Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival 2017 Honoring Female Filmmakers with Lois Weber Award
"In 2016, the annual event successfully incorporated the Buffalo Dreams Family Film Festival and launched its
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BUFFALO, N.Y. - Nov. 16, 2016 - Building on the tremendous success of this year's event, Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival is calling for submissions for its 2017 season, which will again run 10 days: Friday, November 3rd - Thursday, November 9th at the Dipson Theaters Eastern Hills Cinema, and Friday, November 10th - Sunday, November 12th at the Screening Room Cinema Cafe. In 2016, Buffalo Dreams received a record 350 submissions:
Lois Weber (June 13, 1879 – November 13, 1939) was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director, who is considered "the most important female director the American film industry has known",[1] and "one of the most important and prolific film directors in the era of silent films".[2][3] Film historian Anthony Slide asserts that: "Along with D.W. Griffith, Lois Weber was the American cinema's first genuine auteur, a filmmaker involved in all aspects of production and one who utilized the motion picture to put across her own ideas and philosophies."[4]
Weber produced an oeuvre comparable to Griffith in both quantity and quality,[5] and brought to the screen her concerns for humanity and social justice in an estimated 200 to 400 films,[2][6] of which as few as twenty have been preserved,[7][8] and has been credited by IMDb with directing 135 films, writing 114, and acting in 100.[9] Weber was "one of the first directors to come to the attention of the censors in Hollywood's early years".[10]
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