It’s Academy Awards week and the ballots are closed.  While we don’t know the winners yet, one thing we know for sure is that no women have…

By Athena Film Festival blogger Carrie Nelson Though Winter Storm Nemo prevented some scheduled screenings and Q&A’s from going on as planned, the Athena Film Festival provided…

 By Athena Film Festival blogger Carrie Nelson  Approximately 85 women braved the falling snow on Friday to attend From Script to Screen: Producing a Short Film, led…

By Athena Film Festival blogger Carrie Nelson As you prepare for your visit to the 3rd annual Athena Film Festival, please join us in revisiting four short…

Band of Sisters:  Mary Fishman (Director) Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives: Grace Rice from Choices in Childbirth Brave Miss World: Cecilia Peck (Director) & Inbal…

Abandoned by her single mom, a teenaged girl becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to rethink their futures. Inspired by…

Fine Art Magazine chats with our very own Co-Founders! Check out the video!

Athena Film Festival Co-Chair and Hollywood badass Diablo Cody talks to Entertainment Tonight about what drew her to the Athena Film Festival and why it is so necessary. Check out…

BRAVE MISS WORLD is the inspiring story of a former Miss World, who after experiencing a violent abduction and rape, battles for justice and devotes her life…

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