news & updates on the project, website and screenings.
WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA is proud to present the first NEW YORK FEMINIST FILM WEEK, taking place at Anthology Film Archives from March 7th-12th. Curated by Sofia Varino and Joy Schaefer, the program includes a homage to experimental cinema pioneer Barbara Hammer, a special International Women’s Day double-bill and a Feminist Film Genealogies screening and […]Read Post ›
WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA: FEMALE FILM DIRECTORS BEFORE 1950 Click here for the complete schedule! Jane Gaines & Kate Saccade of the Women Film Pioneers Project will introduce the Gene Gauntier program on Thursday, Sept. 15 (7:15pm). Jane Gaines & Kate Saccade will also introduce the Lois Weber screening on Friday, Sept 16 (9:15pm), and Nicolas Rapold, Editor-in-Chief of Film Comment magazine, will introduce the Thursday, Sept 22 […]Read Post ›
WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA curator Sofia Varino talked to the BBC’s Tom Brook about early women filmmakers and gender inequality in the film industry today – don’t miss this special episode of Talking Movies on Women in Film! Check out the preview here and check BBC World News for your local viewing times. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36915748
Global Feminist Film: Diversity on Screen March 17th, 2016 Led by Sofia Varino (SUNY Stony Brook) and Joy Schaefer (SUNY Stony Brook). Featuring filmmakers Patricia Silva (Fragments of Self and Others) and Mila Zuo (Carnal Orient). Convention Center 11 The Global Feminist Film workshop builds on the project WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (from5to7.com), a platform for […]Read Post ›
The second annual WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA film screening and Q&A with filmmakers in attendance will be happening at Bluestockings Bookstore on Sat June 20th. Stay tuned for details on the line-up! The screening will feature a very special homage to film pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché, with a short intro to her oeuvre, and a screening of […]Read Post ›
April 11th, 2015 – 2pm – @ The Tonawanda Castle – Heirs (93m) – by Sascha Just & Steffen Wagner – (New Orleans ) HEIRS follows three New Orleanian artists — percussionist Jason Marsalis (youngest member of the Marsalis music dynasty), experimental theater artist and Carnival Queen Lisa D’Amour and legendary Mardi Gras Indian Chief […]Read Post ›
At the first WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA screening at Bluestockings, we showed the trailer for Signe Baumane’s new feature film animation, Rocks in My Pockets, a funny film about depression. Since then, Rocks went on to win the Award of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI) at the 2014 Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and premieres in NYC on Sept 3rd at […]Read Post ›
The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook (HISB) is hosting a conference on global women’s cinema in September that will bring together scholars and filmmakers from around the world to investigate the politics, aesthetics and economics of women’s cinema. “Global Women’s Cinema: Transnational Contexts, Cultural Difference and Gendered Scenarios,” will be held September 18 through September 20 at the […]Read Post ›
A critical commentary by Joy Schaefer, published in the Blog of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, on women filmmakers and the Representation Test. Read the full article here
Our very first screening is taking place this Friday June 6th at Bluestockings bookstore in NYC. With a great line-up of independent cinema, animation and experimental video, we hope you’ll come join in on the debate about women and film, meet our filmmakers and enjoy an evening celebrating WOMAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA! When: Friday June 6th, 2014 […]Read Post ›
