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Women-directed Short Films @ Slamdance 2022 – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

January 31, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Alaa Zabara, Alessandra Lichtefeld, Broken Hearts, Cashmere Jasmine, female-directed, Hannah Saidiner, I’m Here, Jacqueline Pelczar, Julia Orlik, My Parent Neal, Oreo: The Trilogy, Selahy, shorts, Slamdance 2022, Sparkles

Running in an Omicron-induced virtual edition from 27 January to 6 February, the independent heart that lies at the core of the Slamdance Film Festival is perhaps nowhere more brazen in its passion for cinema that otherwise falls off the mainstream radar than their lovingly curated shorts program. While there are too many women-directed shorts to mention here, across fiction, animation and documentary shorts some of the festival’s stand-outs warrant particular mention in this far-too-brief overview.

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Opening Dec 27, 2021 – Jan 1 , 2022- Margaret Barton-Fumo reports

December 26, 2021December 26, 2021 Jennifer Merin female-directed, femme-centric, opening films

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists highlights movies made by and about women. With a vigilant eye toward current releases, we maintain an interactive record of films that are pertinent to our interests. Be they female-made or female-centric productions, they are films that represent a wide range of women’s stories and present complex female characters. The week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually short on new releases, and 2021 is no exception. Instead of listing new releases for this holiday week, we are listing a selection of female-directed and femme-centric films that are garnering seasonal movie awards attention and should top your year end watch roster.