womeninfilmvideo.org http://womeninfilmvideo.org Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:30:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Feb. 6th DocYard screening of “Our School” http://womeninfilmvideo.org/docyard-screening-of-our-school http://womeninfilmvideo.org/docyard-screening-of-our-school#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:10:04 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=949

 

WIFVNE is proud to co-sponsor this DocYard screening of Our School, a film by producer and director Mona Nicoara. Shot over four years in rural
Transylvania, Our School follows three Roma children who are among the pioneer participants in an initiative to integrate the ethnically segregated Romanian schools. This award‐winning work will screen February 6 at 8pm at the historic Brattle Theatre followed by an exclusive, in‐person Q&A with Nicoara.

The film’s poignant and intimate portrait of rural village life and its
rhythms not only introduces viewers to the stark reality of the children’s situation but also inspires a deep admiration for their indomitable spirit, punctuated by shocking instances of prejudice and ignorance. Their story touches on issues such as institutionalized racism, public education, and the intractability of poverty, culminating in an outrageous finale that cements the Roma children’s struggle in the annals of egregious human rights violations. Our School is an absorbing, infuriating, and ultimately bittersweet story of tradition and progress.

The DocYard’s 2012 Winter season screens at the Brattle Theatre every other Monday from January 23 to April 16. The series continues to offer an incredible array of nonfiction and documentary works, with stories about fights against bureaucracy, racism and personal demons. All screenings begin at 8pm, followed by a Q&A moderated by Boston‐based filmmaker Chico Colvard, and an after‐party at the Crimson Lounge in Harvard Square.

Individual tickets for each film are $10 and can be purchased online at www.brattletheatre.org or prior to show time at the Brattle Theatre box office. For more information on the DocYard and its 2012 Winter Season, visit www.thedocyard.com.

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Join us Tuesday, February 7th for introductions, news and networking at The Friendly Toast at 1 Kendall Sq. in Cambridge, from 6:30-8:30. Open to all current, former, and prospective members. WIFVNE is actively seeking new members and volunteers to join the organization, and help us continue to thrive and serve our community. Networking Night is generally held on the first Tuesday of each month, the next one is scheduled for March 6th.

If you can’t make it to the meetings, but want to get involved, drop us a line! info@womeninfilmvideo.org 617-871-9667

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/february-networking-night-26/feed 0 http://womeninfilmvideo.org/726 http://womeninfilmvideo.org/726#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:12:09 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=726 Supporting women in the film, video and new media industries.

WIFVNE promotes proactive images of women to the public and works to empower all women in the media industry to achieve their professional potential.  We provide an educational forum and a valuable network for exchange of ideas and resources.  An affiliate of Women in Film and Television International, WIFVNE was founded in 1981.

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/726/feed 0 December Networking Night – 12/6 http://womeninfilmvideo.org/december-networking-night http://womeninfilmvideo.org/december-networking-night#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:18:01 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=651

Join us Tuesday, December 6th for introductions, news and networking at The Friendly Toast at 1 Kendall Sq. in Cambridge, from 6:30-8:30.  Open to all current, former, and prospective members.  WIFVNE is actively seeking new members and volunteers to join the organization, and help us continue to thrive and serve our community.  Networking Night is generally held on the first Tuesday of each month.

If you can’t make it to the meetings, but want to get involved, drop us a line!  info@womeninfilmvideo.org  617-871-9667

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/december-networking-night/feed 0 Screening of “Paradise Lost” and “77 Steps” http://womeninfilmvideo.org/screening-of-paradise-lost-and-77-steps http://womeninfilmvideo.org/screening-of-paradise-lost-and-77-steps#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:45:06 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=594 Boston Palestine Film Festival

Wednesday, October 26 · 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfond Auditorium
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA

WIFVNE is proud to co-present “Paradise Lost” and “77 Steps” Directed by Ibtisam Mara’aneh.

Q&A with director follows screening.

 

“Fureidis (‘Paradise’ in Arabic), a small fishing village next door to Tantura, near Haifa, is one of the few Arab villages Israel did not destroy in 1948. Paradise Lost chronicles Mara’aneh’s semi-autobiographical quest to reconstruct, over stiff social opposition from family and elders, the lost history of the village where she grew up, especially why it was spared. Her quest for understanding her own identity–as a Palestinian, as a woman, and as a resident of the Arab village of Paradise (lost) within the Jewish state, takes the filmmaker much farther afield than she plans.”

 

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/screening-of-paradise-lost-and-77-steps/feed 0 Women in Film and Video New England http://womeninfilmvideo.org/women-in-film-and-video-new-england http://womeninfilmvideo.org/women-in-film-and-video-new-england#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:35:20 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=537 About

Women in Film & Video / New England (WIFV/NE) is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to supporting the accomplishments of women working in the film, video and new media industries. We provide an educational forum for media professionals and a valuable network for exchange of ideas and resources.

WIFV/NE works to promote proactive images of women to the public and to empower all women in film and video to achieve their professional potential.

