51Fest

Celebrating the female majority on screen. Our inaugural festival took place July 18 - 21, 2019.

[51Fest @51Fest]

RT: Let's give you an overview of how @51Fest are celebrating the female majority on screen! Presented by @WomenintheWorld & @IFCCenter. #51Fest #WomenInFilm #NYC #Film

[51Fest @51Fest]

In the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s conviction, we applaud all the women who came forward to tell their stories and to hold him accountable. And we’re grateful we could help give them a platform by presenting Ursula Macfarlane's powerful doc UNTOUCHABLE in last year’s fest.

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Weinstein guilty of rape but acquitted of other charges:
https://t.co/jz0eJ0f1ML via @NBCNews

[Independent Film Company (IFC) @IndieFilmCom]

“There has been an overabundance of films that deal with black trauma... We wanted to offer a film that dealt with the other side of that narrative, present a story that we felt was universal.”
@PrematureFilm in @NYTimesEnt — Now Playing @IFCcenter !
https://t.co/xlzxhgMHq2

[51Fest @51Fest]

Excellent writing, as always, from @ManohlaDargis on the diverse voices featured at this year's #SundanceFilmFestival! Can't wait for these films to be seen by a wider audience.

[A Girl From Mogadishu (2020) @agirl_mogadishu]

Global Impact Campaign Invitation https://t.co/0N7w7fOkdw

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Congratulations @forsamafilm on your #Oscarnom for @TheAcademy award for Best Documentary Feature.

Here is a look at a conversation with the film's directors and subject from @51Fest after an incredibly moving screening followed by a standing ovation:
https://t.co/x36q6FX88q

[51Fest @51Fest]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[For Sama @forsamafilm]

For Sama leads #BAFTA non-fiction awards with FOUR nominations – including Outstanding British Film – making it the most nominated documentary ever in BAFTA history.

[51Fest @51Fest]

What an inspiring an incredible moment from last night's #GoldenGlobes! We couldn't agree more. Let's do this 💪

[TIME'S UP @TIMESUPNOW]

"Women are the largest voting body in the country. Let's make it look more like us."

YES.

Thank you, Michelle Williams. #goldenglobes2020

[51Fest @51Fest]

7 of the 14 films in this program of documentaries on the Oscar Shortlist were made by female filmmakers! You can catch them (including #51Fest alum FOR SAMA) @IFCCenter starting Sun.
https://t.co/KPjhrLbuWt

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Congratulations @kathygriffin on your engagement & marriage! 👰🎊

Here is a look back at Kathy Griffin in conversation with @TinaBrownLM at @51Fest:
https://t.co/cwanjWHdm0

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

So excited -and unsurprised- to learn that @forsamafilm, which had its NY premiere at @51fest in July, is on the Oscar Documentary Feature Short List. Huge congratulations to the whole team👏👏👏

Watch the post-screening conversation with the filmmakers: https://t.co/Pm1sOp8P4U

[51Fest @51Fest]

More great news for @forsamafilm which is now on the Oscars Shortlist for Documentary Feature! We were honored to host the New York premiere of this brave and bold film that told a story of war up close and through a female lens.

[51Fest @51Fest]

Thrilled to see all the Top Ten-List love and the four #GoldenGlobes noms for UNBELIEVABLE. We were honored to host the world premiere at the festival this past summer with showrunner Susannah Grant & stars @KaitlynDever, @DLMacdonald19 & Merritt Wever. @netflix

[51Fest @51Fest]

There's so much to celebrate as this decade comes to a close, but we're ready for what comes next! 🙌
https://t.co/qYHtBZI00Y

[51Fest @51Fest]

#FBF to our screening of FOR SAMA at the first #51Fest last July.

FOR SAMA won *multiple* awards at this year’s British Independent Film Awards, including best British independent film! 👏👏👏 #bifa2019 https://t.co/QHLJRPSVWY

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Yoruba Richen @redrubes14 treated @51fest guests to a preview of #AndSheCouldBeNext, her campaign doc which features Stacey Abrams, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Lucy McBath + others, following them from elections to governance.

Watch her post screening talk: https://t.co/noTqhbAzPV

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Speaking at @51Fest following the NY premiere of Untouchable -the doc that charts the meteoric rise + shocking fall of Harvey Weinstein- Erika Rosenbaum talked of how her encounters with the former film producer affected her life.
Full discussion here: https://t.co/g5rFFn3yek

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Want to help change the direction of the U.S. for good?

Head this way and join the @supermajority movement >> https://t.co/sRJMrvEZ3M

#51fest #supermajority

[Women in the World @WomenintheWorld]

Brittany O’Neill, the inspiration for @BrittanyRunsMov, shared a definition of success that everyone can relate to at @51fest #51fest #WITW

[Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins @MollyIvinsFilm]

A SPECIAL TREAT! Here is the Live Q & A with Janice Engel​ and Kathleen Turner Brasil​, moderated by Rachel Dry of the NYT's from 51Fest​! We have been wanting to share one of these with you! #RAISEHELL https://t.co/Fn5Q451utC

[Sara Afshar @SaraAfshar]

I’ve never seen a film as beautifully personal & intimate as #ForSama, but also universal & of historic importance. @waadalkateab filmed 5 yrs of her life in #Syria. Thankfully she got out alive & made this incredible film with @watts_edward. Pls see it & ask your politicians to.