Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021

It seems to be earlier and earlier each and every year that we embark on the Femme Filmmakers Festival in ...

After hours and hours of watching, re-watching, head-scratching, laughter, wonder, sorrow - all manner of emotions - we have finally ...

I've heard folk say that watching films is easy. And rating them, well, that's the cinemagoers favourite pastime these days ...

With submissions in, details prepared and the wait over, it's time to officially begin the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival! We ...

What does it look like to grieve? That is what Katherine DuBois explores in her short film, Awake. Through the under-15 ...

Whole is a minute long animation which manages to say what it needs to within a restricted runtime. The beauty ...

A.J. Al-Thani’s The Black Veil is an astonishing and empowering short film which the world needs now more than ever ...

The short film Bird of Paradise (Nos Lions) effectively builds a sense of danger but gets lost in its own ...

Teenage girls are full of contradictions. Shallow and existential, audacious and anxious, convinced of their own importance and their own ...

Booksmart continues the long tradition of films about two kids the summer after high school, growing over the course of ...

With the Femme Filmmakers Festival day one successfully complete, things are off to a fantastic start! If you missed Friday’s ...

Ah, the joys of a sleepover party with your BFF! Waffle is a fun take on the sleepover/slumber party chick-flick ...

Italian filmmaker Giulia Achenza’s Fenice (2021) is a gorgeous piece of cinema that succeeds in its mission to illustrate the ...

Hide and Seek from writer director Ragini Bhasin is a charming little film with a powerful and impactful ending that ...

Children of a Lesser God (1986)¸ directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson based on the stage play ...

Well, the weekend may be coming to an end but the Femme Filmmakers Festival is just beginning! We've been having ...

Some research has suggested that as many as 85% of women are unhappy with the appearance of their bodies. We ...

Endometriosis is no laughing matter, but the short film End-O treats it with an endearingly effective blend of wry humor ...

The short film Paddy strikes a lot of familiar notes, showing a young man in Ireland whose heart belongs to ...

They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don't really say that. But at Filmotomy and the ...

Stunning cinematography, fantastic acting and an immersive, impactful story are all facets of Andrea Arnold’s 2011 gothic romanic drama Wuthering ...

It may be Monday, but it doesn't have to feel like one! We're onto day four of the festival and ...

Luxembourg-born Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker who remains under the radar across the film network - of any gender. Even ...

Robin Write is joined by the director of the short film PADDY, Roisín Kearney, as well as two of the ...

Moments after discovering this short, a whimsical narration and eerie musical background welcome the viewer to an unexpectedly fresh experience ...

There is no question that film lovers have dearly missed their regular visits to their local cinemas during this difficult ...

If you want to be scared out of your wits on a solitary night indoors, Ida Lupino’s 1953 classic black-and-white ...

When one packs their things, say goodbye to their old lives and move to the big city to follow their ...

It's hard to believe we are nearing the halfway mark of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It's been lovely seeing ...

Anyone who is a parent knows that raising a child is quite the DIY project. For some women, conception can ...

I had the pleasure of reconnecting with filmmaker Meghann Artes, following our conversation about her terrific Speed Dating five years ...

Mon Roi (My King) presents a love story that is equally intoxicating as it is painful. Director and cowriter Maïwenn ...

I was initially drawn to this short by the title. Being a fan of the opera ‘Carmen’, I was intrigued ...

Before the acclaimed Mudbound and that historical Best Cinematography Oscar nomination (for Rachel Morrison) came Pariah. The breakout film for ...

Well, we are onto day six of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival and still going strong. It's halfway through the ...

Amanda Valle is an artist who is now based in the US but was born in the city of Santo ...

Her parents’ ambitions and ill-fitting college programme turn a young Chinese woman’s university life into a series of challenges and ...

Robin Write speaks to the talented director behind the short film Diagonal, Anne Thorens, part of the Competition Selection at ...

Witty, thought-provoking, and wild, the animated short Normal springs its main character from an existential crisis, only to have his ...

Note: The following movie review addresses the topic of rape depicted on film. Reader discretion is advised. French film multi-hyphenate ...

It's almost Friday and that's more than enough reason to celebrate with checking out our whole festival lineup here and ...

Trigger warning: rape. It has been a few years since I first watched Jessica M. Thompson’s The Light of the ...

A competitive swimmer wakes up one morning to discover that his black cat has changed into a woman in Aquaphobe, ...

Writer-director Thessa Meijer intriguing short film The Walking Fish starts with a dreamy tone, reminiscent of a fable. One day ...

Trigger warning: suicide. First release in 2018, Yulia & Juliet may appear just to be another remake of the classic ...

Happy Friday film lovers! Day eight of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival is looking great! There's the weekend to look ...

Loss of innocence can take many forms. Loss of a parent. Loss of childhood. Loss of autonomy. Loss of control. In Audrey Jean-Baptiste’s ...

Katherine Tolentino is a fascinating woman. That is clear to see before you even speak to her, if you have ...

Do not be deceived by the stillness of The Chambermaid, the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés. Under its ...

An aspiring young poet memory-bound to the grip of a melancholic past, awaiting to unlock the seemingly unreachable doors to ...

As part of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Robin Write of Filmotomy and Meagan Adele Lopez from the Competition Selection ...

What an insightful chat I had with filmmaker Kate Novack as she discussed the inspiration behind and the technical aspects ...

The spooky aura behind one of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival's showcase selection short films has had people talking the ...

When Dubai-based screenwriter and director Hana Kazim was studying business in college, she took a film class that introduced her ...

There are two types of women in Easter Cove, the small fishing town where Blow the Man Down takes place: ...

Happy weekend and happy ninth day of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 film lovers! Just in case you haven't ...

However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker's ...

Colombia is Black. Mainstream Latin American media entities have been forever self-plagued by a public acknowledgement issue in platforming Afro-Latino ...

The Oregon Trail was not a nice hike in the sun. In 19th century America, it was a 3,500 km ...

Short films can be a mini class in how to direct, or how not to. In many cases, the beginnings ...

The super talented young filmmaker Ragini Bhasin recently spoke to Robin Write of Filmotomy about two of her acclaimed short ...

Well folks, this is it! We've reached the final day of our 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It's been a wild ...

That opening news report-esque splatter of the remarkable Hysterical Girl kicks open the door of urgency and relevance . The ...

This 17-minute Norwegian short starts off by introducing quite the usual dysfunctional family, in which the parents attempt to organise ...

Filmotomy were honoured to be in the presence of the woman behind and in front of the camera on the ...

It goes without saying that there has been an abundance of talent across the board from all the submissions to ...

Among the very few things that Christianity and horror have in common is that both are built on the crushed ...

Who hasn’t had a moment where they’ve had enough? Animator Anna Mantzaris follows that premise to humorous and empathetic effect ...

The 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival may sadly be over and done with for the year, but not to worry -- ...