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Watching this year’s Academy Awards nominees for Best Production Design, what stayed with me was not just the scale of the worlds created, but how completely I believed in them. Across this year’s lineup, the environments feel less like constructed sets and more like spaces that extend beyond the frame.
In films like Frankenstein, the world does not call attention to itself as design.… read more.
Cinema Femme Magazine is just about to kick off its third annual “Cinema Femme Short Film Festival.”
This year’s CFSFF will run from April 30th through May 4th, showcasing emerging female and non-binary filmmakers not just from Chicago, but internationally.
The goal is to stress the importance of supporting up-and-coming filmmakers by connecting them with seasoned professionals in the industry through the “Breaking Down Walls” mentorship program.… read more.
Women won a record of 15 Oscars this year at the 91st Academy Awards, which makes history for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. FF2 Media contributor Nikoleta Morales was backstage in the press room, hearing first-hand how the female winners continue to support other women and spoke about a much-needed change.… read more.