Sue Ding Filmotomy
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Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: An In-depth Conversation with ‘Makeover Movie’ Director, Sue Ding

Writer, Editor and Director of Makeover Movie, Sue Ding discusses her film background, movie influences and the typical makeover movie montages seen in so many Hollywood Rom-Coms. The playful editing of this essay-style film covers pop-culture references from Old Hollywood to modern cinema. Get to know Sue and the influences behind the making of Makeover Movie.

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On Her Shoulders Filmotomy Femme Filmmakers Festival
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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: On Her Shoulders (Alexandria Bombach)

Meet Nadia Murad, a Sinjar refugee, who has more scars than we can imagine during a lifetime – let alone on the shoulders of a…

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Fire of Love Sara Dosa Filmotomy Femme Filmmakers Festival
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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Fire Of Love (Sara Dosa)

In the history of unusual subjects that create romantic couples, the story of this real-life volcanologist couple, Katia and Maurice Krafft, is towards the top…

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32 Sounds Wins Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors

Sam Green’s 32 Sounds has taken out the top prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 17th Annual Cinema Eye Honors. The film also picked…

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Knock Down the House Filmotomy Femme Film Fest
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Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Knock Down the House (Rachel Lears)

The initials AOC have certainly trended on numerous occasions on Twitter over the last 5 years or so. And even those of us not fully…

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All That Breathes Wins Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors

Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has taken out the top prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 16th Annual Cinema Eye Honors. The film also…

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All That Breathes Named Best Feature by International Documentary Association

Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has been named Best Feature by the International Documentary Association at the 38th Annual IDA Documentary Awards. The film also…

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Still Working 9 to 5 Filmotomy Documentary
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Documentary Review: Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)

If you are a woman, it is highly probable that one has endured one or more unfortunate conditions of a patriarchal workforce: Sexual harassment, office…

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Film Review: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)

The title is ironic. Have you ever seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe plays some inappropriate songs to a group of little kids? Later…

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Hysterical Girl Kate Novack
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FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Kate Novack, the woman behind Hysterical Girl

What an insightful chat I had with filmmaker Kate Novack as she discussed the inspiration behind and the technical aspects of her short documentary film…

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1988 in Film: Jane B by Agnes V

Actress Jane Birkin exists in multitudes. From Rivettian chess piece in Love on the Ground and La Belle Noiseuse to unsteady androgynous lover in La…

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Hot Docs 21 Review: I’m Wanita (Matthew Walker)

The documentary chronicles Wanita Bahtiyar’s journey in to record her musically diverse album in Nashville, New Orleans, and Memphis. Wanita is a binge-drinker, cigarette smoker,…

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Hot Docs 21 Review: Bank Job (Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell)

One of the most important documentaries you could see this year explores the relationship between everyday people and the banking industry. The system is meant…

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American Factory
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Documentary Review: American Factory

Here in the UK there’s a view from some floating in the wind about, say, the Polish coming over to England and taking our jobs….

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