FILM FEMINA
7:00 PM on Monday Mar. 8th, 2010
Club Saw, 67 Nicolas Street
7:00 PM on Monday Mar. 8th, 2010
Club Saw, 67 Nicolas Street
1st Ottawa FILM FEMINA Screening Marks International Women's Day on March 8, 2010
March 1, 2010 - Ottawa’s newest media artists' collective, FILM FEMINA, is pleased to announce its first screening to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010 at Club Saw at 7:00 p.m.
FILM FEMINA was established in February 2010 by Nena Toth, filmmaker and cinematographer. The objective of the collective is to bring communities together to increase awareness and understanding of women’s media art work. Members of the collective include local media independent artists: Kelly Ann Beaton, Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes, and Liisa Rissanen. Bios on the collective members are attached.
“ The International Women’s Day is an excellent opportunity to celebrate and view contemporary and unique films and videos created by 17 women directors that had been produced in the last 15 years in Ottawa region,” said Nena Toth.
FILM FEMINA screening will feature contemporary short experimental, documentary, animation, and narrative films and videos independently produced for the last 15 years in by Ottawa filmmakers. A complete list of film is attached. Some of the films and videos from FILM FEMINA program have been awarded prizes at national and international film festivals. Several of the films were previously selected from the Canadian Film Femina Festival, held in Podgorica, Montenegro (November 1-3, 2009).
The cost of the screening is $5.00 Club SAW is located at 67 Nicolas Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
March 1, 2010 - Ottawa’s newest media artists' collective, FILM FEMINA, is pleased to announce its first screening to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010 at Club Saw at 7:00 p.m.
FILM FEMINA was established in February 2010 by Nena Toth, filmmaker and cinematographer. The objective of the collective is to bring communities together to increase awareness and understanding of women’s media art work. Members of the collective include local media independent artists: Kelly Ann Beaton, Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes, and Liisa Rissanen. Bios on the collective members are attached.
“ The International Women’s Day is an excellent opportunity to celebrate and view contemporary and unique films and videos created by 17 women directors that had been produced in the last 15 years in Ottawa region,” said Nena Toth.
FILM FEMINA screening will feature contemporary short experimental, documentary, animation, and narrative films and videos independently produced for the last 15 years in by Ottawa filmmakers. A complete list of film is attached. Some of the films and videos from FILM FEMINA program have been awarded prizes at national and international film festivals. Several of the films were previously selected from the Canadian Film Femina Festival, held in Podgorica, Montenegro (November 1-3, 2009).
The cost of the screening is $5.00 Club SAW is located at 67 Nicolas Street, Ottawa, Ontario.