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Bay Area Women in Film and Television
3288 21st Street #72
San Fransisco, CA 94110
USA
Telephone: 415-364-1860
Website: http://www.bawift.org
Description: BAWIFT began as Cinema Chicks in February 2001 and is now a community of over 600 women mediamakers from all over Northern California.

Belly Girl Films, Inc.
P. O. Box 1727
Brewster, MA 02631-7727
Voicemail: Toll-free 1-866-235-8397
Email: bellygirlfilms[no.spam*]earthlink.net
Website: http://www.bellygirl.com
Description:  The independent production company of media artist Rebecca M. Alvin.  Work includes films, videos, and multimedia programs that focus on people living outside the Mainstream.

Birds Eye View Film Festival
Birds Eye View
Unit 310A Aberdeen Centre
22-24 Highbury Grove
London N5 2EA
England
Telephone: 020-7704-9435 or 020-7288-7444
Email: rosiestrang[no.spam*]birds-eye-view.co.uk
Website: http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/index.htm
Description: Film is the most powerful meduim of our time, but only 7% of diurectors are women. Bireds Eye View brings you the new generation of talkented women filmmakers from across the globe.

Cinewomen
9903 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 461
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA
Telephone: 310-855-8720
Email: cinewomen[no.spam*]aol.com
Website: http://www.cinewomenny.org
Description: Grassroots, volunteer-run, nonprofit organization that supports and encourages women in the film and entertainment industry.

CineWomenNY
PO Box 1477
Cooper Station
New York, NY 10276
USA
Telephone: 212-604-4264
Email: info[no.spam*]cinewomenny.org
Website: http://www.cinewomenny.org
Description: Grassroots, volunteer-run, nonprofit organization that supports and encourages women in the film and entertainment industry.

Dyke TV
P.O. Box 170-163
Brooklyn, NY 11217
USA
Telephone: 718-230-4770
Email: staff[no.spam*]dyketv.org
Website: www.dyketv.org
Contact: Laura Perry, Executive Director
Description: A half-hour monthly television program produced by lesbians, for lesbians. We mix news, political commentary, the arts, health, sports, etc., to accurately present lesbian lives.

Festival International de films de Femmes
Maison des Arts de Creteil
Place Salvador Allende
94000 Creteil
France
Telephone: 33-0-1 49 80 38 98
Fax: 33-0-1 43 99 04 10
Email: filmsfemmes[no.spam*]wanadoo.fr
Website: http://www.filmsdefemmes.com/

KIN International Women's Film Festival
49 Hanrapetutian Str.
App 10 375010, Yerevan
Armenia
Telephone/Fax: 374 10 55-55-74
Contact: Mariam Ohanyan, Director
Email: Mariam[no.spam*]arminco.com
Website: http://kin-festival.liza.am/index.htm
Description: Dedicated to drawing attention to female problems and establishing a basis for further development of women's creative work in Armenia. The festival also hopes to reveal new talented women, bridge gaps and bring people to a better mutual understanding despite difference in cultures and backgrounds.

Independent Women Filmmakers (IWF)
Los Angeles, CA 90069
USA
Contact: Shereen Noon, IWF Founder and President
Email: snoon[no.spam*]elemental-films.com
Website: http://www.independentwomenfilmmakers.com
Description: IWF's goal is to support and encourage women to envision, create and express themselves through all aspects of filmmaking by sharing access, knowledge, experience, and ideas with each other.

International Black Women's Film Festival
Contact: Adrienne Anderson
Website: www.ibwff.com

MadCat Women's International Film Festival
639 Steiner Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
USA
Telephone: 415-436-9523
Fax: 415-934-0642
Email: info[no.spam*]madcatfilmfestival.org
Website: http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org
Contact: Ariella Ben-Dov, Founder, Director, Curator
Description:  MadCat highlights cutting-edge experimental and independent films and videos by women directors from around the globe. The festival seeks work that challenges the use of sound and image and explores notions of visual storytelling.

Movies By Women
Email: webmaster[no.spam*]moviesbywomen.com
Contact: Tara Veneruso, director
Website: http://www.moviesbywomen.com
Description: Site includes information and statistics on women directors,
director interviews, and a job board. Purpose is to increase number,
awareness, and audience of/for women directors and women directed films.

New Directions for Women
A Morris County NOW (NJ) Production
Morris County NOW
PO Box 394
Morristown, NJ 07960
USA
Contact: Mavra Stark
Telephone: 973-316-1661
Email: FeministTV[no.spam*]aol.com  or  Hildachild[no.spam*]aol.com
Description: Morris County NOW has had a regularly scheduled TV program since August of 1994. We are all volunteers from the chapter. Our show is seen in a large chunk of New Jersey as well as throughout Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, it's seen on the educational channel; in New Jersey, on public access stations. We currently have 117 half-hour programs in our library.

New York Women in Film and Television
6 East 39th Street, Suite 1200
New York, NY 10016-0112
USA
Contact: Terry Lawler, Exec. Director
Telephone:  212-679-0870 (ext. 24)
Fax:  212-679-0899
Email:  Hawler[no.spam*]nywift.org, info[no.spam]nywift.org
Website:  http://www.nywift.org

Reel Women
Reel Women Videos and Productions
8 Hayloft Lane
Roslyn Heights, NY 11577
USA
Contact: Ally Acker, Nora Acker
Telephone: 516-621-2525
Fax: 516-621-2505
Email: info[no.spam*]reelwomen.com
Website:  http://www.reelwomen.com 

San Diego Women's Film Festival
Attn: Jennifer Hsu
P.O. Box 632991
San Diego, CA 92163
USA
Telephone: 619-374-1121
Email: jenniferhsu[no.spam*]sdwff.org
Website: www.sdwff.org
Description: The San Diego Women Film Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate the public about film, promote women filmmakers and their work, and empower young women though film. The Foundation runs three main programs: Divas Direct, a series of film programs for young women; San Diego Girl Film Festival, an annual film festival held in the fall; and Film Screening Program, a year-round program that individually highlights local women filmmakers and their films by proividing a venue and audience as well as a panel discussion or audience Q&A.

