Podtalk: Cinema Femme Film Fest to Honor Filmmaker Haroula Rose

Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 23, 2024 - 5:15pm

CHICAGO – Haroula Rose has made a mark on creative culture as a filmmaker, musician and performer, and the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival will acknowledge her on the April 25th Opening Night with a Special Tribute to Haroula, beginning at 7pm at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. For more information, click ROSE.

Presented by Cinema Femme Magazine, the film festival emphasizes the importance of supporting emerging female and non-binary filmmakers, and connects those filmmakers to their Breaking Down Walls mentorship and retreat. This year’s festival features short film programs with a letter writing theme, a spotlight feature film “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood,” a screenwriting workshop and a panel on post-production. The panelists will be all female and non-binary people from notable post production Chicago companies …Optimus, Periscope Post & Audio, Noisefloor, and Anachrony Post. Virtual online events will also take place on April April 29th, 30th and May 2nd.

Haroula Rose Tribute at Cinema Femme Short Film Festival on April 25th
Photo credit: CinemaFemme.com

Haroula Rose began working as a writer and filmmaker after a Fulbright Fellowship, and was an Associate Producer on Ryan Cooler’s “Fruitvale Station.” She was writer/director on the TV Pilot “Lost & Found,’ which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and has subsequently wrote and directed the feature films “Once Upon a River” and “All Happy Families.” Her latest short film, “Diana’s Electric Tongue” will screen at the Cinema Femme Fest. As musician, she released her third full album, “Catch a Light,” in 2022.

In Podtalk interview by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Haroula Rose talks about her tribute honor at the Cinema Femme Festival and other topics …

In a video clip, Haroula talks about her creative goals …

Trailer, the Cinema Femme Short Film Festival …

For Haroula’s previous interviews with Patrick McDonald on HollywoodChicago.com, click LOST & FOUND, ONCE UPON A RIVER and ALL HAPPY FAMILIES.

Cinema Femme Magazine presents the 6th Cinema Femme Short Film Festival, with in-person events on April 25th, 28th and May 1st, and virtual events on April 29th, 30th and May 2nd, 2024. For all information about Cinema Femme, click here.