We seek articles from filmmakers and scholars that will:

• Give practical advice about film production and expound on the elements of filmmaking.

• Analyze and explore the work of female filmmakers and the history of feminist filmmaking.

• Create connections between film production and academia.

This site will provide guidance to filmmakers starting their cinematic journey at two different levels: making films for personal use or films to be screened at festivals and other venues.

We invite contributions on the following topics:

• Cinematography

• Copyright/legal advice

• Editing

• Filmmaking narratives (first movie, disaster experiences, success stories, being a woman in the industry, etc.)

• Funding

• Equipment

• Feminist film analyses

• Feminist Pedagogy

• History of film

• History of film and feminism

• Interviewing techniques

• Interviews with female filmmakers (written or in video format)

• Lighting

• Location/subject permission forms

• Makeup

• Pedagogy

• Profiles of women who have helped shape the history of film or who are creating exciting work today

• Sound

• Soundtrack

How to Contribute

Contributions should be between 200 and 2,500 words and accompanied by one or more images to illustrate the piece. Photographs, screenshots and videos are encouraged in order to help readers to visually understand the ideas presented. Make sure that you have the rights to the images and video you submit. You may also use images licensed through an appropriate creative commons license (see: http://search.creativecommons.org/).

We encourage our contributors to follow MLA’s documentation and formatting guidelines.  Other citation styles such as Chicago and APA are also acceptable.

Please email contributions@agnesfilms.com with a 100-250 word proposal containing the following:

• A short description of the topic you would like to address.

• The intended audience (personal, professional or both).

• If you’re not a member of agnès films, please include a 50-100 word bio, as well as your website’s url if you have one.

We will get back to you within a month of your proposal. If accepted, we ask that you send us your piece within two months.

How to Format

Videos should be formatted as Quicktime files and images as jpegs.

Send your videos and podcasts as a data disk rather than a “play-now” DVD or CD. We will need to be able to copy the files so we can upload them to our site.

How to Share News with the agnès films Community

In order to submit film-related news, please email them to contributions@agnesfilms.com. We are interested in film screenings, award announcements, conference presentations and publications by members of our community, job postings, festivals seeking and/or screening work by female filmmakers, calls for papers for conferences related to film production, feminism and women’s issues, and recently published books and articles on topics relevant to our focus.  Please make sure to include at least one image with your news item.

Member Publications and Interviews

In an effort to provide more visibility to our members’ films, scholarly books and articles, as well as interviews or articles written about them or their work, we have a Films and Publications by Members page, where we list links to our members’ work, either to the articles themselves or to books on Amazon.com or publisher websites. If you are a member of agnès films and would like to showcase your work in this way, please send us the appropriate link to contributions@agnesfilms.com.