CITIZEN JANE FILM FESTIVAL
October 17-19, 2008
Columbia, Missouri
Women make up only 7% of filmmakers, but not for long ...
The Citizen Jane Film Festival will premiere Oct. 17-19, 2008. Citizen Jane is an annual film festival for the Columbia community and filmmakers from around the country. Films will include the best of features, documentaries, animation, and experimental and short films, all showcasing women behind and in front of the camera. You can meet the female filmmakers, watch films, and participate in panel discussions and workshops.
History
With the popularity of its Citizen Jane Women in Film Lecture Series, the Stephens College digital film department created a film festival and symposium, Fem Film, which took place Fall 2006. Based on the success of that one-time event, the digital film department will launch the Citizen Jane Film Festival—premiering October 17-19, 2008—as an annual film festival inviting not only the Columbia community, but also audiences throughout the Midwest and filmmakers from around the country. The Citizen Jane Film Festival offers audiences a weekend of female filmmakers, films, panel discussions and workshops.
Since 2004, Stephens College has invited female filmmakers, producers and writers from all over the country to present their films to the Stephens College and Columbia communities. Previous Citizen Jane Women in Film guests have included: Judith Guest, author/screenwriter, “Ordinary People”; Jennifer Hawks, Vice President of Music at Dreamworks; Marilyn Atlas, producer of the Sundance award winner “Real Women Have Curves”; and Jennie Livingston, director/producer of the Sundance award winner “Paris is Burning.”
Stephens College is celebrating its 175th year as the second-oldest women’s institution in the nation. Stephens digital film department offers aspiring filmmakers an intensive Summer Film Institute including workshops and experience behind the camera. Film is a powerful tool used to influence people and by default can easily support stereotypes. Citizen Jane wants to break apart those stereotypes, especially when it comes to female filmmakers.