Tickets and VIP passes on sale NOW for the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival in Chicago from July 17 - 21!
Tickets and VIP passes on sale NOW for the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival in Chicago from July 17 - 21!
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by Rebecca Martin
April 11, 2022
Cinema Femme’s mission is to break down walls for female and non-binary emerging filmmakers and redesign the institutions we find ourselves in. We do this through our online film festival,
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by Rebecca Martin
February 7, 2022
Why do I love cinema? One reason is the communal experience. I had so missed being in a theater with a full audience. I love joining my fellow audience members
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by cinemafemme
January 20, 2022
Happy Sundance! We kick off day one of the festival with a preview of our coverage. Also, Managing Editor Rebecca Martin will be attending the opening press event today with
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by Rebecca Martin
December 19, 2021
This is Part 2 of our top 50 films of 2021. Here we showcase the top 25. To read more about what motivated our list and part 1, see link.
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by cinemafemme
December 9, 2021
Los Angeles, CA (December 9, 2021)—Filmocracy, the world’s premiere digital screening, distribution, and experience platform, has announced today its non-profit, The Filmocracy Foundation, is funding the first round of fellowships
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by Davide Abbatescianni
October 19, 2021
American veteran film producer and current president of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy is the recipient of this year’s Maureen O’Hara Award. The prestigious accolade, designed by the Kerry International Film Festival
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by cinemafemme
August 29, 2021
We are so excited to share with you some of the films that will be screening and streaming at Reeling: The 39th Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival! Reeling elevates LGBTQ+
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by cinemafemme
June 25, 2021
For our Inaugural Short Film Festival in August 2020 we were blown away by Gabriela Ortega’s short documentary “Papi”, based on a day out and at the beach with her
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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
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by cinemafemme
June 18, 2021
Juneteenth is a day that has historically recognized the perseverance and power of the Black community. Over the last two years, taking time to recognize and reflect on this holiday
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by cinemafemme
June 18, 2021
CHICAGO, IL — Mezcla Media Collective, a 501(c)(3) organization which works to elevate over 650 women and non-binary independent filmmakers of color in Chicago, was selected for a $15,000 Grants
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by cinemafemme
June 14, 2021
Cinema Femme attended a press conference with the team behind “7 Days” which premiered at the Tribeca Festival on Thursday, June 10th. We asked some questions, and we’d like to