October 2023 to help promote
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by Rebecca Martin
August 23, 2024
Mental health and how it is reflected onscreen has always been something I’ve been passionate about elevating. I wrote about my own personal journey with mental health in 2019 with
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by Rebecca Martin
August 16, 2024
A happy place for me is talking to filmmakers. I love the way their faces light up with passion about the work they are doing. In most of my conversations
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by Rebecca Martin
August 2, 2024
The 20th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival starts next week on August 8th and runs until August 18th. The festival is Oscar-qualifying, and I will be cheering on our previously featured
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by Rebecca Martin
July 24, 2024
“Hot Water,” is a live-action short film created the talented duo Miles Gunter (comic writer for DC Vertigo, Dark Horse Entertainment, Image Comics and Amazon) and Cassie Kramer (credits include
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by Rebecca Martin
July 19, 2024
Oluwaseun Babalola is a force. I met her in 2019 when we talked about her docuseries “ṢOJU,” which focuses on a different niche of the African community around the world.
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by Rebecca Martin
July 10, 2024
I have to admit that when I started Cinema Femme, I was very focused on the disparity in opportunities for women and non-binary people both in front of and behind
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by Rebecca Martin
July 10, 2024
We got to speak with emerging filmmaker Kimberly Spohn about her short film “Day with a Dick,” which was the Jury Prize winner at the Premiere Film Festival that screened
