by Tara Almond | Apr 26, 2022
Film Documents The Journey Of First Nepalese Woman to Summit Mt. Everest The Little Known Heroine She had courage. She had incredible strength. She inspired a nation yet few know the story of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s historic story to become the first... by Tara Almond | Apr 12, 2022
New This Year: Passes to Entire Festival Films Our live, In-Person 2022 Festival is just a month away! It’s not too early to look over the films, now with trailers available on our website here, and decide which films you plan to see.Can’t... 
by Tara Almond | Mar 14, 2022
She was said to be as rigid and tough-minded as Bette Davis and often refused to play a Davis “hand-me-down role,” writes biographer Troy Fontana of the glamorous Ida Lupino, actress, and director. Lupino’s refusal to take those parts frequently led to a suspension by... by Tara Almond | Feb 27, 2022
Written by Melanie Carden / FILM FEST MAGAZINE (reposted with permission) Women were the original power-houses in the movie industry. In the 1920s, before the talkies, women the likes of Louis Weber, Dorothy Parker, Marion Wong, and many others largely created the... 
by Tara Almond | Jan 31, 2022
Director Kavery Kaul believes that films can connect people to each other and break down cultural divides which is exactly what her new documentary, “The Bengali” achieves. When the director learned that the African American author, Fatima Shaik,... by Cheryl Crooks | Nov 20, 2021
CASCADIA Connects Directors When Satinder Kaur graduated from Meridian High School just outside Bellingham, WA, she had no idea that she’d return home one day to show her award-winning film, “Blood and Glory”, in the 2021 CASCADIA International Women’s Film...