The fifth annual Athena Film Festival will return to Barnard’s campus in Morningside Heights, New York City, from February 5 – 8, 2015. The festival highlights films that showcase women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world.
This year, the festival will will honor Sheila Nevins, President of HBO Documentary Films, Gina Prince-Bythewood, director, writer and producer behind films such as Love & Basketball, TheSecret Life of Bees and Beyond the Lights, and Cathy Schulman, Academy Award-winning producer, President of Mandalay Pictures, and President of Women in Film, known for films including Crash, The Illusionist, Darfur Now and Bernie,with the Athena Film Festival Awards, which honor actors, directors, producers and other members of the film industry for their leadership and creative accomplishments.
