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CrudeWhat is ethical porn? Crude visits the Berlin Porn Film FestivalEpisode 38 Frank in Berlin and Effie in London sit down with filmmakers Sam and Ed from altSHIFT Films to explore the world of ethical and feminist porn, creative freedom, and the evolving landscape of adult media.Recorded during the Berlin Porn Film Festival, this episode dives into how ethical adult filmmaking challenges traditional narratives and the stigma that often surrounds the industry.Sam and Ed — longtime creators and industry professionals — share insights from their latest movie Blowie, and open up about how they approach filmmaking with integrity, consent, and artistry.In this...
2025-10-2442 min
Sooner CastMehr als Kino: Community und Feminismus beim Female Filmmakers FestivalTarot-Lesungen, Weinverkostungen und über 60 Filme aus 20 Ländern: Beim Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin geht es um mehr als Filmeschauen. Es ist ein Ort für Begegnung, Gemeinschaft und feministische Perspektiven.Im Soonercast gibt Natalie MacMahon Einblicke in die Highlights der aktuellen Ausgabe – vom Eröffnungsfilm HER DIFFERENCE über das Green Program bis hin zu den besonderen Festival-Specials.Eine Einladung, die Festival-Atmosphäre mitzuerleben – auf der Leinwand und darüber hinaus.Viel Spaß beim Hören!Entdecke exklusive HD Filme und Serien, die bewegen und inspirieren auf sooner.de. Jetzt Natalie MacMa...
2025-09-2621 min
Sooner CastWie machen wir den deutschen Film mutiger? - Platz machen für neue weibliche TalenteWarum gibt es so wenige Frauen hinter der Kamera? Und weshalb fehlen im deutschen Film oft neue Stimmen?Natalie MacMahon, Gründerin des Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin, spricht im Soonercast über Strukturen, die Frauen ausbremsen, über stereotype Erwartungen und den Mut, neue Wege zu gehen.Eine Folge über Ungleichheit, Sichtbarkeit und die Notwendigkeit, die Branche zu verändern.Viel Spaß beim Hören!Entdecke exklusive HD Filme und Serien, die bewegen und inspirieren auf sooner.de. Jetzt Natalie MacMahons Filme ansehen: Zum Sooner Blog: www.sooner.de/de/cast...
2025-09-1921 min
Sooner CastMake it exist first – Natalie MacMahon über den Weg von der Idee zum Film„Man kann nichts schneiden, was nicht existiert.“Mit diesem Mantra hat Natalie MacMahon ihre ersten Kurzfilme gedreht – ohne großes Budget, aber mit Mut, Eigenständigkeit und einem kleinen, starken Team.Im Soonercast spricht sie über ihren Weg von der Schauspielschule in die Regie, über das Ausprobieren neuer Genres und warum man Fehler in Kauf nehmen muss, um seinen eigenen Stil zu finden.Ein Gespräch voller praktischer Tipps für alle, die selbst Filme machen wollen.Viel Spaß beim Hören!Entdecke exklusive HD Filme und Serien, die bewegen und inspirieren au...
2025-09-1228 min
Industry Insights - The EFM PodcastMarketing that Works: Tools and Tactics to Move the Needle
Industry Insights – The EFM Podcast is presented by the European Film Market of the Berlinale. Hosted by Curator, Moderator and Founder of The Catalysts, AC Coppens, it puts a spotlight on highly topical and trend setting industry issues, creating a compass for the forthcoming film year.
Join us for the latest episode of Industry Insights - Today’s episode focuses on “Marketing that Works: Tools and Tactics to Move the Needle” - a super interesting conversation which took place as part of the EFM Industry Sessions last February.
We have dived into the dynamic world of global film mar...
2025-09-0252 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoSpeciale Backstage: intervista doppia alla Regista Kim Albright e la sceneggiatrice Julia Lederer - Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2024.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024."With Love and a Major Organ" ci racconta un futuro dove potremo vivere con o senza emozioni, mostrandoci da vicino come funziona un cuore umano. In questa puntata ascolterete l'intervista doppia a Kim Albright e Julie Lederer, che con questo film hanno vinto il "Best Screenplay" assegnato alla migliore sceneggiatura originale in gara durante il Festival. Buon ascolto!Segui Kim Albright e Julia Lederer su Instagram: @kimaalbright @juliaalederer Guarda il trailer di...
2024-10-2321 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaSpeciale Backstage: intervista doppia alla Regista Kim Albright e la sceneggiatrice Julia Lederer - Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2024.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024."With Love and a Major Organ" ci racconta un futuro dove potremo vivere con o senza emozioni, mostrandoci da vicino come funziona un cuore umano. In questa puntata ascolterete l'intervista doppia a Kim Albright e Julie Lederer, che con questo film hanno vinto il "Best Screenplay" assegnato alla migliore sceneggiatura originale in gara durante il Festival. Buon ascolto!Segui Kim Albright e Julia Lederer su Instagram: @kimaalbright @juliaalederer Guarda il trailer di "With Lov...
2024-10-1421 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoSpeciale Backstage: intervista doppia alla Regista Katharina Simunic e l'artista NEE-SHA - Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2024.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024."Sound of the Waves" è il brano con cui l'artista NEE-SHA ci parla di una relazione da cui è difficile riemergere, e che la regista Katharina Simunic ha trasformato in un videoclip musicale in apnea, girato interamente sott'acqua .Il cortometraggio è stato nominato tra i tre migliori di questa edizione, e ha appena guadagnato anche il Goldene Schindel per i video musicali internazionali. In questa intervista doppia ci raccontano come è nata l'idea per la canzone, cosa è successo dietro...
2024-10-1323 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaSpeciale Backstage: intervista doppia alla Regista Katharina Simunic e l'artista NEE-SHA - Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2024.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024."Sound of the Waves" è il brano con cui l'artista NEE-SHA ci parla di una relazione da cui è difficile riemergere, e che la regista Katharina Simunic ha trasformato in un videoclip musicale in apnea, girato interamente sott'acqua .Il cortometraggio è stato nominato tra i tre migliori di questa edizione, e ha appena guadagnato anche il Goldene Schindel per i video musicali internazionali. In questa intervista doppia ci raccontano come è nata l'idea per la canzone, cosa è successo dietro le quinte...
