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2004-11-09T14:30:00.000-08:00

Hollywood Directors Nicole Holofcener, "Lovely & Amazing" Catherine Hardwicke, "thirteen" Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translatio" Lisa Cholodenko's "Laurel Canyon" Christine Jeffs' "Sylvia" Audrey Wells' "Under the Tuscan Sun" Mimi Leder "Pay It Forward" Independent TV Dawn Parouse, head of Original TV ( Neal Moritz and Marty Adelstein's) Vivian Cannon and Jessika Borsiczky head of Pariah (Gavin

2004-11-09T14:01:00.000-08:00

Woman Owned Media Conglomerate By Angela Phipps Towle When Geraldine Laybourne stepped down from running Disney/ABC Cable Networks to launch Oxygen Media in 1998, it wasn't the thought of building a brand from scratch that she found daunting. (She essentially had done that as head of Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite.) It was the prospect of collecting the necessary capital to

2004-11-09T13:49:00.000-08:00

A Positive Take on Women in Hollywood by Actress Swoosie Kurtz Chat Excerpt <>Welcome to Premiere's annual Women in Hollywood luncheon, and the launch of AOL's Premiere Online. We're coming to you live from the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, where Hollywood's elite have gathered to honor the accomplishments of women in the film industry. Question: Do actresses in the film

2004-11-09T13:44:00.000-08:00

a history of women's media in the U.S. It has been noted there was a backlash towards women in hollywood in the 1980s (covered extensively in books like Women Who Run the Show by Mollie Gregoy). A sweeping oversimplification perhaps, but, was this caused by he 'battle of the sexes' in the 1970s? And what can we surmise form history and what is happening now, with the drop in numbers of women

2004-11-09T13:39:00.000-08:00

The Power 100 1. Amy Pascal, vice chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment; chairmain, Columbia Pictures 2. Stacey Snider, chairman, Universal Pictures 3. Nancy Tellem, president, CBS Entertainment 4. Sherry Lansing, chairman of the motion pcture group, Paramount Pictures 5. Gail Berman, president of entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Co. 6. Oprah Winfrey, chairman of Harpo Inc., Harpo Prods. Inc.

2004-11-09T13:23:00.001-08:00

Does sexism explain the "underrepresentation" of women in Hollywood?Does sexism explain how Martha Coolidge recently became president of the Directors Guild of America, an organization that represents 12,000 directors? Does sexism explain Vicki Riskin, the first female president of the Writers Guild of America, West, representing 8,500 writers? Does sexism explain the election of Melissa

2004-11-09T13:23:00.000-08:00

From 1915-1939, Frances Marion was the world's highest paid screenwriter and one of the most powerful people in Hollywood. This illuminating documentary puts insightful comments from film historians Kevin Brownlow, Leonard Maltin, and Marion's biographer Cari Beauchamp alongside scenes from her best films for a portrait of this pioneer of American film.

2004-11-09T13:15:00.000-08:00

There are few roles for mature women in Hollywood: Kim Basinger London, Oct 22 (ANI): Kim Basinger believes that it is tragic that Hollywood actresses have a shelf life and that little interest is shown in making films for mature women. "It depresses me that there are so few roles written for grown-up women," said 50-year-old Basinger in an interview with Germany's 'Welt am

2004-11-09T13:06:00.000-08:00

From Judith Shulevitz's article: How To Write a Book on Women in Hollywood Premiere magazine writer Rachel Abramowitz's Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? Women's Experiences of Power in Hollywood is a long, gossipy, blow-by-blow account of seemingly every single career move ever made by the first two generations of women to succeed in Hollywood. It includes studio chiefs Dawn Steel and Sherry

2004-11-09T13:04:00.000-08:00

Big Name Women Directors Some non-American directors: Leni Riefenstahl Lina Wertmuller Agnes Varda Mira Nair Marzieh Meshkini Samira Makhmalbaf Lynne Ramsay Sally Potter Catherine Breillat Niki Caro A couple of American directors: Kathryn Bigelow - Bigelow has done some outstanding work in genre films traditionally dominated by men. Ex. Dark and Point Break. Mary Lambert - She's the only female

