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Interviews, LatinX, Sundance

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Sundance 2026: Gabriela Ortega Explores Motherhood and Becoming in “Marga en el DF”

by Rebecca Martin

February 9, 2026

Cinema Femme is thrilled to reconnect with director, writer, and actress Gabriela Ortega on the occasion of her latest short film, “Marga en el DF”, which makes its World Premiere

2023 Awards, Awards, International Films, Interviews, LatinX

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Lila Avilés shows us how a young girl experiences the world in her award-winning sophomore feature, “Tótem”

by Rebecca Martin

February 8, 2024

Like Jonathan Demme did seamlessly, respectively in “Rachel Getting Married,” Lila Avilés (“The Chambermaid”) immerses us in a specific time and space full of people that resemble a family, which

2023 Films, LatinX, producer, Profile

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Producer Mariana Treviño on her feature “JACIR”

by cinemafemme

April 18, 2023

Cinema Femme is excited to highlight producer Mariana Treviño on her feature film “JACIR”. Treviño produced the film with Waheed AlQawasmi, and “JACIR” is executive produced by Larry Tolbert, Marty

Film Festivals, Interviews, LatinX, Sundance

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Sundance 2022 Interview: Director Isabel Castro and subject Doris Muñoz on their debut feature, “Mija,” and the hope it will bring to the Latinx first generation

by Rebecca Martin

January 27, 2022

In 2020, I saw a film that was unlike any I had seen before. It was “La Leyenda Negra”, an official selection in the Sundance 2020 NEXT program, and I

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