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2023 Films, Awards, Profile

14 min read

BEYOND BARBIE: Ten must-see films now playing, including the new Joyce Carol Oates doc, Linh Tran’s feature debut, and the sensual coming-of-age gem “Piaffe”

by Rebecca Martin

September 7, 2023

Besides Greta Gerwig’s history-making “Barbie,” which became both the highest-grossing film of the year as well as the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, another of the most pleasurable experiences

International Films, Profile, Sundance

5 min read

Rebecca Zlotowski feature debut “Other People’s Children” releases in select theaters today

by cinemafemme

April 21, 2023

Words from Rebecca Martin, our Managing Editor, about “Other People’s Children” during her Sundance coverage As a person who just turned 40, at the tail end of last year, I

2023 Films, LatinX, producer, Profile

3 min read

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

Profile

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Introducing ‘The Call Sheet,’ a new magazine devoted to elevating emerging voices in film

by cinemafemme

December 6, 2022

Working closely with Chicago’s creatives, The Call Sheet magazine takes you behind the scenes on the filmmakers of today. Through this unique partnership between two of the city’s femme-led film

Letterboxd, Profile

3 min read

Cinema Femme’s 225 Essential Films to see directed by women and non-binary people: Part Three (1970 – 2022) “The Anti-Hero”

by cinemafemme

November 17, 2022

The list has been generated by Cinema Femme contributors, and the titles are listed chronologically on our Letterboxd HQ account. All of these films are directed by women and non-binary

Letterboxd, Profile

4 min read

Cinema Femme’s 225 Essential Films to see directed by women and non-binary people: Part Two (1982 – 2004) The emergence and discovery of indie gems during the pandemic

by cinemafemme

November 3, 2022

The list has been generated by Cinema Femme contributors, and the titles are listed chronologically on our Letterboxd HQ account. Here we highlight some of these films, breaking them down

Letterboxd, Profile

4 min read

Cinema Femme’s 225 Essential Films to see directed by women and non-binary people: Part One (1906 – 1972) “The Silent Era”, “The Experimental”, and “The Early Auteurs (Agnès Varda, Ida Lupino, and Elaine May)”

by cinemafemme

October 26, 2022

The list has been generated by Cinema Femme contributors, and the titles are listed chronologically on our Letterboxd HQ account, here we highlight some of these films breaking them down

Awards, Documentaries, Interviews, Profile

9 min read

Abigail Fuller’s latest doc “Shepherd’s Song” embraces visual cinematic approaches to non-narrative storytelling

by Dawn Borchardt

October 18, 2022

Filmmaker Abigail Fuller (“Chef’s Table”, “Do You Dream in Color?”) was the recipient of the 2019 The North Face’s Move Mountains Film Makers Grant that empowered her to hire female

All-Star, Profile

4 min read

Legendary Filmmaker Sally Potter retrospective, with New 4K Restoration of the Queer Classic “Orlando”, and new short LOOK AT ME starring Javier Bardem and Chris Rock

by cinemafemme

October 11, 2022

Sally Potter is a filmmaker that has been at the top of our list for a while now. When Cinema Femme began, “Orlando” was often discussed as one of our

2022 Awards, 2022 Films, Awards, Film Festivals, Profile, Toronto International Film Festival

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“So the privilege of being women filmmakers also comes with a heavy burden.” – Michelle Yeoh accepts the TIFF 2022 Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award

by cinemafemme

September 15, 2022

“As women, we are privileged to work in one of the most open-minded and forward-thinking industries, yet women are still glaringly underrepresented in the top levels of our industry,” she

2022 Films, Film Festivals, Profile, Sexual Assault Awareness, Toronto International Film Festival

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Sneak peak at Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking”, coming to theaters this December!

by cinemafemme

September 1, 2022

Screenplay by Sarah Polley Directed by Sarah Polley Based upon the book by Miriam Toews Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand

Profile, Sexual Assault Awareness, Trailer Release

3 min read

1st Trailer Drops for Feminist Erotic Thriller “Perfectly Good Moment” 

by cinemafemme

September 1, 2022

“Now in this post-#MeToo era when women look back at their past, they can say ‘this is a gray area, and it’s okay.’ We need to process things in more

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