2024-10-1323 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Fondatrice Natalie MacMahon - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024.Natalie MacMahon è attrice, sceneggiatrice e regista di film selezionati e premiati in numerosi festival del Cinema internazionali, e sei anni fa è diventata parte del gruppo fondatore del Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. In questa puntata ascolterete com'è nato questo evento e perché, come funziona la selezione di corti e lungometraggi, e cosa ci aspetta nella prossima edizione, la settima. Segui Natalie MacMahon su Instagram @nataliemacmahon e sul web: www.nataliemacmahon.com Invia il tuo corto/l...
2024-10-1217 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Fondatrice Natalie MacMahon - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024.Natalie MacMahon è attrice, sceneggiatrice e regista di film selezionati e premiati in numerosi festival del Cinema internazionali, e sei anni fa è diventata parte del gruppo fondatore del Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. In questa puntata ascolterete com'è nato questo evento e perché, come funziona la selezione di corti e lungometraggi, e cosa ci aspetta nella prossima edizione, la settima. Segui Natalie MacMahon su Instagram @nataliemacmahon e sul web: www.nataliemacmahon.com Invia il tuo corto/lungometraggio al Fema...
2024-10-1217 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Danzatrice Arianna Di Palma - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024.Arianna Di Palma è la danzatrice originaria di Roma che vediamo in "Visitors", il cortometraggio musicale realizzato da Verena Eccardt per la canzone di Amy Ayanda, presentato durante la terza serata del Festival nella sezione "Music and Couture". In questa intervista Arianna ci racconta di alcuni retroscena del videoclip, della scena artistica Berlinese e della nascita del collettivo omonimo "Visitors", fondato insieme a Verena Eccardt e Finja Kelpe.Guarda il video "Visitors": https://www.youtube.com/wa...
2024-10-1114 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Danzatrice Arianna Di Palma - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024.Arianna Di Palma è la danzatrice originaria di Roma che vediamo in "Visitors", il cortometraggio musicale realizzato da Verena Eccardt per la canzone di Amy Ayanda, presentato durante la terza serata del Festival nella sezione "Music and Couture". In questa intervista Arianna ci racconta di alcuni retroscena del videoclip, della scena artistica Berlinese e della nascita del collettivo omonimo "Visitors", fondato insieme a Verena Eccardt e Finja Kelpe.Guarda il video "Visitors": https://www.yo...
2024-10-1114 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Regista Sarah Saleh (Libano) - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024.Sarah Saleh è la regista libanese del cortometraggio "Kharab", presentato durante la quinta serata del Festival nella sezione "Shifting Realities"; è un dramma psicologico di quasi quattro minuti realizzato in un unico piano sequenza mozzafiato, e in questa puntata lei stessa ci racconta i retroscena, la lavorazione e i nuovi progetti che vedremo presto al cinema.Guarda il Trailer di "Kharab": https://filmfreeway.com/KHARABSegui Sarah Saleh su Instagram: @sarahsaleh5 • @kharab_film_official🇩🇪 Moviemento Kino - Kreuzberg, Berlino https://w...
2024-10-1009 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Regista Sarah Saleh (Libano) - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin si è appena concluso, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste dell'edizione 2024.Sarah Saleh è la regista libanese del cortometraggio "Kharab", presentato durante la quinta serata del Festival nella sezione "Shifting Realities"; è un dramma psicologico di quasi quattro minuti realizzato in un unico piano sequenza mozzafiato, e in questa puntata lei stessa ci racconta i retroscena, la lavorazione e i nuovi progetti che vedremo presto al cinema.Guarda il Trailer di "Kharab": https://filmfreeway.com/KHARABSegui Sarah Saleh su Instagram: @sarahsaleh5 • @kharab_film_official...
2024-10-1009 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Regista Rachele Demarchi - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Filmmakers Festival Berlin è finito, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste di questa edizione.Rachele Demarchi è una regista italiana che vive e studia a Berlino, dove quest'anno ha fatto parte del Team di Female Filmmakers Festival 6. Qui ci racconta il dietro le quinte del Festival e del suo lungometraggio "Aguas Mutantes", selezionato al' 8° Festival Contra El Silencio Todas las Voces di Città del Messico nella categoria "Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable".
Segui Rachele Demarchi su Instagram @rachidemarchi
🇩🇪 Moviemento Kino - Kreuzberg, Berlino https://www.femalefilmmakersb...
2024-10-0811 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoSpeciale Backstage: intervista alla Regista Rachele Demarchi - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.Il Filmmakers Festival Berlin è finito, ma questa serie speciale del podcast continua con le puntate extra sulle protagoniste di questa edizione.Rachele Demarchi è una regista italiana che vive e studia a Berlino, dove quest'anno ha fatto parte del Team di Female Filmmakers Festival 6. Qui ci racconta il dietro le quinte del Festival e del suo lungometraggio "Aguas Mutantes", selezionato al' 8° Festival Contra El Silencio Todas las Voces di Città del Messico nella categoria "Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable".Segui Rachele Demarchi su Instagram @rachidemarchi🇩🇪 Moviemento Kino - Kreuzberg, Berlino https://www.femalefilmmakersberlin.com🟣 Mi trovi s...
2024-10-0811 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaShifting Realities - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Cosa sono i traumi, e come raccontarli al cinema?Il Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin si conclude con potentissime storie di sogno, trauma e trasformazione personale.In questa puntata, oltre all'annuncio dei film e cortometraggi vincitori, ti racconto la sezione "Shifting Realities": storie di eventi che cambiano per sempre la realtà, e ci aiutano ad accettarla anche quando sembra non esistere più.Parliamo di:"Call Me Lala" di Zuzanna Sorówa (Polonia)"Sweet Lime" di Fatema Abdoolcarim (UK)"Echo" di Meritxell A.Valls (Spagna)"Kharab" di Sarah Saleh (Germania)"The Giant Bird" di Sha...
