#2015 athena film festival
Meet our 2015 Athena Film Festival awardees! Check out Variety’s announcement (http://goo.gl/imliJw) and visit athenafilmfestival.com for more information and to buy discounted all-access passes to #Athena15!
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The sun will come out, tomorrow!
And even if it doesn’t, Athena Film Festival passes will go on sale!
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When you wake up from your tryptophan-induced hibernation, it will be time to get ready for the Athena Film Festival! Passes go on sale Dec. 3 at http://athenafilmfestival.com!
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Athena Film Festival passes go on sale Dec. 3! Come see for yourself that the pictures have not gotten small.
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About being typecast as the ‘kick-ass’ girl:
“I was typecast the minute I did a film called, ‘Girlfight’ years ago. You allow yourself to be typecast. If I decided I didn’t want to be typecast tomorrow I’d just go do an indie film where I play some poor girl who goes through some excruciating experience and win myself an award for crying or being raped [breaks into laughter] or playing someone with mental illness.
“But at the end of the day I’m not in it for the acting. If I were in it for the acting then I would be worried about people not giving me the opportunity to express my vast array of emotions on the screen. I could give two shits.
“I only wanna be someone I respect or someone that I consider interesting or fun. I’m here to entertain people and make a statement about female empowerment and strength and that’s what I’ve done for the last 10 years,and people can call it typecast, but I pigeonholed myself and I put myself in that box for saying no to everything else that came on my plate. Saying no to the girlfriend, saying no to the girl that gets captured, no to this, no to that. and eventually I just got left with the strong chick that’s always being killed and there’s nothing wrong with that.”
source: http://genderinfilmquotes.wordpress.com/
The Athena Film Festival is now open for submissions through September 15, 2014.
What We Look For:
Documentaries, Features and Shorts that:
- Reveal the diverse narratives of women leaders from all walks of life—narratives of ambition, courage, strength and resilience.
- Showcase women leaders who help us interpret the reality of the modern world—captivating stories of truth, determination, innovation and vision.
- Highlight the talents of emerging artists — capturing a new generation’s take on what truly makes exemplary women leaders.
Keep In Mind:
- All films must feature a female in a leadership position at the center of the story.
- Films may be directed by a person or people of any gender.
- Films that are directed by women but do not focus on female leadership will not be considered.
Don’t wait until it’s too late to send in your films!
