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Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Sundance

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Sundance 2022 Interview: Alli Haapasalo, Eleonoora Kauhanen, Linnea Leino and Aamu Milonoff on Girl Picture

by Matt Fagerholm

August 11, 2022

Bringing back our Sundance interview for the film’s theater release today. One of my favorite movies I’ve seen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is easily the Finnish coming-of-age drama,

2022 Awards, Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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Interview: “Mijo” director Mazdey Snob, 2022 recipient of the Cinema Femme Short Film Fest Phenomenal Woman in Film award

by Rebecca Martin

May 20, 2022

As I watched the films for Short Block 3 at our virtual film festival a few weeks ago, we just finished Heidi Neff’s “The Long Goodbye”, an animated short film

Chicago, Comedy, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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Look back: Kelly O’Sullivan’s debut script ‘Saint Frances’ brings an authentic look into womanhood

by Rebecca Martin

May 6, 2022

With the recent news of the Supreme Court leak detailing their plan to overturn Roe vs. Wade, we wanted to bring back our interview with Kelly O’Sullivan about her film

Black History, Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, Interviews, Juneteenth, LGBTQ+, Social Justice, Trans Awareness Week, Women's History Month

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A Look Back: Luchina Fisher’s “Mama Gloria” brings a hopeful outlook to the young trans community

by Rebecca Martin

March 16, 2022

For Women’s History Month and Trans Visibility Day approaching on March 31, we bring back our interview from the Chicago International Film Festival in October 2020. We are proud to

Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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Elizabeth Rakhilkina’s horror short “New Flesh for the Old Ceremony” captures queer women onscreen in a fresh way

by Rebecca Martin

December 30, 2021

Watching “New Flesh for the Old Ceremony”, the Audience Award-winner for narrative shorts at this year’s Reeling Film Festival, I was pleasantly surprised that it opened with a passionate love

Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Short Films

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Filmmaker Hellin Kay explores the complexity of relationships in her short “Abby and Emily Go to Palm Springs”

by Rebecca Martin

December 28, 2021

Following The Chicago LGBTQ+ Reeling International Film Festival in October 2021, I had the pleasure of speaking with three female filmmakers behind three selections in the Revolutions of the Heart

2022 Awards, Awards, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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Cinema Femme interview with “The Novice” star Isabelle Fuhrman and director Lauren Hadaway

by Rebecca Martin

December 14, 2021

Cinema Femme “The Novice” interview with star Isabelle Fuhrman and director Lauren Hadaway “The Novice” comes to digital and theaters Friday, December 17th! Moderated by Cinema Femme managing editor Rebecca

Coming of Age, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Short Films

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“Eighth Grade” Star Emily Robinson on Her Directorial Efforts “Hearsay” and “Virgin Territory”

by Matt Fagerholm

August 13, 2021

Emily Robinson is, without question, one of the most gifted and promising talents of her generation. She earned a Young Artist Award and Young Entertainer Award, as well as a Screen

Chicago, LGBTQ+, Profile, Short Films

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Introducing “Rough River Lake”, a film by Mary Tilden

by cinemafemme

June 24, 2021

For Pride month Cinema Femme is excited to elevate Mary Tilden’s short film “Rough River Lake”. Read more about the film below, and please donate to support! Details below are

2022 Awards, Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Tribeca

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Lauren Hadaway, master of cinematic sound, on her directorial debut “The Novice” starring Isabelle Fuhrman

by Dawn Borchardt

June 16, 2021

“The Novice” is the feature directorial debut from accomplished sound artist Lauren Hadaway. The film follows college student Alex (Isabelle Fuhrman), who finds herself obsessing over whatever she puts her

Black History, Coming-of-Age Essays, LGBTQ+

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Look back: ‘Moonlight’: removing the physical armour

by Marjorie H. Morgan

June 1, 2021

"Moonlight" (2016) is a poetic and universal tale. It is a coming-of-age story for everyone who has every questioned “Who am I?” The central character in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s story
Interviews, LGBTQ+, LIVE Events, LIVE Q&A, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Awareness Month

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Elliot Frances Flynn and Elizabeth Mehling spotlight queer mental health in “Memories of Rain”

by Rebecca Martin

May 19, 2021

Actor/writer Elliot Frances Flynn (“Shoplifters of the World”, “Mare of Easttown”), is an emerging talent who has been a strong supporter of Cinema Femme over the past year, and I’ve

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