2024-10-0732 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoShifting Realities - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Cosa sono i traumi, e come raccontarli al cinema?Il Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin si conclude con potentissime storie di sogno, trauma e trasformazione personale.In questa puntata, oltre all'annuncio dei film e cortometraggi vincitori, ti racconto la sezione "Shifting Realities": storie di eventi che cambiano per sempre la realtà, e ci aiutano ad accettarla anche quando sembra non esistere più.Parliamo di:"Call Me Lala" di Zuzanna Sorówa (Polonia)"Sweet Lime" di Fatema Abdoolcarim (UK)"Echo" di Meritxell A.Valls (Spagna)"Kharab" di Sarah Saleh (Germania)"The Gi...
2024-10-0732 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaConnections - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Come raccontare la connessione umana attraverso il cinema?La quarta giornata del Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin ha presentato storie di incontro e scontro umano alla sala scoppiettante, dove il sold out ha raggiunto perfino le file immaginarie. In questa puntata ti racconto i cortometraggi e film della sezione "Connections": amicizie coraggiose, famiglie frammentate, relazioni crepuscolari e salti d'immaginazione per avvicinarci o scappare dall'Altro.Parliamo di:"Tango To Go" di Alina Levshin (Germania)"Manting" di Shuyao Chen (China)"Gillyfish" di Sarah Sellmann (UK)"Sails of Sorrow" di Artemisia Refle (Austria)"Not Him" di S...
2024-10-0628 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoConnections - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Come raccontare la connessione umana attraverso il cinema?La quarta giornata del Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin ha presentato storie di incontro e scontro umano alla sala scoppiettante, dove il sold out ha raggiunto perfino le file immaginarie. In questa puntata ti racconto i cortometraggi e film della sezione "Connections": amicizie coraggiose, famiglie frammentate, relazioni crepuscolari e salti d'immaginazione per avvicinarci o scappare dall'Altro.Parliamo di:"Tango To Go" di Alina Levshin (Germania)"Manting" di Shuyao Chen (China)"Gillyfish" di Sarah Sellmann (UK)"Sails of Sorrow" di Artemisia Refle (Austria)
2024-10-0628 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaMusic & Couture - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Chi sono i nuovi talenti femminili della cinematografia di musica e moda?La terza giornata del Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin porta sul grande schermo musica e alta moda da tutto il mondo, tracciando una rotta invisibile tra le spiagge della Thailandia e i boschi digitali della Cina.In questa puntata ti racconto i cortometraggi in gara per la categoria "Music & Couture": fotogrammi di scenari inaccessi e cartoline virtuali da pianeti che ancora non esistono.Parliamo di:"Tanzt" di Veronica Furman x Madil Hardis (Germania)"To the Body" di Carla Massolini (Germania)"Visitors" di Verena Ecc...
2024-10-0525 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoMusic & Couture - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Chi sono i nuovi talenti di video musicali e di moda?La terza giornata del Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin porta sul grande schermo musica e alta moda da tutto il mondo, tracciando una rotta invisibile tra le spiagge della Thailandia e i boschi digitali della Cina.In questa puntata ti racconto i cortometraggi in gara per la categoria "Music & Couture": fotogrammi di scenari inaccessi e cartoline virtuali da pianeti che ancora non esistono.Parliamo di:"Tanzt" di Veronica Furman x Madil Hardis (Germania)"To the Body" di Carla Massolini (Germania)"Vis...
2024-10-0525 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - EuropaEco Perspectives - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Come cambierà la nostra vita sulla Terra?La seconda giornata del Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin esplora i futuri possibili della vita terrestre e subacquea del nostro pianeta, casa di tutte le creature che ancora fatichiamo a considerare nostre pari. In questa puntata ti racconto i cortometraggi e film in gara per la categoria "Eco Perspectives": visioni di mondi sospesi, immaginari, sommersi e perduti che ci invitano a cambiare la rotta, e abitare meglio il nostro pianeta, insieme.Parliamo di:"Bakelite" di Julie Gautier (Francia)"Coexistence" di Anne-Sophie Mouraud (Francia)"Salt in Their Veins" di Ri...
2024-10-0426 min
Viaggio a 1.5x - dal Brasile a BerlinoEco Perspectives - Female Filmmakers Festival 2024. Moviemento Kino, Kreuzberg, Berlino.💡Come cambierà la nostra vita sulla Terra?La seconda giornata del Female Filmmaker Festival Berlin esplora i futuri possibili della vita terrestre e subacquea del nostro pianeta, casa di tutte le creature che ancora fatichiamo a considerare nostre pari. In questa puntata ti racconto i cortometraggi e film in gara per la categoria "Eco Perspectives": visioni di mondi sospesi, immaginari, sommersi e perduti che ci invitano a cambiare la rotta, e abitare meglio il nostro pianeta, insieme.Parliamo di:"Bakelite" di Julie Gautier (Francia)"Coexistence" di Anne-Sophie Mouraud (Francia)"Salt in Th...
2024-10-0426 min
CineFemme1999's "The Mummy" with Blake BerlinFun fact about our guest Blake Berlin - he’s been kidnapped and tortured by Andrea and Devin! For a film of course. Blake is our brilliant actor and writer friend, who produced his first feature this year! Blake picked the iconic, incomparable action-adventure-romance-horror film - the amazing 1999 “The Mummy.” We talk about our deep love of this film, how it’s a feminist film that does not pass the Bechdel test, the comedic genius of Rachel Weisz and all the ways this film still holds up and impresses us! We were so excited to talk about this movie with Bla...
