Tag: animation
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Oh Baby! (Meghann Artes)
Anyone who is a parent knows that raising a child is quite the DIY project. For some women, conception can be just as challenging, if…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Whole (Suchana Saha)
Whole is a minute long animation which manages to say what it needs to within a restricted runtime. The beauty and simplicity of Whole is…
1988 in Film: Oliver & Company
After a highly-publicised reshuffle of Disney’s executive team in 1984, newly-appointed CEO Michael Eisner and head of Walt Disney Pictures Jeffrey Katzenberg were keen to…
1988 in Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit and 5 of His Lesser Known Friends
By far one of the most unique and inimitable films ever made was Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Not quite a children’s film and certainly…
Soul and Wolfwalkers Dominate Annie Awards
Disney Pixar’s Soul and Apple TV+/Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers were the big winners at this year’s Annie Awards. Soul walked away with seven awards including Best Feature,…
Soul and Wolfwalkers Lead Annie Award Nominations
As entirely anticipated, Disney Pixar’s Soul and Apple TV+/Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers lead the way at the Annie Award nominations with ten nods each. Both films are…
Sundance 2021 Review: Cryptozoo
Dash Shaw has spent his career experimenting with various visual mediums and unique forms of storytelling with his newest feature Cryptozoo being no different. Premiering…
LFF Review: Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)
One can easily imagine the turning heads of Disney and Pixar, for instance, as the batwing doors swing open and a new pretender to the…
Film Review: Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
Despite the medium of animation often being casted aside as a lesser form of storytelling meant for children, every year there are a select number…
FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Kelsie Moore, director of The Get, Shelter in Place and The Gray Area
When the short films were whittled down to the final 20 for the Competition Selection of the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival, it was hard to…
FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Anita Bruvere the director of the animated short film ‘Home’
Every year at the Femme Filmmakers Festival we are dazzled by the array of talent that shines through the endless techniques of animated short films….
FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Girl in the Hallway director Valerie Barnhart blows our mind with her first Animation
Valerie Barnhart’s Girl in the Hallway may have a short runtime, but the film is brimming with a stunning artistic vision that marks every frame….
FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: ‘Find me Mother’ animation filmmaker Suchana Saha
We are delighted to have filmmaker Suchana Saha talk to us about not just one but two films in the Competition Selection of the 5th…
FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Troubled Water director Elena Wiener on Neurodermatitis and Maya Deren
On Day One of the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival, the second of the 20 Competition Selections films was seen by many of you. Troubled Water…