Women in Film & Video /New England is a member of an umbrella group called Women in Film & Television International (WIFTI). WIFTI is a global network comprised of some 35 Women in Film chapters worldwide and more than 10,000 members dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video, and other screen-based media. Members: Click here to access the WIFTI Directory.

History of the Chapter

In 1981, eleven women, all Boston-based media professionals, came together to form the New England chapter of Women in Film. The founders are: Mary Benjamin, Rebecca Eaton, Raquel Ortiz, Robin Landerman, Christine Dall, Christine Herbes, Alice Hoffman, Janet Krause, Edith Luray, Midge MacKenzie, Diane Miller, Harriet Reisen, Katherine Deutch Tatlock, and Susan Steinberg-Woll.

“For all the big-name organizations that put an indelible stamp on the area film scene…local film offerings wouldn’t be quite as rich without the less acknowledged venues and groups that also play a crucial part, [including] Women in Film & Video New England, for supporting aspiring and established female filmmakers alike.”
– The Boston Globe (December 2005)

 

Members of the Board

The board of Women in Film & Video/New England meets once a month. WIFV/NE’s board is a ‘working board’ and members serve two-year terms. Responsibilities of the board include serving as ‘ambassadors’ for WIFV/NE by attending industry events and making contacts with other community organizations; serving on committees, including a Programming Committee, Fundraising Committee, Screenwriting Event Committee; and working as a team to accomplish the goals of the organization. If you are interested in volunteering or in becoming a board member, please email us!

Juliet Schneider, Interim President -  Juliet is a freelance animator, production designer, and owner of Iridium Productions, based in the Boston area.  She has an MFA in Video/Multimedia, from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts.  She also holds a BFA in General Fine Art, from Maryland Institute College of Art.  Juliet has taught fine art, video production, and computer graphics at USES, The Children’s Art Centre, Fletcher-Maynard Academy, CCTV, MATV, and Bradford College. Her recent work includes collaborative animations and production design work on several locally made music videos and shorts.  juliet@womeninfilmvideo.org

Susan Bryant, Secretary -  Susan is a sound recordist with a background in managing educational and sustainability projects in the US and Africa, Susan Bryant joined Frontrunner, a documentary about Afghan women leading their country back from chaos, as Associate Producer.  Since then she has jumped into a variety of shoots as the “Scampering Soundie,” joining covered wagon trains, Lakota prairie rides, Coast Guard adventures, girls’ leadership institutes, international womens’ meetings, anti-apartheid theatres, centers for African knowledge, indie narratives and others.  She brought DP Gary Griffin’s Listopad project to the Sundance Independent Producers Conference, and is creative producer for Bryan Horch’s Sensational Life and co-producer for Jeff Reichert’s Gerrymandering (Tribeca 2010).  susan@womeninfilmvideo.org

Miranda Elmorsi, Events -  Miranda is a freelance editor and independent documentary filmmaker based in Boston. She has an undergraduate degree in film and television from Boston University where she focused on film theory. She also holds an MA in Visual Media Arts from Emerson College where she focused on documentary filmmaking and editing.  miranda@womeninfilmvideo.org

Laura Haughey -  Laura is an independent documentary filmmaker, producer, videographer, editor, and the owner of Bow Street Studios in the Boston area. Her recent work has included a profile of a secondary girls school in Sudan and a series of videos for aids2031, an initiative launched by the United Nations. She is a graduate of Oberlin College and studied digital filmmaking at Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts.  laura@womeninfilmvideo.org

Joan Meister - Joan is co-owner of Hero4Hire Creative.  Joan directed the film SEPTEMBER as part of the Boston collaboration TWELVE from Old Harbor Productions, Produced the short film SMOKE alongside Director Evan Sussman, was on the Development team and Associate Producer on 2 seasons of hit Discovery/Science Channel show BUILD IT BIGGER at Powderhouse Productions.  joan@womeninfilmvideo.org

Shannon Mullen, WIFVNE Writer/Blogger - Shannon is a producer and founder of Broad Reach Productions.  She recently worked as an Assistant Director on the independent feature GIRLFRIEND and is now developing two feature projects of her own.  Shannon is also a public radio and print journalist and she writes for WIFVNE about the film industry in Hollywood East and West.  shannon@womeninfilmvideo.org

