Kati Egely When It Comes From the Earth
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Animator Katalin Egely Returns to the Fest to Talk About ‘When It Comes From the Earth’

It’s fair to say that Hungarian born animator, Katalin Egely, is like part of the furniture at the Femme Filmmakers Festival. This year marks her…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Director Roundtable: Dayna Reggero, Olivia Martin-McGuire, Cansu Boğuşlu, Lynn Tomlinson Talk Exclusively to Robin Write

Being the only male in a ‘room’ full of women is an intimidating wonder at the best of times, but when they are as talented…

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Cansu Boğuşlu Down From the Clouds Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: We speak to ‘Down From the Clouds’ Director Cansu Boğuşlu

Let me just say first of all without any bias that the short film submitted by Cansu Boğuşlu to this year’s Femme Filmmakers Festival is…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Former Directing Prize Winner Sophie B Jacques Returns to Talk About Cemetery

What an honour it was having Sophie B Jacques return to the Femme Filmmakers Festival after a few years since the brilliant Foyer, which won…

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Dayna Reggero Planet Prescription Filmotomy.
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Planet Prescription Creator Dayna Reggero Speaks to Filmotomy

Dayna Reggero is a passionate and infectious soul. Her documentaries and projects outside of film show a genuine concern for the human beings and the…

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First They Killed My Father Filmotomy Angelina Jolie
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: មុនដំបូងខ្មែរក្រហមសម្លាប់ប៉ារបស់ខ្ញុំ // First They Killed My Father (Angelina Jolie)

In a dense forest, a young Cambodian girl coaxes a tarantula from the trees, its furry legs gingerly creeping along the trunk. Does she mean…

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Giulia Achenza The Mirror Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: The Mirror (Giulia Achenza)

From the opening second of this less-than-three-minute short film I recognised the music playing over the already eye-catching images as deftly similar to that of…

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Moxie Amy Poehler Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Moxie (Amy Poehler)

While feminism has grown over the decades, a newer concept being fully realized and defined is girl power. The adolescent experience for girls can be…

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Stray Elizabeth Lo Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Stray (Elizabeth Lo)

Back in 2020 (remember that momentous year?), ample praise was been put upon the governing bodies in Turkey by their own residents. The country’s largest…

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Titane Filmotomy FemmeFilmFest7
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FemmeFilmFest 7 Review: Titane // Titanium (Julia Ducournau)

In the world of Julia Ducourneau’s Titane, nobody survives a collision intact. Even when characters walk away from various wreckages with their lives, writer-director Ducourneau…

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Exclusive Update: Paypal Kapadia’s ‘A Night of Knowing Nothing’ Added to the Femme Film Fest Slate

A fourth film available on MUBI has been added to the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival lineup. Better late than never, this exclusive opportunity to see…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Hide and Seek / Ghazaal filmmaker Ragini Bhasin

The super talented young filmmaker Ragini Bhasin recently spoke to Robin Write of Filmotomy about two of her acclaimed short films Ghazaal and Hide and…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: ‘Makr’ director Hana Kazim

The spooky aura behind one of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival’s showcase selection short films has had people talking the last few days. Director Hana…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Agnes Patron the maestro behind And Then The Bear

As part of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Robin Write of Filmotomy and Meagan Adele Lopez from the Competition Selection jury spoke to French filmmaker…

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