2024-04-2654 min
Backstage Pass RadioS4: E17: Dave Schulz (Goo Goo Dolls, Berlin, Wang Chung, Fastball) - The Grand Funkster of the Funk DollsLet Us Know What You Think of the Show!Date: June 7, 2023Name of podcast: Backstage Pass RadioEpisode title and number: S4: E17: Dave Schulz (Goo Goo Dolls, Berlin, Wang Chung / Fastball) - The Grand Funkster of the Funk DollsArtist Bio -Dave Schulz is an American keyboardist, vocalist, producer, composer and recording artist well known for his live and studio work with a wide range of notable artists and musicans including Andrew Cole, Andy Vargas, Angelo Moore, Berlin, Bernard Fowler, Bo Diddley, Bonnie Pointer, Bran V...
2023-06-071h 00
indie spunk: UNFILTEREDLIVE from Aviator Nation Dreamland with International Model, Actress & Filmmaker — Marta Pozzan!In this special LIVE episode, Izzy sits down with actress, writer, and creator, Marta Pozzan at Aviator Nation Dreamland in Malibu at the official indie spunk Podcast launch party to talk about the importance of female filmmakers. From her early days in Italy dreaming of moving to Los Angeles to be a filmmaker to what it’s like working with one of the top directors in the industry.
Marta and Izzy talk about what it’s actually like showing up and making your way in the industry, including:
— being unapologetic about your space in the...
2023-05-1649 min
The Movie Marketing & Distribution PodcastKate Gerova and Mandy Kean on the Elevated Customer ExperienceMandy Kean is Founder + CEO of Mustard Studio Pioneer of cinema's wow factor, Founder & CEO Mandy Kean, knows about personalised experiences. Previously International Director of Cinema for Soho House & Co, including the world-renowned Electric Cinema brand, Mandy is well versed in the value of elevated hospitality and cinema. Her approach and vision were echoed in her international operations from Berlin to Hong Kong ensuring complete consistency from brand to delivery. As a creative producer of sensory and visual events, she is also the Immersive Cinema Director for Dirty Soup, trailblazers in creating content that will s...
2023-02-1645 min
The Reel Girls ClubCamilla Baier & Rachel Pronger - Co-founders & Curators of 'Invisible Women'In today's episode I'm joined by two guests - Camilla Baier & Rachel Pronger. Camilla is a German Programmer and Curator based in Edinburgh. Rachel is a British curator, writer and producer based in Berlin. Together, they created Invisible Women, an archive activist film collective which champions the work of female filmmakers from the history of cinema. IW was created from their desire to seek out and champion the work of female filmmakers who have been overlooked, un-credited or left out of the history of cinema. By drawing attention to these forgotten stories, IW aims to reinsert female vo...
2022-08-0131 min
Cool Hand CryptoJosephine Landertinger Forero — NFTs for Social Good
Welcome to Cool Hand Crypto, where Cinema, Culture and Crypto collide!
In this episode of Cool Hand Crypto, Matt speaks with filmmaker, educator and humanitarian Josephine Landertinger Forero about using the tools of filmmaking and NFTs for social good. Matt and Josephine discuss the process of documentary filmmaking, navigating NFTs, cultural initiatives within the NFT ecosystem, and her own organizations and films that merge cinema and human rights.
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Josephine Landertinger Forero, born in 1983, is a film director and producer, educator, mother of two daughters passionate about human rights, migration, diversity, gender equality and wo...
2022-01-2159 min
Stumble Upon MoviesREBELLIOUS WOMEN • 01 : Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972)Welcome to 2022! We can't think of a better way to wrap up yet another quarantine-centric holiday season than with rebellious women and an exploitation prison film... Shun'ya Itô's Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion.
This movie has everything: toxic masculinity, theatrical flashbacks that don't minimize the trauma, and the most incredible shade that you hope never gets thrown your way.
We also promised a secret link to our own films. Some of our work is presently on the indie film festival circuit (Berlin Independent Art Film Festival - check out Episode 4 to learn more). Here is a smatt...
2022-01-161h 08
The Brand is FemaleA Conversation with Filmmakers Tracey Deer and Elle-Máijá TailfeathersThe Brand is Female Studios just launched a new podcast called Maple Popcorn, and this episode features a conversation our host, Marriska Fernandes, had with Canadian Indigenous filmmakers Tracey Deer and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.In this episode of Maple Popcorn, the two women bravely sharing their vulnerabilities, addressing both their careers and the personal struggles they continue to experience as Indigenous women in Canada. Tracey was born and raised in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, Quebec. She is an award-winning television director and filmmaker, and her television show Mohawk Girls was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards. He...
2021-06-2245 min
Maple PopcornStanding Tall and Proud: A Conversation with Filmmakers Tracey Deer and Elle-Máijá TailfeathersIn this episode, we are joined by two impressive filmmakers, Tracey Deer and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. This conversation has them bravely sharing their vulnerabilities, addressing both their careers and the personal struggles they continue to experience as Indigenous women in Canada. Tracey was born and raised in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, Quebec. She is an award-winning television director and filmmaker, and her television show Mohawk Girls was nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards. Her recent coming-of-age feature-length film Beans debuted at TIFF and screened at the Berlin Film Festival, and picked up the John Dunning Best First Feature Fi...
2021-06-2143 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Lab Berlin Ep 10 - #WIF Yunjin Woo (I Was a Spiritual Medium)Yunjin Woo and Jewell Sparks discuss spirituality, hallucinogenic balms for women, the pandemic and more. What is the difference between the a fairytale and witchcraft. So many people feel confined and utilize different mediums to escape.
Yunjin La-mei Woo is a conceptual artist and a cultural-studies researcher who examines what it means to be human or otherwise, especially through the metaphors of contagion. "I Was a Spiritual Medium” addresses that topic of escape from submission. Women want to have control over their lives. Young, powerless princesses grew up in despair, neglected and abused by their own families. Year...
2020-10-1934 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Yunjin Woo 10d - Director's CutYunjin discusses the harvesting of the discomfort we are feeling during the pandemic. How can we utilize these feelings to implement change?
