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Bobi Wine: The People’s President Wins Best Feature at International Documentary Association Awards

Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp’s Bobi Wine: The People’s President has been named Best Feature by the International Documentary Association at the 39th Annual IDA…

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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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Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Knock Down the House (Rachel Lears)

The initials AOC have certainly trended on numerous occasions on Twitter over the last 5 years or so. And even those of us not fully…

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Day Three of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

Diversity is a word we use a lot when we want to curate a selection of truly worthwhile films, both feature and short length. Films…

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All That Breathes Named Best Feature by International Documentary Association

Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has been named Best Feature by the International Documentary Association at the 38th Annual IDA Documentary Awards. The film also…

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Good Night Oppy Dominates 7th Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Ryan White’s Good Night Oppy has dominated the 7th Critics Choice Documentary Awards with five wins for Best Documentary Feature, Best Science/Nature Documentary, Best Director…

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Fire of Love Leads IDA Documentary Awards Nominations

Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love leads the way at the nominations for the 38th Annual IDA Documentary Awards with five nods including Best Feature and Best Director…

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Fire of Love Leads Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations

Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love leads the nominations for the 7th Critics Choice Documentary Awards with seven nods including Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, and…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Planet Prescription Creator Dayna Reggero Speaks to Filmotomy

Dayna Reggero is a passionate and infectious soul. Her documentaries and projects outside of film show a genuine concern for the human beings and the…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: All This Panic (Jenny Gage)

Now, I’m no teenage girl. Never have been. But stories on film about adolescent girls is a fairly common thread. And a soaring trend, the…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Stray (Elizabeth Lo)

Back in 2020 (remember that momentous year?), ample praise was been put upon the governing bodies in Turkey by their own residents. The country’s largest…

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Documentary Review: Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)

If you are a woman, it is highly probable that one has endured one or more unfortunate conditions of a patriarchal workforce: Sexual harassment, office…

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Sundance 2022 Review: The Princess (Ed Perkins)

The Princess of Wales. Lady Di. The People’s Princess. Regardless of her title, Diana Spencer was a phenomenon during her life and still continues to…

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Film Review: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)

The title is ironic. Have you ever seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe plays some inappropriate songs to a group of little kids? Later…

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