Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles
A Media Site for Queer Female Filmmakers in Los Angeles (2018)
In a couple of days I will share more about the media site I’m creating through my Los Angeles-based nonprofit film organization Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles.
I’m currently working on a VIDEO to launch the site this Fall.
As the title of this organization suggests, this MEDIA SITE will be for Queer Female Filmmakers in Los Angeles.
This means Original Short Video Content, and Written Articles, in the form of Vlogs and Blogs, by Queer Female Filmmakers for Queer Female Filmmakers, focussing on Queer Female Filmmaking in Los Angeles and Queer Female Identity.
The VLOGS will consist of Video Essays, Tutorials, Testimonials and Interviews, and the BLOGS will focus on Film Writing and Film Criticism.
The Blog Component may evolve into a Medium Publication through Medium’s Partnership Program.
I also have several Partnership Opportunities with other Film Nonprofits, and my Organization will need a Board of Directors in the near future.
It is the intent of Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles to create a media site with quality short video programming to connect, create and foster the Queer Female Filmmaking Community in Los Angeles.
Aside from the Media Site, the Film Organization will also periodically host Film Discussions and Networking Mixers in Los Angeles.
The Film Discussions, or Film Mixers, will be filmed and posted on the site.
It’s important to include here that the founders of this organization are Gen-Xers, and that a lot of the original content produced for this media site will include the opinions and reflections of the Generation X.
This does mean that other generations will be included of course but since a lot of focus in media, and online media in particular, is targeted towards the Millennials and later generations by now, I want to be very clear that this media site will definitely include the POVs of content creators of the Generation X.
And naturally this media site will be inclusive of trans- and gender nonconforming people of all races, ethnicities and nationalities.
Lastly, I believe in nothing less than connecting, creating and fostering a Queer Female Film Movement, and will publish the organization’s MANIFESTO of sorts shortly.
Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit arts organization and will be membership-based.
All Intellectual Property Rights Remain With Original Content Creators.
Thank you for reading.
Gabriella Bregman (pronouns: they/them/theirs)
Writer-Filmmaker-Producer
Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles
Below a few examples of what I believe are fantastic Vlogs and Blogs, just to show the talent that is currently out there.
I would want the original Vlog and Blog content to be published on the Media Site by Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles to reach, or be, this level of quality. And I mean quality of the creative content truly, and over production value.
Here’s an example of what I think is an excellent Video Essay, about Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ (2017.) ‘What’s So Great About Lady Bird?’ by ScreenPrism, sponsored by SkillShare.
Another example of an excellent Video Essay, about Barry Jenkins’ ‘Moonlight,’ (2016.) ‘Moonlight Explained: Symbols, Camera & More’ by ScreenPrism.
An example of a great Video Essay, about David Fincher’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ (2011.) ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Breaking Convention’ by Filmmaker Michael Tucker from the YouTube Channel Lessons from the Screenplay, sponsored by SkillShare.
Another example of what I think is a great Video Essay, about the Italian Neorealists. ‘What is Neo-Realism?’ by Video Essayist and Filmmaker Kogonada. You can find more of his work on kogonada.com
Great Video Essay ‘Independent Cinema: Crash Course Film History #12’ by Crash Course.
And another example of a fantastic Video Essay, in two parts, about Terrence Malick and two of his films, ‘Badlands’ (1973) and ‘Days of Heaven (1978.) ‘Terrence Malick: Badlands & Crimes of Passion (Directors Series)’ and ‘Terrence Malick: Days of Heaven & Crimes of Passion (Directors Series)’ by Video Essayist and Filmmaker Cameron Beyl on his Indie Film Hustle YouTube Channel. You can find more of his work on cameronbeyl.com
An example of a fantastic Video Essay and Tutorial. ‘What Makes John Bonham Such a Good Drummer?’ by Music Journalist and Video Editor Noah Lefreve. You can check out more of his work on his YouTube Channel Polyphonic.
And another example of a great Tutorial. ‘How I make a video - START TO FINISH’ by Videographer, Photographer and Vlogger Peter McKinnon. You can find more of his work on petermckinnon.com
And lastly, a few examples of what I think are excellent Blogs, two Film Articles, one on Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’ (2015) and one on Kimberly Peirce’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ (1999.)
Film Article on Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’ (2015.) ‘Love Is the Plot’ by Novelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist and Critic Francine Prose. You can read the Article here.
And the Film Article on Kimberly Peirce’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ (1999.) ‘Hegemonic Masculinity in Boys Don’t Cry (1999)’ by Writer Renee S. Grozelle. You can read the Article here.
And here are just a few Film Articles I wrote:
A Note on the State of Women in Film (2016)
A Few Notes On LGBTQ Filmmaking (2017)
John Cassavetes Film Retrospective (2001) (2018)
And one last great example of a fantastic Video Essay. ‘The Faces of Cassavetes’ by Colin Earner.
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And please check out my other articles at medium.com/@gabriellabregmanon mainly LGBTQ- and Immigration Issues, and the State of Women and LGBTQ People in Film, and at medium.com/queerwomenfilmmakersmagazine , on Lesbian/Queer Film and Intersectional Feminism as well as Queer Female Sexuality and Gender Identity.
Here are a few titles:
A Few Notes on US Immigration Exclusion Policies Towards Women- and LGBT Immigrants (2014)
FILM BIO: Gabriella Bregman (2016)
John Cassavetes Film Retrospective (2001) (2018)
My 2018 Oscar Pick for Best Picture (2018)
A Note on the State of Women in Film (2016)
A Few Notes on LGBTQ Filmmaking (2017)
On ‘Moonlight’ and the Subject of Positive Representation (2017)
The 2016 Valentine’s Day Filmmakers Manifesto (2016)
THE ROOT CAUSE OF MISOGYNY, AND THE NECESSITY OF FREE WILL(Gender Binary System notes, part 1 of 7)
THE MALE AND FEMALE BRAIN, AND THE CAUSE OF TRANSGENDERISM (Gender Binary System notes, part 2 of 7)
THE REASONS I AM NOT TRANSITIONING (Gender Binary System notes, part 3 of 7)
MY PRONOUNS: THEY/THEM/THEIRS (Gender Binary System notes, part 5 of 7)
ON LOOKING ANDROGYNOUS THROUGHOUT MY YOUTH, WHILE ALSO BEING GENDER NONCONFORMING (Gender Binary System notes, part 6 of 7)
THE GENDER-BINARY SYSTEM WAS CREATED FOR POPULATION CONTROL AND SLAVERY, INCLUDING SEX SLAVERY (Gender Binary System notes, part 7 of 7)
Click for Complete List of Articles (2016)
My name is Gabriella Bregman, I am a Hollywood-based writer, filmmaker, producer, currently in post-production of a feature documentary called ‘The Queer Case for Individual Rights,’ through my film production company ‘Bregman Films.’
I am the Founder of the Nonprofit Film Organization Queer Female Filmmakers Los Angeles.
I identify as a Gender Nonconforming Lesbian, “non-op” Trans-Masculine, and Bi-Racial, from the Netherlands, Los Angeles-based.
My pronouns are: they/them/theirs.
