Category: Women
Filmotomy Exclusive Interview: Jillian Clare the Director of ‘To The Beat.’
Here at Filmotomy we were given the exclusive opportunity to view To The Beat, a highly enjoyable, teen dance flick that will leave you with…
Exclusive Interview with Marta Genova from London Feminist Film Festival
Here at Filmotomy, we are keen supporters on female filmmakers, and are all in agreement that women need more opportunity in film. We were giving…
Julie Taymor's TITUS: Guess Who’s Going to be Dinner
The bard was not only brilliant at loftier themes like self-awareness, politics and the contemplation of the many forms of love, he could also mash-up horror, sex, violence, torture and cannibalism with the best of them – then and now. And he does it all in iambic pentameter, the playwrights’ equivalent to Ginger Rogers doing everything her partner does, only backwards and in heels.
Lina Wertmüller & Her Frames of Rebellion
Lina Wertmüller will open your mind, make you laugh, wince, and, at some point, probably piss you off. She was a force in 20th Century filmmaking, and the likes of Jane Campion, Sophia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow and Greta Gerwig owe her a huge abbracciare for the path she carved through the male-dominated jungle of film directing.
Direct Like a Woman: Great Films Made by Female Filmmakers
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to sit down and watch some excellent films directed by some extremely talented women. This is a…
Femininity in Crisis: Exploring the Representation of Femininity in the Films of 2017
2017 saw some excellent female characters being presented on screen. From the likes of Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, to Saoirse Ronan’s Lady Bird, to Margot Robbie’s…
For Your Consideration: Rachel Morrison, Best Cinematography, MUDBOUND
This is the closest a woman has gotten to being nominated for an Oscar in that impenetrable fortress of a category. As Morrison said when she was accepting her Kodak Vision Award in 2013, “It baffles me how women remain such a minority in an industry whose primary currency is visualizing human emotion….”
Of Color, Creed, Culture, Country Of Origin: 21 Of The Very Best Lead Actresses From 2017
Its a sad look that there’s no WOC in this pic of us promoting our female lead films. The industry needs to become more inclusive…
Women Film Critics Circle Honor Angelina Jolie's Foreign Language Film 'First They Killed My Father'
The Women Film Critics Circle (or WFCC) are the big wigs of the female critics association of women critics. A group of women writers, scholars,…
More Innovation And Inspiration With The Women Film Critics Circle Nominations
Forgiving them for not updating their website since last year’s roll of honor, the choices by this cluster of film-minded women from all over the…
Why It Is Important To Have A Femme Filmmakers Festival
I recently began writing my first screenplay. My story, which centers on a male protagonist, is not only something I love to tell, but I’ve…
Anna Kerrigan And Minhal Baig Dominate Roll Of Honor At Femme Filmmakers Festival
Well, the four other members of the jury and I debated over the eight short films in the ten categories as described in the prior…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Roll Of Honor
To close this magnificent #FemmeFilmFest I have assembled a small jury of film-lovers to honor a select few of these outstanding new short films. There…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day Ten Program
Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Ten Program — Sunday 10th September 2017 And there we have it. The final day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival…
