Tickets and VIP passes on sale NOW for the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival in Chicago from July 17 - 21!
Tickets and VIP passes on sale NOW for the 2025 Cinema Femme Short Film Festival in Chicago from July 17 - 21!
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by Rebecca Martin
February 8, 2023
“I would define ableism as discrimination and prejudice against disabled people. It’s so insidious and it’s so deeply ingrained in all of us. I really wanted to highlight how an
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by Dawn Borchardt
February 3, 2023
Co-Director Razelle Benally was inspired by her roots in her Oglala Lakota and Diné culture to connect with other Indigenous communities and share a larger story of Missing and Murdered
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by Rebecca Martin
January 29, 2023
Puerto Rico is a place I did not know a lot about. I almost went to San Juan on a vacation once, but had to cancel last minute because of
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by Peyton Robinson
January 29, 2023
A.V. Rockwell’s debut feature “A Thousand and One” is an earth-shattering revelation. Taking place in Harlem from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s, the film is not only a document of a
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by Peyton Robinson
January 28, 2023
One day every mother must come to terms with the fact that their little girls will grow into women. As those changes begin to take place, so does the realization
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by Peyton Robinson
January 27, 2023
An inherent part of female existence is the eventual realization that in most social contexts, you and your body are viewed as a resource and commodity. The consequential aspect of
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by Rebecca Martin
January 25, 2023
Sofia Alaoui is an Arab filmmaker who grew up, as she says, “between China and Morocco.” Her mother is French and her father is from Morocco. What I love about
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by Peyton Robinson
January 25, 2023
Alice Englert’s directorial debut, “Bad Behaviour,” walks a tightrope, for its almost two hour long runtime. Lucy (Jennifer Connelly) is pursuing enlightenment while her daughter, Dylan (director Alice Englert), is
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by Dawn Borchardt
September 28, 2022
We take a look back at our Sundance coverage of the documentary “Sirens” directed by Rita Baghdadi (@ritaamal). The film will be kicking off their theatrical release this Friday (9/30/22)
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by cinemafemme
September 9, 2022
Sundance: A young teacher cares for a troubled boy on a Native American reservation. Read our interview with Erica Tremblay from 2021.
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by cinemafemme
August 12, 2022
We are bringing our Sundance interview back because of the upcoming release of the film on 9/2/22 Cinema Femme had the pleasure to speak with sisters Adamma Ebo (writer and
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by Matt Fagerholm
August 11, 2022
Bringing back our Sundance interview for the film’s theater release today. One of my favorite movies I’ve seen at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is easily the Finnish coming-of-age drama,