2004-11-09T11:53:00.000-08:00

A Reuters news wire, found on The Daily Voice/Pakistan website. Most powerful women in Hollywood LOS ANGELES: The “it” is the Hollywood Reporter’s annual list of the 100 most influential women in show business, unveiled in Tuesday’s edition of the show business trade magazine. The show business trade newspaper began ranking the 50 most powerful women 11 years ago and expanded it to

2004-11-09T11:48:00.000-08:00

Women in Hollywood 2004 from Premiere website: http://www.premiere.com/article.asp?section_id=5&article_id=1813 Go behind the scenes and hear from the honorees at the 11th Annual Women in Hollywood awards ceremony. For the 11th year, PREMIERE is celebrating the achievements of women in Hollywood. This year's honores, the women celebrated at a luncheon in

2004-10-15T23:02:00.000-07:00

She Stops Shopping to Change the World ------------------------------------------ Tuesday, October 19 What if women shut their purses and didn't shop for a day, would the economy suffer? The idea gets tested on October 19 by 85 Broads 85 Broads, a networking group is asking its 4,000-plus members in 450 companies, colleges, and schools not to spend that day, and hope they spread

2004-09-03T16:38:00.000-07:00

From: Missy Chimovitz Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:09:55 -0400 Subject: free tshirt! pass it on!! Hello, friends, It has recently come to my attention that 22 MILLION registered single women did not vote in the last presidential election. That's a lot of ladies!!! So rather than try to crack all 22 million heads together (which was my first thought), I

2004-08-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

www.soundtoys.net TRANSIGENCE.2004 We have secured a series of exhibitions for interactive audio visual art and net art for later in the year. These venues include The Watershed Media Centre in Bristol and Dana Centre London. We are looking for contributions of audio visual interactive works, net art, music and art software, generative music, interactive environments, essays. Work will

2004-08-04T09:07:00.000-07:00

Women still battling the Aristotle syndrome Since the days of Aristotle, women have had to fight the male notion that they are incapable of making rational decisions. Philosophy professor and Knesset member Yuli Tamir notes this historic fact to explain the latest battle in an ancient war that she and MK Eti Livni have launched. Last week, Tamir (Labor) and Livni (

2004-03-25T18:33:00.000-08:00

American Film Market 2004 Innovative Models of Independent Film Distribution Sponsored by Directors Guild of America Donna Mackay provids a valuable summary of an eye-opening panel discussion that addressed future distribution possibilities for independent filmmakers. Moderator: Stephen Gyllenhaal ‹Chair, DGA¹s Independent Directors Committee, west. Credits include: Twin Peaks, Homicide, A

2004-03-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

New Intern at Cinefemme We are please to welcome Robin into the Cinefemme Organizantion. We accept interns on an on-going basis. Contact Katrina for details. Cinefemme Post Production Intern Needed for Two Projects: “wrappings” is an award winning film that has already screened at a number of festivals around the World. The reedit of the film will include original music, sound design and new

2003-09-17T23:44:00.000-07:00

Learning about the INDEPENDENT FILM MARKETS there are some interesting notes to be noted, such as: Film Transit International's ACQUISITION CRITERIA Films Transit International Inc. 252 Gouin Boulevard East Montreal. Quebec. Canada H3L 1A8 Phone (514) 844 3358 Fax (514) 844 7298 OFFICE Email: info@filmstransit.com info@filmstransit.com Jan Rofekamp: janrofekamp@filmstransit.com John

2003-09-13T02:17:00.000-07:00

Ladies I hereby request approximately ten minutes of your time, to write a historical autobiography (of at least one paragraph in length) about your place in the artistic movement that Cinefemme is by no standards separated from, and in fact, should we choose to do so, will spearhead ourselves. Envision the greatness you desire, the meaning your life will have as a filmmaker and artist, the

2003-09-13T01:43:00.000-07:00

Amy Berk teaches at SFAI A new class through the San Francisco Art Institute's Adult Community Education (ACE) program: Celluloid Reflections: Artists on Film How are artists represented by the media of film? And how has this reflection changed over the decades? This six-week course explores Hollywood's relations and relationship with the visual artist. Each week, another film will be

2003-09-06T23:18:00.000-07:00

Art Works as Living Organnism Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) Over 30 years have passed since leader Kim Jong Il put forward the seed theory in the field of literature and arts for the first time in history. Rodong Sinmun today carries an article on this theory. The article says: Kim Jong Il guided the work in the field of literature and arts in the middle of the 1960s. In that period he

