First-time filmmaker Carolina Cavalli explores friendship through a deadpan lens in “Amanda”
Like “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Ghost World,” the Italian gem “Amanda” is unconventionally funny and dark. As in these films, there is a longing from the protagonist for a friendship that can fill the lonely void in their life, and together, these friendships add to their own fantastical realities. These are the onscreen worlds I like […]
Filmmaker Cecilia Albertini brings underrepresented female-centric stories of immigrants to the screen
Filmmaker Patricia Vidal Delgado (“La Leyenda Negra”), who served as the mentor for our Inaugural Short Film Festival, suggested I reach out to Italian filmmaker and actor Cecilia Abertini as a potential candidate for a future program mentor. Knowing little about her at that time, I am so glad Patricia connected us. Cecilia is an […]
Dancing with the camera: an interview with cinematographer Valentina Caniglia
Featured back in April 2019 Cinema Femme is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. I first met cinematographer Valentina Caniglia at the 2019 Girl Power Film + Media Summit in Brooklyn, […]
Maura Delpero reveals the beauty of imperfect motherhood with ‘Maternal’
When I turned thirty everything changed for me. My boyfriend of three years was not ready to make the kind of commitment I desired and was definitely not ready to help make me a mother. My body told me, “It’s time, you are ready for motherhood,” and my circumstances were telling me, “No it’s not […]
‘Call Me By Your Name’: when a film feels more like a memory
“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.