CFJJ Press

Citizen Jane enjoys support from national, regional and local media outlets year after year. They come because they know CJFF is all about telling women’s stories and getting their unique voices and perspectives out to the public. Take a moment to explore our past media coverage.

Are you a member of the media? We welcome you to learn more about our internationally known festival, our innovative film camp and our year-round film and lecture series. Members of the press should contact Janese Silvey at (573) 442-2211.

2015 Media Coverage

Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Maiko: Dancing Child
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 6: Ms.ouri Made
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 7: The Secret Lives of Girls
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Brand: A Second Coming
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: The Midnight Swim
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Ayanda
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: The Invitation
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Frame by Frame
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 3: Emerging Voices
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Imba Means Sing
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: From This Day Forward
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: A Woman Like Me
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Funny Bunny
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 1: Family Fun Films
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 5: Shorts About Love
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Four Way Stop
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 4: The Mix Tape
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Shorts 2: Dance + Film
Vox: Citizen Jane Review: Unexpected
Columbia Daily Tribune: Film buffs turn out for opening night of Citizen Jane Festival
KRCG: Citizen Jane Film Festival Promotes Women Directors
Vox: Breaking the Mold
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Citizen Jane Returns for 8th Edition
KOMU: Citizen Jane Film Festival Receives Double the Entries
Worlds Collide: Citizen Jane Festival Combines Homegrown Talent, Universal Stories
Vox: Editor’s Letter, Citizen Jane. Vivacious Women Aren’t Unusual
Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane Shares Founder’s Passion for Film
Chicago Tribune: Look for Halloween, Jazz, Bluegrass and Beer in Midwest Festivals
The District with Josh Wright: Interview with Kerri Yost and Linda Pattie
Move: Local Film Festival Rolls into Eighth Year of Production
Visit Columbia: Citizen Jane Film Festival
Columbia Daily Tribune: Columbia’s True/False, Citizen Jane Named Among World’s 25 ‘Coolest’ Film Festivals
SC-Scene: Citizen Jane Named One of ‘Coolest’ Festivals in the World
Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane Announces Opening Frame of Mind

2014 Media Coverage

International Women’s Film Festival Network: Citizen Jane
Columbia HeartBeat Artists of the Month: Citizen Jane Team (11.01.14)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Volunteers Gear up for Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival (11.03.14)
Her Magazine: Citizen Jane, the Feminist Film Festival (10.09.14)
Vox: 7th Annual Citizen Jane Festival (09.10.14)

2013 Media Coverage

Inside Columbia: Return of Citizen Jane (09.13)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Citizen Jane Tickets on Sale (05.13.13)
IndieWire: “I’m heading to Citizen Jane Film Festival” (10.02.13)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Festival Gathers Promising Cinematic Voices (10.03.13)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane Sets Sail (09.30.13)
Radio Friends with Paul Pepper: Citizen Jane (09.24.13)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Seeing Film in a Whole New Light (09.29.13)
KOMU: Citizen Jane Returns (10.04.13)
Columbia Missourian Storify: Citizen Jane (10.13)
KRCG: Festival Showcases Female Filmmakers (10.03.13)
KBIA: Film Explores how Corporate Money Influences Politics (09.29.13)
KBIA: Summit kicks off Citizen Jane Festival (10.04.13)
The Maneater: Citizen Jane Film Festival Addresses Complexities of Female Empowerment (10.09.13)

2012 Media Coverage

Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane Prepares for the End. (08.26.12)
KOMU: Citizen Jane Film Fesival Begins. (10.19.12)

