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Women's Film Fests
• US/North America
WIDC proudly sponsors the 2nd Annual Girl Fest Hawaii
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
[email: darshan@cats.UCSC.EDU ]
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
• Central/South America
La Mujer y el Cine Buenos Aires, Argentina [email: pastoracampos@uol.com.ar]
• 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
• 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
Immaginaria - Lesbian Film Festival Bologna, Italy
Festival Internazionale Cinema delle Donne Turin, Italy
Lubljana - City of Women Lubljana, Slovenia
Drac Magic Barcelona, Spain
London Lesbian Film Festival Ontario
• Australia/New Zealand
Women on Women Sydney, Australia
World of Women's Cinema New South Wales, Australia
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
DYKE TV
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
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.
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
Media Alliance Home Page
NAMAC National Alliance for Media Arts Organizations and Culture
XFactor a coalition for the advocacy of experimental media
Olympia Film Society
Downtown Community TV Center (DCTV)
Consejo Latinoamericano de Cine y Video de Pueblos IndÃgenas
24 Quadros por segundo
National Asian American Telecommunications Association
South African Independent Film Site
International Cinema Review
REEL Independent a film periodical
Independent Feature Project a national organization with local chapters
Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF)
WITASWAN
WITASWAN is an informal alliance of women who have pledged themselves to helping women filmmakers break through the Celluloid Ceiling that restricts opportunities for women in Hollywood & beyond.
Grants and Fellowships
World Wide Arts Resources
Grants for individuals in film
Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media
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
Concentric Media
Arab Film Distribution Page
Berkeleys resource list of producers and distributors The most comprehensive list on the web.
Electronic Arts Intermix
Video Data Bank
Frameline
The Kitchen
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compulsory
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Contribute
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the
way
the student must
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that
school supplies
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to school.
A
backpack
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a
great
invention.
The Latin American Video Archive
The Video Project media for a safe and sustainable world
California Newsreel
Third World Newsreel an outstanding resource for contemporary and historic video
Canyon Cinema
Art House
Bullfrog Films
Mypheduh Films
Diphusa video and electronic art distribution
Film Festival Listings (General)
Sites with lists of festival links:
Beirut Film Festival
Film Scouts Festival Database
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
Festivales y Convocatorias
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
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..
Tokyo Video Festival Moving Pictures, list of Film Festivals
Festival de Video de Vitoria
International Video Art Festival of Palermo
DEAF
VideoFormes
Thaw
Viper film, video and multimeda festival
Dallas Video Festival
Video Festival of Locarno
Festival de Films du Monde, Montreal
African Studies Videos
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