Inspired by similar feminist film weeks in London and Berlin, the co-founders of Woman With a Movie Camera are bringing New York Feminist Film Week to the city’s Anthology Film Archives. Designed to illuminate cultural and cinematic approaches to feminism — intersectional, transnational and everything in between — the first annual Nyffw features a hearty slate of films directed by filmmakers both known and rising, but you don’t have to be in attendance to catch up on some of the most seminal screenings on their calendar.
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The inaugural Nyffw has divided its slate into a series of thoughtfully curated programs which tackle topics as wide-ranging as “Dismantling Islamophobia,” “Trans/Action” and “Bodies,” along with a special tribute to Barbara Hammer and an entire program dedicated to “feminist film genealogies.” Animation fans and those who...
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The inaugural Nyffw has divided its slate into a series of thoughtfully curated programs which tackle topics as wide-ranging as “Dismantling Islamophobia,” “Trans/Action” and “Bodies,” along with a special tribute to Barbara Hammer and an entire program dedicated to “feminist film genealogies.” Animation fans and those who...
- 3/6/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Rocks in My Pockets is a rare commodity, a stellar example of something we rarely get to see: animation for adults. The film is a memoir, a family chronicle and a national history. Director Signe Baumane grew up in Soviet Latvia, one of an enormous brood of cousins whose grandparents lived through the tumultuous 1930s and 1940s, bracing for Communist and Fascist invasions and struggling to get by. More specifically, Rocks in My Pockets is a family history of depression. Beginning with her much-harried grandmother, Baumane traces emotional hardship and the manifestations of mental illness down through her own generation. More contemplative than sad, this shape-shifting odyssey of strength and weakness is an artistic achievement the like of which doesn’t come around very often. But don’t take my word for it. I can offer you some proof of Baumane’s unique approach to visual storytelling in the form of a cartoon. Birth...
- 9/13/2014
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Just like the Cyclone Roller Coaster, the Coney Island Film Festival has whipped right on by for its 10th annual edition in a whirlwind of thrills, spills and chills. The fest ran back on Sept. 24-26 and since then they’ve announced their 10 award winners, which are listed below.
Special congrats go out to good Bad Lit friend Gary Beeber, who took home the Best Documentary Feature award for his latest bump-and-grind extravaganza, Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, about the vivacious entertainer and her pals. Beeber has previously won for his short docs at Ciff, such as in 2006 for Messenger, then again in 2007 for Bally-Master.
Other big winners were the Christian scare film Satan Hates You by James Felix McKenney that took home Best Feature; Alex Horwitz’s Alice Jacobs Is Dead took home Best Horror Film and documentary filmmaker Jl Aronson took home the Best “Made in Coney...
Special congrats go out to good Bad Lit friend Gary Beeber, who took home the Best Documentary Feature award for his latest bump-and-grind extravaganza, Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, about the vivacious entertainer and her pals. Beeber has previously won for his short docs at Ciff, such as in 2006 for Messenger, then again in 2007 for Bally-Master.
Other big winners were the Christian scare film Satan Hates You by James Felix McKenney that took home Best Feature; Alex Horwitz’s Alice Jacobs Is Dead took home Best Horror Film and documentary filmmaker Jl Aronson took home the Best “Made in Coney...
- 10/1/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Has it been a decade of films and freaks already? Well, it has! The 10th annual Coney Island Film Festival is set to run once again on Sept. 24-26 at the world famous Sideshows by the Seashore — the last operating circus-style sideshow/freak show in the U.S.A.
The festival starts with real bang this year with the Brooklyn premiere of Gary Beeber‘s latest documentary Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, which chronicles the rise of the hot new burlesque trend in NYC and its most popular star, Dirty Martini. The film will also be preceded by two short films: The recently uncovered Museum of Wax by playwright Charles Ludlam and Jaye Cherian’s documentary Shape of the Shapeless.
This year the festival is also celebrating by hosting director Darren Aronofsky as their 2010 honoree. On Sept. 26, Aronofsky — who was born in South Brooklyn — will be present at a...
The festival starts with real bang this year with the Brooklyn premiere of Gary Beeber‘s latest documentary Dirty Martini and the New Burlesque, which chronicles the rise of the hot new burlesque trend in NYC and its most popular star, Dirty Martini. The film will also be preceded by two short films: The recently uncovered Museum of Wax by playwright Charles Ludlam and Jaye Cherian’s documentary Shape of the Shapeless.
This year the festival is also celebrating by hosting director Darren Aronofsky as their 2010 honoree. On Sept. 26, Aronofsky — who was born in South Brooklyn — will be present at a...
- 9/21/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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