2003-09-06T22:59:00.000-07:00

"Where is Cinema Going?" Excerpt from an intro by Michel Demopoulos, Director of the International Thessaloniki Film Festival For the past ten years, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, each time the lights go down, the same agonizing question returns: Where is cinema going? Shortly afterwards, we begin our journey to distant corners of the Earth, and the answers we trace are many and varied,

2003-09-06T14:59:00.000-07:00

Cinefemme Board Meeting September 6th, Cinefemme Board Members convined at the SS Vallejo for a genereal meeting. Cinefemme Fundraiser On September 4th Cinefemme had a successful fundraiser by showing "Bettina in the Fog", "Silk" and "The Art of Living Time" on the SS Vallejo in Sausalito. These productions were sponsored by Cinefemme and have been completed.

2003-08-31T00:04:00.000-07:00

Minority and female television directors continue to be largely excluded from the 40 most popular prime-time comedies and dramas, according to a new report by the Directors Guild of America. The report lays the blame on the four major networks and the major studios - though the networks dispute this and some of the findings. For the third consecutive year, white males directed more than 80

2003-08-30T23:55:00.000-07:00

Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, and Lois Weber Arzner, Lupino and Weber are the only three women who directed Hollywood film on a continuing basis between the 1910s and 1960s. Their films developed themes about social issues important to women's lives, topics infrequently and rarely discussed in other Hollywood films. The directors explored topics such as birth control and abortion, rape and incest,

2003-08-30T23:43:00.000-07:00

EYE FOCUSES ON WRITER AND DIRECTOR OUTREACH by Michael Schneider in VARIETY CBS has expanded its diversity initiative, hoping to cast a wider net through two new writer and director programs. The two are part of the CBS Diversity Institute, which the Eye officially launched this week. The institute will house the new CBS Writers Mentoring Program and CBS Directing Initiative as well as the

2003-08-29T00:49:00.000-07:00

Scheme launched to foster women directors Staff and agencies | The Guardian, Tuesday May 6, 2003 Directors Jane Campion and Gurinder Chadha are putting their name to a British film industry initiative to encourage more women to work as film directors. The plan, which is backed by the industry association Women in Film and Television (WFTV) and the distributor UIP, aims to find placements for

2003-08-29T00:42:00.000-07:00

Women directors: Still out of the Hollywood loop? By Patrick Goldstein LOS ANGELES TIMES Sun, Apr. 20, 2003 HOLLYWOOD - Nancy Meyers is the most sought-after woman director in Hollywood, thanks to her last film, "What Women Want," which was a huge box-office hit. She's now making a comedy at Columbia Pictures, co-starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. But before she got the job, she had to

2003-08-29T00:32:00.000-07:00

Why we have so few women directors from Manila Time by Nestor U. Torre ON Saturday, we asked the question: Why do so few women become directors on the local film scene? We checked with some of them, and got these responses: Despite the fact that quite a number of our movie producers have been women, the industry has traditionally been dominated by male directors (some 60-plus in contrast to

2003-08-27T22:46:00.000-07:00

Telluride IndieFest 2003 - Complete Entry Statistics TOTAL ENTRIES: 1000 (1034 entrants - some multiple artists per entry) Please Note: 214 entries were returned - unopened - arriving *after* the final/received deadline of: July 1. 65 Total Artists Selected 10 Features 19 Short Films 6 Documentaries 30 Screenplays margin for error: yes Total SELECTED Male Artists 699 42 Female Artists 335

2003-08-26T00:56:00.000-07:00

BIZ: Female Film Survival; 50/50 and Cinechica Raise Awareness for Women in Film from indieWIRE by Amy Goodman (indieWIRE/03.30.01) -- There's nothing like another annual Oscar ceremony to corroborate the disturbing facts on stickers that The Guerilla Girls, a group who call themselves "culture's favorite masked avengers," have posted all over New York and Los Angeles in the past few weeks.

2003-08-24T23:35:00.000-07:00

Annual Board Retreat for Cinefemme this year, the first, took place in Sausalito, CA on the SS Vallejo ferryboat.

