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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.

Festivals

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

Commentaries

AWFJ ROUND TABLE: Defining Feminist Film Criticism

March 5, 2019March 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alexandra heller-nicholas, Chaz Ebert, esther iverem, feminist film criticism, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., martha p nochimson, maryann johanson, nell minow, rogerebert.com, roxana hadadi

The term ‘feminism’ and the descriptor ‘feminist film critic’ are in frequent use these days, as the women in film movement stirs debate and demands change in the the movie industry. Women film critics are, like women working in all aspects of the industry, marginalized not only by disparity in employment opportunities, but also in the overall attitude — a lack of seriousness — with which our reviews and commentaries are evaluated. Reputable reports support this assertion with stats, and women film critics feel it in our guts 24365

Reviews

3 FACES – Review by Roxana Hadadi

March 5, 2019March 10, 2019 Roxana Hadadi 0 Comments 3 Faces, iranian film, jafar panahi behnaz jafari, marziyh resaei, roxana hadadi

3 Faces is another example of deeply empathetic cinema from the filmmaker, an exploration of the frictions between generations inside Iran while offering sympathy to all parties: the young and the old, the traditional and the cosmopolitan, and in particular the women caught in a transitioning society that too often refuses to grant them the respect they deserve.

News

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.

Member News

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.

Member News

About ROXANA HADADI

March 9, 2000March 18, 2024 Roxana Hadadi roxana hadadi

Roxana Hadadi is a TV critic at Vulture/New York magazine who also writes about film and pop culture. Her bylines have appeared at Criterion, RogerEbert.com, The A.V. Club, GQ, The LA Times, NPR, and other outlets. She is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved Top Critic and is also a member of the Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society, Television Critics Association, and the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association.