Tag: directed by women
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Ninnoc – Niki Padidar
The opening hustle bustle, the mellow sounds, of clustered little voices, we soon figure out is a school. And drops of slight sound thuds, not…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Land Without Evil – Kati Egely
Throughout history people have always been searching for a perfect place. Their own slice of Eden. However, the question should be whether we can find…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Kristen Stewart’s Come Swim
Originally published November 15, 2017 Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. — Norman…
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 41: Femme Filmmakers Festival 2018 Preview
Episode 41 of the Filmotomy Podcast lands on the opening day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2018. Ten days of over fifty films showcasing is…
Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day One Program, Friday 7th September
Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day One Program, Friday 7th September And so it begins. Finally. The months of searching and scouting and sorting. Hours of films…
Directed By Women September – Scene: The Dinner from The Invitation
A series of short, snappy pieces of Players, Scenes, Quotes, Shots, Locations, from films directed by women throughout September. Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation is a…
Directed By Women September – Quote: “I Wanted to Shoot People” from Blue Steel
Director Kathryn Bigelow’s third full-length feature, a serial-killer thriller about an NYPD rookie (Jamie Lee Curtis, in a performance that should have made her a…
Directed By Women September – Shot: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
A series of short, snappy pieces of Players, Scenes, Quotes, Shots, Locations, from films directed by women throughout September. In recent years, you will struggle…
Around the World in 80 Films: Persepolis
Persepolis is a perfect example of how animated films are not just for children, but can be aimed towards a more mature, adult audience. It…
Femme Filmmakers Festival: 2018 Full Line-Up Announced
Femme Filmmakers Festival is an online film festival showcasing the works directed by women. This year’s event runs Friday 7th September – Sunday 16th September…
Unseen – Call for Support
Here at Filmotomy we like to promote new and emerging talent, and films from female, LGBT and minority directors, the films that don’t get enough…
The Day in a Life of a Woman: Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
There is nothing quite like the 1975 domestic drama Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. A three-hour epic, that follows the life of mother,…
There Ain't Nothing Like Deborah Kampmeier's Hounddog
Hounddog is a tragedy of a film. It’s a tragedy, on one level, because it is quite simply an artistic disaster. But mostly it is…
Trapped in the Rat Race: Revisiting Lynne Ramsay’s Ratcatcher
With the recent release of You Were Never Really Here, and the Rewind year at Filmotomy, it seems only fitting to revisit Lynne Ramsay’s debut…
