Interview with 2024 Chicago Spotlight Award Recipient Jewells Santos on her vulnerable short “Fatfish”
On the eve of her graduation from DePaul’s MFA Film and Directing program, I had the pleasure of speaking with emerging filmmaker Jewells Santos about her short film “Fatfish.” Jewells is the recipient of the Chicago Spotlight award for this year’s Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, for it’s 6th edition. This award is given to […]
2024 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Awards
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 the new award coined for an emerging filmmaker who has a first-time film that shows a lot of promise. The recipient of the inaugural Filmmaker on the Rise Award […]
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival Announces Full Program: April 25 – May 2, 2024
Chicago, Illinois, (April 2, 2024) – Today, the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival announced the full lineup of films and programs included in its 6th edition, running April 25 – May 2, 2024. Cinema Femme Magazine, presenter of the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, emphasizes the importance of supporting emerging female and non-binary filmmakers by connecting them to seasoned industry members through the Breaking […]
Slamdance 2023: Linh Tran Helms Her Feature Debut, “Waiting For The Light To Change”
Discovering a filmmaker like Linh Tran at the beginning of her career is unbelievably exciting. A friend of mine has already made a bootleg Girls on Top T-shirt with her name on it, and I want one to accompany my Sofia Coppola, Chloé Zhao, Charlotte Wells and Isabel Sandoval shirts. I’m still waiting on an […]