FIRST WEEKENDERS GROUP WEEKLY UPDATE

May 16th, 2008 by liz

www.moviesbywomen.com
FEATURES DIRECTED by WOMEN

>> HIGHLIGHTS

++ Georgina Garcia Reidel’s How the Garcia Girls
Spent Their Summer opens nationwide

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>> PREMIERING week of May 16, 2008

Buy opening weekend tickets for films directed by women.

++ How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
directed by Georgina Garcia Reidel

++ Paraguayan Hammock directed by Paz Encina
Opens in N.Y.

++ Water Lilies directed by Celine Sciamma
Opens in L.A.

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>>MOVIES BY WOMEN NEWS

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Join in the conversation! Visit blog.moviesbywomen.com
for news from the front lines on women working in Hollywood.

COMING THIS WEEKEND: Three new podcast episodes, including
our video podcast with director Mary Lambert (Pet Sematary),
who discusses the making of 14 Women (her documentary on
the 14 women of the U.S. Senate). Plus, Dr. Martha Lauzen’s
audio podcast on the statistics of women working in Hollywood.

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Podcast Channel from your desktop computer at
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YouTube.com - all for FREE.

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This e-mail compiled and edited by: Elizabeth Barker &
Katie Lanegran. If you have information on new releases, please
email us (simply hit reply).

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>>MOVIE OF THE MONTH

++ Refusenik directed by Laura Bialis
Now playing in N.Y.; opens May 23 in L.A.

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>>Special Event Screenings, NEW YORK

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>>Special Event Screenings, LOS ANGELES

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>>IN THEATERS NOW week of May 16, 2008

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We can only make a change if we affect box
office sales! YOU can buy a ticket over the
phone in NYC or LA without actually being there.
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++ American Zombie directed by Grace Lee

++ Beyond Belief directed by Beth Murphy

++ Blindsight directed by Lucy Walker

++ Body of War directed by Ellen Spiro & Phil Donahue

++ Caramel directed by Nadine Labaki

++ The Cool School directed by Kristine McKenna & Morgan Neville

++ Dhamma Brothers directed by Jenny Phillips

++ Extra Ordinary Barry directed by Vivi Stafford

++ The Favor directed by Eva Aridjis

++ Flow directed by Irena Salina

++ Forever directed by Heddy Honigmann

++ Hats Off directed by Jyll Johnstone

++ I for India directed by Sandhya Suri

++ Jack and Jill vs. The World directed by Vanessa Parise

++ Jellyfish directed by Shira Geffen & Etgar Keret

++ Just Sex and Nothing Else directed by Krisztina Goda

++ Little Chenier directed by Bethany Ashton

++ Never Forever directed by Gina Kim

++ Nim’s Island directed by Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin

++ Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Payrounnaud

++ A Plumm Summer directed by Caroline Zelder

++ A Previous Engagement directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin

++ Refusenik directed by Laura Bialis

++ Remember the Daze directed by Jess Manafort

++ Stop-Loss directed by Kimberly Peirce

++ Then She Found Me directed by Helen Hunt

++ Under the Same Moon directed by Patricia Riggen

++ The Unforeseen directed by Laura Dunne

++ Viva directed by Anna Biller

++ Vivere directed by Angelina Maccarone

++ A Walk into the Sea directed by Esther Robinson

++ War Made Easy directed by Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp

++ Water directed by Saida Medvedeva

++ Water Lilies directed by Celine Sciamma

++ XXY directed by Lucia Puenzo

++ Young and Restless in China directed by Sue Williams

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>> REVIEWS OF THE WEEK: WRITTEN BY YOU

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Written by you - simply reply to this email.
(Please be brief when responding)
Anonymous if not otherwise requested.
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++ Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis is a funny and heartbreaking animated memoir
of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In
Persepolis, Satrapi shows audiences that the images of
Iran that the United States has seen for so long in the
media do not make up the whole story of one country. In
Persepolis, the smallest details of growing up female
are mixed in with a very intense political situation and
the filmmakers do an excellent job of showing that the
most minute details of every day life do not stop because
of political turmoil. Persepolis is both magical and stunning.