2003-08-24T23:33:00.000-07:00

Cinefemme attends "Technolust" release party at Mezzanine Aug 22nd. Talk to Lynn Hershmann-Leeson about Sci-Femme.

2003-08-24T21:43:00.000-07:00

2003-08-24T20:55:00.000-07:00

Locked Out of Hollywood, Women Directors Find an Outlet in Indie Films BY BRANDON GRIGGS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PARK CITY -- The 2003 Sundance Film Festival is full of quirky, low-budget movies by and about women. Good luck finding them at your neighborhood multiplex later this year. Three decades after Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment prohibiting discrimination on the basis

2003-08-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

Locked Out of Hollywood, Women Directors Find an Outlet in Indie Films [PHOTO] Daniella Alonso in "Rhythm of the Saints." BY BRANDON GRIGGS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE PARK CITY -- The 2003 Sundance Film Festival is full of quirky, low-budget movies by and about women. Good luck finding them at your neighborhood multiplex later this year. Three decades after Congress passed the Equal Rights

2003-08-18T20:19:00.000-07:00

WIFT Networking Event “Script Development in the UK” “Script Development in the UK” began with a delicious breakfast at “Float” restaurant on Prince’s Wharf, which was followed by talks from Vanessa Alexander and Kathryn Burnett. These two writers shared what they learned during eight weeks of mentorship in Britain. Vanessa Alexander went to Box TV and participated in British TV script

2003-08-18T20:17:00.001-07:00

2003-08-18T20:17:00.000-07:00

WIFT Networking Event “Script Development in the UK” June 7th, 2003 “Script Development in the UK” began with a delicious breakfast at “Float” restaurant on Prince’s Wharf, which was followed by talks from Vanessa Alexander and Kathryn Burnett. These two writers shared what they learned during eight weeks of mentorship in Britain. Vanessa Alexander went to Box TV and participated in British TV

2003-06-20T20:29:00.000-07:00

The short film "Wrapping" by Cinefemme Katrina Hart Drabkin will play at in Toronto at the Planet in Focus film festival September 30th - October 5th.

2003-06-20T20:22:00.000-07:00

Art and Physics A place where Art and Physics intersect. Website of author Leonard Shlain. Preview highlights his book The Alphabet vs. the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word & Image. He proposes that the invention of writing, particularly alphabetic writing, rewired the brains of the people who learned how to communicate using this culture-changing tool.

2003-06-20T20:15:00.000-07:00

ART IMITATES LIFE-SCIENCE The Bio-Art Movement Finds (Cultures & Grows) Its Wings in France NANTES, France- For the next couple of months, the image of a large fluorescent green rabbit is draped over the side of Le Lieu Unique (known to locals in its former nomenclature, LU). Beneath it are the words "L'Art Biotech" (translation: bio-art), heralding a two-month long exhibit and a one-day

2003-06-20T19:59:00.000-07:00

Sci-Femme Scooped Visit Sci-Scoop to see the latest Sci-Femme Call for Entries posted on the web. Sci-Scoop is a science news source and discussion forum for anyone interested in cutting-edge science and technology. Ricky J. Roberson moderates this community where anyone interested in or directly involved with science or science fiction can interact with each other--discussing the latest book

2003-06-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

Sci-Femme Scooped Visit Sci-Scoop

2003-06-20T19:52:00.000-07:00

Sci-Femme Sci-Scoop is a cool new science news source and discussion forum for anyone interested in cutting-edge science and technology. Moderated by Ricky J. Roberson Sci-Scoop is a community where anyone interested in or directly involved with science or science fiction can interact with each other--discussing the latest book or film or television show episode, sharing their musings, their

2003-06-13T16:31:00.000-07:00

Cinefemme Means Business Bay Area Business Woman is going to write an article about Cinefemme for their August issue. The article will focus on Sci-femme and FLIP(Female Leadership Incubator Program).

2003-06-13T16:30:00.000-07:00

RAW reaches the STARS Stars Agency has agreed to sponsor RAW. Nkechi, who plays Stella in "Silk" s going to do some live performance (Stars is her agency) and Stars is helping us promote the event.

