Stella Grammenos-Dimadis Blog

The female filmmaker "I was tired of being a woman, tired of the pots, tired of my mouth and my breasts tired of the cosmetics and silks...I was tired of the gender of things."  (Consorting with angels-1967) Anne Sexton 1928-1974 The art of creation, as in filmmaking, should not have a gender status attached to it.  Filmmaking is just that, the making of films.  Yet, there is an imbalance of female filmmakers to male filmmakers and this baffles me. On the one hand, Kathryn Bigelow refuses to acknowledge herself as a female filmmaker, she is a filmmaker, period, full stop, and that's it.  I have to agree, yet on the other hand, why are there not more of her making films?  Why are there not more women sharing their stories on film, or stories about women?  Any scan of the new releases show male centric journeys that I have to say I'm a little bit over.  Currently, one can view...Man of Steel, The Hangover - Part 3, The Great Gatsby, Fast a...

The Price for Creativity "(The Senses) Take in at once the landscape of the world, At a small inlet, which a grain might close, And half create the wondrous world they see." Edward Young 1683-1765 I view filmmaking an art form; pure art stemming from creativity, that forms from the depths of the soul, heart, mind, the world.  It is the small intricacies that form that vision, or rather the poetry of life and all that nature has to offer.  Such an abstract concept, yes, but recently I have discovered that this vision I have is unique.  Nothing extraordinary here really.  In fact I would hope that all filmmakers have a unique vision, one that speaks to the audience in a way that they have never been spoken to before.  What has become disturbing in all of this though is the financial brick wall that confronts every filmmaker, stopping their creativity, stifling it.  I refuse to pay the pay the price for Creativity.  It cannot come at a price.  ...