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April Showcase, Asian American, Film Festivals, LGBTQ+, Profile

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Cinema Femme and Letterboxd present: A Conversation with Isabel Sandoval

by cinemafemme

April 13, 2021

A CONVERSATION WITH ISABEL SANDOVAL, Wednesday, April 14th, at 4:00 PM EST, as part of our April Showcase. Join us as we pay tribute to filmmaker Isabel Sandoval (“Lingua Franca”) with a

Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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SBIFF 2021: Director Jaclyn Bethany and her team discuss their Chekov-esque comedy “Highway One”

by Rebecca Martin

April 1, 2021

I was fortunate to see a rough cut of Jaclyn Bethany’s “Highway One” last year prior to my interview with the director. The film danced in my mind long after.

Chicago, Indie Films, LGBTQ+, LIVE Events, LIVE Q&A, Short Films

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Watch “How Is This The World” and Q&A with filmmaker Sadie Rogers and producer Grace Hahn

by cinemafemme

March 23, 2021

“How Is This The World”: A mother befriends a burnt-out hacker to help search for her son in virtual reality. Credits: Written & Directed by Sadie Rogers Produced by Grace

Asian American, Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+

15 min read

SXSW 2021: “See You Then” tells a universal tale from a trans Asian American filmmaker

by Rebecca Martin

March 19, 2021

With the atrocities that happened this week in Atlanta that resulted in the deaths of Asian American women, and with the hashtag #StopAsianHate streaming through social media, a film like

February Showcase, Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Sexual Assault Awareness, Short Films

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Amina Maher’s “Letter to My Mother” is a courageous and unflinching self-portrait

by Rebecca Martin

February 28, 2021

Amina Maher is brave. Her short film “Letter to My Mother” is a triumph and a courageous way for the filmmaker to break her silence about the abuse she endured

Asian American, Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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Marion Hill puts her own spin on a cinematic romance in the Sundance hit “Ma Belle, My Beauty”

by Rebecca Martin

February 15, 2021

I am in love. I’m in love with Marion Hill’s ‘Ma Belle, My Beauty.’ This film is a romance that involves many people, but at the heart of it is

Asian American, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Social Justice, Trans Awareness Week

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Isabel Sandoval beautifully elevates the marginalized in “Lingua Franca”

by Rebecca Martin

August 28, 2020

“Every image or sound is a vessel for emotion: rapture, despair, sensuousness, fury, a combination of these. That makes cinema a kind of legerdemain: the art of sculpting such seemingly

Interviews, LGBTQ+

13 min read

To Be a Free Person: Ksenia Ivanova on “Jack and Anna”

by Matt Fagerholm

June 29, 2020

“For many years, I had to confront the cruel system in my home country that does not tolerate people with a different mindset. People judged me for my ideas as

Film Festivals, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Trans Awareness Week

13 min read

Filmmaker Anna Kerrigan takes us on the heartfelt journey of a father and his trans son in “Cowboys”

by Rebecca Martin

May 6, 2020

I like that idea that when you’re in nature you can be your true self, and not influenced by the constructs of your society. It’s a really interesting way to

Chicago, Coming of Age, Halloween, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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A cult classic is in our midst with Jennifer Reeder’s teen noir ‘Knives and Skin’

by Rebecca Martin

December 5, 2019

"Knives and Skin" follows the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in a rural Midwest town. The coming-of-age film has been described as a mix of Lynchian thriller and high
Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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A religious experience with Molly Hewitt’s ‘Holy Trinity’

by Rebecca Martin

July 19, 2019

I am ready to share with the world that I am a freaky queer femme sex worker domme and I am also a fucking filmmaker.  —Molly Hewitt/Glamhag June, 2019  Molly

Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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Emily Lape brings a rawness to the filmmaking and acting process with ‘Mercy’s Girl’

by Rebecca Martin

July 15, 2019

"Four years ago when I was trying to make “Mercy’s Girl,” it was so hard. Now, I don’t know if it’s because I know more people, but it’s very ripe.

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