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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Dominates 51st Annie Awards

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has dominated the 51st Annie Awards with seven wins from seven nominations including Best Feature, Best Direction, and Best Music. Elsewhere,…

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Nimona Leads 51st Annie Awards Nominations

Netflix’s Nimona leads the nominations for the 51st Annie Awards with nine nods including Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Writing. Elsewhere, GKIDS’ The Boy…

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Femme Film Fest 23 Showcase Selection: Circuit (Delia Hess)

Animated short films are a charming cinematic universe all of their own and Circuit makes a worthy entry into their league. At first blush, it…

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Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Filmotomy
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Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse burst onto theatrical screens with aplomb in 2018, it was already known a sequel was potentially in development. Such was…

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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Wins Big at 50th Annie Awards

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio has won five categories at the 50th Annie Awards including Best Feature. The film also won for Best Direction, Character Animation,…

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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Leads 50th Annie Awards Nominations

Netflix’s Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio leads the nominations for the 50th Annie Awards with nine nods including Best Feature, Best Character Animation, and Best Voice…

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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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The Mitchells vs. the Machines Dominates 49th Annie Awards

Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines has dominated the 49th Annie Awards with eight wins including Best Feature, Best Direction –…

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Raya and the Last Dragon Leads 49th Annie Awards Nominations

Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon leads the nominations for the 49th Annie Awards with ten nods including Best Feature, Best Character Animation, Best Voice Acting, and…

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1988 in Film: The 50 Greatest Movies of the Year

Well, you voted, and then you waited for the results. You dug deep into your memories of 1988 in Film, as others desperately flocked to…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Enough (Anna Mantzaris)

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

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: And Then The Bear (Agnès Patron)

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

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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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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Normal (Julie Caty)

Witty, thought-provoking, and wild, the animated short Normal springs its main character from an existential crisis, only to have his solution backfire. It’s a trippy…

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