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LA Femme International Film Festival
LA Femme International Film Festival focuses on platforming women filmmakers, "by women, for everyone". The Festival was created in 2005, to answer the need to enhance women behind the camera as directors, producers, and writers. It was the first women-focused festival in Los Angeles. To meet the festival objectives of showcasing and promoting commercially viable films by women filmmakers, the organization offers mentorships, creates dialogues among creators, holds panels, and assists with finding distribution opportunities. History The film was founded by Leslie LaPage, after attending Sundance Festival 2005, and remarking on the fact that there were very few films by women. LaPage found it difficult to find sponsors, because, in her words, "almost no one in Los Angeles seemed to believed that women could direct anything other than a romantic comedy." But the event was mounted, and 25 films were screened in the 2-day festival. Since then, the festival has grown to include over 1 ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ...
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California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ...
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Dorie Barton
Dorie Barton is an American actor, writer, and director. She began her professional acting career working on a television soap opera and went on to appear in various theater, film, and television productions. She made her debut as a writer-director of film in 2016, and also teaches theater at Virginia Commonwealth University. Early life Barton was an Army brat, meaning that her family lived in different places during her childhood, including Iowa and Virginia. She graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a BFA degree in theater and went on to work in theater, television and films. In 2020, Barton completed her thesis for a MFA in Theatre from Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Acting career Barton began her acting career on ''One Life to Live'', playing Beth Garvey, a runaway teenage mother, from 1993-94. When the character was written out of the show, the producers of ''One Life to Live'' gave her the option for what would happen to her cha ...
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Caged No More
''Caged No More'' is a 2016 American drama film directed by Lisa Arnold and written by Lisa Arnold and Molly Venzke. The film stars Kevin Sorbo, Loretta Devine, Cynthia Gibb, Madison De La Garza, Cassidy Gifford and Dallas Lovato. The film was released on January 22, 2016, by Freestyle Releasing. Plot A woman (Loretta Devine) and a former Special Forces soldier (Alan Powell) try to stop a man (Kevin Sorbo) from trafficking his two young daughters in Europe. Cast *Kevin Sorbo as Richard / Jack *Loretta Devine as Aggie *Cynthia Gibb as Lottie *Madison De La Garza as Constanza *Cassidy Gifford as Skye *Dallas Lovato as Alicia *Debra Wilson as Leona *Alan Powell as Will *Christos Vasilopoulos as Aeton *Stella Allen as Young Skye *George Kosturos as Galen * Abigail Duhon as Elle *Danielle Beckwith as Julie *Shawn-Caulin Young as Zach *Grayson Berry as Matt *Jay Amor as Serge Thug *Patrick Kearns as Police Officer *Ladson Deyne as Kostas *John Teal Jr. as Brute *Madelon Curtis as Madame ...
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Marion Ross
Marion Ross (born Marian Ellen Ross; October 25, 1928) is a American former actress. Her best-known role is that of Marion Cunningham on the ABC television sitcom ''Happy Days'', on which she starred from 1974 to 1984 and for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Before her success on ''Happy Days'', Ross appeared in a variety of film roles, appearing in ''The Glenn Miller Story'' (1954), ''Sabrina'' (1954), '' Lust for Life'' (1956), ''Teacher's Pet'' (1958), ''Some Came Running'' (1958), ''Operation Petticoat'' (1959), and ''Honky'' (1971), as well as several minor television roles, one of which was on television's ''The Lone Ranger'' (1954). She was also twice nominated successively in 1992 and 1993 for the Primetime Emmy Award for her performance on the CBS television comedy-drama ''Brooklyn Bridge'' and later netted another Emmy nomination (her fifth and last) in 1999 for a two-episode appearance on the popular CBS drama ''Touched by an Angel''. Ross also ...
