women in film

Dinner With Dames #13, With VJ Boyd (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #13, Cinefemme gathered a group of women filmmakers to dine with the night’s mentor, VJ Boyd, writer on CBS’s S.W.A.T.

The Wonder Women of 2017
The Wonder Women Of 2017

We look back at the wonder women of 2017, the women directors and writers who pushed through barriers in the industry, advancing gender equality and making history.

Rising Up: Female Actors Taking Positions Of Power
Rising Up: Female Actors Taking Positions Of Power

In the middle of the sexual abuse scandal in Hollywood, we highlight the actors who were amidst it all and others who are rising to more power.

Dinner With Dames #12, With Osnat Shurer (Recap)
Dinner With Dames #12, With Osnat Shurer (Recap)

Dinner with Dames Case File Who: Osnat Shurer, producer of Moana, & Cinefemme board, fiscal…

The Female Body In Film: Rethinking What's Normal
The Female Body In Film: Rethinking What’s Normal

The female body has often been sexualized in mainstream film. It’s time we become aware of how it affects the way we think about women.

Dinner With Dames #11, With Rachel Shane (Recap)
Dinner With Dames #11, With Rachel Shane (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #11, Cinefemme gathered women filmmakers to dine with Rachel Shane, Chief Creative Officer at OddLot Entertainment.

Dinner With Dames #10, With Byron Willinger (Recap)
Dinner With Dames #10, With Byron Willinger (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #10, Cinefemme gathered a group of women filmmakers to dine with Byron Willinger, writer of The Commuter.

Interview With MULAN (2018) Writers Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek
Interview With MULAN (2018) Writers Elizabeth Martin & Lauren Hynek

Film Inquiry spoke with Mulan writers Lauren Hynek & Elizabeth Martin about their adaptation, their WGAW committee work & the writer’s life.

ZERO MOTIVATION: Women At War, Computer Games & Staple Guns
ZERO MOTIVATION: Women At War, Computer Games & Staple Guns

Talya Lavie’s Zero Motivation is simultaneously funny, serious, sentimental, sarcastic, slapstick, and totally unique.

PARIAH: Identity & Awareness As A Family Matter
PARIAH: Identity & Awareness As A Family Matter

Pariah is essential in the African American LGBTQ artistic and cinematic canon, as well as an achievement in cinematic storytelling.

Dinner With Dames: Dinner #9, With Lawrence Kopeikin (Recap)
Dinner With Dames: Dinner #9, With Lawrence Kopeikin (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #9, Cinefemme gathered a group of women filmmakers to dine with Lawrence Kopeikin, entertainment attorney at Morris Yorn.

Interview With Edda Manriquez, Director Of The Les Femmes Undergound International Film Festival
Interview With Edda Manriquez, Director Of The Les Femmes Undergound International Film Festival

We were able to talk with Edda Manriquez, the organizer of the female-empowering Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival.

Dinner With Dames: Dinner #8, With Paul Feig (Recap)
Dinner With Dames: Dinner #8, With Paul Feig (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #8 Cinefemme gathered a group of female filmmakers to dine with Paul Feig, writer/director of Ghostbusters and Spy.

LOSING SIGHT OF SHORE: An Inspiring Journey

Losing Sight of Shore is an inspiring and empowering documentary about four women who crossed the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat.

#WomenDirectorWeek: The Challenge Of Watching Only Female-Directed Films For One Week
#WomenDirectorWeek: The Challenge Of Watching Only Female-Directed Films For One Week

Join us in our challenge to watch only female-directed films for an entire week, and find out how hard that actually is.