2003-06-05T05:00:00.000-07:00

Women and Film in Europe added Cinefemme to their website. This website comes from the femme totale film festival organization of which Anne Schallenberg is the Manager. The only film festival in Germany centered on one topical theme showcasing films in which women were/are chiefly responsible for the direction, scriptwriting, soundtrack and/or camerawork. Subject: Sci-Femme Date: Thu, 5

2003-06-04T16:17:00.000-07:00

A good review of the 2003 "Film de Femmes" in France.

2003-05-14T18:09:00.000-07:00

shalom ms foley, I received information about the 'sci-femme' project - bravo. great idea. I'd like to see the film 'the handmaiden's tale' presented, as it is one of the best visions of a future, not too wildly improbable, to wh/ your project may be an active antithesis. best luck, mihal eliav be'er sheva

2003-05-14T17:35:00.000-07:00

Heide Foley Interviews Bhutanese Filmmaker Cinefemme Board Member Heide Foley visited Bhutan in the early part of 2003 and was impressed with their budding film industry. She met Tshering Gyeltshen, the Creative Director and Co-Producer of Pek Hang Audio Visuals, a Bhutanese film making company located in Thimphu and learned about his company's first feature film production. Click here for the

2003-05-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

Dear Cinefemme: Thank you for your email. I am pleased that you are doing good work for women. Will keep you on file. Dr Szuson Wong www.worldofwomin.com

2003-05-09T20:47:00.000-07:00

Scout films for Sci-femme Sci-Femme, a curated film show, seeks films by and about women which ENVISION THE FUTURE. Please let us know of any organizations, schools, etc. you can you recommend we should contact in your part of the world. Sci-Femme supports the production and screening of experimental films by woman. The film show is an important project to represent the ideas women have

2003-05-08T17:45:00.000-07:00

2003-05-08T16:35:00.000-07:00

Sirpa Nelson at Film Arts Foundation Cinefemme co-founder Sirpa Nelson is a TA for Brook Hinton's class on the art of digital cinema at FAF. Thursdays, May 22?Aug. 7 (one day off t.b.a), 7?10 pm and Saturdays & Sundays, May 31 & June 1, June 28 & 29, and Sat., Aug 9, 10 am?5 pm A course for those ready to embark on a short digital production. This project-driven course guides you through the

2003-04-27T06:08:00.000-07:00

Mongolian Women Activists and Filmmakers Interested in Cinefemme Mrs. Erdenechimeg J, the President of Mongolian Women's Federation- the biggest and oldest women's NGO- heard about Cinefemme through Board Member Heide Foley who shot a documentary in Mongolia in 2002. The Mongolian Women's Federation sponsored the latest two films by Mrs. Battsetseg Natsagdorj, Director of Mongoljin Film Studio

2003-04-27T05:40:00.000-07:00

Internships and Sponsored Projects at Cinefemme Inside information about Cinefemme! We are "self-dealing" as a model of organizing oneself to produce films and simultaneously train other people in the same skills. Many women gain training and experience working on Cinefemme sponsored productions. For example on "Silk", Mera Granberg gained experience producing her first narrative short film,

2003-04-27T05:28:00.000-07:00

Jenny Zhang, Cinefemme Intern, Gets Job at New Langton Art Gallery New Langton Arts cultivates experimental and innovative contemporary artworks. They provide broad access to the art of our times. Their mission is achieved by commissioning and presenting new work by local, national, and international visual artists (over 6000 shows since 1975). New Langton arts showcases live art, lectures,

2003-04-27T05:19:00.000-07:00

Cinefemme Member Teri Lang in Sonoma Film Festival "Bless Your Pets" a short short film produce with Jim Garry -- of San Diego fame -- is screening at the Sonoma Film Festival, California. "Bless Your Pets" Are there pets in heaven? San Francisco pet owners explore the unconditional love of Dogs and God by attending a pet blessing ceremony at Golden Gate Lutheran Church, located right across

2003-04-27T04:51:00.000-07:00

"Wayfarer" Competes for the Golden Globe Award Cinefemme is pleased to announce it's production "Wayfarer" a film poem by Katrina Hart Drabkin, has been accepted into the San Francisco International Film Festival. "Wayfayer" will PREMIERE in April, 2003! Please visit: www.cinefemme.org

