Category: Women
Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Farewell Amor (Ekwa Msangi)
The international flavour displayed at the 2020 London Film Festival was never daunting, no matter how unknown any prospective title might be. But with each…
Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller)
Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) is a writer struggling from the failure of her biography of Estee Lauder, years removed from the success she had in…
Day Seven of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
Emotions run high in the films showcasing for day seven of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival. With Oscar nominees and a short film director who…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Apart, Together (Olivia Hang Zhou)
Apart, Together is a beautifully crafted story of the inexhaustible love of a mother for their child, which knows no boundaries of time or distance….
Day Six of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
As we soar into the second half of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival, we can savour the genres of documentary and animation in both the…
Day Five of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
Welcome to day five of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023, where there are even more promising young women behind the camera. Today’s films are here…
Day Four of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
Looking at the feature and short film line-up for day four of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival certainly represents a great batch of talents. Modern…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: A Nice Little Film About a Nice Little Death (Julia Mendoza Friedman)
One person’s clutter is another’s treasured memories. When we die, what do we leave behind for those we love and will they see them as…
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…
Day Three of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
Diversity is a word we use a lot when we want to curate a selection of truly worthwhile films, both feature and short length. Films…
Femme Film Fest 23 Review: The Piano (Jane Campion)
The first film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes (it shared the victory with Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine), New…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Radical Honesty (Bianca Poletti)
With sharp, popping visuals and a pair of witty leads, Radical Honesty is a compelling, spiky watch. It’s also director Bianca Poletti’s commentary on what…
Day Two of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
I spy with my little eye something beginning with Academy Award winner for Best Director. Wowsers. Day two of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival features…
Femme Film Fest 2023 Review: Capernaum (Nadine Labaki)
I know we have become a much more refined bunch of film critic snobs over the years. But I take objection to some of the…