Our Advisory Committee

Salma Abu Ayash
Boston Palestine Film Festival

Sabrina Aviles
Iguana Films & Boston Latino International Film Festival

Rhea Becker
Emerson College

Joe Douillette
Fast Forward Youth, ICA

Joan Quinn Eastman
WBZ News Radio

Sandra Forman
Law Offices of Sandra Forman

Arlene Fortunato
Fortunato & Associates

Amy Geller
Chlotrudis Society

Peter Keough
The Phoenix, Chlotrudis Society

Lisa Mattei-McDonald
Plymouth Film Festival

Michele Meek
NewEnglandFilm.com

Charles Merzbacher
BU Department of Film

Patricia Moreno
Film Shack, New England Film & Video Festival

Dawn Morrissey
Magnus Irish Film Festival

Ivy Moylan
Brattle Theatre

Raquel Ortiz
The Partnership, Inc

Carol Patton
Imagine Magazine

Nick Paleologos
Producer, Film Consultant

Adam Roffman
Independent Film Festival of Boston

Lisa Simmons
Color of Film, Roxbury Film Fest

Andrea Sutton
MIT Women’s Consortium

Erin Trahan
NewEnglandFilm.com

Bonnie Waltch
Filmmaker’s Collaborative

Susi Walsh
Center for Independent Documentary

Past Board Members include: Angelika Allende-Brisk, Barbara Seidl, Amanda Johnston, Irena Fayngold, Nancy Fleisler, Ann Adelsberger, Sue Dorfman, Cynthia McKeown, Cynthia Close, Christine Dall, Joan Kaufman, Alice D. Bouvrie, Kat Tatlock, Libba Ingram, Barbara Lipski, Elizabeth Gianakos, Amy Geller, Lisa Carey, Deborah Shariff, Melissa Zieve, Mary Benjamin, Alice Hoffman, Janet Krause, Lisa Simmons, Rosalie Fay Barnes, Alexandra de Gonzales, Paulina Villarroel, Fernanda Senatori, Vanessa Vartabedian, Laura Yellen, Michele Davis, amongst others.

Past presidents: Barbara Seidl, Rhea Becker, Priscilla Forance, Christine Sandvik, Kate Berhardt, Valerie Spain, Beth Harrington, Erin Trahan, Lucia Small, Britt Wahlin, Harriet Reisen, amongst others.

 

Sponsors

Women in Film & Video/New England is sponsored in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

We are grateful to all of our sponsors, listed below.

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Women in Film & Video/New England

516 E. 2nd St., Unit #26
South Boston, MA 02127

phone: (617) 871-9667
email: info@womeninfilmvideo.org
web: www.womeninfilmvideo.org

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/women-in-film-and-video-new-england/feed 0 existing members http://womeninfilmvideo.org/existing-members http://womeninfilmvideo.org/existing-members#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:31:36 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=535 Soon we will be launching an interactive membership didrectory available online to current members.

Members: If you would like to add your website to this page, please send a link to info@womeninfilmvideo.org.

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Welcome to Women in Film and Video New England!
In a few short minutes you’ll be on your way to connecting with a diverse community of film professionals!

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/join-now/feed 0 Legal Clinic for Mediamakers Nov. 10th http://womeninfilmvideo.org/legal-clinic-for-mediamakers http://womeninfilmvideo.org/legal-clinic-for-mediamakers#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:03:01 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=587 Thursday November 10th
6:30-9:30pm

Enjoy refreshments, networking, and advice with leaders in the field.

Entertainment Lawyers Sandra Forman and Mary Landergan are generously donating their time and opening their downtown Boston law offices at Rich May for an open-topic roundtable discussion on legal issues affecting mediamakers.  Private 15 minute legal consultations will also be available.  Consultations are without charge.  This event is free to WIFVNE members, and $15 for non-members.  If you are not a current member, this would be a great time to join or renew!

Reserve a private consultation slot today by sending us your name and preferred 15 minute time slot between 6:45 and 9:15 to:  info@womeninfilmvideo.org. Space is limited.  We will email you back with confirmation on your assigned time slot.

]]> http://womeninfilmvideo.org/legal-clinic-for-mediamakers/feed 0 “No Way Out But One” screens Oct. 27th at MIT http://womeninfilmvideo.org/no-way-out-but-one-screens-oct-27th-at-mit http://womeninfilmvideo.org/no-way-out-but-one-screens-oct-27th-at-mit#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:17:37 +0000 wifvne http://womeninfilmvideo.org/?p=500 MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies in collaboration with Women in Film and Video/New England present a CHICKS MAKE FLICKS film screening…

No Way Out But One
a film by Garland Waller
Thursday – October 27, 2011
Room: 6 – 120
7pm

In 1994 Holly Collins became an international fugitive when she grabbed her three children and went on the run. It all happened because a family court had ignored Holly’s charges, the children’s pleas, Holly’s broken nose, Zackary’s fractured skull, and other medical evidence of domestic violence and had given full custody of Zackary and Jennifer to Holly’s ex-husband. Holly came to believe she and the children had No Way Out But One.

No Way Out But One tells the story of one woman and her family that is emblematic of a larger heartbreaking national scandal. In Child and Family Court systems across the country, those who abuse their children are often awarded custody of them by the very courts charged with protecting them. It is estimated that 58,000 children a year are ordered into unsupervised contact with physically or sexually abusive parents following divorce in the United States.

Though No Way Out But One is the story of one remarkable woman and her extraordinary efforts to protect her children, in far too many ways, Holly’s story is like thousands of others. It is the story of a national scandal, and it exposes a system that is dysfunctional and dangerous and must be radically changed.

Q&A with director to follow

Free & open to the public

*Wheelchair accessibility available through the Infinite Corridor in Building 8 or through the ramp at Building 14.*

Cosponsored by The Technology and Culture Forum’s End Violence group and Violence Prevention and Response (VPR)

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