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Chicago, Indie Films, LGBTQ+, LIVE Events, LIVE Q&A, Short Films

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Watch “How Is This The World” and Q&A with filmmaker Sadie Rogers and producer Grace Hahn

by cinemafemme

March 23, 2021

“How Is This The World”: A mother befriends a burnt-out hacker to help search for her son in virtual reality. Credits: Written & Directed by Sadie Rogers Produced by Grace

Chicago, Now Playing, Short Films, Stream Short

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Short Film “Cool for Five Seconds” now on Omeleto!

by cinemafemme

December 22, 2020

Inaugural 2020 Cinema Femme Short Film Fest selected “Cool for Five Seconds”- Short Film is officially released online! Link below! “Directed by Dani Wieder from a script by Calamity West,

Black History, Chicago, Interviews, Juneteenth, Sexual Assault Awareness

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Kyra Jones’ directorial debut sheds new light on sexual assault in “Go to the Body”

by Rebecca Martin

December 4, 2020

Kyra Jones is a force bubbling up in the industry. Her directorial debut “Go to the Body” (which is aiming for a 2023 release), has been winning pitch after pitch

Chicago, Indie Films, Indigenous in Film, LIVE Events, LIVE Q&A, Womxn supporting Womxn

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Q&A with “Once Upon A River” filmmaker and cast

by cinemafemme

October 1, 2020

This fall we talked to filmmaker Haroula Rose, actors Kenadi DelaCerna, John Ashton, Lindsay Pulsipher, Kenn E. Head, and producer Grace Hahn about their film “Once Upon A River”. Now

Chicago, Interviews

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Filmmaker Layne Marie Williams shows us her insides with “Scutly”

by Rebecca Martin

May 12, 2020

We did it because we had to. Layne Marie Williams Layne Marie Williams is a filmmaker and leader in the industry. A womxn of strength and tenacity. A womxn who

Black History, Chicago, Film Critics, Film Festivals, Interviews

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#TBT 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows

by Rebecca Martin

January 16, 2020

Chaz Ebert introduced me to the 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows Niani Scott, Whitney A. Spencer, and Tiffany Walden via Instagram as they were on their way to Park City, Utah,
Chicago, Coming of Age, Halloween, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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A cult classic is in our midst with Jennifer Reeder’s teen noir ‘Knives and Skin’

by Rebecca Martin

December 5, 2019

"Knives and Skin" follows the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in a rural Midwest town. The coming-of-age film has been described as a mix of Lynchian thriller and high
"A League of Their Own" Essays, Chicago, Interviews

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See Jane Salon: Kris Rey on representation of pregnancy on film and her own journey as a mother

by Rebecca Martin

November 20, 2019

Recently I attended a member event of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, as part of their “See Jane Salon” series, which enables GDIGM CEO Madeline Di Nonno

Chicago, Interviews

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Transcending Gender: Chloe Baldwin on her web series ‘Like What You Like’

by Matt Fagerholm

November 15, 2019

It was no surprise that when Chloe Baldwin met me at Chicago’s Bourgeois Pig for her Cinema Femme interview two months ago, her sandwich of choice was the Hamlet. Her

Chicago, Interviews, Uncategorized

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The philosophy of improvising a film and life: Tori Titmas talks ‘The Girls of Summer’

by Rebecca Martin

October 21, 2019

“The Girls of Summer”, is a delightful gem of a film, starring and written by Tori Titmas, directed by John Hancock. Speaking with Tori about her film, I felt like

Chicago, Documentaries, Interviews

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Filmmaker and storyteller Colette Ghunim retraces her heritage with ‘Traces of Home’

by Rebecca Martin

September 20, 2019

Colette Ghunim has been on my radar for awhile. Her work comes from a place of passion and is really making a positive impact on our film culture and world.

Chicago, Indie Films, Indigenous in Film, Interviews, Now Playing

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Fish out of water: Haroula Rose on ‘Once Upon a River,’ directing Maya Hawke, and much more

by Matt Fagerholm

August 9, 2019

I’m Greek, my family is from Greece, but I grew up in the Midwest, and I also love Americana as well as folk and country music. Who gets to have

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