Athena Film Festival

The Athena Film Festival focuses on what makes a leader – examining the values women leaders share and exploring leadership across race, class, and culture. Feature Films. Documentaries. Shorts. Conversations with directors and Hollywood stars. Workshops for filmmakers. Sold-out audiences and industry buzz. All at the most sought-after women’s college in the nation, in the heart of New York. (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-42383184-1', 'tumblr.com'); ga('send', 'pageview');

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SUBMIT YOUR FILMS! 

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Producer Laura Goode shares her ‪Athena‬ story. Her film, Farah Goes Bang, was screened last year. What will your Athena story be? #Athena15 starts tomorrow! Tickets available at athenafilmfestival.com

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As the first four years of the Athena Film Festival have shown, Artistic Director Melissa Silverstein has pretty good taste when it comes to stories of women and leadership. So make sure to take her advice and get your ticket to Maïna at #Athena15! http://athenafilmfestival.com/film/maina/

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The Athena family includes thousands of filmmakers, volunteers, movie-viewers, community members, staff, students, and so much more. Join the family at #Athena15! Tickets are on sale now athttp://athenafilmfestival.com/film_year/2015/

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Check out Sepideh, "the definition of inspiring!" http://athenafilmfestival.com/film/sepideh-reaching-stars/

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Wait, you're telling me I can see incredible movies AND dismantle the patriarchy? I'm interested. www.athenafilmfestival.com #Athena15

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Check out the ‪#‎Athena15‬ trailer! Just try not to be inspired by these amazing films. Tickets are on sale now at http://athenafilmfestival.com!

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Want to be an #Athena15 volunteer? The odds of making friends, meeting filmmakers, and seeing great movies (for free) will be forever in your favor... http://athenafilmfestival.com/get-involved/volunteers/

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All-access passes to #Athena15 are discounted through Monday only! Get yours today! http://athenafilmfestival.com/festival-info/tickets-and-passes/

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Check out SNL's take on a 2014 study showing that women remain vastly underrepresented when it comes to major film roles.

Luckily, there is a place you can go to see the best films about and featuring women. Get your pass to #Athena15 today! http://athenafilmfestival.com/festival-info/tickets-and-passes/

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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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Hollywood’s gender inertia: Why there are so few female directors

Despite all of the talented and funny women onscreen, we're still hugely underrepresented in the director's chair

The Athena Film Festival and our co-founder, Melissa Silverstein, are mentioned and quoted in this amazing article about female directors in Hollywood!

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Athena's Women in Film Highlight: Michelle Rodriguez

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/