2003-04-27T04:38:00.000-07:00

Help Scout Films for Sci-Femme 'Sci-Femme' is calling for entries. Help us put the word out. Sci-femme seeks films by women which ENVISION THE FUTURE. Sci-Femme's goal is to represent the ideas women have in shaping and ALTERING OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURES. As the sponsor of this event, Cinefemme wants to outreach organizations, schools, etc. worldwide. You can recommend contacts in your locale

2003-04-27T04:32:00.000-07:00

Benefit for Cinefemme Productions: RAW - Works in Progress The benefit is being organized in SF and will screen rough cuts of Cinefemme's three sponsored productions. Silk is a modern melodrama that explodes our culture's emphasis on appearances, finding beauty in the simultaneous presence of creative and destructive forces. "The Art of Living Time" is an experimental documentary film focusing

2003-01-31T18:34:00.000-08:00

Newsletter January/February 2003Cinefemme ProductionsHappy New Year! 2003 is already a busy year for us. We are in the pre-production for three short films, The Art of Living Time, Bettina in the Fog, and Silk. These films stretch beyond traditional narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking into cinematic art. Each film

2003-01-26T14:34:00.000-08:00

Screening The glorious film that Cinefemme intern Jenny Zhang worked on at Stanford is screening at ATA in San Francisco Saturday at 8pm and costs $5.. The film, "The Radius My Passions Fill" is a computer graphics animation that takes your through the belly of a windmill. The show it is part of features productions made by women of color, about the theme desire. Artists'Television Access

2003-01-04T13:40:00.000-08:00

The Making of a Movement? Below is an article from one year ago. It provides a bit of perspective to look at today. by Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols from The Nation January 7, 2002 No one should be surprised by the polls showing that close to 90 percent of Americans are satisfied with the performance of their selected President, or that close to 80 percent of the citizenry applaud his

2002-12-16T22:53:00.000-08:00

Cinefemmes Sirpa Nelson, Katrina Drabkin and Heide Foley attended the 18th Annual International Documentary Association Award Gala Benefit and meet Michael Moore, Agnes Varda, Ken Burns and many many wonderful filmmaker contacts. Check out pictures!

2002-11-20T17:38:00.000-08:00

Ecofemme on the Radio KPFA 94.1 FM broadcasts an interview discussing the Ecofemme Curated Film Show with Cinefemme co-founders Katrina Drabkin and Sipra Nelson. Tune in to the "Living Room" show by Chris Welch between 12-1 pm November 20th, 2002.

2002-11-14T09:33:00.000-08:00

SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FUND ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS The Sundance Documentary Fund, a program of the Sundance Institute dedicated to supporting international documentary films and videos that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties, announced the 23 projects that will receive funding grants for 2002. A

2002-11-12T18:35:00.000-08:00

NEWS UPDATE Cinefemme gest mentioned in the SF Weekly, in Film/Tape Magazine and in Bay Area Business Woman! The Film Arts Foundation is going to distribute info about the Ecofemme film show n the upcoming issue of Flash. We have gotten the word out through a number of mailing lists including: Cinema Chicks, BACVA, Ecoliteracy, ILM message board, Anon Salon, SQUID, etc. We have sent press

2002-11-07T15:26:00.000-08:00

About Dialogue With the idea in mind to get people thinking about how to make the world a better place by understanding it from different points of view, the following 'observations' are posted. The author is a rational, competent, open-minded, yet perhaps somewhat provokative man. The views expressed are not necessarily the views of Cinefemme. Observations on the man-woman thing. 1. I

2002-11-06T18:59:00.000-08:00

Volunteers Needed Volunteers Needed for Ecofemme: Curated Film show of 13 short films by female filmmakers fusing feminism and ecology November 22nd and 23rd At Brava! Center for Women and the Arts in San Francisco We are seeking: ushers, catering assistants, bartenders, set-up technical assistants and A projectionist. This is an opportunity to become involved with Cinefemme, a newly

2002-10-31T18:44:00.000-08:00

Vertical Video: Call for Video Works Deadline: Postmark December 20, 2002 Contact: Annmarie Lanesey, lanesa@rpi.edu Video artists - Vertical Video is seeking video art submissions for upcoming shows in the video gallery located in the stairwells of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute?s Folsom Library, Troy, NY. Show themes are selected based on the work submitted. Artists are invited to

2002-10-25T21:58:00.000-07:00

Ecological Event at City Hall, San Francisco this weekend Cinefemme Co-founders Katrina Drabkin and Sirpa Nelson are setting up a booth from 10-3 PM to promote Cinefemme and Ecofemme. Katrina Drabkin will be wearing "Wrappings" to the Recycled Fashion Show portion of the event. The show is from 1:30 to 3:00PM. City Hall is located at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, in San Francisco.