Yunjin La-mei Woo is a conceptual artist and a cultural-studies researcher who examines what it means to be human or otherwise, especially through the metaphors of contagion. "I Was a Spiritual Medium” addresses that topic of escape from submission. Women want to have control over their lives. Young, powerless princesses grew up in despair, neglected and abused by their own families. Yearning for power and control over their lives, they enter into the world of ma...
2020-10-1901 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Yunjin Woo 10c - Director's CutWhy is the pandemic happening in the first place? Was it caused due to the hushing of the "status quo.? Yunjin discusses with Jewell her thoughts.
Yunjin La-mei Woo is a conceptual artist and a cultural-studies researcher who examines what it means to be human or otherwise, especially through the metaphors of contagion. "I Was a Spiritual Medium” addresses that topic of escape from submission. Women want to have control over their lives. Young, powerless princesses grew up in despair, neglected and abused by their own families. Yearning for power and control over their lives, they enter int...
2020-10-1901 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Yunjin Woo 10b - Director's CutIs it time to redefine a new normal? Jewell and Yunjin discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on society.
Yunjin La-mei Woo is a conceptual artist and a cultural-studies researcher who examines what it means to be human or otherwise, especially through the metaphors of contagion. Her film "I Was a Spiritual Medium” was screened during the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin and addresses that topic of escape from submission. Women want to have control over their lives. Young, powerless princesses grew up in despair, neglected and abused by their own families. Yearning for power and control over their li...
2020-10-1900 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Yunjin Woo 10a - Director's CutYunjin Woo and Jewell Sparks discuss what is legitimate versus illegitimate means of escape.
Yunjin La-mei Woo is a conceptual artist and a cultural-studies researcher who examines what it means to be human or otherwise, especially through the metaphors of contagion. "I Was a Spiritual Medium” addresses that topic of escape from submission. Women want to have control over their lives. Young, powerless princesses grew up in despair, neglected and abused by their own families. Yearning for power and control over their lives, they enter into the world of magic and spirits. Witchcraft promises them with more tha...
2020-10-1900 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Lab Berlin Ep 9 - #WIF Lilli Tautfest (Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun)Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during a film festival in Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the land, farm and of disabled Gudrun. A tense relati...
2020-10-1831 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9g - Director's CutJewell asks Lilli how people can work with her on the next film...
Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during a film festival in Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards an...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9f - Director's CutHow do you make films during the pandemic?
Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during a film festival in Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the l...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9e - Director's CutWhat was Lilli doing during the pandemic?
Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the land...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9d - Director's CutLilli talks about how she financed her film.
Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the l...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9c - Director's CutLilli talks about financing a film.
Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the land, fa...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9b - Director's CutLilli always knew she wanted to tell stories.
Lilli Tautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere at a film festival in Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Lilli Tautfest 9a - Director's CutLilli talks about mother and daughter coependency.
LilliTautfest’s film “Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” had it’s Berlin premiere during the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Lilli was born in Munich and works as a director and author. She completed her studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, where she majored in screenwriting and directing.
“Mama Told Me Not To Look Into The Sun” is about Kamilla (40) who lives with her mother Gudrun (72) in a secluded house in Italy, surrounded only by vineyards and forest. She takes care of the land, farm...
2020-10-1801 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Lab Ep 8 - #WIF STORRY (UP)STORRY and Jewell Sparks talk about her life as a performer and resistance. Her music media video was her very first clay animation.
STORRY’s music media video "UP" was screened at a film festival in Berlin. She has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before moving to Montreal where she studied vocal jazz at Vanier College. She returned to Toronto to take opera at a local university bef...
2020-10-1851 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8g - Director's CutSTORRY talks about resistance. It's like your north star. Follow the star and just "do the work!"
STORRY’s music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. She has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8f - Director's CutWomen should not question themselves so much!
STORRY’s music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. STORRY has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before moving to Montreal where she studied vocal jazz at Vanier...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8e - Director's CutJewell talks with STORRY about being still during the pandemic.
STORRY’s music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. She has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before moving to Montreal where she studied vocal...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8d - Director's CutThe onset of the pandemic sucked!
STORRY’s music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. STORRY has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before moving to Montreal where she studied vocal jazz at Vanier Colleg...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8c - Director's CutJewell and STORRY discuss hard knocks. Do people have to experience hardship in order to relate to the hardships of others?
STORRY’s music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. STORRY has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8b - Director's CutSTORRY's thoughts on codependency.
STORRY's music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. She has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before moving to Montreal where she studied vocal jazz at Vanier College. She returned to T...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF STORRY 8a - Director's CutSTORRY discusses how tired she became.
STORRY's music media video "UP" was screened at the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. She has faced personal challenges, which range from what she describes as recovering from an abusive ex, and working as a stripper. STORRY is on a mission to challenge stereotypes of the sex industry, and squash any notions that sex workers’ lives aren’t as nuanced as everyone else.
Born in Toronto as Dina Koutsouflakis, Storry spent her formative years in the Mississauga, Ontario before moving to Montreal where she studied vocal jazz at Vanier College. She r...
2020-10-1800 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Lab Berlin Ep 7 - #WIF Adele Thomas & Kennedy Knopf (SHE)Adele Thomas, Kennedy Knopf and Jewell Sparks talk about the making of the film "SHE". They discuss Adele's career and her realization that after working as a producer in the film industry for 10 years, she only worked with 3 women..
With ten years working as a freelance producer in film and photography production, Adele has gathered invaluable industry knowledge and juggles a healthy balance of creating and producing. Her passion for capturing fine art dance stills evolved to writing & directing her first motion storytelling piece called 'She'
Growing up on the rugged south west coast of th...
2020-10-1827 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Adele Thomas 7c - Director's CutAdele discusses with Jewell who has been a big influence on her and her career.
With ten years working as a freelance producer in film and photography production, Adele has gathered invaluable industry knowledge and juggles a healthy balance of creating and producing. Her passion for capturing fine art dance stills evolved to writing & directing her first motion storytelling piece called 'She'
Growing up on the rugged south west coast of the UK, Adele lived and breathed the Atlantic ocean. It sparked a love of landscape, light, and adventure. From a young age, she was...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Adele Thomas 7b - Director's CutAdele discusses how she acted as a shadow artist for years. She realizes she was crushing her own creative talents.
