Ana Lily Amirpour

Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) and Kino Lorber team up for AWFJ Presents female-critic curated film slate

By John Wildman 5 years ago

Jennifer Merin, AWFJ president, said, “The alliance is very proud to partner with Kino Lorber for our inaugural ‘AWFJ Presents’ series to highlight some truly outstanding films by some of the world’s finest women directors. The films tell stories that are true to women’s experiences and represent women’s perspectives, but have universal appeal. We are also beyond appreciative of their enthusiasm and generosity regarding this partnership.”

Women Texas Film Festival’s Justina Walford sees a benefit in film festivals going virtual that is very real

By Justina Walford 6 years ago

What I love about these films is that there are women of all ages watching these who have always settled for a protagonist kind of like them. And that is the great challenge for most of us women as we grew up with male protagonists, white female protagonsts, cis-hetero protagonists forcing us to fit our color, our identity, our queerness into those mainstream places. Nothing makes me feel better than hearing someone say, “Finally, I see me on that screen.”

FILMS GONE WILD: Justina Walford moderates Women Texas Film Festival’s Special Screening of XX at Alamo Drafthouse Dallas on International Women’s Day

By John Wildman 9 years ago

While discussing the films in XX, praise was evenly distributed among THE BOX, BIRTHDAY PARTY, and HER ONLY LIVING SON for various reasons, but the biggest laugh of the night came from the diminutive Niki Pence, when she explained her preference of DON’T FALL by explaining that the film connected with her since throughout her life, she has been “full of rage.”