Tickets and VIP passes on sale NOW for the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival in Chicago from July 17 - 21!
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 Elisa Shoenberger
May 30, 2025
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started PBS’s “The Class,” a six-part mini-documentary series that started airing in March. Directed by Jaye and Adam Fenderson and executive produced
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by Matt Fagerholm
April 12, 2025
This was one of two Log Lady quotes I incorporated into my speech while officiating my brother-in-law and fellow “Twin Peaks” fan Joe’s wedding last year in Washington state. It
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by Matt Fagerholm
February 24, 2025
One of my favorite films I saw in 2024 is finally kicking off its limited theatrical run before arriving on VOD. Last year, I had the privilege of serving on
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by Rebecca Martin
February 19, 2025
While growing up, one of my heroes was Amelia Earhart. She defied expectations by attempting to fly around the world. Rumors were that she had disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle,
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by Rebecca Martin
January 12, 2025
The wildfires in Los Angeles have been dominating our media streams. It’s truly been horrific to see people robbed of their homes as a result of our increasingly destructive weather
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by Rebecca Martin
October 27, 2024
Sexual assault is sadly the most inclusive crime there is. I don’t know a single person, man or woman, who has not been somehow, whether they know it or not,
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by Peyton Robinson
September 13, 2024
Seattle’s Aurora Avenue is infamous for being an epicenter of prostitution. However, this generalized reputation fails to recognize the individuality and humanity of the sex workers who inhabit the area.
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by Rebecca Martin
May 22, 2024
My Great Grandmother was a maid at the Chicago Athletic Club in the early 1900s. She would collect the cigar wrappers that were left behind and make them into beautiful
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by Ashley Shelton
April 11, 2024
When I think about the region where I am from, many words come to mind. Some positive, some negative. In geographical terms the south is beautiful. My home, Tennessee, captures
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by Rebecca Martin
April 5, 2024
Our country is divided politically. This is no new news. I live in Chicago, which is predominately on the liberal side of politics, but when you drive into the farm
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by Rebecca Martin
March 27, 2024
To celebrate the release of the film, we bring back our 2023 New Orleans Film Festival interview (originally posted on 11/2/23) with filmmaker Nailah Jefferson about her feature documentary “Commuted,”
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by Dawn Borchardt
January 28, 2024
Co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie won the jury prize for directing in the U.S. documentary category for their debut feature as collaborators. A well-deserved award, NoiseCat and Kassie