Posted in Festival Links Women

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #36: Agnès Varda’s La Pointe Courte at FemmeFilmFest

Oh what a loss the Agnès Varda is. And how how poignant it feels to go all the way back to 1955, and her very…

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FemmeFilmFest
Posted in Festival Podcast Women

Filmotomy Podcast 86: Emma Kreienberg and Nicole Palermo are Ballin’ With No Balls at the FemmeFilmFest

As the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival kicks into its first day, the Filmotomy Podcast invites Emma Kreienberg and Nicole Palermo, the creators and performers behind…

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FemmeFilmFest
Posted in Festival Women

4th Femme Filmmakers Festival Opens With Aurora Fearnley’s Pulsar

The 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is finally here. On Day One we begin our three-day salute to the incomparable Agnès Varda, with the feature film…

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FFF wide
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Filmotomy Podcast 85: 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival Preview

With just seven days to go until the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival, Robin invites two of this year’s jury members to talk about their experience…

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Raw
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Raw (2016)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 54 days to…

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The Lure
Posted in Horror

Film Road to Halloween: European horror from the watery depths – The Lure, Blue My Mind and Evolution

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 60 days to…

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lineup
Posted in Festival News

Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019 – The Full Short and Feature Film Line-Up is Here

Firstly, thank you to Melanie Belmonte, the Femme Filmmakers Festival Delegate, who was a huge part of selecting these films. And boy, was it tough….

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Posted in Festival News

Revealed: Jury Members for the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

A day before the exciting line-up for the 2019 Femme Filmmakers Festival (it’s quite the list I can tell you), we can now reveal the…

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Jury
Posted in Events Festival

Do You Want To Be a Jury Member for the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019?

I wonder, have you ever wanted to do jury service? Well, there is no courtroom per se here. This opportunity is for Filmotomy’s 4th annual…

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Posted in Festival Review Women

EIFF Exclusive Review: Carmilla

There are times where you attend film festivals and enter a screening totally unprepared for the film that you end up watching. Only to stumble…

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Away From Her
Posted in Review Year in Film

Rewind – 2007 in Film: Away From Her

The thing that comes back to me as I think about a film like Away from Her is the snow. Snow feels like it’s flooding…

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Persepolis
Posted in Year in Film

Rewind – 2007 in Film: Persepolis

Persepolis redefines what a war movie, a coming-of-age drama, an animated picture can look like. It seems only fitting that a film about identity, and…

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Booksmart
Posted in Review

Review: Booksmart (2019)

Molly and Amy (fantastic Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) are about to graduate from high school. The pair have spent their school years focusing on…

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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Posted in Cannes

Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Portrait de la jeune fille en feu / Portrait of a Lady on Fire

PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU / PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Céline SCIAMMA — FRANCE — 120 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Set…

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