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Women’s Film Festivals & #WomenInFilm Databases: A Handbook
Women’s Film Festivals & #WomenInFilm Databases: A Handbook
The ebook Is Out NOW!
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Nov 22, 2020
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Agnès Varda & Cate Blanchett Speak at Cannes, Among 82 Amazing Women
Agnès Varda & Cate Blanchett Speak at Cannes, Among 82 Amazing Women
Look at them! The five women on the Palme d’Or jury lead the way: Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, Khadja Nin, Ava DuVernay and Cate…
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May 13, 2018
Wanuri Kahiu’s RAFIKI: Accepted for #Cannes2018 & Banned At Home
Wanuri Kahiu’s RAFIKI: Accepted for #Cannes2018 & Banned At Home
The Kenyan Classification Board has banned RAFIKI (‘Friend’ in Swahili), the first Kenyan feature to be accepted for Cannes. It is a love…
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Apr 29, 2018
Yes, We CANNES Do It! (2011)
Yes, We CANNES Do It! (2011)
(2017: I became interested in what was happening in Europe because it helped me understand what happens at home in Aotearoa New Zealand…
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Nov 10, 2017
You CANNES Not Be Serious! (2010)
You CANNES Not Be Serious! (2010)
(2017: More link loss from this post. I did love that You Cannes Not Be Serious campaign and its approach to there being no women directors…
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Nov 10, 2017
‘Women… Must Put on Their Coats of Armour’ Cannes (2009)
‘Women… Must Put on Their Coats of Armour’ Cannes (2009)
(2017: 2009 was the year that Jane Campion’s Bright Star premiered at Cannes, as did Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank. And Jane Campion took the…
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Nov 10, 2017
Films Directed by NZ Women at the #NZIFF
Films Directed by NZ Women at the #NZIFF
Here’s New Zealand women directors’ work at the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF): short films; documentaries; and long-form…
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Jul 4, 2017
Kate Kaminski & Bluestocking
Kate Kaminski & Bluestocking
Women’s film activism now has real depth. And the networking that goes on gives it real strength. Women’s film festivals are a vital part…
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Jun 17, 2017
#Cannes2017 Excludes #WomeninFilm Who Bring Their Children
#Cannes2017 Excludes #WomeninFilm Who Bring Their Children
Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s track record is pretty impressive.
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May 28, 2017
A ‘Wonder Woman’ Film School? Aprons Into Capes?
A ‘Wonder Woman’ Film School? Aprons Into Capes?
Jane Campion often speaks out at Cannes, where she’s still the only woman to have won a Palme d’Or. Twice: once for her short, Peel, and…
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May 24, 2017
#cannes17: Still Too Few Women Directors!
#cannes17: Still Too Few Women Directors!
Cannes doesn’t change! Just three films by women out of the 18 films in competition when Cannes opens on 17 May. (The record, in 2011, is…
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Apr 13, 2017
Megan Thompson: Looking For Women’s Experiences When We Enter Film Fests!
Megan Thompson: Looking For Women’s Experiences When We Enter Film Fests!
Megan Thompson is in her final year studying Creative Events Management at Falmouth University in England and became interested in feminist…
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Nov 2, 2016
‘Aren’t We There Yet?’
‘Aren’t We There Yet?’
by Kate Kaminski
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Oct 29, 2016
Women Win At Cannes: But Will We All Be Able to See Their Films?
Women Win At Cannes: But Will We All Be Able to See Their Films?
What an exciting Cannes it’s been! Lots of debate about films directed by women and about how we can get more of them. And although there…
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May 21, 2016
Is Cannes Any Better?
Is Cannes Any Better?
Women’s Film Activism at Cannes 2010 - 2016
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May 11, 2016
Shashat: Palestinian Women Make Images
Shashat: Palestinian Women Make Images
by Patricia Caillé
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Dec 27, 2015
Toronto & Women Directors
Toronto & Women Directors
I’m an optimist and I’m easily enthused. Show me good news about women who make movies and I’m there. So when I saw that women directed six…
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Aug 30, 2012
Niam Itani — Before & After the Venice Film Festival
Niam Itani — Before & After the Venice Film Festival
Niam Itani (also Etany) is the only woman director among the ten finalists in YouTube’s short film competition, achievement, asked her for…
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Aug 18, 2012
Jill Livestre & Out Takes (podcast)
Jill Livestre & Out Takes (podcast)
Each year I receive great emails from artist and festival worker Jill Livestre, about the films I might enjoy at New Zealand’s Out Takes: A…
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May 29, 2012
Cannes 2012, Destri Martino & Strategies
Cannes 2012, Destri Martino & Strategies
It’s the first day of the Cannes Film Festival 2012 and I’m thrilled that New Zealand film reviewer Sarah Watt is there and blogging. So…
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May 16, 2012
Why Do Women Filmmakers Create Film Festivals? (podcast)
Why Do Women Filmmakers Create Film Festivals? (podcast)
In this podcast Kate Kaminski from Bluestocking Series in Maine, the only women’s festival in the world where the primary criterion is that…
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Mar 11, 2012
Going Global via MAMI
Going Global via MAMI
At the recent Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), women wrote and directed six of the fourteen films competing for its major competition for…
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Oct 27, 2011
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