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| Women's Film Fests |
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• US/North America WIDC proudly sponsors the 2nd Annual Girl Fest Hawaii Women in Cinema Film Festival Seattle, Washington Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema Boston, Massachusetts Crystal Awards for Women in Film Los Angeles, California Women's Image Network Los Angeles, California Women of Color
Film and Video Festival, Santa Cruz, California Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival Colorado Springs, Colorado MadCat Women's International Film Festival San Francisco, CA Moondance Boulder, Colorado "promotes and encourages women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers and women who make independent films" Tranny Fest San Francisco, California "transgender and transgenre cinema" St. John's International Women's Film and Video Festival St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Reel Women International Film Festival Maid in Cyberspace - Studio XX Montreal, Canada Herland Festival Alberta, Canada The Female Eye Film Festival Toronto, Canada |
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La Mujer y el Cine Buenos Aires, Argentina [email: pastoracampos@uol.com.ar]
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• Asia Women Make Waves Taipei, Taiwan Aichi International Women's Film Festival Aichi, Japan [email: joseictr@pref.aichi.jp Korea Women's Film Festival Seoul, Korea
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• Europe Femme Totale Dortlund, Germany FEMINALE Cologne, Germany Films de Femmes Creteil, France Festival International du CinÈma au FÈminin Bordeaux, France Montreuil International Lesbian Film Festival Montreuil, France "Public screenings of films made by women directors - either lesbian, feminist films - or questionning the social and political role of women in society." Claire Obscur Assen, Netherlands Nederlands Transgender Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands Nordic Glory Festival Jyvaskyla, Finland, showcase of film and video by women from Nordic countries NouvElles Bern, Switzerland Women's Animation Film Festival Vienna, Austria The Flying Broom Ankara, Turkey International Women's Film Festival Minsk, Belarus [email: tatyanafilm@mail.ru] Lesbian
Film Festival Berlin, Germany Festival
Internazionale Cinema delle Donne Turin, Italy London Lesbian Film Festival Ontario
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Australia/New Zealand World of Women's Cinema New South Wales, Australia
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| Women in Cinema Resources and Analysis |
| Women
Make Movies The premier distributor of
women's media
Sisters in Cinema a resource guide for and about African American women filmmakers 50/50 includes current statistics and historical information on women directors, and director interviews The Girls Room some thoughts on low-budget filmmaking Independent Women Filmmakers a casual network of women working in all aspects of indie film Womens Festival.com "The Web's Most Complete Festival Listing For Women" Women in Cinema, a reference guide thorough women in film bibliography. She Dances with Wolves Some notes on the delicate balance between the 'terrorist act of directing a camera toward a woman' and the unwillingness of the feminine community to collaborate in patriarchy's plot of rendering women invisible. woman/Cinema~Women/cinema Women working in Cinema (part of the International Cinema Review) Angles an excellent publication for women working in film and video Engender Women in film Women and Film in Europe Lots of links Camera Obscura back issues available of this journal of feminism, culture and media studies Films and Videos about Women in Southeast Asia SAWNET Movie Page Lists and reviews of South Asian women's films and filmmakers Article on Asian women directors Sisters a program of films by Russian women Polish Women Directors a program of 11 films by Polish women CHICK FLICKS the homepage of B. Ruby Rich, author of Chick Flicks Gwendolyn Audrey Foster's homepage an index of women filmmakers plus links to her many excellent books on women filmmakers from around the world N.Paradoxa the only international feminist art journal exploring feminist theory and contemporary women's art practices MediaWatch a Canadian feminist organization working to eliminate sexism in the media Reel Women a Texas-based support network for women in the film industry CineWomen LA or NY based networking organizations Great Women of Film book and photo exhibition
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| WIDC Members |
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Voices of Cabrini Ronit Bezalel's documentary on the demolition of public housing. Beyond Media a media voice for women and girls' grassroots activism (also the home of the Women's International Information Project) Howard Brown Health Center promotes the well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons through the provision of health care and wellness programs, including clinical, educational, social service and research activities. Jill Evans Petzall award-winning videos on a range of social issues. Kim McCarten an online 'zine that covers some media issues, focusing on feminism and the representation of women in the media, as well as media analysis and activism. Video Machete a Chicago organization that trains youth and communities to use media for progressive social change. Chicago Women's Health Center 25-year-old women's health center, offering a full range of medical, counselling, education and advocacy services. Yvonne Welbon Sisters in Cinema.com, a resource guide for and about African American women filmmakers. |
| General Film/ Video Resources |
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Chicago Film Office a great resource for Midwest productions Flicker a bi-monthly film fest with various sites around the US 911 media arts center (Washington) Image Union Chicago PBS program showing short film/videos from around the country Bay Area Video Coalition The nation's largest video/new media center with access to technology, training, and support to artists and nonprofits NAMAC National Alliance for Media Arts Organizations and Culture XFactor a coalition for the advocacy of experimental media Downtown Community TV Center (DCTV) Consejo Latinoamericano de Cine y Video de Pueblos IndÃgenas National Asian American Telecommunications Association South African Independent Film Site REEL Independent a film periodical Independent Feature Project a national organization with local chapters Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF) WITASWAN
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Grants for individuals in film Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media
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| Distribution |
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Ishtar Films a small independent distributor of films made by women Joanie4Jackie an alternative distribution system for women moviemakers - every woman who sends her short film or video to Joanie 4 Jackie receives a chainletter tape in the mail Berkeleys resource list of producers and distributors The most comprehensive list on the web. The Latin American Video Archive The Video Project media for a safe and sustainable world Third World Newsreel an outstanding resource for contemporary and historic video Diphusa video and electronic art distribution
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| Film Festival Listings (General) |
| Sites with lists of
festival links:
Kilima No Entry Fee Film Festivals/International Film Festivals New York Film and Video Festivals H-Films list of festival links Festivales de Cine en Espa³a lista completa Festivales de Cine (international) Festivales de Cine en Argentina Ciudad Futura Festivales de Cine Film Land film and video festival calendar MediaArts list of festival links IMD's Festival and Event Links (lots) Filmmaker.com tons of links CinemaSpace (Berkeley) list of Film Fests
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| Women Film and Videomakers |
| Chickenopolis
the site for animator Sara Varon
Shu Lea Cheang Web Projects the Brandon Teena site Exoticize
My Fist and Slantgirl, very cool site by Mimi Nguyen, postcolonialism,
politics of traveling, racism in the punk scene, etc.. |
| Festival Web Sites |
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Tokyo Video Festival Moving Pictures, list of Film Festivals International Video Art Festival of Palermo Viper film, video and multimeda festival Festival de Films du Monde, Montreal Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Film Festival VideoBrasil Simply, The Greatest Video Festival in the World Africa Nel Cinema African Film Festival Panafrican Film and Video Festival of Ougadougou Largest in Africa, known also as FESPACO |
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