International Films

Earth, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews

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Danish director Pernille Rose Grønkjær’s film proposes “Solutions” to solve the world’s major issues

by Davide Abbatescianni

May 21, 2021

We had a pleasant virtual chat with Danish filmmaker Pernille Rose Grønkjær, who spoke about her latest thought-provoking documentary, entitled “Solutions.” The film world-premiered at this year’s CPH:DOX (April 21-May

International Films, Profile, Sexual Assault Awareness

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Exclusive Trailer Release: LES NÔTRES, Debuts 6/18 from Oscilloscope

by cinemafemme

May 19, 2021

Exclusive Trailer Release presents  LES NÔTRES  Directed by JEANNE LEBLANC  Written by JEANNE LEBLANC and JUDITH BARIBEAU  Produced by BENOIT BEAULIEU and MARIANNE FARLEY  Starring: ÉMILIE BIERRE, MARIANNE FARLEY, JUDITH

International Films, Interviews

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Look back: Anna Serner blazes trails at the Swedish Film Institute with her 2019 gender equality report “What Women?”

by Rebecca Martin

April 29, 2021

*The following interview was conducted at the end of December 2019 and was featured on cinemafemme.com on January 2020. We are bringing the interview back for our site because she

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews

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Spanish filmmaker Ainhoa Rodríguez talks about magical realism, directing non-professional actors in her debut feature “Mighty Flash”

by Davide Abbatescianni

March 30, 2021

Cinema Femme caught the opportunity to meet – virtually, for obvious reasons – with Ainhoa Rodríguez, director of “Mighty Flash”, one of the most suggestive titles presented in the main

African Cinema, Black History, February Showcase, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Short Films

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“MÉBÉT” is breaking the trend of child marriages in Gambia and inspiring world-wide with its message

by Rebecca Martin

February 4, 2021

Watch “MÉBÉT” until 2/28 on our festival platform, REBECCA MARTIN: How did you come to this story/film? JAMA JACK: I wrote the story in 2012. At the time, I was

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Now Playing

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Zeina Durra delves into her dreamy Sundance film ‘Luxor’

by Rebecca Martin

December 7, 2020

NOW STREAMING Sundance Interview from February 4, 2020. What I love the most about dreams is that they can take you into worlds that you’ve never visited, introduce you to

International Films, Interviews, Now Playing

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Sacha Polak’s beautiful and raw “Dirty God” places us in the skin of a burn victim

by Rebecca Martin

November 13, 2020

“Dirty God” is an incredibly beautiful film. It contains moments that are gut-wrenching, but also heartwarming at the same time. This dichotomy drew me deeper into the character of Jade,

Chicago International Film Festival, Earth, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Mother's Day

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Riveting thriller “Of Fish and Men” brings healing to Swiss filmmaker Stefanie Klemm

by Rebecca Martin

October 30, 2020

“Of Fish and Men” is a transformative film that is part thriller, part drama. In some cases, the film is not easy to watch with its traumatic moments, but there

Earth, International Films, Interviews, Social Justice

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Iryna Tsilyk talks about the making of her doc “The Earth is Blue as an Orange”, an ode to the healing power of cinema set in Ukraine’s turbulent “red zone”

by Davide Abbatescianni

October 13, 2020

We had the opportunity to chat with Ukrainian filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk, director of the successful documentary “The Earth is Blue as an Orange”. The movie follows the lives of single

Cineuropa, International Films, Interviews

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Venice Lion of the Future Award-winning Director Ana Rocha de Sousa discusses her debut film “Listen”

by Cineuropa

September 16, 2020

Venice 2020 Orizzonti “Money doesn’t ever substitute love in this life” By Kaleem Aftab 09/09/2020 – VENICE 2020: We talked to Portuguese actress turned director Ana Rocha de Sousa about her

2023 Awards, International Films, Interviews, Now Playing

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Justine Triet takes an intimate look into a mind of a woman in her film “Sibyl”

by Rebecca Martin

September 10, 2020

What a beautiful thing to see a film about a woman full of layers and dimensions in a way that I hadn’t seen onscreen before. In Justine Triet’s film “Sibyl”

International Films, Interviews

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Italy’s Valentina Pedicini talks about ‘Faith’ and isolation

by Davide Abbatescianni

May 18, 2020

We had the chance to chat with the Apulia-born director Valentina Pedicini, who talked through the making of her successful documentary “Faith”, produced by Donatella Palermo for Stemal Entertainment and