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by Matt Fagerholm
February 21, 2025
I have always had a fondness for coming of age films that vividly recall how intense our emotions are during pivotal moments of growth and transition. In many ways, we
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by Rebecca Martin
October 30, 2024
When the Columbine school massacre happened, I was in my sophomore year of high school. I remember this vividly. It was the first time I’d heard of a mass shooting
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by Rebecca Martin
August 27, 2024
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Leo Tolstoy Today we bring back our CIFF 2023 interview from October 2023 to help promote
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by Matt Fagerholm
August 9, 2024
If only people had listened to her. She saw the warning signs while others kept repeatedly turning a blind eye, and now her only child is on the brink of
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by Rebecca Martin
July 10, 2024
I have to admit that when I started Cinema Femme, I was very focused on the disparity in opportunities for women and non-binary people both in front of and behind
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by Rebecca Martin
July 3, 2024
I had the opportunity to speak with Brittani Ward about her feature debut “Single Car Crashes.” The film is produced by Chicago indie powerhouse Angie Gaffney. The film stars Trevor
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by Matt Fagerholm
June 10, 2024
When it comes to monumentally euphoric moviegoing experiences in 2024, Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson have set a mightily high bar with their latest crowd-pleaser, “Ghostlight.” Five years after helming
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by Matt Fagerholm
February 23, 2023
With over two feet of snow piled upon the driveway, I spent this past Christmas Eve with my wife, Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin Fagerholm, binging holiday perennials at her
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by Matt Fagerholm
December 8, 2022
Of all the categories at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the one that voters seem to get right year after year is the one devoted to promising young talent. In
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by Rebecca Martin
October 4, 2022
Actor and filmmaker Greta Bellamacina ended our interview by saying what she hopes people see in her work are “complicated, unexpected characters who shouldn’t be there. I feel like I’d
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by Rebecca Martin
September 24, 2022
To deem a filmmaker as scrappy is the highest compliment. Clare Cooney continues to evolve in her many abilities as a filmmaker and artist, and has always has embodied the
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by Rebecca Martin
August 15, 2022
May 1, 2022 The Q&A took place for the 4th edition of Cinema Femme Short Film Festival as part of our Tribute Event series. Cinema Femme Festival Director Rebecca Martin
