"la-femme-film-festival" Articles & Blogs:
La Femme Film Festival opens tonight in L.A.
| La Femme Film Festival, which shines a spotlight on women's roles in the entertainment industry, opens this evening in Los Angeles at the Grove with "Love Hurts," starring Carrie-Anne Moss.
Other films in the festival, which continues through Sunday at t...[Read on] |
The Tempest picked as NY Film Festival’s centerpiece
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The pedigree for The Tempest directed by Julie Taymor keeps growing. It will have its world premiere as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival in September, and now it has been tapped as the centerpiece film for this year’s NY Film Festival.
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New York Film Festival announces lineup with only two female directors (plus two in a group film)
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The New York Film Festival which is the centerpiece of NY’s fall film season announced its lineup today and only two women are on the docket with film’s of their own.
That’s 7.4%.
I took out the film Revolucion which has 10 directors (and two ar...[Read on] |
Lunafest- A Women’s Film Festival Near You
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The folks who bring us the yummy lunabars are also the ones behind Lunafest - a traveling festival of films by and about women - that are happening in communities across the country.
They are looking for submissions for the next festival and the deadline...[Read on] |
Femme Pedals Mountain Bike Group
| Happy New Year!
If you are into mountain biking in the south Florida area, check out the recently formed Femme Pedal cycling club.
From the Femme Pedal Meetup Group Page
"Our mission is to provide all types of opportunities for women mountain
bikers ...[Read on] |
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris Opens the Cannes Film Festival
| Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Owen Wilson. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.Glamour returns to the Croisette today as the 2011 Cannes Film Festival opens and film power brokers from across the globe arrive in droves. After a somewhat lackluster 2010, Thierry ...[Read on] |
Telluride Film Fest Lineup: Very Few Women Directors
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I’m getting back up to speed and decided to wade in on some fall film festivals news.
The Telluride Film Festival kicked off today and there are 24 films listed in the main lineup called “the show.” Of the 24 films announced guess how many are ...[Read on] |
Women at the Toronto Film Festival
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Toronto is one of the places where many films with year end award ambitions debut in North America. It is always one of the most interesting festivals of the year and helps kick off the awards season. Festival runs from September 10-19.
Women directed ...[Read on] |
The Athena Film Festival Site Launch
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Hey folks. Some of you know that I have been working my tushy off as the producer and co-creator of a new film festival that will take place this February at Barnard College in NYC.
The festival is called the Athena Film Festival and the focus is o...[Read on] |
Human Rights Film Festival opens tomorrow
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Pamela Yates
The 20th annual Human Rights Film Festival opens in NY tomorrow with director Pamela Yates’ The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court. The festival last from June 12-June 25.
There are some great women directed an...[Read on] |
Submissions open for first-ever Tucker Center Film Festival
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Calling all filmmakers. If you’re an aspiring Steven Spielberg (or better yet Kathryn Bigel0w) then you’ll want to know about the first-ever Tucker Center Film Festival.
Presented with University of Minnesota Athletics, the festival will take place ...[Read on] |
You Cannes not be serious! Speaking out about the lack of women directors
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The rumblings of dismay and dissatisfaction have coalesced and found a voice. Filmdirecting4women, an organization that supports women directors out of England has organized a petition: You Cannes Not Be Serious to show our concerted pissedoffness abo...[Read on] |
Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup: Very Few Women in Competition
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Last week, The Venice Film Festival unveiled its lineup for this year’s festival which will be held from September 2-12 and it is little light on the women directors.
Only 4 women directors are included in the 23 films in competition, and none are fe...[Read on] |
'Orgasm Inc.' Debunks Female Sexual Dysfunction
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(WOMENSENEWS)--February is Cupid's time, but Hollywood isn't showing much love for women this month. It's slim pickings when it comes to feature films of particular interest to women.
Though Hollywood isn't delivering our heart's deli...[Read on] |
The Athena Film Festival
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I just wanted to let you all know about an exciting new project I am working on — The Athena Film Festival – It’s a film festival that focuses on women’s leadership and will take place at Barnard College in NYC next February 10-13th.
I am produ...[Read on] |
A Woman on the Croisette: Julie Bertuccelli’s Film The Tree to close Cannes
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The Cannes Film Festival has woken up from it’s ridiculousness — they still do not get a pass on the fact that there are no female filmmakers in the competition — and have announced the Australian film The Tree written and directed by Julie Bertucce...[Read on] |
Women Start New Distribution Company
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Distribution vets Emily Woodburne ( IFC and Zeitgeist), Bridget Stokes (IFC Films) and Vicky Wight (Artistic License) have joined forces and have created a new distribution company BEV Pictures. The films to be released by the company will focus on a sla...[Read on] |
3rd Annual Women In Comedy Festival
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Are you a funny lady? Of course you are! Give the crowds your two cents on airplane food (what is the deal, am I right!?) at Boston's third annual Women In Comedy Festival. The festival has extended its submission deadline and now you have until January ...[Read on] |
Sofia Coppola Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
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This is why awards matter.
When Somewhere premiered at Venice to mostly indifferent reviews it was pretty much dismissed as not as good as Lost in Translation which earned Coppola an Oscar Nomination.
Now a week later the film has gained some serious ...[Read on] |
Cannes Watch: Jury Head Isabelle Huppert
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Actress Isabelle Huppert is the only the third woman to head the jury at the Cannes Film Festival which kicked off yesterday.
Those before her include Sophia Loren and Liv Ullmann.
It is interesting to note that there has never been a black person or As...[Read on] |
Amreeka - Now playing in NY and LA
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While I was away a new film from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Amreeka, written and directed by Cherien Dabis opened in NY and LA. It will be rolling out to other cities over the next month. I was able to see the film last spring at the New Di...[Read on] |
The Citizen Jane Film Festival
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This past weekend I was lucky enough to get flown to Columbia, Mo to attend the second year of the Citizen Jane Film Festival run out of Stephens College. (a woman’s college) Columbia is a good town for a fest because they already have a reputable one...[Read on] |
Cannes Awards: A Glamorous Night with Few Surprises (Except Javier and Penelope)
| Tim Burton leads the Cannes jury.
The Cannes Film Festival is a huge deal in France—comparable to what the Oscars are in the United States. An estimated 30,000 media, publicists, other festival directors, and a slew of support staff double the size ...[Read on] |
Lunafest Coming to the NY Area on May 23rd
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For those uninitiated, Lunafest is a short film festival by and about women founded in 2000 by the folks that bring you Luna bars.
It’s a traveling festivals and appears in communities across the country hosted by different organizations. You can fin...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood’ blogger speaks out about women, films, Citizen Jane
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I’m traveling today to the Citizen Jane Film Festival so no blogging today. Here’s an interview I did with the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, MO in anticipation of the Citizen Jane Film Festival this weekend.
Melissa Silverstein of Brooklyn, N...[Read on] |
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