Emily Lape

Profile, Queer Stories, reviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2026: Finding Barbara Hammer—A Late Awakening to Queer Experimentation

by Rebecca Martin

January 31, 2026

Barbara Hammer once said, “If we’re experimenting with our lives and the way we’re going to live, our film and our art should also be experimental. It breaks tradition, and

Awards, Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, Film Festivals, Profile, Short Films

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2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Awards

by cinemafemme

May 7, 2024

On Thursday, May 2nd, at 2:00 PM Central, Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm and festival collaborators announced the award winners for the 2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, starting with

Interviews, Uncategorized

6 min read

Cinema Femme Voices #FemaleFilmmakerFriday

by cinemafemme

November 22, 2019

Happy Female Filmmaker Friday! This Friday, instead of featuring one filmmaker, we’d like to showcase some of our Cinema Femme voices, which are excerpts from past Cinema Femme filmmaker features.

Chicago, Interviews

22 min read

Transcending Gender: Chloe Baldwin on her web series ‘Like What You Like’

by Matt Fagerholm

November 15, 2019

It was no surprise that when Chloe Baldwin met me at Chicago’s Bourgeois Pig for her Cinema Femme interview two months ago, her sandwich of choice was the Hamlet. Her

Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews, LGBTQ+

16 min read

Emily Lape brings a rawness to the filmmaking and acting process with ‘Mercy’s Girl’

by Rebecca Martin

July 15, 2019

"Four years ago when I was trying to make “Mercy’s Girl,” it was so hard. Now, I don’t know if it’s because I know more people, but it’s very ripe.

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