Sisters in Cinema
Attn: Yvonne Welbon
Website: www.sistersincinema.com
Email: ywelbon[no.spam*]sistersincinema.com

Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival
Colorado Springs, CO
USA
Contact: Linda B. Broker, Festival Director
Telephone: 719-226-0450
Email: linda[no.spam*]rmwfilmfest.org
Website: http://www.rmwfilmfest.org
Description: Dedicated to celebrating the drive, diversity, and spirit of women by profiling works by and about women.

Through Women's Eyes Film Festival
UNIFEM USA
Gulf Coast Chapter
P.O. Box 4102
Sarasota, FL 34230
Telephone: 941-284-1027
Website: http://www.throughwomenseyes.com

Video Femmes
291, Rue St.-Vallier Est, bur. 104
Quebec, G1K 3P5
Canada
Telephone: 418-529-9188
Fax: 418-529-4891
Email: videoifem[no.spam*]clic.net
Website: http://www.videofemmes.org/intro.asp
Description: Video Femmes is a center which independently produces films and videos and also acts as a distribution center in Quebec City since 1974. You may view, rent or buy productions covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to the lives of women: health, violence, history, culture, society, sexuality, aboriginal women.

Women in Cinema Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
400 9th Ave N
Seattle, WA 98109
USA
Telephone: 206-464-5830
Fax: 206-264-7919
Email: info[no.spam*]seattlefilm.com
Website: http://www.seattlefilm.com
Description: International film festival in Seattle focusing on women in cinema.

Women in Film / Atlanta
PO Box 52726
Atlanta, GA 30355
USA
Telephone: 770-621-5071
Email: info[no.spam*]wifa.org
Website: http://www.wifa.org
Description: Supports and networks women in film, television, and new media.

Women in Film / Dallas
2600 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 117
Dallas, TX 75207
USA
Telephone: 214-954-4488
Fax: 214-954-0004
Email: wifdal[no.spam*]aol.com
Website: http://www.wifdallas.org
Description: Supports and networks women in film, television, and new media.

Women in Film and Video
1233 20th Street, NW, Suite 401
Washington, DC 20036
USA
Telephone: 202-429-WIFV (9438)
Fax: 202-429-9440
Email: wifv[no.spam*]hers.com
Website: http://www.wifv.org
Description: Dedicated to advancing professional development and achievement for women working in all areas of film, video, multimedia and related disciplines.

Women in Film and Video of Maryland
P.O. Box 1622
Owings Mills, Maryland 21117
USA
Telephone: 410-685-Film
Website: http://www.wifvmd.org
Description: Educating, mentoring, and promoting individuals in radio, film/video, television, multi-media and related disciplines.

Women in Film & Television / New England
397 Moody Street
Waltham, MA 02453
USA
Telephone: 781-788-6607
Email: info[no.spam*]womeninfilmvideo.org
Website: http://www.womeninfilmvideo.org
Description: Dedicated to supporting the accomplishments of women working in the film, video and new media industries.

Women in Film & Television, Toronto/WIFT-T
110 Eglinton Avenue East
Suite 601
Toronto, ON M4P 2Y1
Canada
Telephone: 416-322-3430 ext. 221
Fax: 416-322-3703
Email: wift[no.spam*]wift.com
Website: http://www.wift.com
Description: A nonprofit organization that helps members in film, television, and digital media build, advance, and sustain their careers nationally, and internationally.

Women In Film / Los Angeles
8857 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste. 201
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
USA
Telephone: 310-657-5144
Fax: 310-657-5154
Email: info[no.spam*]wif.org
Website: http://www.wif.org
Description: Founding chapter of Women In Film, an international networking and resource organization that fosters the professional and creative development of women in film, television, and new media.

Women Make Movies
462 Broadway, Suite 500
New York, NY 10013
USA
Telephone: 212-925-0606
Fax: 212-925-2052
Email: info[no.spam*]wmm.com
Website: http://www.wmm.com
Description: Women Make Movies is a national nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to the production, distribution, and exhibition of films and videotapes by and about women.

Women's Educational Media
2180 Bryant Street, Suite 203
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Contact: Christy Applegate
Telephone: 415-641-4616
Fax:  415-641-4632
Email:  wemfilms[no.spam*]womedia.org
Website:  http://www.womedia.org
Description:  Our mission is to produce and distribute documentar films that offer perspectives on achieving social justice, and inspire audiences to put their beliefs into action.

Women's Film Festival In Seoul
WFFIS Seojun B/D
5th floor 1431-9 Seocho1-dong Seochogu
Seoul
South Korea
Telephone: 82-2-583-3598~9
Fax: 82-2-525-3920
Email: program[no.spam*]wffis.or.kr
Web site: http://www.wffis.or.kr
Description: WFFIS has contributed to filming in Asia by introducing film made about women and by women with female points of view representing the world through film.

Women's Image Network
2118 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 144
Santa Monica, CA 90403
USA
Telephone: 310-229-5365
Email: info[no.spam*]winfemme.com
Website: http://www.winfemme.com
Description: Encourages positive portrayals of women in theater, television, and film; sponsors annual WINFEMME Film Festival showcasing films featuring female protagonists.

 

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