Louise Archambault writes and directs the film “And the Birds Rained Down” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is based on the novel by Jocelyne Saucier which depicts a small group of older people whose lives are interrupted by the addition […]
Mother and daughter power team, Patrice (daughter) and Susie (mother) Francois, are making an impact for women in the film community. Their annual international female-directed film festival and Girl Power Film & Media Summit brings together women in film from all over the world. We […]
I had the pleasure of speaking with Lauren Greenfield, the filmmaker who directed “The Queen of Versailles” (2012) and “Generation Wealth” (2018) about her latest documentary, “The Kingmaker,” during the The Chicago International Film Festival. She has spent most of her career exploring the idea […]
“The Girls of Summer”, is a delightful gem of a film, starring and written by Tori Titmas, directed by John Hancock. Speaking with Tori about her film, I felt like I had found my long lost friend. She is so in tune with life, and […]
When I started the film, I don’t think I had any wisdom to offer about being in your sixties. That’s why I started this film. I feel it’s hard because a lot of people have a different approach to being sixty. Everyone is going to […]
The Gene Siskel Film Center has the best programming of international films, diverse films, female-directed films, and independent films in Chicago. That is a fact. Earlier this year, Cinema Femme had the opportunity to partner with the Siskel for the European Union Film Festival, and […]
My conversation with Oluwaseun Babalola—”Seun” for short—was empowering. We are both women who have a passion for what we are doing, and we are both doing all that we can to make our dreams a reality. Each episode of her series, “SOJU,” zeroes in on […]
“Call Me By Your Name” (2017) is an incredible testament to the power and necessity of details and tone. It proves how artistry and craft are key to having audiences empathize with characters they don’t necessarily relate to, or don’t think they can relate to. It shows the importance of representation in film and how having a few movies about gay men (or any minority for that matter) is not enough. And ultimately, it is proof that great story is not forced, but earned and felt.
After speaking with Kimberly Hoyos, founder of The Light Leaks, I can confidently say there is no other person that works as hard as she does for the women and gender nonconforming (GNC) filmmaker community, especially for Gen Z filmmakers. At the heart of it, […]
I first saw Gurinder Chadha’s “Bend It Like Beckham” (2002) in my Film as Literature class when I was sixteen. I remember the film sticking out to me because I wondered, why haven’t I seen this film yet? If I had seen this film when I was eight, would I still have quit my Flower Power U-10 soccer team?
In Christine and her insecure and unkind imperfection, I see myself in high school. Though I was never as bold or outwardly rebellious, I shared her desire to run away from my hometown. Hers is Sacramento and mine was suburban Wisconsin, but the sentiment was the same: Anywhere is okay, as long as it’s not here.
I’m very excited about Issue Six, our “Coming-Of-Age” issue. Our cover film is the Netflix hit “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” (2018), directed by Susan Johnson and based on Jenny Han’s novel of the same name. Laurine Cornuéjols illustrated the cover for this issue, […]