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AWFJ @ Middleburg Film Festival – Sandie Angulo Chen reports

October 23, 2024October 22, 2024 Sandie Angulo Chen cortland jacoby, jazz tangcay, lauren bradshaw, Lauren Veneziani, leslie combemale, mae abdulbaki, Middleburg FF 2024, Middleburg Film Festival, roxana hadadi, sandie angulo chen, Susan Koch

Eight members of the Alliance of Women Filmmakers members convened at Middleburg Film Festival 2024 for the festival’s program of high profile films and to interview and mingle with the celebrated artists who’d been invited to present their work. DC-based members Mae Abdulbaki, Lauren Bradshaw, Sandie Angulo Chen, Leslie Combemale, Roxana Hadadi, Cortland Jacoby, Lauren Veneziani and LA-based member Jazz Tangcay were invited to attend the festival’s annual Women in Film luncheon. AWFJ is honored to be part of the covering press corps and delighted to share some of the attending members’ highlight moments of this year’s festival.

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AWFJ @ Middleburg Film Festival 2023 – Sandie Angulo Chen reports

October 30, 2023November 3, 2023 Sandie Angulo Chen jazz tangcay, lauren bradshaw, Lauren Veneziani, leslie combemale, Mae Abdulaki, Middleburg Film Festival, Middleburg Film Festival 2023, nell minow, roxana hadadi, sandie angulo chen, sheila johnson, Susan Koch

The Middleburg Film Festival turned eleven this year, showcasing 39 feature and documentary films in the bucolic Virginia town just an hour from Washington, D.C. The festival, founded by billionaire entrepreneur Sheila Johnson and run by executive director Susan Koch, always highlights women filmmakers and an impressive slate of titles. This year, the festival’s Best Narrative Feature went to American Fiction, written and directed by Cord Jefferson; Best Documentary Feature went to Invisible Nation, directed by Vanessa Hope; Best International Feature was director J.A. Bayona’s Society of the Snow; and the Special Presentation Audience Award went to filmmaker Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers’ The Last Repair Shop

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AWFJ @ Middleburg Film Festival – Sandie Angulo Chen reports

October 20, 2021October 26, 2021 Sandie Angulo Chen C'mon C'mon, jazz tangcay, lauren bradshaw, leslie combemale, Mae Abdulaki, mass, Middleburg Film Festival, nell minow, sandie angulo chen, sheila johnson, Spencer, susan wloszczyna, The Humans

The ninth year of the Middleburg Film Festival brought back the fest’s in-person programming in Virginia horse country. Founded by Sheila Johnson and run by executive director Susan Koch, the four-day festival continues to feature an impressive slate of diverse and thoughtfully-curated narrative and documentary feature films (34 this year).

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AWFJ’s Take on TIFF19 – An Index to AWFJ Members’ Coverage

September 15, 2019September 22, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alexandra heller-nicholas, brandy mcdonnell, julide tanriverdi, lauren bradshaw, loren king, sarah knight adamson, TIFF19, toronti international film festival

With the Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ special focus on women’s representation in the industry and at highlighted industry events, we’re keen on presenting AWFJ members’ coverage of TIFF19. Seventeen AWFJ members were credentialed by TIFF this year. And, kudos to Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Loren King, Sarah Knight Adamson, Julide Tanriverdi, Brandy McDonnell and Lauren Bradshaw for their TIFF-related contributions to AWFJ.org. Read their brilliant commentaries…

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AWFJ Welcomes Twelve New Members in 2019 – Jennifer Merin reports

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments karen gordon, lana wilson combs, lauren bradshaw, lois alter mark, mae abdulbaki, marina richter, nadia neophytou, roxana hadadi, sarah ward, Sheila Roberts, tara karajica, ulkar alakbarova

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is welcomes twelve new members, starting in January 2019. They are film critics, commentators and reporters who hail from around the world and represent a wide range of media platforms, including popular and erudite publications, daily newspapers and other print publications, broadcast and online outlets.

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AWFJ Welcomes Twelve New Members in 2019 – Jennifer Merin reports

January 3, 2019January 9, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments karen gordon, lana wilson combs, lauren bradshaw, lois alter mark, mae abdulbaki, marina richter, nadia neophytou, roxana hadadi, sarah ward, Sheila Roberts, tara karajica, ulkar alakbarova

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is welcoming twelve outstanding female film journalists as new members, starting in January 2019. They are film critics, commentators and reporters who hail from around the world and represent a wide range of media platforms, including popular and erudite publications, daily newspapers and other print publications, broadcast and online outlets.