Sue Ding Filmotomy
Posted in Documentary Festival Interview Short

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.

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Posted in Festival Review Women

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…

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Posted in Festival Year in Film

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…

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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…

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Posted in Documentary Women

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…

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Posted in Documentary Women

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…

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Posted in Festival Women

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….

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Cannes
Posted in Cannes Women

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…

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Posted in Review Women

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…

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