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!
6 min read
by Davide Abbatescianni
May 16, 2026
Franco-Costa Rican filmmaker Valentina Maurel returns to Cannes with “Forever Your Maternal Animal,” premiering in Un Certain Regard four years after her Critics’ Week-bound debut “I Have Electric Dreams.” Set
6 min read
by Davide Abbatescianni
July 1, 2024
After last year’s Sundance triumph with “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood”, Estonian director Anna Hints is back with a new movie, a short titled “Sauna Day.” Co-directed with her partner Tushar Prakash,
6 min read
by Rebecca Martin
May 23, 2023
I had the opportunity to speak with Lillah Halla (she/her/them) about her beautiful film “Levante,” which centers on a promising 17-year-old volleyball player named Sofia, who is faced with an
7 min read
by Rebecca Martin
February 24, 2023
From one “lost soul” to another, I felt a deep connection with visual artist Park Ji-Min (also known as Ji-Min) as a person. I also felt deeply connected with her
6 min read
by cinemafemme
July 22, 2022
We pulled some films from this year’s festivals that we feel are among 2022’s cinematic gems. These are the ones that could have been easily missed, but found by many
6 min read
by Davide Abbatescianni
June 8, 2022
On 21 May, the Main Stage of Cannes’ Marché du Film (17-25 May) hosted a special event organized by the Swedish Film Institute. As many European and international industry stakeholders
5 min read
by Cineuropa
June 8, 2020
Today we share our media partner Cineuropa’s feature with filmmaker Mounia Meddour about her film “Papicha”. The interview took place during the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. The film is
5 min read
by Rebecca Martin
November 8, 2018
I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Moss, NYC-based filmmaker. I met Laura last year at the Chicago Critics Film Festival, where I saw her short film “Fry Day.” I