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Finola Hughes
Finola Hughes (born 29 October 1959) is an English actress, best known for her role as Anna Devane on the ABC soap operas ''General Hospital'' and ''All My Children'', and her portrayal of Laura in the 1983 film '' Staying Alive'', the sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever''. She is also known for her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin, Alexandra "Alex" Devane on ''All My Children'' and Patty Halliwell on the supernatural series, ''Charmed''. She also portrayed Carol in the final seasons of the NBC sitcom ''Blossom''. Hughes has also appeared in the films, ''Aspen Extreme'', '' Above Suspicion'' and '' Like Crazy''. Career Hughes trained in dance and performing arts at the Arts Educational Schools London. In 1981, she originated the role of Victoria the White Cat in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Cats''. In 1983, Hughes starred with John Travolta in the musical film '' Staying Alive'', a sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever''. She played the role of L ...
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Francesca Gregorini
Francesca McKnight Donatella Romana Gregorini di Savignano di Romagna (born August7, 1968), known professionally as Francesca Gregorini, is an Italian-American screenwriter and film director. Early life Born in Rome, Gregorini is the daughter of former "Bond girl" Barbara Bach and businessman Augusto Gregorini Savignano di Romagna from Savignano sul Rubicone. Her mother (born Barbara Goldbach) is of Jewish and Irish descent. Gregorini is also the stepdaughter of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, with whom she is close. After boarding at TASIS, she attended Brown University graduating in 1990. Career Gregorini contributed two songs to the soundtrack of the film ''See Jane Run'' (2001), in which she also had a small acting role. She worked as a musician with her first CD "Sequel" (2003), where she sings, and plays the guitar and bass. Gregorini sold scripts to both HBO and Paramount Pictures before co-helming, with Princess Tatiana von Fürstenberg, her directorial debut ''Tan ...
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The Truth About Emanuel
''The Truth About Emanuel'' (previously ''Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes'') is a 2013 American thriller drama film written, directed and produced by Francesca Gregorini. The film stars Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Alfred Molina, Jimmi Simpson, Aneurin Barnard and Frances O'Connor. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2013. Plot Emanuel is a seventeen-year-old girl still wracked with guilt over her mother who died giving birth to her. She meets Claude, whom she becomes romantically involved with. Emanuel lives at her home in Los Angeles with her father and her stepmother, with whom she has issues. A woman named Linda moves next door, who looks just like Emanuel's mother. Emanuel discovers that Linda needs a babysitter. Emanuel agrees in order to get to know more about Linda. Emanuel discovers that "baby Chloe" is actually a doll. As Linda and Emanuel develop a friendship, Emanuel tries to hide the fact that Linda's "child" is really a doll from others ...
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The Misadventures Of The Dunderheads
''The Misadventures of the Dunderheads'', also known as ''Montana Amazon'', is a 2012 American independent black comedy road feature film starring Olympia Dukakis, Haley Joel Osment, and Alison Brie. Plot The Dunderheads are an eccentric Montana family who've been in the mountains far too long. Now one step ahead of the law, matriarch Grandma Ira careens across the American West with her two wildly dysfunctional teenage grand kids, into a comic collision with the mainstream world. Montana Amazon is a both funny and poignant fable on the nature of the human family. Cast *Olympia Dukakis- Ira Dunderhead *Haley Joel Osment - Womple Dunderhead *Alison Brie - Ella Dunderhead *Veronica Cartwright - Margaret *Ellen Geer - Vernice *Lew Temple - Trevor *Angel Oquendo Angel Oquendo is an American film, television and voice-over actor. In addition to his work on film, he's appeared in a number of television series including ''Mayans MC'', ''9-1-1:Lone Star'', ''Animal Kingdom'' and ''Ever ...
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List Of Women's Film Festivals
Women's film festivals are film events geared to promote women in the film industry. Women’s film festivals began due to the lack of female voice within the film industry. To combat this hindrance, their own film festival was designed. Most women's film festivals only screen films directed, produced, or written by women. Some film festivals only invite women to attend. Sometimes, some events or awards are also geared towards men, if their work promotes women's career paths or visibility in the industry. See also * International Women's Film Festival (other) * List of film festivals * List of LGBT film festivals * List of LGBT-related films directed by women References External links Top Women's Film Festivals Raindance The Ten Best Female-Focused Film Festivals Film Daily Discover 100+ Women’s Film Festivals Worldwide Hollywomen Ten Women's Film Fesivals(2018), The Women's Direction {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Film Festivals Women A woman is an adult femal ...
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Women's Film Festivals In The United States
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Film Festivals In Los Angeles
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ...
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