The Athena Film Festival is proud to announce the creation of the Athena List, which will highlight between 3-5 completed screenplays with strong leading female characters that have yet…
ATHENA 2025
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The 15th Annual Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College will be back March 6 - 9, 2025. A variety of passes are now on sale, but they won't last. Snag yours today!
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Save the Date: March 6 - 9, 2025
We'll be back for our 15th anniversary film festival next spring! Athena is the premier film festival dedicated to celebrating and advancing a new understanding of what women’s leadership looks like. We are focused on inclusion and representation ON SCREEN. All of our films feature a woman or women protagonist at the center of the story. Screenings are complemented by panels, filmmaker Q&As, and other events that investigate the intersections of gender, power, culture and society.
11 - Dec - 2013
09 - Dec - 2013
Barnard College’s Athena Center for Leadership Studies and Women and Hollywood, announce the fourth annual Athena Film Festival — a celebration of women and leadership — to take…
10 - Nov - 2013
Artistic Director Melissa Silverstein’s latest piece from Forbes. Last week I attended the first conference ever held in Israel to discuss the status of women working in…
08 - Nov - 2013
On Tuesday, November 12 at 6pm we will be screening the Athena Global Shorts at 56 minute collection of four films directed by talented filmmakers that played…
19 - Sep - 2013
The three interns for the 2014 Athena Film Festival worked with MTVU to talk to female college filmmakers about why they should take the chance to apply…
02 - Jul - 2013
It would be wonderful to say that in 2013 things were looking up for women in Hollywood — both onscreen and behind the scenes — but the…
21 - May - 2013
Films have power. They create conversation. They reveal truths. They inspire. But for far too long, Hollywood has told only half the story: what is missing are…
13 - May - 2013
The Oscar nominated documentary The Invisible War airs premieres tonight at 10pm PBS stations across the country. Here is the film’s executive producer and Athena Film Festival…
17 - Apr - 2013
The Athena Film Festival will again be accepting submissions from June 15-September 15. More details to follow.
16 - Apr - 2013
Moviemaker magazine is asking folks to nominate the 25 coolest film festivals. You can nominate the Athena Film Festival here: http://www.moviemaker.com/festivals/nominate-festival-moviemakers-25-coolest-film-festivals/
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