++ Vivere directed by Angelina Maccarone
Vivere is a film I won’t soon forget. It is the kind of
road movie that goes against every characteristic of the
genre. Maccarone is making films that no one else has. In
Vivere, Maccarone tells three very different women’s stories
and she tells them with a unique sincerity. The filmmaker
cites Wong Kar Wai, Lars von Trier, and Billy Wilder as three
of her top filmmaker influences and it shows. Vivere is at once
stylishly heartbreaking, masochistic, and Maccarone is
versatile in the films she chooses to make. I loved Maccarone’s
Unveiled and look forward to her next film. Vivere illustrates
the loneliness of a working-class lesbian, a queer retiree,
and a pregnant teenager. No one is having an easy time in
this film, but the film is never bleak.

-Reviews by Cathy de la Cruz, www.showmeyourtitles.com / San Diego, CA

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Make your voice heard by sending us your reviews
of new women-directed films - simply hit reply to this email!

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>> COOL SITES/ARTICLES/HAPPENINGS

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SAVE THE DATE! June 17 in N.Y.
From Soundbites to Solutions: Bias, Punditry and the Press
in the 2008 Election, a discussion on the role
the media plays in influencing voter perception.
Co-sponsored by The Women’s Media Center, the forum is
free of charge and open to the press and the public.
June 17, 9 a.m. to noon
Paley Center for Media
25 West 57th Street.
Please RSVP to www.mije.org/solutions

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MoviesByWomen.com has added a message board!
To start sounding off about all that’s happening in
the world of female filmmakers, check it out now:

http://forum.moviesbywomen.com/

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>> Get inspired: Organize a home screening party!
We love the website www.filmstoseebeforeyouvote.com
so much that we’ve decided to start up our own home-screening
series. To throw your own home screening, invite over your
friends and colleagues to watch a film directed by a woman
(check our weekly DVD release section for ideas). Hold a
lively discussion or debate afterwards, just like you would
with a book group. Each month we’ll recommend a
DVD to view at your screening party.

This May we recommend the 15th anniversary DVD of
The Piano directed by Jane Campion

Send us your feedback and let’s get rocking!
news@moviesbywomen.com

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>>COMING SOON

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++ Refusenik directed by Laura Bialis
Opens May 23 in L.A.

++ Why Be Good? Sexuality and Censorship in Early Cinema
directed by Elaina Archer
When: May 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Egyptian Theatre in L.A.
Info: http://www.americancinematheque.com/indexegyptian.html

++ Who’s Afraid of Kathy Acker? directed by Barbara Caspar
When: May 25 at 9 p.m.
++ We Want Roses Too directed by Alina Marazzi
When: May 26 at 9 p.m., May 29 at 7 p.m.
Where: Seattle International Film Festival
Info: http://www.siff.net

++ Absolutely Safe directed by Carol Ciancutti-Leyva
When: May 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Two Boots Pioneer Theater in N.Y.
Info: http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/

++ Purity: Breaking the Codes of Silence
directed by Anat Zuria
When: June 1 at 2 p.m., June 4 at 2:50 p.m.
Where: Film Society of Lincoln Center
Info: http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/israel60/program.html

++ Operation Filmmaker directed by Nina Davenport
Opens June 4 in N.Y.
Info: http://www.operationfilmmaker.com/

++ Kit Kittredge: An American Girl directed by Patricia Rozema
Opens July 2
Info: http://www.kitkittredge.com/

++ Frozen River directed by Courtney Hunt
Opens in August
Info: http://frozenriverthemovie.com/

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>>DVD RELEASES

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++ The Business of Being Born directed by Abby Epstein

++ Mad Money directed by Callie Khouri

++ 27 Dresses directed by Anne Fletcher

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>>TELEVISION/CABLE/MISC.:

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++ Editor’s Note: Please visit www.withoutabox.com
for extended festival listings.
We do accept sponsorship listings.
Email us for inquiries - news@moviesbywomen.com

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>>Hey, directors! Send us your TV or cable releases.

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>>SCREENINGS IN OTHER CITIES

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>>SUBLETS IN N.Y. & L.A.

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>>MISC.

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on MoviesByWomen.com, please e-mail us at news@moviesbywomen.com

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The service goes to over 3,000 people who are helping
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