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50 Films Made By Women – Part 1 of 10

And so we go back to the start. One hundred films directed by women. We’ve come a long way to get here, so listen up…

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Want To Write About Film?

Okay, listen up. I just quickly wanted to update everyone with the upcoming events at the site in the coming months. The year in film…

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10 Female Directors Who Could Have Won At Cannes

Sofia Coppola’s Best Director win at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival not only put a huge pin in the map of film history, it also…

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Review: Miss Stevens

Whether the flourishing Netflix platform for feature films has garnered a straight-to-video feel may be a matter of opinion, but a notion that warrants much…

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Interview: Deborah Kampmeier

I recently got the opportunity to Skype with renowned filmmaker Deborah Kampmeier so I could grill her about her filmmaking inspirations and her views on female directors…

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Interview: Alice Winocour

Lucky me got to spend about twenty minutes with the breakthrough French writer-director Alice Winocour. Following a screenplay collaboration with Deniz Gamze Ergüven on the tremendous…

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Film Honors: 2003

My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…

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Interview: Barbara Ann O'Leary of Directed By Women

I spoke in depth to Barbara Ann O’Leary who created the Directed by Women initiative and website, an essential film-goers almanac. The pioneer talks a…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn

DAY FIVE Saturday 10th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn   Femme Filmmaker: Liv Corfixen Danish film-maker Nicolas Winding…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: We Need To Talk About Kevin

DAY FOUR Friday 9th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: We Need To Talk About Kevin Femme Filmmaker: Lynne Ramsay Bringing Lionel Shriver’s novel to the…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Middle of Nowhere

DAY THREE Sunday 4th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: Middle of Nowhere Femme Filmmaker: Ava DuVernay A hit at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Girlhood

DAY TWO Saturday 3rd September 2016 (all-day event)   Film: Girlhood   Femme Filmmaker: Céline Sciamma Bande de filles from French translates to group of…

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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
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Femme Filmmakers Festival: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

OPENING NIGHT Friday 2nd September 2016 (all-day event)   Film: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night   Femme Filmmaker: Ana Lily Amirpour In the open darkness…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival – Line-Up Announced

Following Netflix taking The Hurt Locker, City of God, and Una Noche from their streaming service recently, I was near-devastated that I could not include those movies directed by…

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