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Looking for Volunteers: The 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Needs You

Filmotomy’s 9th annual Femme Filmmakers Festival is really not far away now. The online event runs again between 20th – 29th September 2024, when everyone…

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Love and Anarchy Cannes Filmotomy
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Rétrospective du Festival de Cannes: Film d’amore e d’anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza… / Love and Anarchy, 1973

Lina Wertmüller might have a German name, but she is an unsung heroine of Italian cinema. The writer and director was the very first woman…

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Winners Announced for the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival Competition Selection Roll of Honour

As we reach the end of the 8th year of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, we have come to that part of the show where we…

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Day Ten of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

Before we bring down the final curtain on this online celebration of female artists, we can also look forward to the announcement of the award…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy The Rhythm Section 2020
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Day Nine of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

It’s that famous penultimate day of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival. We have hopefully all seen the short films in Competition and Showcase, and are…

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Femme Film fest 23 Classic Short Weekend: Hot Seat (Anna Kerrigan)

2nd FEMME FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL (2017) How awkward is it to not be one of the cool kids invited to a teen house party? Ask Andrea…

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Day Eight of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

Just three days to go before the close of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival. And with day eight comes the start of the classic short…

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Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: My Condolences To Your Future Lovers (Jessica Dowse)

Stacey and Vicky are young lovers having a squabble in the car, or is it a breakup? Director Jessica Dowse has written a crackling strong…

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Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Farewell Amor (Ekwa Msangi)

The international flavour displayed at the 2020 London Film Festival was never daunting, no matter how unknown any prospective title might be. But with each…

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Can You Ever Forgive Me Femme Film Fest Filmotomy
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Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller)

Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) is a writer struggling from the failure of her biography of Estee Lauder, years removed from the success she had in…

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Femme Film Fest 23 Showcase Selection: Circuit (Delia Hess)

Animated short films are a charming cinematic universe all of their own and Circuit makes a worthy entry into their league. At first blush, it…

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Day Seven of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

Emotions run high in the films showcasing for day seven of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival. With Oscar nominees and a short film director who…

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Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Fire of Love (Sara Dosa)

There are love stories that seem impossible to believe until you watch the living proof of it. It isn’t just photos, but a full archive…

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Apart Together Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy
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Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Apart, Together (Olivia Hang Zhou)

Apart, Together is a beautifully crafted story of the inexhaustible love of a mother for their child, which knows no boundaries of time or distance….

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