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... by Cheryl Crooks | Oct 25, 2021
Seven years ago, the idea of a creating a film festival to focus on the work of women directors began to be seriously explored by a small group of individuals here in Bellingham. How to do it was another matter. One of those to whom we turned for advice was the... 
by Cheryl Crooks | Oct 6, 2021
By Lyn Dennis, Lummi Nation/Tahltan Band of B.C. CASCADIA International Women’s Film Festival Board and Filmmaker “End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock” is a movie that you will want to see twice. It evolves around the plight of the Standing Rock tribal members... 
by Tara Almond | Sep 29, 2021
By Alice Gu, Director As an LA-born and raised child of Chinese immigrants, I grew up like any other normal American kid––I had loads of friends, took ballet, tennis, piano, you name it. I went to sleepovers, ate hamburgers, and pursued the career of my dreams. I...
