Chicago Feminist Film Festival

04/13/2026

Columbia College Chicago is partnering with the One Earth Film Festival for a film screening on Thursday, April 23 at 6:30pm in our beautiful Film Row Cinema. Anyone is welcome to attend!!!
🎟️ Get your FREE tickets here: https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/2026-film-az/2026/3/11/drowned-land

We’ll be screening Drowned Land, a powerful film exploring water rights, Indigenous sovereignty, and environmental justice.

Following the screening, join us for a dynamic panel on environmental justice in the Midwest and beyond featuring:
Filmmaker Colleen Thurston; Gina Roxas (Executive Director, Trickster Cultural Center); Moderated by Columbia College Chicago Professor Henna Zamurd Butt

07/28/2023

Any filmmakers here local to Iowa? My hometown is starting a film festival, and entries are open for another week. It's a free entry process, though they are asking for a $5 donation per film if you have it. Please feel free to share! I often longed to attend a film festival when I was growing up, so I'm very much hoping this is a success!

ANNOUNCING the 1st Cedar River Film Festival! 📽 We will screen films by Iowa filmmakers August 25-27 here at the Oster Regent, so stop in and prepared to be wowed at the rich talent we have here in our great state.

We are not charging an entry fee, however, we are suggestion a $5 donation per film viewed. We are also still accepting film submissions through August 5.

Learn more 👇
https://www.mycfct.org/cedar-river-film-festival

11/30/2022

Check out FACETS on Sunday, December 4, 2022 for a special panel event and reception in support of the Chicago Premiere of the new documentary Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (which runs from December 3-11, 2022).

08/18/2022

"The 'Reproductive Rights Accelerator' program will provide a minimum of three students with $25,000 in funding each to support the script development and production of short films."

The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative announced Wednesday that it has created the program in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

06/26/2022

05/07/2022

Our friends at Women Make Movies are re-opening their repro-rights docs until July 15 for a free virtual film festival! These movies are *terrific* and will help fill in the gaps on what's happening and how we got here. After the movies, we'll see you in the streets!

Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Alito’s draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked, and the contents revealed that Roe v. Wade, and the federal right to abortion it guarantees, will likely soon be overturned. As we grapple with the magnitude and re...

02/13/2022

For those of you needing a last-minute valentine! Chocolates not included.

10/11/2021

Did you know you can watch Sundance's 2021 Indigenous Short Film Tour for free online? Seven short films totaling 85 minutes from recent Sundance festivals. Enjoy!

The 2021 Sundance Institute Indigenous Short Film Tour is a FREE 85-minute virtual program of seven short films directed by Indigenous filmmakers selected from recent…

09/02/2021

Too angry yesterday to post and today still don't have the words, so here's a link to Frontera Fund, which helps people in the Rio Grande Valley part of Texas obtain safe abortions.

Frontera Fund Is United Under One Fundamental Mission: To provide financial support and a sense of community for those seeking abortions in the Rio Grande Valley. We also assist local Rio Grande Valley residents who need to travel to clinics across Texas and beyond for the reproductive care they req...

08/19/2021

We're really proud of the folks behind this film. Congrats to Akanksha and Felicia!

Close Ties to Home Country was written and directed by Akanksha Cruczynski (MFA, Cinema Directing) and produced by Felicia Ferrara (MFA, Creative Producing).