We are proud to be featuring the following films at the 2013 Athena Film Festival (in alphabetical order). See our great lineup of Shorts and Works in Progress below.
Features: Documentaries and Narratives
 Band of SistersDirected by: Mary Fishman Saturday Feb 9. 2013, 12PM Held Auditorium – 304 Barnard Hall Q&A Director Mary Fishman will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 Beasts of the Southern WildDirected by: Benh Zeitlin Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 6PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center |
 Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm MidwivesDirected by: Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 3PM Northwest Corner Building – 5th Floor 120th & Broadway Q&A Élan McAllister, Executive Director of Choices in Childbirth will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 BraveDirected by: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 12PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center |
 Brave Miss World – Sneak Preview and Closing FilmDirected by: Cecilia Peck Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 6pm Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center Q&A Cecilia Peck (Director) & Inbal Lessner (Producer/Editor) will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to TravelDirected by: Lisa Immordino Vreeland Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 6PM Northwest Corner Building – 5th Floor 120th & Broadway |
 Fast GirlsDirected by: Regan Hall Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 3PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center |
 Future WeatherDirected by: Jenny Deller Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 12PM Held Auditorium – 304 Barnard Hall Q&A Producer Kristin Fairweather and Actor Anubhav Jain will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 Ginger and RosaDirected by: Sally Potter Friday Feb. 8, 2013, 9PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center |
 The GirlDirected by: David Riker Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 3PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center Q&A Director David Riker will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 Granny’s Got GameDirected by Angela Gorsica Alford Friday, Feb. 8, 6PM Held Auditorium – 304 Barnard Hall Q&A Director Angela Alford and team captain, Judy Barton will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 Hannah Arendt – Special Sneak PreviewDirected by: Margarethe von Trotta Friday Feb. 8, 2013, 8PM Northwest Corner Building – 5th Floor 120th & Broadway Q&A Screenwriter Pamela Katz and journalist Regina Weinreich will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 InocenteDirected by: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 3PM Held Auditorium – 304 Barnard Hall Q&A Producer Yael Melamede will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. Nishima Chudasama, associate producer of Girl Rising will also attend. |
 The Invisible WarDirected by: Kirby Dick Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 12PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center Q&A Executive Producers Maria Cuomo Cole and Regina Kulik Scully will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. Rebekah Havrilla from Service Women’s Action Network will join the post screening conversation as well. |
 I Stand CorrectedDirected by: Andrea Meyerson Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 9PM Glicker-Milstein Black Box Theater – LL 200 Diana Center Q&A Director Andrea Meyerson and film subject Jennifer Leitham will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 La RafleDirected by: Rose Bosch Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 12PM Northwest Corner Building – 5th Floor 120th & Broadway |
 Middle of NowhereDirected by: Ava DuVernay Friday Feb. 8, 2013, 6PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center Q&A Director Ava DuVernay will join the audience for a Q&A after the film. |
 Putin’s KissDirected by: Lise Birk Pedersen Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, 3PM Held Auditorium – 304 Barnard Hall |
 Violeta Went to HeavenDirected by: Andrés Wood Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 9PM Northwest Corner Building – 5th Floor 120th & Broadway |
 Women Aren’t FunnyDirected by: Bonnie McFarlane Saturday Feb. 9, 9PM Diana Event Oval – LL 100 Diana Center Q&A Director Bonnie McFarlane will join the audience for a Q&A session following the screening. |
 WONDER WOMEN! The Untold Story of American SuperheroinesDirected by: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan Saturday Feb. 9, 2013, 6PM Held Auditorium – 304 Barnard Hall Q&A Producer Kelcey Edwards will join the audience for a q and a following the screening. Carmela Lane and Katie Pineda will join the discussion. |
Shorts
Program 1
Friday Feb. 8, 2013 6PM and Saturday Feb. 9, 2013 3 PM
Glicker-Milstein Black Box Theater – LL 200 Diana Center
Info | Tickets: Feb 8, 6pm; Feb 9, 3pm Students: Feb 8, 6pm; Feb 9, 3pm
- Free Kick
Directed by: Bernabé Rico - Jasad & the Queen of Contradictions
Directed by: Amanda Homsi-Ottosson - Stella is 95
Directed by:Robin Baker Leacock - Who is Pauline Park
Directed by: Jamerry Kim
Q&A Filmmaker Jamerry Kim will participate in a Q&A session following the screening.
Program 2
Friday Feb. 8, 2013 9PM and Sunday Feb. 10, 2013, 12PM
Glicker-Milstein Black Box Theater – LL 200 Diana Center
Info | Tickets: Feb 8, 9pm; Feb 10, 12pm Students: Feb 8, pm; Feb 10, 12pm
- 55 Socks
Directed by: Co Hoedeman - ABC
Directed by: Madli Lääne - Devout
Directed by: Diana Neille and Sana Gulzar - Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Directed by: Sarah Knight - In a Heartbeat
Directed by: Karolina Lewicka
Q&A February 10th: Pamala Plastock, Elissa Kaplan, Chani Getter (Sunday only) and Howard Weinberg from DevOUT will join the audience for a Q&A.
Program 3
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, 12PM and Sunday, February 10, 2013, 3PM
Glicker-Milstein Black Box Theater – LL 200 Diana Center
Info | Tickets: Feb 9, 12pm; Feb 10, 3pm Students: Feb 9, 12pm; Feb 10, 3pm
- Hilary’s Straws
Directed by: Phil Cox - Our Rhineland
Directed by:Faren Humes - Georgena Terry
Directed by: Amanda Zackem
Directed by Amanda Zackem
- Prizefighter
Directed by: Angela Wong - Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy
Directed by: Rebecca Dreyfus - She Who Excels in Solitude
Directed by: Mako Kamitsuna
Q&A February 9th: Faren Hume, director of Our Rhineland and Mako Kamitsuna director of She Who Excels in Solitude will attend the screening.
Q&A February 10th: Faren Hume, director of Our Rhineland, Mako Kamitsuna director of She Who Excels in Solitude, Heather Hardy and Devon subject and trainer in Prizefighter, and Rebecca Dreyfus director of Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy as well as Sylvia Plachy will attend the screening.
Works in Progress
Sunday Feb. 10, 2013 3:30PM
James Room – 4th Floor Barnard Hall
- Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray
Director and Writer: Kristi Zea - The Illusionists
Director, Executive Producer and Writer: Elena Rossini - Girls Gone Vinyl : The Untold Story of Female DJs
Directors: Yevgenya Feterovich & David London - Missing in Action: The Women behind Television’s Golden Age
Directors: Molly Sackler and Jason Wulkowicz - She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
Director: Mary Dore and Nancy Kennedy - A Quiet Inquisition
- Directors: Alessandra Zeka & Holen Kahn
