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
July 25, 2023
“My poems and songs have no flavor without you.” The above quote comes from the end of the short documentary “Ayenda,” directed by Marie Margolius. A group of teenage Afghan
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by Rebecca Martin
July 17, 2023
Tiffany Tenille is a phenomenal woman. She is an actress (as displayed in Numa Perrier’s “Jezebel”), writer and an emerging filmmaker. We were so honored to host the Chicago premiere
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by Rebecca Martin
June 16, 2023
See “SULAM” (“The Ladder”) at 2:30 PM PST on 6/24, reserve your spot! Filmmaker Noam Argov will be in attendance! Rebecca Martin Fagerholm, Managing Editor, spoke with Cinema Femme Short Film
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by Rebecca Martin
June 9, 2023
“Pruning” premieres at the Palm Springs International Shortfest on June 24, filmmaker Lola Blanc will be in attendance, learn more. Cinema Femme had the opportunity to speak with Lola Blanc
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by cinemafemme
May 12, 2023
With the success of our first hybrid (in-person and online) film festival, we wanted to bring back some of our shorts for one last weekend! All of these films received an
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by Katie Small
October 13, 2022
When 19-year-old actress Maria Schneider agreed to perform the leading role in Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film, “Last Tango in Paris”, there was no rape scene in the original script. The
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by cinemafemme
September 9, 2022
Maya Hawke and Rachel Hilson star in a comic tale of estranged friendship. Directed by Haroula Rose. Read our interview with the “As They Slept” team!
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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
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by Rebecca Martin
December 10, 2021
I am fortunate to have a job, or more like a passion project, where I get to talk to female filmmakers and share their stories. Sometimes I am lucky enough
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by Rebecca Martin
November 15, 2021
Cinema Femme is a proud media partner of The Calvert Journal Film Festival, that ran from October 18 -31. The festival gives us a unique perspective by elevating the diverse
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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
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by Rebecca Martin
June 29, 2021
The Cinema Femme Phenomenal Womxn Award is given to a filmmaker who embodies the spirit of Cinema Femme, which is exemplified by womxn supporting womxn in the industry. The recipient