Caryn Coleman is the founder of New York-based film initiative The Future of Film is Female which amplifies the work of women and non-binary filmmakers early in their career, offering short film grants. Caryn's initiative has been exponentially growing and I wanted to ask her how she made it all happen! We talk about how Caryn came to curating, her Future of Film is Female highlights, and the knots and bolts of indie distribution.

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Future of Film is Female

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Top Gun (1986)

The House of Monsters Chicago

Devil’s Nightmare (1971)

The Baby (1973) (YouTube)

BFI

Nitehawk Cinema

Eleanor Wilson

Kate Dolan

You’re Not My Mother (2021)

Oddity (2024)

Speak No Evil (2024)

Nice Shoes Post Production

Heard City Post Production

Mosquito Lady (2024) (YouTube)

I Could Just Die, And That Would Be All Right (2023)

All Over Me (1997) (YouTube)

Not A Pretty Picture (1976)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Girlfight (2000)

Fancy Dance (2023)

High-Rise (2015)

Free Fire (2016)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (YouTube)

Messaging the Monstrous Women Make Horror @MoMA

Vidiots

Alison Peirse

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The Graduates Announcement in IndieWire

The Graduates (2024)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Nightbitch (2024)

Booger (2023)

Hollywood 90028 (1973)

Black Conflux (2019)

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)

Our Father, the Devil (2021)

Timestalker (2024)

Mirror, Mirror (1990) (YouTube)

Little Women (1994)

One Timers film series at Metograph

Wanda (1970) (YouTube)