Here’s How You Can Support “Fighting Giants,” the narrative debut by Oluwaseun Babalola
Oluwaseun Babalola is a force. I met her in 2019 when we talked about her docuseries “ṢOJU,” which focuses on a different niche of the African community around the world. She is multi-faceted as her work as a producer (“Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches,”), director, and founder of the organization Kosinima, Inc., a nonprofit that […]
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 […]
Cinema Femme Short Film Fest: Producer Panel – Apr. 30 | 3 PM CST
4/30 – 3 PM LIVE Producer Panel moderated by Rebecca Martin Fagerholm: Cinema Femme Festival Director Rebecca Martin Fagerholm moderates an all-star dream team producer panel with women and non-binary producers. Panelists are Rhianon Jones (Neon Heart Productions), Oluwaseun Babalola (KOSINIMA Inc), Elizabeth Woodward (WILLA), Flor de oro Tejadda (“Bone Black: Midwives vs. the South”), […]
Producer Oluwaseun Babalola on her powerful HBO doc “Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches”
I met Oluwaseun, also known as ‘Seun, a couple years ago when I interviewed her about her series “SOJU”. Each episode zeroes in on a different niche of the African community around the world. What ‘Seun is doing for African culture is so important, and equally important and exciting is what she is doing for […]
Watch here February Showcase LIVE events 2/19/21 – 2/28/21
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival February Showcase | AwardsSunday February 28, 2021 | 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / Announcements by February 2021 Mentor Kate Hackett and Cinema Femme Festival Director Rebecca Martin Emmy-winning editor and filmmaker Kate Hackett announces the recipient of Womxn to Womxn in Film mentorship award, along with other […]
Cinema Femme Voices #FemaleFilmmakerFriday
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. We hope their wisdom will inspire you as they have for us. At Cinema Femme we elevate the voices of the female film experience. We […]
Oluwaseun Babalola explores modern day Africa through her web series ‘SOJU’
My conversation with Oluwaseun Babalola—”Seun” for short—was empowering. We are both women who have a passion for what we are doing, and we are both doing all that we can to make our dreams a reality. Each episode of her series, “SOJU,” zeroes in on a different niche of the African community around the world. […]