Grace Glowicki On Her Original Vision of Frankenstein in “Dead Lover”
About a year ago, I sat down for what was probably my sixth movie of the day at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. My eyes were burning, my brain was melting. But then “Dead Lover” lit up the screen before me, and my eyes felt renewed with energy. When you can recognize that you’re seeing […]
Palm Springs Shortfest 2023: Lola Blanc on her horror short “Pruning”
“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 about her horror short “Pruning.” They discussed how the horror lens can change the way we think about serious issues and the way we discuss […]
Gillian Wallace Horvat on why a good filmmaker can make a great murderer in her feature debut “I Blame Society”
It’s doubt, guilt, regret, and insecurities that get murderers caught, but it’s also what stops filmmakers from achieving their path. Gillian Wallace Horvat Do you think you could be a murderer? Is that something you ask yourself or what other people have said to you? Well, in the case of writer/director/actor Gillian Wallace Horvat, her […]
Filmmaker Christina Raia is creating empathy through film
I met filmmaker and Seed&Spark’s head of education and outreach Christina Raia in March at the 2019 Girl Power Film + Media Summit, where she gave a presentation about film distribution. Hearing Christina talk about her passion for helping filmmakers get their projects funded and distributed was inspirational. We spoke in April on the phone […]