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Hot Docs and Full Frame Announce 2013 Line Ups: The Women

News

Last week, the 2013 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival announced their special presentations line up. The festival runs from April 25-May 5 in Toronto. They are set to announce the rest of the line up including the opening night film on March 19.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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March 11, 2013 2:00 PM
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Athena Co-Chair Diablo Cody Helps Kicks Off The Athena Film Festival Tonight

Festivals

As we here at Women and Hollywood gear up for the Athena Film Festival starting tonight at Barnard College, we are so excited and thankful for the press that has been circulating about the festival. Co-chair of this year’s festival, Diablo Cody, has been speaking about the festival in a bevy of excellent interviews.

By Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas
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February 7, 2013 2:00 PM
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Athena Film Festival Needs Volunteers and Women Filmmakers

Festivals

As we previously reported, The Athena Film Festival (co-founded by our own Melissa Silverstein) is gearing up for its third year.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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December 6, 2012 4:00 PM
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TIFF Preview: The Female Directing Masters Playing at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival

Festivals

The Toronto Film Festival opens tonight. Over the next 10 days there will be a couple of hundred movies to be seen. This is one festival where you can make a decision to see films by women and see plenty of films. There are some extraordinarily high profile female directors opening films at the festival.

By Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas
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September 6, 2012 2:00 PM
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TIFF Preview: Women Directors to Watch

Festivals

The Toronto Film Festival launches tomorrow and there are women directors all over the lineup. We reached out to a couple of directors whose careers are on the way up (we will have some of our masters for you tomorrow) and asked them to answer a couple of questions as the Festival kicks off. I will try and see as many films as possible over the 8 days in Toronto. Please follow me on twitter @melsil and/or follow Women and Hollywood on Facebook for updates throughout the day.

By Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas
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September 5, 2012 2:00 PM
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Locarno Film Festival Lineup: 2 Women Directed Films In Competition

Festivals

On Wednesday, the Locarno Film Festival announced its lineup for in-competition films and the Piazza Grande program. Held from August 1-11, Locarno is one of the world’s oldest film festivals, currently in its 65th year.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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July 13, 2012 12:46 PM
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The Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Blogs

One thing that many people before me have taken note of is that film festivals have become the only way some films get seen in this new world of limited distribution. No where is that point clearer than the Human Rights Watch Film Festival now going on at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC. The circuit of human rights films festivals around the world are a place where you can see challenging films questioning the world that are not coming to a theatre or even a TV screen near you. That's why these festivals are so important and need to be supported.

By Melissa Silverstein
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June 18, 2012 1:30 PM
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Women at the 2012 LA Film Festival

Blogs

The LA Film Festival starts this weekend. There are many women directed films as part of the Festival. Festival Director Stephanie Allain talked about the importance of having a diverse lineup:

By Melissa Silverstein
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June 15, 2012 10:30 AM
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Lady Filmmakers at the LA Fest

Festivals

The LA Film Festival runs from June 14-24. Here are the female directed films.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 8, 2012 9:37 AM
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Belma Bas Wins Top Award at International Frauen Film Festival for Zephyr

Blogs

I just am back from Germany where I attended the International Frauen Film Festival, a truly wonderful environment where you can hang out with women working in the film business that you otherwise would never meet. We also had a couple of great meetings of women who work at women's film festivals (more on that later.)

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 26, 2012 1:28 PM
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