With ten years working as a freelance producer in film and photography production, Adele has gathered invaluable industry knowledge and juggles a healthy balance of creating and producing. Her passion for capturing fine art dance stills evolved to writing & directing her first motion storytelling piece called 'She'
Growing up on the rugged south west coast of the UK, Adele lived and breathed the Atlantic ocean. It sparked a love of landscape, light, and adventure. From a...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Adele Thomas 7a - Director's CutAdele discusses with Jewell the basis of her film SHE.
With ten years working as a freelance producer in film and photography production, Adele has gathered invaluable industry knowledge and juggles a healthy balance of creating and producing. Her passion for capturing fine art dance stills evolved to writing & directing her first motion storytelling piece called 'She'
Growing up on the rugged south west coast of the UK, Adele lived and breathed the Atlantic ocean. It sparked a love of landscape, light, and adventure. From a young age, she was drawn to documenting her surroundings...
2020-10-1801 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Lab Berlin Ep 6 - #WIF Sema Basharan (Unknown Ravens)Jewell and Sema discuss the director's work, what inspires her and life moments that inspire her to create films. Her film "Unknown Ravens," is about Willie Heider, a 17-year-old German machine gunner, is drafted into the army in 1942. During his two years as a soldier, he never shoots a man. His rejection of armed conflict, and subsequent capture by Allied forces, leads him on a journey that would change the course of his life.
Sema’s filmmaking has always been driven by stories of personal testimony and social justice. The power of film to move hearts and gi...
2020-10-1833 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sema Basharan 6d - Director's CutSema discusses what drives her. Making films telling stories about ordinary people.
Her film "Unknown Ravens," is about Willie Heider, a 17-year-old German machine gunner, is drafted into the army in 1942. During his two years as a soldier, he never shoots a man. His rejection of armed conflict, and subsequent capture by Allied forces, leads him on a journey that would change the course of his life.
Sema’s filmmaking has always been driven by stories of personal testimony and social justice. The power of film to move hearts and give voice to hidden stories, bot...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sema Basharan 6c - Director's CutSema talks thinks it is best to just do things your own way. Why go against the grain?
Her film "Unknown Ravens," is about Willie Heider, a 17-year-old German machine gunner, is drafted into the army in 1942. During his two years as a soldier, he never shoots a man. His rejection of armed conflict, and subsequent capture by Allied forces, leads him on a journey that would change the course of his life.
Sema’s filmmaking has always been driven by stories of personal testimony and social justice. The power of film to move hearts an...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sema Basharan 6b - Director's CutSema discusses the pandemic and how it impacted her creativity.
Her film "Unknown Ravens," is about Willie Heider, a 17-year-old German machine gunner, is drafted into the army in 1942. During his two years as a soldier, he never shoots a man. His rejection of armed conflict, and subsequent capture by Allied forces, leads him on a journey that would change the course of his life.
Sema’s filmmaking has always been driven by stories of personal testimony and social justice. The power of film to move hearts and give voice to hidden stories, both past and...
2020-10-1801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sema Basharan 6a - Director's CutSema talks about being part of the Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin.
Her film "Unknown Ravens," is about Willie Heider, a 17-year-old German machine gunner, is drafted into the army in 1942. During his two years as a soldier, he never shoots a man. His rejection of armed conflict, and subsequent capture by Allied forces, leads him on a journey that would change the course of his life.
Sema’s filmmaking has always been driven by stories of personal testimony and social justice. The power of film to move hearts and give voice to hidden stories, both pas...
2020-10-1800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Festival Berlin Ep 5 - #WIF Jac Cron (House Sit)Jac Cron and Jewell Sparks discusses her short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor Drake Doremus, Eliza Hittman, her creative inspiration, and her next project. During the film, two women house sit a house in Los Angeles- information about the owners unravel throughout the course of one night.
Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She explo...
2020-10-1101 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Jac Cron 5f - Director's CutJac discusses how she creates content. Jac Cron and Jewell Sparks discuss Jac's short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor, Drake Doremus, and her next project. Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She explores stories about queer people, not only centered around their sexuality, but their personal experiences parallel to that. Her other interests include writing poetry, film photography, an...
2020-10-1101 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Jac Cron 5e - Director's CutJac discusses how the pandemic affected her. Jewell and Jac also discuss her short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor, Drake Doremus, and her next project. Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She explores stories about queer people, not only centered around their sexuality, but their personal experiences parallel to that. Her other interests include writing poetry, film photogr...
2020-10-1101 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Jac Cron and Jewell Sparks 5d - Director's CutJewell and Jac discuss the pandemic. Jewell talks about the impact of the pandemic. Jewell and Jac also discuss her short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor, Drake Doremus, and her next project. Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She explores stories about queer people, not only centered around their sexuality, but their personal experiences parallel to that. Her ot...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Jac Cron 5c - Director's CutJac talks about women and their untold stories. Her and Jewell also discuss her short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor, Drake Doremus, and her next project. Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She explores stories about queer people, not only centered around their sexuality, but their personal experiences parallel to that. Her other interests include writing poetry, film...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Jac Cron 5b - Director's CutJac and Jewell talk about the psychology of emotion. They also discuss her short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor, Drake Doremus, and her next project. During the film, two women house sit a house in Los Angeles- information about the owners unravel throughout the course of one night.
Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She ex...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Jac Cron 5a - Director's CutJac Cron and Jewell Sparks discuss her short film “House Sit," COVID-19, her mentor, inspiration andher next project. During the film, two women house sit a house in Los Angeles- information about the owners unravel throughout the course of one night.
Jac Cron is an American filmmaker born in New York. She graduated from Drexel University where she studied Finance, Film, and Astrophysics. In 2019, she worked with her now mentor, Drake Doremus on his latest film, Endings, Beginnings. She creates films centered around human connection and the LGBTQ+ community. She explores stories about queer people, not only cente...
