Tickets and VIP passes on sale NOW for the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival in Chicago from July 17 - 21!
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by Rebecca Martin
June 17, 2021
When “Bridesmaids” came to the screen in 2011, I was floored by its all-women ensemble. I had not seen a female comedy like that before in that way, and I
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by cinemafemme
April 12, 2021
Join us! TURKEY’S DONETuesday, April 13 at 7:30 PM EST (screening) 8PM EST (Q&A)as part of our April Showcase Following the screening: A LIVE Q&A with Star and executive producer Cheri Oteri, co-directors Monique Impagliazzo
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by Alison Marcotte and Rebecca Martin
June 29, 2019
Chicago-based comedians (and writers for Cinema Femme magazine) Alyse McGuigan and Kana Felix have been passionate about comedy since grade school. “I was very shy growing up. I was always
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by Rebecca Martin
June 11, 2019
Patti Vasquez is a renaissance woman: She’s the host of “The Patti Vasquez Show” on Chicago’s WGN Radio, a stand-up comedian, and the founder of With Kind Words, a consulting
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by Pamela Powell
June 5, 2019
Film festivals afford you an opportunity to meet filmmakers from all over the world who are involved in the industry in many different capacities. And this year, at the 2019
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by Rebecca Martin
June 3, 2019
Cinema Femme is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and
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by Alison Marcotte
May 30, 2019
For the past several years, Sam Dee has been creating inclusive, creative spaces for comedians and audience members in Cleveland. She cocreated the comedy advice show Share-apy in 2017, cofounded
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by Pamela Powell
May 29, 2019
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by Rebecca Martin
May 28, 2019
I met filmmaker and Seed&Spark’s head of education and outreach Christina Raia in March at the 2019 Girl Power Film + Media Summit, where she gave a presentation about film
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by Rebecca Martin
May 28, 2019
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by Pamela Powell
April 15, 2019