I hope this is the moment you have all been waiting for, as we finally get to announce the 59 films – short and feature – selected for the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival. The event takes place over 10 days between Friday 28th August and Sunday 6th September 2020. As per usual, Filmotomy will shine bright lights across the array of films directed by women over the course of the celebratory festival.
The films listed are segmented into three sections: with the short films broken into 15 Showcase Selection and the 20 Competition Selection films; and then the 24 Feature Films. Information in brackets indicates runtime and proposed time for live viewing – times are shown in UK format (BST). Further details to follow. Take a look:
Day One – Friday 28th August
Opening Film / Showcase Selection
The Clawford Trilogy — Caz Armstrong (18 mins – 16:00)
Competition Selection
El Mago Georges — Katalin Egely (4 mins – 16:45)
Troubled Water — Elena Wiener (10 mins – 17:00)
Feature Films
Your Sister’s Sister — Lynn Shelton (90 mins – 17:30)
Vagabond — Agnès Varda (105 mins – 19:45)
No Home Movie — Chantal Akerman (120 mins – 21:45)
Day Two – Saturday 29th August
Showcase Selection
Another Place — Anna Radchenko, Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux (4 mins – 17:00)
Fucking Down — Amanda Lago (5 mins – 17:15)
Competition Selection
Uproot — Julia Bales (10 mins – 17:30)
The Get — Kelsie Moore (2 mins – 17:50)
Stormchaser — Gretl Claggett (27 mins – 18:00)
Feature Films
The Bigamist — Ida Lupino (80 mins – 18:45)
A New Leaf — Elaine May (100 mins – 20:30)
Day Three – Sunday 30th August
Showcase Selection
Softer — Ayanna Dozier (5 mins – 17:00)
In a Hole — Sarah Louise Dean (5 mins – 17:15)
Competition Selection
Faulty Roots — Ella Greenwood (11 mins – 17:30)
Find me Mother — Suchana Saha (4 mins – 18:00)
Faith — Sahera Khan (6 mins – 18:15)
Feature Films
Adult Life Skills — Rachel Tunnard (95 mins – 18:45)
But I’m a Cheerleader — Jamie Babbit (90 mins – 20:45)
Day Four – Monday 31st August
Showcase Selection
Raging Cult — Meagan Adele Lopez (17 mins – 17:00)
Competition Selection
The Pregnant Ground — Haolu Wang (24 mins – 17:30)
Keep Mum — Luana Di Pasquale (16 mins – 18:15)
Feature Films
Cameraperson — Kirsten Johnson (105 mins – 18:45)
Old Enough — Marisa Silver (90 mins – 20:45)
Day Five – Tuesday 1st September
Showcase Selection
Diane Keaton — Georgia Michailidi (17 mins – 17:00)
Competition Selection
Shelter in Place — Kelsie Moore (15 mins – 17:30)
Girl in the Hallway — Valerie Barnhart (10 mins – 18:00)
Feature Films
Orlando — Sally Potter (95 mins – 18:30)
Marie Antoinette — Sofia Coppola (125 mins – 20:30)
Day Six – Wednesday 2nd September
Showcase Selection
Olympia — Giulia Achenza (12 mins – 17:00)
Competition Selection
Years — Danielle Schmidt (18 mins – 17:30)
Foyer — Sophie B. Jacques (11 mins – 18:00)
Feature Films
Lourdes — Jessica Hausner (100 mins – 18:30)
Three Poplars on Plyuschikha Street — Tatyana Lioznova (80 mins – 20:30)
Day Seven – Thursday 3rd September
Showcase Selection
Concealer — Kristine Gerolaga (11 mins – 17:00)
Competition Selection
Home — Anita Bruvere (8 mins – 17:30)
Just Me and You — Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers (22 mins – 18:00)
Feature Films
Little Woods — Nia DaCosta (105 mins – 18:45)
Salaam Bombay! — Mira Nair (115 mins – 20:45)
Day Eight – Friday 4th September
Showcase Selection
Semele — Myrsini Aristidou (14 mins – 16:00)
Competition Selection
The Gray Area — Kelsie Moore (18 mins – 16:30)
Welcome Home — Armita Keyani (16 mins – 17:00)
Feature Films
Afghan Star — Havana Marking (90 mins – 17:30)
Radiance — Naomi Kawase (100 mins – 19:15)
The Seduction of Mimi — Lina Wertmüller (125 mins – 21:15)
Day Nine – Saturday 5th September
Showcase Selection
Circulation — Blanca Rego (5 mins – 15:00)
Lockdown — Blanca Rego (22 mins – 15:15)
Competition Selection
The Story of Painted Songs — Suchana Saha (6 mins – 15:45)
Long Time Lister, First Time Caller — Nora Kirkpatrick (17 mins – 16:00)
Feature Films
The Edge of Democracy — Petra Costa (120 mins – 16:45)
System Crasher — Nora Fingscheidt (120 mins – 19:00)
The Assistant — Kitty Green (90 mins – 21:15)
Day Ten – Sunday 6th September
Showcase Selection
Ghazaal — Ragini Bhasin (15 mins – 15:00)
Touch — Lulu Wang (15 mins – 15:30)
Wake Up — Olivia Wilde (10 mins – 16:00)
Competition Selection – Roll of Honour (45 mins – 16:30)
Feature Films
Daisies — Věra Chytilová (80 mins – 17:30)
Water Lilies — Céline Sciamma (85 mins – 19:15)
Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven (100 mins – 21:00)
What do you think of the line-up? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
