“Catch the Fair One” premieres at Tribeca on June 13th, and Cinema Femme was fortunate to speak with co-producers Kimberly Parker (“The Last Black Man in San Francisco”) and Academy Award-Winner Mollye Asher (“Nomadland”) about their film. “Catch the Fair One” is about former pro […]
“Moonlight” (2016) is a poetic and universal tale. It is a coming-of-age story for everyone who has every questioned “Who am I?” The central character in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s story is a Black American young man in Miami, yet he is also all of us, in all locations of this world growing up and coming to terms with our unique identities and surroundings.
Award winning humanitarian, author and filmmaker Le Ly Hayslip, Writer Thuc Doan Nguyen, Sundance alum and director Marion Hill and Documentarian Adele Pham will discuss their work and their lives as Vietnamese-diaspora women. Le Ly Hayslip is a Vietnamese-American writer, memoirist and humanitarian. Through her foundations, […]
When people collaborate, it’s a beautiful thing, especially when it’s a team of people who are passionate about the same cause. In this case, it’s bringing an awareness to mental illness on the screen in a real and creative way. I share this passion with […]
We had a pleasant virtual chat with Danish filmmaker Pernille Rose Grønkjær, who spoke about her latest thought-provoking documentary, entitled “Solutions.” The film world-premiered at this year’s CPH:DOX (April 21-May 12 2021), one of Europe’s largest gatherings celebrating documentary cinema, where it won the Nordic:Dox […]
Actor/writer Elliot Frances Flynn (“Shoplifters of the World”, “Mare of Easttown”), is an emerging talent who has been a strong supporter of Cinema Femme over the past year, and I’ve gotten to know her more through our social media and virtual events. This year, she […]
Exclusive Trailer Release presents LES NÔTRES Directed by JEANNE LEBLANC Written by JEANNE LEBLANC and JUDITH BARIBEAU Produced by BENOIT BEAULIEU and MARIANNE FARLEY Starring: ÉMILIE BIERRE, MARIANNE FARLEY, JUDITH BARIBEAU, and PAUL DOUCET World Premiere: 2020 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma Festival Run Time: 103 minutes […]
Cinema Femme presents an exclusive online free screening of MEMORIES OF RAIN on Wednesday, May 19th at 8 PM EST as part of our Mental Health Awareness Film Series Following the screening: A LIVE 30-minute Q&A with star Elliot Frances Flynn (“Shoplifters of the World”, “Mare of Easttown”) and […]
Many of us are vaccinated or on our way to getting our second shots. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. One of our lights is the return of cinema in theaters. This will lead to those beautiful in-person events where we […]
Artificial intelligence and science-fiction have gone hand-in-hand for a long time onscreen, from “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) and the “Terminator” films to “The Matrix” (1999), “Minority Report” (2002) and “Ex Machina” (2014). Since AI has infiltrated more and more of our present reality, taking […]
For AAPI Heritage month we bring back our interview with Lynn Chen about her film “I Will Make You Mine” from May 2020. Watch feature here. Imagine that you are listening to a record. It’s a good tune, one that you really savored during a […]
Sixteen years after her debut feature, 2005’s crowd-pleasing documentary, “Mad Hot Ballroom,” showed us how the art of dance transformed the lives of elementary schoolers throughout New York City, filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo has returned with the definitive cinematic portrait of the most beloved children’s television […]