Inaugural 2020 Cinema Femme Short Film Fest selected “Cool for Five Seconds”- Short Film is officially released online! Link below! “Directed by Dani Wieder from a script by Calamity West, this two-hander is equal parts bitingly funny, emotionally raw and deeply empathetic, with an ear […]
Cinema Femme is proud to present an exclusive screening of the short film GUTTERPUNKS followed by a 30-minute Q&A with the executive producer of the film and music artist KT Tunstall! Executive Produced By KT TunstallWritten and Directed By Luke ArnoldStarring Sophie Kennedy Clark, Luke Mably, and Sasha […]
Cinema Femme magazine continues our short film festival into 2021! Cinema Femme is the voice of the female film experience, a platform for stories about womxn in film and their allies that aims to inspire change in the industry. Our short film festival is an […]
RITA WISHMAN’S BIRTHDAY (2020) “Rita Wishman’s Birthday” is a dark comedy about ‘Rita Wishman’s’ (played by Ariel Kavoussi) 30th birthday. Charlotte Film Festival (Virtual Edition) 2020, Official Selection Director/Producer/Writer/Editor: Ariel Kavoussi Starring: Ariel Kavoussi, Magnus Kavoussi, Judith Salavetz, Max Drazen Cinematography/Sound: Moebius Simmons Additional Editor: […]
Cinema Femme Managing Editor Rebecca Martin talks to filmmaker Layne Marie Williams and cast member about their film “Scutly”, currently running the film circuit. Synopsis: The Matour is home to two forces of nature — the spunky, bubbly Pastel Girls and Scutly, a quirky senior […]
It was a pleasure speaking with Kate Hackett about her directorial debut “Oleander”, a shorter version of her feature script “Purify My Heart”. We discussed her experience of growing up in the Catholic schools that taught abstinence, her work as an editor (Cheer, Last Chance […]
Katherine Bourne Taylor is an actor, producer and creator in Los Angeles by way of Chicago. Currently, she is in post for her directorial and writing debut, Ships in the Night and filming a commercial here and there. Most recently, she produced and starred in […]
This is my first year running a film festival, and I’m honored and blown away by all the amazing womxn from all over the world that showcased their films. All of the filmmakers are passionate people with their own personalities, and their own approach to […]
On the eve of Cinema Femme’s inaugural short film festival, it seemed fitting to post my feature with a team of talented and amazing womxn. I felt so honored to get the opportunity to interview the artists behind the excellent short film “As They Slept”, […]
During quarantine, a series of amazing cat videos have been produced once a month on Instagram by CongestedCat Productions. I encourage you all to check them out. That kind of ingenuity in a pandemic is brained by filmmaker Christina Raia, founder of CongestedCat. Christina Raia […]
In the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s guilty verdict, and him being the man who sparked the #MeToo movement, there is a film that captures precisely where we are today. Women like Melissa Stephens and myself, and many other women, are reassessing our past histories with […]
Today we’re bringing back Ashley Shelton’s feature from June 2019. You can see Ashley in “The Evening Hour” premiering at Sundance 2020. Stay tuned for her future directed projects. I had the pleasure speaking with filmmaker Ashley Shelton a month ago about her short film […]