2020-10-1101 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Festival Berlin Ep 4 - #WIF Mary Stephen (Memory of Water)Jewell Sparks and Mary Stephen discuss her career, cultural identity and the handling of the pandemic (Asia versus Europe versus US). Her film, “The Memory of Water,” is a tragic-comic romantic fantasy about cultural identity was screened during this years’ Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Mary Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese editor and filmmaker with fifty-two credits and four best editing nominations. She was and editor for Éric Rohmer’s including A Tale of Winter, The Lady and the Duke, until his last film, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon. Stephen has also edited numerous mainland Chinese and Hong Kong narra...
2020-10-1135 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Mary Stephen 4e - Director's Cut"My next project deals with my Chinese family, Virginia Woolf, her visit to China and Wuhan." Jewell Sparks and Mary Stephen discuss her career, cultural identity and the handling of the pandemic (Asia versus Europe versus US). Her film, “The Memory of Water,” is a tragic-comic romantic fantasy about cultural identity was screened during this years’ Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Mary Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese editor and filmmaker with fifty-two credits and four best editing nominations. She was and editor for Éric Rohmer’s including A Tale of Winter, The Lady and the Duke, until his last film, The...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Mary Stephen 4d - Director's Cut"I love working with younger filmmakers" Jewell and Mary discuss her career, cultural identity and the handling of the pandemic (Asia versus Europe versus US). Her film, “The Memory of Water,” is a tragic-comic romantic fantasy about cultural identity was screened during this years’ Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Mary Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese editor and filmmaker with fifty-two credits and four best editing nominations. She was and editor for Éric Rohmer’s including A Tale of Winter, The Lady and the Duke, until his last film, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon. Stephen has also edited numerous mainland...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Mary Stephen 4c - Director's CutThe voices of Asian women in film has come a long way. Jewell and Mary discuss her career, cultural identity and the handling of the pandemic (Asia versus Europe versus US). Her film, “The Memory of Water,” is a tragic-comic romantic fantasy about cultural identity was screened during this years’ Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Mary Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese editor and filmmaker with fifty-two credits and four best editing nominations. She was and editor for Éric Rohmer’s including A Tale of Winter, The Lady and the Duke, until his last film, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Mary Stephen 4b - Director's Cut"There should be a balance of voices versus a segregation of voices." Jewell and Mary discuss her career, cultural identity and the handling of the pandemic (Asia versus Europe versus US). Her film, “The Memory of Water,” is a tragic-comic romantic fantasy about cultural identity was screened during this years’ Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Mary Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese editor and filmmaker with fifty-two credits and four best editing nominations. She was and editor for Éric Rohmer’s including A Tale of Winter, The Lady and the Duke, until his last film, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon...
2020-10-1100 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Mary Stephen 4a - Director's CutJewell and Mary discuss the background and inspiration for "The Memory of Water."
During this podcast session, Jewell and Mary discuss her career, cultural identity and the handling of the pandemic (Asia versus Europe versus US). Her film, “The Memory of Water,” a tragic-comic romantic fantasy about cultural identity was screened during this years’ Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin. Mary Stephen is a Hong Kong-born Chinese editor and filmmaker with fifty-two credits and four best editing nominations. She was and editor for Éric Rohmer’s including A Tale of Winter, The Lady and the Duke, until his last film, The Ro...
2020-10-1100 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Festival Ep 3 - #WIF Julia Feige (EVA)"The filming and photographing of women can be somewhat of a violent act, I wanted to explore this with my film."
Jewell Sparks and Julie Feige discuss the objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film. EVA examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gradual process of objectification. Eva serves hereby as a projection based on real experiences of different female individuals. Her n...
2020-10-0942 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Julia Feige + Jewell Sparks 3g - Director's CutEVA and Adam and Eve. What are the correlations between men and women and mindset? Remember the book of Genesis, Jewell reflects on a conversation she had with a man in her close inner circle and how puzzling she found it with Julia. discussion centers around the process of objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film. EVA examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gr...
2020-10-0901 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Julia Feige 3f - Director's CutJulia talks about her reasoning behind naming the film EVA, Jewell talks about being from the bible belt and the title's correlation with one of this years' sponsors, Ave + Edam.
Their discussion centers around the process of objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film. EVA examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gradual process of objectification. Eva serves hereby as a projection bas...
2020-10-0901 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Julia Feige 3d - Director's CutJulia discusses what she is working on next. Their discussion centers around the objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film. EVA examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gradual process of objectification. Eva serves hereby as a projection based on real experiences of different female individuals. Her name alludes to the creation of the first woman while its meaning originates from the Hebrew version "Chavah"/"H...
2020-10-0900 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Julia Feige 3c - Director's CutJewell gets clarity from Julia as to what violence behind photography means.
Julia and Jewell talk about the impact female filmmakers can have on the future of cinema. During this podcast the discussion centers around the objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film. EVA examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gradual process of objectification. Eva serves hereby as a projection based on real experiences o...
2020-10-0901 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Julia Feige 3b - Director's CutWhat Julia did during the pandemic?
Julia and Jewell talk about the impact female filmmakers can have on the future of cinema. During this podcast the discussion centers around the objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film. EVA examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gradual process of objectification. Eva serves hereby as a projection based on real experiences of different female i...
2020-10-0902 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Julia Feige 3a - Director's CutJulia and Jewell talk about the impact female filmmakers can have on the future of cinema. During this podcast the discussion centers around the objectification of women, her work as a photography and the violent acts that can result as a result of the process of photography. Julia explores her mixed heritage and her film EVA which is a feminist short film by and with Julia Diep My Feige. It examines codes and dependencies in the fashion world and shows the gradual process of objectification. Eva serves hereby as a projection based on real experiences of different female individuals. H...
