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MASTER Starring Regina Hall Opens 2022 Athena Film Festival Lineup

2022 Athena Film Festival will open with Mariama Diallo’s Master, starring Regina Hall, Amber Gray, and Zoe Renee.

Athena Film Festival Announces 2020 Honorees + Adds CLEMENCY, BLACK CHRISTMAS, LITTLE WOMEN

The Athena Film Festival announced honorees, films – Black Christmas, Clemency, Little Women; and the 2020 winners and finalists of the Athena List.

2020 Athena Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with I AM WOMAN

The 2020 Athena Film Festival will open with the NY premiere of I Am Woman by Unjoo Moon and starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey as singer-songwriter Helen Reddy,

Nina Shaw, Desiree Akhavan, Cameron Bailey

Athena Film Festival to Honor Time’s Up Nina Shaw, Director Desiree Akhavan and TIFF’s Cameron Bailey

Nina Shaw, a founder of Time’s Up, will be honored at the 2019 Athena Film Festival, along with actress Desiree Akhavan and Cameron Bailey of Toronto International Film Festival.

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House

Athena Film Festival Reveals 2019 Lineup, Opens with Julia Hart’s FAST COLOR, Closes with KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE Featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The 2019 Athena Film Festival will open with the NY premiere of Fast Color and close with the documentary Knock Down The House, featuring NY Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

BATTLE OF THE SEXES to Open and THE POST to Close 2018 Athena Film Festival

Athena Film Festival (AFF) will open their 2018 edition on Thursday, February 22nd with BATTLE OF THE SEXES,

2018 Athena Film Festival Announces Lineup, I AM NOT A WITCH, LADY BIRD and More…

The Athena Film Festival (AFF) continues to showcase films about strong and courageous women leaders with its 2018 lineup of narrative, documentary, and short films. Among the feature films included in this year’s lineup are THE BREADWINNER, directed by Nora Twomey and executive produced by Angelina Jolie; the New York premiere of I AM NOT A WITCH, from first-time writer and director Rungano Nyoni

Athena Film Festival to Honor Barbara Kopple, Amma Asante and Bridget Everett

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple, BAFTA winning writer and director Amma Asante and cabaret artist and actress Bridget Everett will be honored at 2018 Athena Film Festival.

Eve Ensler, Patricia Riggen, Regina K. Scully and David Oyelowo to be Honored at Athena Film Festival

Eve Ensler, Patricia Riggen, Regina K. Scully and David Oyelowo will be honored at the 2017 Athena Film Festival (AFF), set to run February 9 to 12, 2017, at Barnard College in New York City.

Athena Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens With Reproductive Rights Documentary TRAPPED

The 2016 Athena Film Festival opens on Thursday, February 18th with the New York premiere of the highly anticipated reproductive rights documentary TRAPPED, directed by Dawn Porter. The Centerpiece film will be SUFFRAGETTE, directed by Sarah Gavron and starring Carey Mulligan. The festival will close with the documentary CODEGIRL directed by Lesley Chilcott. Among the feature films included in this year’s lineup are: FREEHELD, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page and directed by Peter Sollett, […]

Filmmaker Mira Nair, Cast and Crew of SUFFRAGETTE to be Honored at 2016 Athena Film Festival

Filmmaker and activist Mira Nair (pictured above) will receive The Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Athena Film Festival taking place February 18 to 21, 2016 at Barnard College in New York City. Additional awardees include producer Geralyn Dreyfous, director Karyn Kusama, and composer Jeanine Tesori (BC ’83). The Athena Film Festival is also will also honor the cast and crew of SUFFRAGETTE with the inaugural Athena Ensemble Award. Mira Nair’s debut film […]

Rosie O’Donnell Doc to World Premiere at Athena Film Fest

HBO Documentary Films’ ROSIE O’DONNELL: A HEARTFELT STAND UP will premiere at the Athena Film Festival on Saturday February 7th, 2015.

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