Thank you all so much for the creativity, authenticity, and bravery you brought to the Music Box this past Sunday. It has been an honor to showcase such audacious work and foster such meaningful conversation.
We cannot wait to see you for a second day of screenings and festivities this Wednesday.
Meet the Cienma Femme team! 🌟
These passionate individuals are working behind the scenes to help emphasize the importance of supporting emerging female and non-binary filmmakers! We are beyond thrilled to have such an amazing team to bring you an unforgettable event. 🌟
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Cinema Femme Festival! Buy tix on the @musicboxchicago site, and learn more at CinemaFemme.com/shortfilmfest!
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Meet Laney Marquette, the director, writer, cinematographer, and editor, and Julia Charley, lead actress of "Sensitivity". "Sensitivity" is about a 16-year-old girl celebrating her birthday and ends up spending her special day in a way she won’t forget!
Shorts program 3 is 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧! There are only a few seats left for shorts programs 1 and 2!
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Cinema Femme Festival! Buy tix on the @musicboxchicago site, and learn more at CinemaFemme.com/shortfilmfest!
Meet Marissa Chibás (@mchibas), the writer and director of the short film "72". "72" is included in our third and final shorts program called "P.S.".
It’s New York City in 1972 and Cuban immigrant Gloria Cienfuegos’s life and New Year’s Eve party are upended when her 18-year-old daughter Viv announces that she’s being sworn in that week as an American citizen, creating a showdown between the two women.
Shorts program 3 is 𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗢𝗨𝗧! There are only a few seats left for shorts programs 1 and 2!
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Cinema Femme Festival! Buy tix on the @musicboxchicago site, and learn more at CinemaFemme.com/shortfilmfest!
Cinema Femme Short Film Fest starter pack! What are your festival essentials?
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Meet writer and director of "Except", Krista Kane (@Krista_on_Social_Media)! Except is a love story about loneliness, labor, and hot summer sausage!
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Cinema Femme Festival! Buy tix on the @musicboxchicago site, and learn more at CinemaFemme.com/shortfilmfest!
We are excited to introduce "The Pieces," a short film produced and directed by Autumn Thompson (@itsautumnthompson) as part of our "Sincerely, Yours" program!
Autumn Thompson, a young college student is faced with a new challenge: she knows nothing about her ethnicity, her background, and her DNA. Sitting in a classroom, Autumn listens to her classmates proudly discuss their ethnicity and the richness of their cultures while telling stories of their families and traditions. Without the knowledge of her family's ethnic background, Autumn feels lost and envious of those who have a clear idea of their identity. As she starts to come to terms with a complicated childhood, she learns some surprising news that will define her story forever.
Don't forget to get your tickets for the Cinema Femme Festival! Buy tix on the @musicboxchicago site, and learn more at CinemaFemme.com/shortfilmfest!
Cinema Femme magazine celebrates 5 years! See just some of the hundreds of faces that have been part of the fabric of us! For five years we've been elevating underrepresented people in film, which includes women and non-binary people. We began as a magazine that now also has a mentorship program, and a film festival. We are a community that is unique and special, and for that we are so proud! We have been and are vocal about the need for change onscreen and behind the lens. We believe that together we can change the industry for the better!
We’ve missed you! Cinema Femme will be back soon covering films directed by women and non-binary people, and elevating emerging underrepresented artists in film. In the meantime, enjoy this fun highlight video of our 2022 so far 💗
To learn more about what we’ve been up to visit cinemafemme.com 💓
Our mission: Cinema Femme is a platform for emerging underrepresented filmmakers, which includes women and non-binary people. To support these filmmakers, we showcase their short films, provide education through featured interviews, and offer mentorship with seasoned filmmakers. We are vocal about the need for change onscreen and behind the lens. We believe that together we can change the industry for the better.
#womeninfilm #nonbinarypeopleinfilm #femalefilmmaker #emergingfilmmakers #emergingartists
"This film’s end is not tied up with a bow, it ends with an ellipsis. But what’s important is that Winona has evolved. My life has evolved a lot since my twenties, and even in the past couple months. I’m getting married in July, and I know there are exciting adventures and even challenges ahead. But what I remember through practicing mindfulness is when a second goes by, it’s gone, and there are many seconds ahead, but I want to live in this second, now.”
Featured today is our latest personal essay elevating #MentalHealthAwareness by Cinema Femme Founder and Managing Editor Rebecca Martin. She examines Kelly Oxford’s directorial feature debut #PinkSkiesAhead starring Jessica Barden and how the film transported her to a real experience she’s had, and how she’s never seen that before onscreen, in that way.
Featured on cinemafemme.com 💗
https://cinemafemme.com/2022/05/24/kelly-oxfords-feature-debut-pink-skies-ahead-changes-the-game-for-mental-health-representation-onscreen/
#mentalhealth #selfcompassion #loveyourself #anxiety #mentalwellbeing #wellness #selfcare #wellbeing #meditation #mindfulness #mentalhealthmatters #anxietyrelief #mentalillness #healing #counseling #selfhelp #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #representation #filmmaker #femalefilmmaker #representationmatters
Read our #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth features: https://cinemafemme.com/category/mental-health-awareness/
Below are some quotes from those features:
"I want to empower people who are watching to talk about their own mental health stories so we can keep breaking down the stigma around it, because there really shouldn’t be any. Hopefully people can feel seen and represented on screen, like, ‘I’ve also experienced this and I’m not alone. I’m not crazy, and it’s okay to talk about it." @jorjanxiously "Withdrawals"
"I hope that they see a person. I hope if they don’t relate to me at all, they see me as a human and can empathize. Or maybe they see the reflection of somebody they know that deals with mental illness, or maybe they see themselves. But I hope that when they look at it, they either realize there is a lot of people similar to me, or perhaps not similar to me, but dealing with mental illness and the stigma that exists around it. Or perhaps they’ll feel less alone because they see a shadow of themselves. Representation is so important. I hope we all told the story well enough that it can resonate in the heart. And I think we have." @kate.marie.lapean "One Woman Hamlet"
"Lexi compares her manic self to Rita Hayworth’s character, Gilda, where she quoted her, “Every man I knew went to bed with Gilda . . . and woke up with me.” Represented on the screen, you’ll see mostly this “Gilda” character, but not often the other side, because that’s the side that’s not as fun to watch. It’s not a spin out, it’s a shut down. Seeing Lexi onscreen is so important and powerful, because it will start to normalize this mental illness, and show that bipolar is not “crazy”, it’s a treatable illness, and women with bipolar are people. We exist." @rebecca_a_martin “Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am” "Modern Love"
#depression #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #selfcompassion #anxiety #mentalwellbeing #mentalheal
Join us for our final day! #CinemaFemmeShortFilmFest
Day 3!
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