Legendary Filmmaker Sally Potter retrospective, with New 4K Restoration of the Queer Classic “Orlando”, and new short LOOK AT ME starring Javier Bardem and Chris Rock
Sally Potter is a filmmaker that has been at the top of our list for a while now. When Cinema Femme began, “Orlando” was often discussed as one of our top films. Why? Because we’ve never seen a gender bend like that onscreen before. Tilda Swinton flawlessly fits into the landscape of this film, and […]
Halyna Hutchins Tribute Event – “Labor” short film screening + panel discussion
Halyna Hutchins Tribute Event – “Labor” short film screening + panel discussion Honoring Halyna Hutchins tribute event “Labor”+ panel discussion with “Labor” director Cecilia Albertini, and camera assistant Patricia Vidal Delgado – 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET Premiere Pass, All Access Pass “Labor would have never been made without the talent and passion […]
Brazilian filmmaker Anita Rocha Da Silveira revives a tale from Greek mythology in her fantastical new horror film, “Medusa”
In 2013, I befriended a Brazilian woman named Ana. I met her through my film discussion group. We became instant friends and then she introduced me to her friends. Eventually, I felt like an honorary Brazilian. It was so much fun to watch the World Cup in 2015, even though behind the scenes, a lot of corruption was […]
Cinema Femme and Letterboxd present: A Conversation with filmmaker Kris Rey
Cinema Femme and Letterboxd present an exclusive LIVE free virtual eventA CONVERSATION WITH FILMMAKER KRIS REYSunday, April 18th, at 3:00 PM EST as part of our April Showcase. Join us as we pay tribute to filmmaker Kris Rey (“Unexpected” “I Used to Go Here”) with a special 30-minute virtual discussion. Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin will speak with the […]
Indigenous Filmmaker Erica Tremblay charts her road to making “Little Chief” and future projects
Erica Tremblay is the recipient of 2021 “Of A Certain Age” Grant, a grant created in Lynn Shelton’s honor. Northwest Film Forum is behind the grant, along with Duplass Brothers Productions. If there’s anything that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately, it’s the sovereignty of joy. And how for so long our stories have […]
Shalini Kantayya shows how sci-fi is becoming reality in her AI doc “Coded Bias”
I have found myself in the midst of discovering another hero of mine. Shalini Kanyayya is my hero because she elevates, through her own work, trailblazing womxn in the AI industry. “Coded Bias” follows Joy Buolamwini through her investigation of implicit bias in face recognition technology. Joy has a PhD from the MIT Media Lab […]
Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant awarded to Miami-based Caribbean-American Filmmaker Keisha Rae Witherspoon
SEATTLE, WA (OCTOBER 28th, 2020) — This year, to honor the legacy of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Northwest Film Forum and Duplass Brothers Productions launched the Lynn Shelton “Of a Certain Age” Grant. This $25,000 unrestricted cash grant is modeled after Shelton’s own history in the film industry, supporting a woman or non-binary US-based filmmaker, age […]
“We were both big voices in the room for each other”: Megan Griffiths on Lynn Shelton and the “Of a Certain Age” Grant
Recipient of 2020 “Of a Certain Age” grant announced. It started on the set of “We Go Way Back” in 2006. Lynn Shelton was directing her first feature at the age of 39, and Megan Griffiths was her first AD. They both did not know of each other prior to the making of the film, […]
Natalie Erika James infuses horror and a beautiful darkness in her female-led debut “Relic”
I love meeting and speaking with female filmmakers who bring a unique style to the screen, especially if it’s in a way that I’ve never seen before. Aussie based Natalie Erika James checks all of those boxes by bringing to the screen an infusion of horror, dark beauty, and female-centric stories. Before meeting her, I’ve […]
Her Effortless Brilliance: A celebration of Lynn Shelton through film and music to air tonight on YouTube
PRESENTERS TO INCLUDE EMILY BLUNT, KAITLYN DEVER, ROSEMARIE DEWITT, THE DUPLASS BROTHERS, JOSHUA LEONARD AND REESE WITHERSPOON AMONG OTHERS FEATURING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FROM MARC MARON, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE’S BEN GIBBARD, ANDREW BIRD, LAURA VEIRS, BREATHE OWL BREATHE, TOMO NAKAYAMA AND MANY MORESEATTLE, WA (June 10th, 2020) — In honor of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton who passed […]
Lara Jean Gallagher heightens visual storytelling in her first feature “Clementine”
You can’t watch Lara Jean Gallagher’s film without thinking of the 1966 classic “Persona”, directed by Ingmar Bergman, especially one scene, when Bibi Andersson is talking to Liv Ullmann about a sexual experience on the beach. The description is so vivid that you’re hanging on her every word. You find yourself sharing her feelings as […]
Sonejuhi Sinha’s refreshingly raw thriller ‘Stray Dolls’ flips the American dream
The American clichés of “Bonnie and Clyde”, the “American Dream”, pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, are mixed together in the refreshingly raw new movie, “Stray Dolls”. It focuses on three women who are outsiders living on the outside of the law: Riz (Geetanjali Thapa), a petty criminal and an immigrant from India; Dallas (Olivia […]