women in film

Chicago, Interviews

9 min read

Behind the Chair: Kala Bradford on Barbershop Culture, Community, and Creativity

by Rebecca Martin

September 18, 2025

Cinema Femme sat down with Kala Bradford—filmmaker, creative strategist, and founder of Media Maven Studio—to talk about her upcoming event, Behind the Chair: Cross-Industry Event will take place on Saturday,

essay, Film Festivals, International Films, personal essay, reviews

10 min read

Dhaka International Film Festival 2023: Female Characters in the Modern Bengali Cinema

by Elena Rubashevskaja

February 14, 2023

The festival year started for me in a most unexpected way, on January 14, 2023, I landed in Bangladesh, a place I’d never been before and would not have normally

Coming-of-Age Essays

7 min read

Look back: Do girls come of age only to fall in love with boys?

by Jaylan Salah

September 8, 2022

Would I want my daughter to watch a film where women come of age and discover things other than love? Absolutely.
Film Festivals, Juneteenth, Tribeca

6 min read

Tribeca Film Festival Preview: Our picks and coverage coming soon (6/8 – 6/19)

by cinemafemme

May 31, 2022

A preview of our picks for the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. We will cover most of these. Learn more about our picks below and buy tickets here: tribecafilm.com/festival GOOD GIRL

Chicago, Comedy, Interviews, LGBTQ+

14 min read

Look back: Kelly O’Sullivan’s debut script ‘Saint Frances’ brings an authentic look into womanhood

by Rebecca Martin

May 6, 2022

With the recent news of the Supreme Court leak detailing their plan to overturn Roe vs. Wade, we wanted to bring back our interview with Kelly O’Sullivan about her film

Interviews, Juneteenth

17 min read

Support “Through the Blinds”, an anthology by female filmmakers that aims to close gaps in Hollywood

by Rebecca Martin

February 22, 2022

“Through the Blinds” is a collection of seven intimate stories that take place under one roof – from the birth of the 50’s housewife to today’s career-focused millennial and everything

Awards, Film Festivals, Profile

6 min read

Cinema Femme Short Film Fest among the 12 recipients of Filmocracy’s first-ever fellowship awards for female-centric film festivals

by cinemafemme

December 9, 2021

Los Angeles, CA (December 9, 2021)—Filmocracy, the world’s premiere digital screening, distribution, and experience platform, has announced today its non-profit, The Filmocracy Foundation, is funding the first round of fellowships

Profile

3 min read

MEZCLA MEDIA COLLECTIVE TO RECEIVE $15,000 GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

by cinemafemme

June 18, 2021

CHICAGO, IL —  Mezcla Media Collective, a 501(c)(3) organization which works to elevate over 650 women and non-binary independent filmmakers of color in Chicago, was selected for a $15,000 Grants

Asian American, Interviews, LGBTQ+, Social Justice, Trans Awareness Week

9 min read

Isabel Sandoval beautifully elevates the marginalized in “Lingua Franca”

by Rebecca Martin

August 28, 2020

“Every image or sound is a vessel for emotion: rapture, despair, sensuousness, fury, a combination of these. That makes cinema a kind of legerdemain: the art of sculpting such seemingly

Interviews, Short Films, Womxn supporting Womxn

22 min read

Maya Hawke, Rachel Hilson, Charlotte Hornsby, Rhianon Jones, Nicolaia Rips and Haroula Rose on Their Sublime Short Film, “As They Slept”

by Rebecca Martin

August 5, 2020

On the eve of Cinema Femme’s inaugural short film festival, it seemed fitting to post my feature with a team of talented and amazing women. I felt so honored to

Interviews, Oscars

13 min read

‘Be Kind Rewind’ YouTube series host Izzy digs deep into the Oscars

by Rebecca Martin

February 7, 2020

Izzy debuted her first “Be Kind Rewind” video in 2018 and has amassed 116k subscribers since then. Her video series on YouTube explores the struggles and triumphs of Hollywood’s leading

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