2002-10-24T16:32:00.000-07:00

San Francisco Rally If anyone is interested in attending the big anti-war rally, it's this Sat, Oct. 26th, in coordination with the march in Washington, D.C., with an attendance estimate of tens of thousands of people. Our march starts at Justin Herman Plaza at 11:00 and ends up at the rally at the Civic Center around 1:00. John and I will be at the Civic Center with our video camera

2002-10-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

Ecofemme is curating an art hanging for the space at Brava! which will show Friday and Satruday November 22nd and 23rd during the film festival public screening and program panel. If you are a female artist who fits with our Ecofemme mission statement please contact Cinefemme .

2002-10-08T21:40:00.000-07:00

CINEMA CHICKS We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month for an evening of show and tell, guest speakers, tips and tricks and whatever else we can fit into two hours. Our next meeting is: Date - October 9th Place - dvGarage at 785 Market Street, 2nd floor, in San Francisco near 4th Street. The space is easy to get to by public transportation, with the Powell Street BART station right outside

2002-10-08T21:27:00.000-07:00

LUNAFEST 2002 Where? Delancy Street Theater, 600 Embarcadero When? Thursday, October 10 at 7 p.m. Join your friends at LUNA for an evening of films, "By, For and About Women." The engaging and thought-provoking night will support emerging filmmakers who, through their creativity and passion, have developed a range of award-winning, independent tales including documentaries, animation, dance

2002-10-07T14:50:00.000-07:00

NATRUE BY DESIGN Trade Show Includes: * Live Music * Recycled Fashion Show * HOW TO Seminars on Simple Ways to reduce Energy Use and Help the Environment * Over 50 booths of environmental companies, organizations and others Sunday October 27th 10:00am - 3:00pm City Hall - Van Ness & McAllister For More info Call 415-554-7755

2002-10-05T22:14:00.000-07:00

FIRST SPONSOR! cinefemme is proud to announce that American Oceanics has contributed financially to support our goal of changing the world via cinematic art.

2002-10-05T21:28:00.000-07:00

Your opinion is very important to Plaza Research San Francisco! They are currently seeking participants for the following study. As always, if you know of someone who might be interested, feel free to have them call our office at 415-984-0400 for more information or sign up with us at http://www.iopinion.com. ~BEVERAGES~ MONDAY, October 7th @ 12pm Requirements: We are looking for 21-24 year old

2002-10-04T22:24:00.000-07:00

UNDERWATER PHOTOS Karima cherif needs models. She writes: "Do you have any friends who are breast cancer survivors? I only have four models for my calander and need a total of 13." email here Karima@karimacherif.com Also, Karima and Erik Christiansen are having an Open Studios together in the city the 12th or 13th of October. Visit them at 2122 Bryant St. in SF to see her cool underwater

2002-10-04T22:23:00.000-07:00

from Dean Merrmell Subject: Anezka Needs Help Hiya... My friend Anezka in NY (teaches film at parsons) needs some information. Would one of you girls have an idea of where I can point her around here? She uses big words like "heteronormative". thanks, d She writes: Since you seem to be pretty knowledgeable about the San Fran community, can you put me in touch with any (specifically) lesbian

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ECOFEMINIST CINE-LOVE A Treastie by Sirpa Nelson, 2001 Susan Sontag's article "The Decay of Cinema" describes why movie-making has become so decadent. Great films, she argues, violate norms and practices. Whereas a great film is a "one-of-a-kind-achievement", commercial cinema is derivative and decadent. But she argues that it's not only cinema that has come to an end, but cinephilia. Love for

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An atheist was spending a quiet day fishing when suddenly his boat was attacked by the Loch Ness monster. In one easy flip, the beast tossed him and his boat high into the air. Then it opened its mouth to swallow both. As the man sailed head over heels, he cried out, "Oh, my God! Help me!" At once, the ferocious attack scene froze in place, and as the atheist hung in mid-air, a booming voice