Category: Women
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day Four
It may be Monday, but it doesn’t have to feel like one! We’re onto day four of the festival and in our celebration of female…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #44: The Love Light with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion
They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day Three
Well, the weekend may be coming to an end but the Femme Filmmakers Festival is just beginning! We’ve been having a spectacular time celebrating women…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day Two
With the Femme Filmmakers Festival day one successfully complete, things are off to a fantastic start! If you missed Friday’s lineup, no worries, there’s an…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day One
With submissions in, details prepared and the wait over, it’s time to officially begin the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival! We have an abundance of phenomenal…
Full Line-up of Feature and Short Films Announced for the 2021 Femme Filmmakers Festival
After hours and hours of watching, re-watching, head-scratching, laughter, wonder, sorrow – all manner of emotions – we have finally arrived a the 6th Femme…
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…
Long Distance Film Festival, Marguerite Duras, Palestinian Cinema & More: Online Screening Roundup
The past year has led to a rise in unique digital film programming, in particular greater accessibility for short-form and experimental films globally. Festivals like…
6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Open For Submissions – and Official Poster Revealed
It seems to be earlier and earlier each and every year that we embark on the Femme Filmmakers Festival in the ultimate preparation for the…
Berlinale 2021 Dispatch- Teddy Award (Miguel’s War, Genderation, Bliss)
Eliane Raheb’s documentary Miguel’s War is based on impressions, and how to construct a life around hiding the past. Based on a chance encounter the…
Film Review: Heroes Don’t Die
Aude Léa Rapin’s Heroes Don’t Die (Les Héros ne meurent jamais) brings the spectators into the world of a film crew in search of answers…
Berlinale 2021 Review: Beans
78 days long, the 1990 Oka crisis was a protest led by two Mohawk communities in Quebec, when the white government zoned a golf course…
Berlinale 2021 Review: Petite Maman
At a recent virtual event for Berlinale Talents, writer-director Céline Sciamma was given a moment to close the q&a. “You can do anything,” the interviewer,…
The Cinematic Power of a Woman Reflected in these Female Film Characters on International Women’s Day
“I like the freedom inherent in being on my own, and I like the growth and learning processes that develop from taking chances … I…
