Tag: Female Director
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: An In-depth Conversation with ‘Makeover Movie’ Director, Sue Ding
Writer, Editor and Director of Makeover Movie, Sue Ding discusses her film background, movie influences and the typical makeover movie montages seen in so many Hollywood Rom-Coms. The playful editing of this essay-style film covers pop-culture references from Old Hollywood to modern cinema. Get to know Sue and the influences behind the making of Makeover Movie.
EIFF Exclusive Review: The Black Forest
With a title like The Black Forest, you may be expecting this review to be on your standard run-of-the-mill low budget horror film. Instead, Ruth…
EIFF Exclusive Review: Justine
This year’s Edinburgh Film Festival saw 43% of the films that made up the festival’s program being directed by a female filmmaker. While not every…
EIFF Exclusive Review: Hurt by Paradise
Greta Bellamacina may be the British answer to Greta Gerwig. There are certainly very many similarities between Bellmacina’s debut feature Hurt by Paradise and the…
Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: Tiny Souls
Tiny Souls is a powerful film that captures the transition from childhood to adulthood, and how some children are forced to grow up quickly and…
Shef Doc Fest Exclusive: One Child Nation
One Child Nation is undoubtedly a must-see documentary. I know that this is something I often say, although I do my best not to overuse…
EIFF Exclusive: WWII Spy Drama LIBERTÉ: A CALL TO SPY to have World Premiere at EIFF
WWII espionage drama LIBERTÉ: A CALL TO SPY is set to have its World Premiere at the 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival on 21st June….
Is a Female Filmmaker Winning the Palme d’Or?
You only have to look at the Cannes Film Festival competition line-up from the last ten years, to see that at least two films directed…
The Receptionist
Many of us have fallen on hard times, trying to make our pennies stretch until the end of the month, worrying about how we will…