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Women Rocking Hollywood at WonderCon – Leslie Combemale reports

April 2, 2025 Leslie Combemale #metoo, Aeysha Carr, Carla Ching, Chandra Jackson, Dara Resnik, reFrame stamp, rosemary rodriguez, women in film, women rocking hollywood, wondercon

AWFJ had the opportunity to amplify female filmmakers at the latest WonderCon convention, which took place in Anaheim, California the last weekend in March with the 11th annual Women Rocking Hollywood panel. This year’s focus was on surviving and thriving in a changing landscape, and featured executive producers, writers, a director and an advocate for parity in the screen industries. As always, the panel was on Saturday, the most attended day of the convention, and for the first time, it was presented in the largest venue at the Anaheim Convention Center, with over a thousands seats.

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My Comic Con International Film Festival 2024 Juror Diary – Leslie Combemale reports

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024 Leslie Combemale Adam Neese, Comic Con International Film Festival 2024, Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, Juliet Landau, Phil Lamarr, Thaba Ye, women rocking hollywood, wondercon

When Adam Neese, the program coordinator for Comic-Con International and director of the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI IFF) invited me to be one of three jurors for the 2024 film fest, I was floored. I’d been going to San Diego Comic-Con for almost 30 years, and had just made the hard decision that 2023 would be my last time. By 2023, I had played almost every role one could at the con. Every one except “special guest”, which I assumed, as film journalist, wasn’t for me.

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WonderCon: Women Rocking Hollywood Panel – Jennifer Merin reports

April 4, 2024August 6, 2024 Jennifer Merin Amy Greene, Andria Wilson Mirza, Anna Biller, Anna Halberg, Apple TV+, Erica Tremblay, Famale film makers, leslie combemale, netflix, reframe, women in film, women rocking hollywood, wondercon, WonderCon2024

AWFJ member and senior contributor Leslie Combemale recently brought her 10th Women Rocking Hollywood panel to WonderCon in Los Angeles, on Saturday, March 30th, just in time to celebrate Women’s History Month. Hundreds of convention attendees who are fans of cinema and women in film were present to hear this year’s cohort of female filmmakers discuss their careers and latest projects. The panel included Anna Halberg, Amy Greene, Anna Biller, Erica Tremblay, and Andria Wilson Mirza, with Leslie Combemale moderating. Leslie is premiering the video from the panel here on AWFJ.org. Read on to learn more about each panelist and their contributions to the conversation. There is a link to the video of the panel at the end of this overview.

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WonderCon@Home: Women Rock Hollywood Panel – Leslie Combemale reports

May 22, 2020August 6, 2024 Leslie Combemale 0 Comments c fitz, hannalee culpepper, jen mcgowan, rosemary rodriguez, san diego comic con, women rock hollywood, women rocking hollywood, wondercon

Things are changing in Hollywood, albeit slowly. I’d like to think that the annual Women Rocking Hollywood all-female panel at San Diego Comic Con has contributed to the change. Like all 2020 con events, this year’s edition of the live panel fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic. But opportunity to go virtual came from Comic-Con International organizers whey they decided to stage a virtual con, presenting panels that were filmed remotely.