Category: Women

As there is a review to follow during the Femme Filmmakers Festival, I am not going to delve too deeply in how first-rate the beautiful…

Catherine Hardwicke made one the most emotive, honest motion pictures in 2003 with Thirteen. The screenplay was co-written with 14 year-old Nikki Reed, who plays…

One of 20 films in competition at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is Earth • People • Words, a documentary short drawing it’s inspiration from…

In 2015, Swedish filmmaker, Sanna Lenken, invited us to see her debut film, My Skinny Sister. You’ve not heard of it? Shame on you. An…

Due to some unforeseen technical difficulties yesterday, Day Two of the Femme Filmmakers Festival is running behind. That’s not to say you are missing out…

Suicide is not the first subject matter than springs to mind when you think of a comedy film, but director Kimmy Gatewood doesn’t shy away…

Perhaps one of the most apt films to feature at an event such as the Femme Filmmakers Festival is Sarah Gavron‘s 2015 period piece, Suffragette….

Directed by Roxy Rezvany, this documentary short tells the story of Joong-wha Choi, a North Korean immigrant living in London. He’s a member of one…

Oh what a loss the Agnès Varda is. And how how poignant it feels to go all the way back to 1955, and her very…

As the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival kicks into its first day, the Filmotomy Podcast invites Emma Kreienberg and Nicole Palermo, the creators and performers behind…

The 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is finally here. On Day One we begin our three-day salute to the incomparable Agnès Varda, with the feature film…

There are times where you attend film festivals and enter a screening totally unprepared for the film that you end up watching. Only to stumble…

With a title like The Black Forest, you may be expecting this review to be on your standard run-of-the-mill low budget horror film. Instead, Ruth…

Since the first half of 2019 has come to a close, it’s now a good time to reflect on the best that cinema has offered…