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TEN BEST LISTS AND MORE AWARDS

December 27, 2022

Brainwashed has been listed on numerous

TEN BEST OF 2022 LISTS INCLUDING:

FILM COMMENT

ROGER EBERT

ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

IMDB

SCREEN SLATE

PINNLAND EMPIRE

Our Awards include:

SOFEE SEAL of FEMALE EMPOWERMENT -CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT -ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS AWARDS

BEST OF FESTS- IDFA

BEST OF FEST- ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL

Nomination-OUTSTANDING SCORE by SHARON FARBER

Society of Composers and Lyricists

Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian: BRAINWASHED “Fierce and Focused”

October 16, 2022

Here is what Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian today “ … a fierce and focused polemic reviving the subject of the “male gaze” for the #MeToo era…. Menkes shows us that the way the camera looks at women, and everything else, is not a transparent, value-free business. On the contrary: with men so overwhelmingly in charge, it is an activity of coercion and imposition, determined by gender politics. And sexuality as it appears on screen is not the natural, unmediated free expression of equal pleasure, but deeply embedded in male power relations…Brainwashed’ is a bracing blast of critical rigour.”   Oct 15, 2022

 

NEW ‘BRAINWASHED’ TRAILER!- In theaters Oct 21st

October 5, 2022




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OCT 21-28

Great Review in BUST for “Brainwashed”

Thank you Violet Lucca for this wonderful review of “Brainwashed” in the Fall 2022 print edition of BUST.

“(Menkes) calls for a radical reinvention of how shots and film grammar are formulated. Crucially, Menkes’ documentary is not calling for cancellation. Viewers are meant to wrestle with this film, not passively consume a simple message–and they’ll leave invigorated.”

BUST_FILM REVIEW_

BRAINWASHED @ Karlovy Vary INTL FILM FEST

June 20, 2022

We are thrilled that BRAINWASHED has been invited to the fabulous 2022 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, one of the top film fests in Europe! Our festival resume includes:

  • Sundance, USA
  • Berlinale, Germany
  • CPH:DOX, Denmark
  • Karlovy Vary Int’l Film Festival, Czech Republic
  • Thessaloniki Int’l Film Festival, Greece
  • Jeonju Int’l Film Festival, Korea
  • Doc Aviv, Israel
  • Frameline Int’l Film Festival, USA
  • Encounters Documentary Film Festival, South Africa
  • Peongchang Int’l Peace Film Festival, Korea
  • Beldocs Int’l Film Festival, Serbia 
  • UnderHill Int’l Film Festival, Montenegro
  • Brussels Int’l Film Festival, Belgium
  • and many more coming soon!

BRAINWASHED @FRAMELINE + More Great Fests Worldwide

May 27, 2022

Honored to be screening BRAINWASHED at the foremost LGBTQ+ Film Festival in the USA- FRAMELINE in San Francisco!!!!! #TheCoastIsQueer #malegaze #breakthespell

Our festival resume is amazing and includes:

•We’re excited that BRAINWASHED continues to screen worldwide! Next month at FRAMELINE! Foremost LGBTQ+FILM FEST  in the USA! Never Straight but Always Forward!• @framelinefest
#FL46 #TheCoastIsQueer #malegaze  ALSO Screening next week at @docaviv @cinephildocs  #BREAKTHESPELL
check out our festivals:
WORLD PREMIERE SUNDANCE: USA
• INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE: BERLINALE: Germany
• CPH:DOX, Denmark
• Thessaloniki Int’l Film Festival, Greece
• Beldocs Int’l Film Festival, Serbia
• Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea
• Doc Aviv, Israel
• PyeongChang International Peace Film Festival, Korea
• Encounters Documentary Film Festival, South Africa
AND MANY MORE COMING SOON…For more info please see our dedicated website: www.brainwashedmovie.com