Elena Rossini – filmmaker + photographer
Elena Rossini’s films and diversity initiatives have been featured in a variety of publications, TV and radio programs, podcasts, blogs and books.
Below you will find a list of highlights from interviews and mentions, organized by topic:
RECENT PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
- Little Black Book: “5 Italian Women Who Are Slaying the Directing Game”
- British Vogue: “All Inclusive: How Are Make-Up Brands Tackling Diversity?”
- Huffington Post Australia: “This Director Is Creating GIFs Of Female Filmmakers To Show Representation Matters”
- Mashable: “GIF project highlights women and minority filmmakers”
- Silicon Republic: “The Storytellers: 12 women shining a spotlight on women in STEM”
TV & RADIO HIGHLIGHTS
- WBAL (NBC Baltimore) – “Film seeks to promote positive body images” (November 17th 2015)
- WBFF Fox45 – Fox 45 Live Interview – 4:00 PM News Broadcast (November 16th 2015) – not available online
- NPR’s Take Two – “The Illusionists: the documentary that explores the costs of beauty on a global scale” (May 13th 2016)
PODCAST INTERVIEWS
- Build Your Dream Network: “Leveraging Twitter to Enhance Your Connections (with Elena Rossini)”
- The Creative Life Show: “How to Build a Community Who’ll Bring Your Vision to Life, with Film Director Elena Rossini”
THE ILLUSIONISTS
(documentary, 85 min)
Here you will find a selection of articles & blog posts about The Illusionists.
For the full list, click here.
New York Magazine The Cut: “Q&A: The Woman Trying to Ignite Discussion About the Globalization of Beauty Standards”
British Vogue: “All Inclusive: How Are Make-Up Brands Tackling Diversity?”
VOGUE Italy: “Just an Illusion” by Martina Liverani
Upworthy: “Advertising Seems Harmless … Until You See It For What It Really Is”
Jezebel: “Documentary The Illusionists Tackles How Corporations Sell Beauty”
Mic: “The Disturbing Effect Our Beauty Standards Have on Women Across the World”
Daily Life Australia: “The Illusionists: ‘Happy people make bad consumers'”
Yahoo! Beauty: “On the Globalization of Beauty Standards”
Teen Vogue: “The Problematic Reason Kim Kardashian Became a Beauty Icon”
Sociological Images: “New Documentary: The Illusionists”
The Gloss: “This Documentary Will Remind You To Always Question Beauty Standards In Advertising”
Indiewire: “indieWIRE’s Project of the Day”
Feministing: “Fund The Media You Want To See In The World”
Shaping Youth: “Shaping Youth Is Backing The Illusionists Film About Media’s Body Blitz”
Running in Heels: “The Illusionists: A Body Image Revolution”
Her Campus: “Documentary In The Works Takes On Unattainable Beauty Standards”
The FBomb: Saturday Vids: “Ideal Women”
Endangered Species: “The Illusionists”
Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy): “Il Marketing della Bellezza” (PDF file, in Italian)
DOX Magazine: “People Helping People” (page 11-12)
PRESS: OTHER INTERVIEWS
A Plus: “Meet The Inspiring Woman Populating The Internet With GIFs Of Female Filmmakers”
InStyle: “My Power Outfit: Filmmaker Elena Rossini”
I Am That Girl: “THAT GIRL: Elena Rossini”
The Huffington Post: “Ingenue Interview: Elena Rossini”
The Grindstone: “Career Lessons From A Young Female Film Director”
More Than 85: “Game Changers: Elena Rossini explores women’s issues with ‘No Country for Young Women.’”
Expatica: “Lost in Cheeseland: Interview with writer, filmmaker and photographer Elena Rossini”
LOTTIE IN SPACE
(documentary, 5 min)
Silicon Republic: “Ireland’s ‘first doll in space’ continues her adventure”
NBC News: “’First Doll in Space’: ‘Stargazer Lottie’ Joins Astronauts Aboard ISS”
Upworthy: “See the toy designed by a 6-year-old that was launched into history on Dec. 6, 2015”
Silicon Republic: “ISS welcomes aboard its first-ever doll, designed by a child!”
CTV News: “Stargazer doll designed by Canadian girl launched into space”
NO COUNTRY FOR YOUNG WOMEN
website
BitchBuzz: “No Country for Young Women: A Bridge Between Generations”
BostInnovation: “Women’s Leadership is a Men’s Issue, Too”
Bust Magazine: “Whose Country Is It Anyway?”
Computer Weekly: “Know someone with good advice? No Country for Young Women connects the generations”
Feministing: “Building with the Big Guys”
Girlz in Web: “Elena Rossini, créatrice de No Country for Young Women” (French)
Rue 89: “A Deauville, le « off » s’active, pour investir ou pour la solidarité” (French)
MY ARTICLES
indieWIRE Women & Hollywood: “Things You Should Know: 5 Lessons for Young Female Directors by Elena Rossini”
Jezebel.com: “French Women Rise Up Against Coverage Of Strauss-Kahn Scandal”
Jezebel.com: “France Has An Image Problem”
Adios Barbie: “Marie Claire’s ‘Love Your Body Issue’ is a Big Fail”
MY PHOTOGRAPHY
AKWRC (Asia-Japan Women’s Resource Center): News (photo)
Travel & Leisure: “World’s Coolest Observation Decks”
Jezebel.com: “Italians Protest Berlusconi”
Circus: The Blogger’s Bookazine: #1 Fashion (page 80-81)
Keep Exploring This Site:
Additional links:
- Browse all of Elena Rossini’s projects
- Rossini’s latest documentary project: The Realists (in production)
- Information about Rossini’s animated GIF initiatives
- Photo galleries