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What Would Nora Do?
One Last Look at Nora Ephron’s “Successful” Film Career
“What would Nora do now?” I asked myself?
Back down and go with the flow?
(Posted by the Huffington Post on July 10, 2012)
Nora Ephron died on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the age of 71. Although she had been very ill for several years, she kept her condition a secret, so her “sudden” death came as a shock to many people.… read more.
Athena Film Fest founders Melissa Silverstein and Kathryn Kolbert are building an artistic community
Every year, the FF2 Media team goes up to Barnard College for three days of women-centered films at the Athena Film Festival. You’ll be seeing all our individual takes on this year’s offerings in the first weeks of March, but before the festival happens two weeks from now, I sat down with the two founders of the festival to hear about what it’s like to spearhead a festival like Athena for 10 years straight.… read more.
What did Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe say that made me laugh so hard that I almost peed my pants in front of a full auditorium? I can’t remember.
I just know that in a weekend full of superlative moments, my Q&A with Petra after our FF2 Media-sponsored screening of The Divine Order (see featured photo above) was a peek experience!… read more.