Tag: directed by women
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Saint Maud (Rose Glass)
Among the very few things that Christianity and horror have in common is that both are built on the crushed bones of women. Christianity, with…
Winners Announced for 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival – Roll of Honour
It goes without saying that there has been an abundance of talent across the board from all the submissions to our festival this year, and…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: filmmaker Isabel Sandoval of Lingua Franca
Filmotomy were honoured to be in the presence of the woman behind and in front of the camera on the film Lingua Franca – Isabel…
FemmeFilmFest21Review: The Tent (Rebecca Figenschau)
This 17-minute Norwegian short starts off by introducing quite the usual dysfunctional family, in which the parents attempt to organise the ideal camping trip in…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Hysterical Girl (Kate Novack)
That opening news report-esque splatter of the remarkable Hysterical Girl kicks open the door of urgency and relevance . The 13 minute short film ends…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day Ten
Well folks, this is it! We’ve reached the final day of our 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It’s been a wild ride in our celebration of…
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…
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,…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt)
The Oregon Trail was not a nice hike in the sun. In 19th century America, it was a 3,500 km ordeal across a harsh and…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Pacífico Oscuro (Camila Beltrán)
Colombia is Black. Mainstream Latin American media entities have been forever self-plagued by a public acknowledgement issue in platforming Afro-Latino life. So it is remarkable…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #46: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker)
However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker’s recent favourites, Shirley (2020) and…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021- Day Nine
Happy weekend and happy ninth day of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 film lovers! Just in case you haven’t caught it yet, here is…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Blow the Man Down (Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy)
There are two types of women in Easter Cove, the small fishing town where Blow the Man Down takes place: the good, honest women who…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Makr (Hana Kazim)
When Dubai-based screenwriter and director Hana Kazim was studying business in college, she took a film class that introduced her to The Godfather (1972). Seeing…
