Tag: directed by women
2014 in Film: Look What Female Filmmakers Made The Year Filmotomy Was Launched
A huge salute to our 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival which has long since headed off into the not-so-distant past. We now look ahead as we…
‘Aftersun’ (2022), ‘How to Have Sex’ (2023) and the Dreams and Nightmares of the British Package Holiday
British tourists have always had a reputation. Since the days of Byron, Shelley and Keats in Geneva and Italy and the Grand Tour which wealthy…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Petite Maman (Céline Sciamma)
Autumn in its full glory is celebrated to the fullest in Petite Maman. It is a charming, delightful film from renowned French filmmaker Céline Sciamma…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: An In-depth Conversation with ‘Makeover Movie’ Director, Sue Ding
Writer, Editor and Director of Makeover Movie, Sue Ding discusses her film background, movie influences and the typical makeover movie montages seen in so many Hollywood Rom-Coms. The playful editing of this essay-style film covers pop-culture references from Old Hollywood to modern cinema. Get to know Sue and the influences behind the making of Makeover Movie.
Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Heat Spell (Marie-Pier Dupuis)
Heat Spell, written and directed with such an assured poise by Marie-Pier Dupuis, is yet another flourishing example of the kind of high quality short…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Isabella Breton Talks About Short Film Aquí y Allá
Hannah Taylor and Robin Write got to speak with Isabella Breton, fresh from her Silver Sword win at the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival for Aquí…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Heat Spell writer-director and Gold Sovereign Winner Marie-Pier Dupuis
Hannah Taylor and Robin Write speak to prize-winning filmmaker Marie-Pier Dupuis on the success of her debut short film Heat Spell, winner of the Gold…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Confessions Writer-Director Stephanie Kaznocha
Robin Write is joined by Hannah Taylor for an exclusive chat with writer-director Stephanie Kaznocha. Her short film Confessions was showing as part of the…
The Winners of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Competition
It’s the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival hosted by Filmotomy. The selection showcases the amazing talent on display from female filmmakers. Now it is time to award the film prizes across several categories from Directing to Music. The top three prizes awarded are the Gold Sovereign, the Silver Sword and the Bronze Bell.
Femme Filmmakers Festival Spotlight: Larisa Shepitko – Wings Of Ascension
One of the most influential figures of the film from the Soviet Union is a woman nearly forgotten to film history. With Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Dovzhenko,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: ‘The Rider’ Is A Beautiful Slice of Tragic Americana
The Western is a genre that has been reinvented time and time again. Many creatives have interpolated the classic American genre but no modern interpretation…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Land Without Evil (Katalin Egely)
What a journey this is. Katalin Egely, an extremely well-travelled Hungarian filmmaker, incorporates her extensive prowess with animation story-telling to not only embrace the indefinable…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Aria (Myrsini Aristidou)
The Cannes Film Festival get Rosetta so the Femme Filmmakers Festival get Aria. The comparisons to the Dardennes’ Palme d’Or winning drama are clear as…
Day Ten of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Sunday 29 September Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre) feature film library Head over to JustWatch to see all the streaming availability based on your country. The…