Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival
| Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. San Diego, California, U.S. Arizona, Phoenix, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
The Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival is an annual women's film festival held in the United States which previews new films of multiple genres, including documentaries, from over 30 different countries.[1] Founded in 2015, the traveling festival is held annually (usually in September) at various venues in the Southwestern United States. It is based in Los Angeles, California.[2] In September 2018, it took place in Phoenix, Arizona.[3]
History[edit]
The Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival originated in September 2016 at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, California. It was founded the previous year, after filmmaker Edda Manriquez attended a Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media seminar at CalArts.[4] The Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.[5]
The festival provides outreach events, including Books for Babes, a literacy initiative which aims to bring feminist children's books to underrepresented communities, including teenage mothers, women's shelters, low-income areas, and single parent households, in the United States. They also provide traveling workshops in health and wellness, women's empowerment, career resources, and financial assistance to women and female-identifying artists who are attempting to acquire film distribution and further their careers. They focus specifically on the Boyle Heights and San Fernando Valley areas in Los Angeles.[6]
The Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival hosted a screening of the documentary Fattitude at Echo Park Film Center, which explored the topic "Deconstructing the Female Body in Media" during Women's History Month in 2018.[7]
Past winners[edit]
2016 Jury Awards[edit]
| Award | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Jury Award | Hoop Dreams | Sam Gurry |
| First of the Free Girls | Alexandra Velasco & Alexander Kahan | |
| VAL-EN-TINA | Araeia Robinson | |
| The River | Ya-Ting Hsu & Geoffrey Hughes | |
| Rougarou | Catherine Taylor |
2017 Jury Awards[edit]
| Award | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Jury Award | Troll: A Southern Tale | Marinah Janello |
| Tomato | Caitlin Craggs | |
| Quetzal | Irene Marco | |
| Sacrifice | Elena Passani & Jade Touron | |
| Sherry | Eliane Lima | |
| Brew Master | Kelly Jean Karam | |
| Naked in the Dog Park | Tiffany Rhodes |
References[edit]
- ↑ Accomando, Beth (September 1, 2017). "Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "les-femmes-int". les-femmes-int. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ↑ Young, Lindsay Roberts, Jason Keil, Dillon Rosenblatt, Lynn Trimble, Benjamin Leatherman, Laura Latzko, Chris Malloy, Stuart Warner, Amy (2018-08-29). "The Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ "Interview With Edda Manriquez, Director Of The Les Femmes Undergound International Film Festival | Film Inquiry". www.filminquiry.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ↑ "Details about Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival". IRS.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ↑ "Books for Babes | About". booksforbabes. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ↑ "La Femmes International | Echo Park Film". Fattitude. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ↑ "Les Femmes Int | Past Winners". Les Femmes Int. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
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