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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Caramel (Nadine Labaki)

A romantic comedy set in Beirut, Caramel is a decadent piece of foreign cinema that significantly grows on you as you start to feel its…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: The Greatest Luxury (Kathryn Ferguson)

The Greatest Luxury, Kathryn Ferguson’s vibrant, bold short docu-commercial, or this arty presentation of the fashion biz, or even a surreal promo of sartorial splendor,…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Morgan Gruer’s Reflections

Reflections, is an astonishing, stunning 2D animated film composed of approximately 1,100 individual drawings. It’s an absolute delight to watch, and will leave the viewer awestruck….

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Nine Program, Saturday 15th September

Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Nine Program, Saturday 15th September The Greatest Luxury (Kathryn Ferguson) *** Film Short Official Selection *** [vimeo 252719177 w=640 h=360] –…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Special Podcast with Kate Lefoe / Plunge Review

[vimeo 275360568 w=640 h=360] Two women (Juliet Hindmarsh & Jeni Bezuidenhout) go into the countryside together to have fun at a lake, but then something…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Nora Twomey Shares the Making of the Masterful Animation The Breadwinner 

The Breadwinner, from Irish director Nora Twomey (I love Song of the Sea), is a rich, vibrant tapestry following the small footsteps of a girl…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review – Night (Joosje Duk)

Night starts off as a seemingly innocent film, two girls (Rachel Hilson & Genelva Krin) are getting ready for a night out, doing their make-up…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Many consider Walt Disney’s 1937 animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarves to be the first feature length animated film, when in fact it was…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Eight Program, Friday 14th September

Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Eight Program, Friday 14th September Night (Joosje Duk) *** Film Short Official Selection *** – – – – – Plunge (Kate…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Somersault Pike (Kate Lefoe)

At the great heights of a ten-metre diving platform, diver Mary Holgate, plays a familiar role – one which figuratively we are all aware. Knowing…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Kati Egely Brings the Beauty of Nature to Animation Film

Kati Egely’s second short film in competition at the Femme Filmmakers Festival, Alegría / Euphoria, tickles the senses from the outset. An owl hoots, the foot-tapping…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Ceyda Torun’s Kedi and the Streets of Istanbul

Kedi starts with Barış Manço’s song. This Manço song, which expresses his site to his donkey friend, is actually a symbol of the deterioration of relations…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Exclusive: Patricia Chica Teases Us With Morning After

[vimeo 227369889 w=640 h=360] Patricia Chica’s as-yet-unreleased new short film, Morning After, is a sizzling array of sexual tension. Gorgeously shot from the opening frames,…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion)

Transient light dances through the slits between wooden boards, and the sounds of voices dance with it. Those people are up there in their revelry…

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