2020-10-0901 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Berlin Ep 2 - #WIF Brydie O’Connor (Going Steady)"During the height of the pandemic, I traveled back to Kansas from New York City. Seeing characters I can identify with on the big screen has impacted me." Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-bred, New York based filmmaker. Jewell and Brydie talked about the opposite experiences they had growing up in Kansas, the generation gap and viewing film from a different angle based upon one's own personal experience and viewpoints on life and society. Brydie’s directorial debut, “Going Steady” is a narrative short film is currently on the festival circuit and is part of the short film selection for Fema...
2020-10-0827 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Brydie O’Connor + Jewell Sparks 2d -Director's CutJewell thinks that during the pandemic people cared about their loved one's versus what irritates them about their loved one's.
Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-bred, New York based filmmaker. Brydie’s directorial debut, “Going Steady” is a narrative short film is currently on the festival circuit and is part of the short film selection for Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin opening night. The film is about a young woman's wild imagination about the relationship she truly desires in 1950s Kansas. Brydie and Jewell talk about both growing up in Kansas and Jewell’s interpretation of the film based upon...
2020-10-0801 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Brydie O’Connor 2c- Director's CutWhat Brydie did during the pandemic. She shot a documentary during the pandemic in her home town back in Kansas.
Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-bred, New York based filmmaker. Brydie’s directorial debut, “Going Steady” is a narrative short film is currently on the festival circuit and is part of the short film selection for Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin opening night. The film is about a young woman's wild imagination about the relationship she truly desires in 1950s Kansas. Brydie and Jewell talk about both growing up in Kansas and Jewell’s interpretation of the film based upon...
2020-10-0800 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Brydie O’Connor 2b - Director's CutHow can women shape and mold the future of cinema?
Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-bred, New York based filmmaker. Brydie’s directorial debut, “Going Steady” is a narrative short film is currently on the festival circuit and is part of the short film selection for Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin opening night. The film is about a young woman's wild imagination about the relationship she truly desires in 1950s Kansas. Brydie and Jewell talk about both growing up in Kansas and Jewell’s interpretation of the film based upon her experience versus what the filmmaker said the film was ac...
2020-10-0701 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Brydie O’Connor 2a - Director's Cut"Why film?
Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-bred, New York based filmmaker. Brydie’s directorial debut, “Going Steady” is a narrative short film is currently on the festival circuit and is part of the short film selection for Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin opening night. The film is about a young woman's wild imagination about the relationship she truly desires in 1950s Kansas. Brydie and Jewell talk about both growing up in Kansas and Jewell’s interpretation of the film based upon her experience versus what the filmmaker said the film was actually about.
Guest: Brydie O’Connor
2020-10-0701 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1i - Director's CutSara thanks all the actors and actresses in Fall Back Down.
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0700 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1h - Director's Cut"We want to be taken seriously."
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film and the next opportunity.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0700 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1g - Director's Cut"Some gains are happening for women and people of color."
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in films, and creating one's own lane vs trying to play on the same field as the "status quo." The Corona has flipped the switch.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0701 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1f - Director's Cut"Women can't build careers off of compliments. "
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film, Queen Sugar and how SB is creating her own lane in the film industry.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0701 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1e - Director's CutHow do you get ahead?
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere took place at a film festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film, Queen Sugar and how SB is creating her own lane in the film industry.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Film Lab Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0701 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards + Jewell Sparks 1d - Director's CutIssues with access to mainstream channels.. What does that do to us?
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film, Queen Sugar and how SB is creating her own lane in the film industry.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0700 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards + Jewell Sparks 1c - Director's CutAlongside Sara Edwards, host Jewell Sparks' thoughts about collaboration...
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0700 minFemale Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1b - Director's CutCollaboration is addictive...
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film, Queen Sugar and how SB is creating her own lane in the film industry. Her shingle Kiss Off Entertainment focuses exclusively on projects that are both subversive and inclusive.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Festival, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP / UNITED17 Ventures)
Music by: Sandy Sukrisno (Sparkie Brown Productions)
2020-10-0700 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors Edition#WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards 1a - Director's CutHow long it took to make Fall Back Down...
Sara Beth (SB)Edwards, the writer, producer and director of "Fall Back Down." Her European premiere takes place at Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin 2020. SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film, Queen Sugar and how SB is creating her own lane in the film industry. Sara Beth (SB) Edwards is an intersectional feminist and content creator based in Vancouver, British Columbia. FALL BACK DOWN is an Activist Romantic Comedy supported by Telefilm Canada, Whites International and Sim Video. Her shingle Kiss Off Entertainment focuses exclusively on proje...
2020-10-0700 min
Female Filmmakers Lab #WIF Podcast Series - Directors EditionFemale Filmmakers Berlin Ep 1 - #WIF Sara Beth (SB) Edwards (Fall Back Down)"I like this movement, it's by us not about us." Sara Beth(SB)Edwards is the writer, producer, and director of "Fall Back Down." SB and Jewell Sparks discuss diversity and inclusion in film, Queen Sugar and how SB is creating her own lane in the film industry. Sara Beth (SB) Edwards is an intersectional feminist and content creator based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her shingle Kiss Off Entertainment focuses exclusively on projects that are both subversive and inclusive.
Guest: Sara Beth Edwards
Created & Produced by: Jewell Sparks (Female Filmmakers Film Lab, Startup42 Media, BITHOUSE GROUP...
2020-10-0647 min
Blog For Another Planet - A Podcast by Nadja RaabePodcast 8 - with Nici Brückner interviewed by Nadja RaabeNici is a producer, director and has founded her own brand WORLDCOLORSTUDIO, a film production company, founded in 2008.
Her film career started in Australia and has since taken her across the globe working on independent film productions. Nici returned to Germany, her country of birth in 2011 with her children after living in Australia for many years. She recently worked as a casting producer for clients like salt & lime media {Los Angeles} and Facebook. She is the executive chairman on Digital Diva Deluxe – the network, an international nonprofit organization of female entrepreneurs and she is a philanthropist whose focus...
2020-09-2715 min