Aunjanue Ellis' Fannie Lou Hamer biopic is one of the entries on the Black List-inspired collection of unproduced screenplays about women leaders. By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast The Athena ...

Welcome to Behind the Fest, Backstage’s questionnaire series with film festival figures who want to get your work selected and seen. With behind-the-scenes insight from the men and women at Sundance, ...

'Till' director Chinonye Chukwu saw the script for her first film, 'Clemency,' end up on Athena's Black List-inspired selection of unproduced screenplays. By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast The ...

The Athena Film Festival is known for its feature films, documentaries and shorts that highlight women’s leadership and femininity, but for its sixth year, the organizers behind the event will be ...

The Athena Film Festival, which will take place this year from March 2 to 5, is a hallmark event at Barnard that highlights women and nonbinary filmmakers and actors. The Athena List—an integral part ...

“Copa 71,” the Serena Williams-produced documentary that aims to shed light on the 1971 controversially unsanctioned Women’s World Cup, will have its New York premiere at the 14th annual Athena Film ...

In its quest to uplift the voices of women in leadership roles, the 10th annual Athena Film Festival shined a spotlight on women who often go unseen within society and the subsequent issues that they ...

Catching up with movies you’ve somehow avoided all your life shouldn’t only be a matter of scratching one classic after another off a list, though that’s a fine way to start. Why not make room for ...

The 2023 Athena Film Festival is set to open with a screening of Chinonye Chukwu’s acclaimed Till and close with the New York premiere of the timely Sundance selection Plan C. The screening of Till, ...

The Athena Film Festival has selected its 2022 grant winners and honorees, The Hollywood Reporter can reveal exclusively. The Barnard College-based celebration of female leadership is awarding a total ...