Chicago – When a company makes a commitment to a cause, the way that they follow through speaks volumes about that commitment. Kit Crawford, the co-owner/CEO of the company that makes Luna Bars, has brought in her passion of the arts through Lunafest, a film festival featuring women filmmakers and the donation of its proceeds to women’s causes. It was in Chicago on November 17th.
Jenn Gibbons of Recovery on Water (Row) Presents at Lunafest, in Chicago on November 17th, 2011
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Founded in 2000, the Lunafest film festival has made its mark going all around the country, with the main beneficiary being the Breast Cancer Fund, and then sharing proceeds from the events with local women’s charities or organizations. For this Chicago round of the film festival, the organization that benefited was Recovery on Water (Row). Row promotes cancer recovery through exercise, specifically...
Jenn Gibbons of Recovery on Water (Row) Presents at Lunafest, in Chicago on November 17th, 2011
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Founded in 2000, the Lunafest film festival has made its mark going all around the country, with the main beneficiary being the Breast Cancer Fund, and then sharing proceeds from the events with local women’s charities or organizations. For this Chicago round of the film festival, the organization that benefited was Recovery on Water (Row). Row promotes cancer recovery through exercise, specifically...
- 11/30/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The 3rd annual Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (Pow!) has announced their full festival lineup, which includes 44 films from all over the world. The fest will run March 18-21 at the Hollywood Theatre.
Maybe this year, the Pow! fest will have something extra to celebrate if Kathryn Bigelow wins the Best Directing Academy Award on March 7th. Bigelow is the odds on favorite to take home the Oscar statuette this year for directing The Hurt Locker and, if she does, she’d be the first woman ever to do so. Actually, only four women have ever even been nominated: Bigelow, Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola.
The lineup below proves that women are a powerful force sitting in the director’s chair and Pow! has assembled an impressive lineup of animated films, shorts, features, documentaries, experimental films and more:
March 18
7:00 p.m.: “Local Shorts”
Nous Deux Encore,...
Maybe this year, the Pow! fest will have something extra to celebrate if Kathryn Bigelow wins the Best Directing Academy Award on March 7th. Bigelow is the odds on favorite to take home the Oscar statuette this year for directing The Hurt Locker and, if she does, she’d be the first woman ever to do so. Actually, only four women have ever even been nominated: Bigelow, Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion and Sofia Coppola.
The lineup below proves that women are a powerful force sitting in the director’s chair and Pow! has assembled an impressive lineup of animated films, shorts, features, documentaries, experimental films and more:
March 18
7:00 p.m.: “Local Shorts”
Nous Deux Encore,...
- 2/17/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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