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by Peyton Robinson
January 28, 2025
It’s Saturday, January 25th and today is my last day at my first in-person Sundance Film Festival. Writing from a sardined high top table at Atticus, where yesterday I met
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by Rebecca Martin
January 28, 2025
Sometimes you just need a best friend to collaborate with to bring something beautiful and meaningful into the world. It’s tiring and painful for me to see women who feel
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by cinemafemme
January 21, 2025
For the first time since 2020, Cinema Femme will be on the ground at Sundance this year! We are beyond thrilled to be returning to the festival in person, and
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by Elena Rubashevskaja
January 16, 2025
At the end of 2024, I got the chance to visit a destination that confused my insurance agent a lot: Iraqi Kurdistan, where I was invited as a juror for
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by Rebecca Martin
November 4, 2024
“This movie that saved my life also holds a complicated and controversial history in the queer film canon. I’m not seeking to change anyone’s mind with this film, but to
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by Emily Jacobson
October 31, 2024
This past year has seen a wave of female directed movies – whether it be horror, drama, or comedy – fixed upon the female body. Unsurprisingly, with the political climate
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by Peyton Robinson
October 31, 2024
I have always found that the Chicago International Film Festival is a formidable venue for riveting, empathetic tales about women and girls. Last year, “Paradise is Burning” was my favorite
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by Rebecca Martin
October 20, 2024
After earning her degrees in Music and Theater from Ankara and Istanbul State Conservatories, Ayçıl Yeltan recorded with distinguished musicians. She portrayed many significant roles as an actor at Dormen
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by Matt Fagerholm
October 18, 2024
Valeria Golino was 18 years old when she filmed Italian director Francesco Maselli’s “Storia d’amore,” the movie that would make her an international star. She earned the Best Actress prize
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by Davide Abbatescianni
September 26, 2024
Tam (Lê Tú Oanh), a diligent wedding venue staffer, discovers her husband’s affair on live TV. Rather than confronting him, she enlists a powerful spell master to win back his
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by Rebecca Martin
September 25, 2024
We are bringing back our Tribeca 2022 interview for the US release of the film, now in select theaters and streaming. Cinema Femme talks to writer/director Michal Chmielewski, writer/star Lena
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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