2011 Media Coverage

The Columbia Missourian “THE WEEK IN PHOTOS: A fundraiser, a film festival and a horse whisperer” (10.02.11)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Circus theme opens Citizen Jane Film Festival (10.01.11)
The Columbia Missourian: Upcoming Citizen Jane Film Festival has creative niche. (09.29.11)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane Film Festival opens its tent to embrace the ‘Cirque du Cinema’. (09.25.11)
Citizen Jane Film Festival Promotes Women’s Films (09.21.11)
Vox Exclusive: Video Interview from Citizen Jane. (10.01.11)
Vox: Advice from an Ex-Citizen Jane Newbie. (09.26.11)
Vox Talk: Help, Help, it’s Circus Amok! (09.29.11)
Vox Talk: The Making of Citizen Jane Covers. (09.29.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Bob and the Monster. (09.30.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Dish (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Made in India (10.20.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: BoCoMo: At Your Service (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Un Cirque de New York. (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: The Secret Lives of Girls (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same.(10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: About Love. (09.30.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: A Wake (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Somewhere Between (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Emerging Voices (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: The Real Princesses (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Southern Belle (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Atomic Mom (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Sarabah (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Crossroads (10.02.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Spirit of the Bluebird (10.01.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: Apache 8 (10.01.11)
Citizen Jane Strongwoman Competition. (10.01.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: It Happens to Us and Take Our Bodies Back. (10.01.11)
Citizen Jane Film Review: The Work of 1000.(10.01.11)
Winner of the Citizen Jane Strongwoman competition announced. (10.03.11)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Circus Theme Opens Citizen Jane Film Festival. (10.01.11)
Vox Magazine (09.29.11)
Columbia Daily Tribune by Julia Renae Hicks, 09.25.11
STL Today, Joe Williams 09.27.11
Kansas City Star and Bob and the Monster (09.24.11)
Bust Magazine (09.25.11)
Coming Attractions(08.21.11)
STLToday: Joe’s Movie Lounge: 4^th Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival Unfurls in Columbia, MO this weekend. (09.26.11)
Bust Magazine: Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, MO this weekend! (09.29.11)
Five High Wire Acts at this year’s Citizen Jane (09.29.11)
KOMU: Cirque Du CJ Kicks Off the Citizen Jane Film Festival (09.30.11)
Columbia Missourian: Upcoming Citizen Jane Film Festival has a creative niche. (09.29.11)
KOMU: Organizers Prepare for “Circus” of a Citizen Jane Weekend. (10.10.11)
Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane opens its tent to embrace the “Cirque du Cinema”. (09.25.11)
KOMU: Stephens College to Host Women’s Film Festival (09.25.11)
KBIA: Off The Clock

2010 Media Coverage

The Columbian Missourian: Citizen Jane Film Festival goes through weekend. (10.15.10)
Missourian Neighborhood News: Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival to be held this weekend. (10.14.10)
Citizen Jane Film Festival Features Local Artists (by Kelly Gehringer; Columbia Missourian, (09.08.10)
Citizen Jane Film Festival Plans Underway (by Maureen McCollum: KBIA, (09.08.10)
Citizen Jane Film Fest Starts Reels Rolling with Handmade Nation (by Lynn Israel; Columbia Daily Tribune, (09.05.10)

2009 Media Coverage

The Columbia Missourian: Stephens College to host Citizen Jane Film Festival. (10.16.09)
The Columbia Daily Tribune: Citizen Jane Film Festival tempts with ‘Lemon Tree’ Arts. (09.13.09)
Stephens College Hosts Women’s Film Festival in Columbia, Mo. (AP, 10.14.09)
Citizen Jane Film Festival at Stephens College (by Michal Dale; Springfield News-Leader, 10.12.09)
Cinema Without Walls (by Aarik Danielsen; Columbia Daily Tribune, 10.11.09)
Citizen Jane Film Fest Features Cartoonists (Midmococo, 10.9.09)
Aniboom Success Story: Tiny Circus (10.5.09)
Citizen Jane on KBIA’s “Off the Clock” (10.2.09)
See Jane Make Movies (by Sara Fernández; Columbia Home & Lifestyle, October 2009)
Complete Citizen Jane Schedule Released (by Aarik Danielsen; Columbia Daily Tribune, 10.2.09)
Two More Citizen Jane Films Announced (by Aarik Danielsen; Columbia Daily Tribune, 9.23.09)
Citizen Jane Film Festival Tempts With ‘Lemon Tree’ (by Aarik Danielsen; Columbia Daily Tribune, 9.13.09)

2008 Media Coverage

All these wonderful things: Margaret Brown’s ORDER OF MYTHS shown at Citizen Jane Film Festival (by AJ Schnack: Indie Film Tour Diary 11.19.08)
The Cinematic-Mystique (by Susan Parsons; Vox Magazine 10.09.08)
Woman and Hollywood Blog (by Melissa Silverstein 10.08.08)
Film Festival Puts Focus on Female Filmmakers (by Jess Blumensheid: Columbia Missourian, 10.19.08)
Citizen Jane, a New Film Festival (by Luaren Kilberg: Imprint Magazine, 10.28.08)
Q&A with Almudena Carracedo (by Lindsey Underwood; Vox Magazine, 10.09.08)
Film Festival Catches Eye (by Michael Brannen; KOMU, 10.19.08)
Citizen Jane Film Festival: bringing the community together in Columbia, MO (by Rebecca Martinez; Made in L.A., 10.22.08)
Citizen Exene: A punk rock legend makes her home in Mid-Missouri (by Lindsay Eanet; Move, 10.14.08)
Citizen Jane Film Festival- Doubletakesblog (Doubletakes blog, 10.21.08)
Chicken and Egg Pictures (by Jesse Epstein, 9.25.08)
Life Behind the Lens (by Jennifer Herselm; Columbia Business Times, 08.08.08)
Citizen Jane Film Fetival; Stephens College, tomorrow through Sunday (Columbia Daily Tribune, 10.16.08)