Tag: female filmmakers
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: And Then The Bear (Agnès Patron)
Short films can be a mini class in how to direct, or how not to. In many cases, the beginnings of short films are intriguing,…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt)
The Oregon Trail was not a nice hike in the sun. In 19th century America, it was a 3,500 km ordeal across a harsh and…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Pacífico Oscuro (Camila Beltrán)
Colombia is Black. Mainstream Latin American media entities have been forever self-plagued by a public acknowledgement issue in platforming Afro-Latino life. So it is remarkable…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #46: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker)
However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker’s recent favourites, Shirley (2020) and…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021- Day Nine
Happy weekend and happy ninth day of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 film lovers! Just in case you haven’t caught it yet, here is…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Blow the Man Down (Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy)
There are two types of women in Easter Cove, the small fishing town where Blow the Man Down takes place: the good, honest women who…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Makr (Hana Kazim)
When Dubai-based screenwriter and director Hana Kazim was studying business in college, she took a film class that introduced her to The Godfather (1972). Seeing…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: ‘Makr’ director Hana Kazim
The spooky aura behind one of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival’s showcase selection short films has had people talking the last few days. Director Hana…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Kate Novack, the woman behind Hysterical Girl
What an insightful chat I had with filmmaker Kate Novack as she discussed the inspiration behind and the technical aspects of her short documentary film…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Agnes Patron the maestro behind And Then The Bear
As part of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Robin Write of Filmotomy and Meagan Adele Lopez from the Competition Selection jury spoke to French filmmaker…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Hurt By Paradise (Greta Bellamacina)
An aspiring young poet memory-bound to the grip of a melancholic past, awaiting to unlock the seemingly unreachable doors to success. Hurt by Paradise becomes…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: The Chambermaid – the quiet life of a Mexican maid
Do not be deceived by the stillness of The Chambermaid, the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés. Under its serene takes and silent protagonist,…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Parachute creator Katherine Tolentino
Katherine Tolentino is a fascinating woman. That is clear to see before you even speak to her, if you have seen the kind of story…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Gone Youth (Audrey Jean-Baptiste)
Loss of innocence can take many forms. Loss of a parent. Loss of childhood. Loss of autonomy. Loss of control. In Audrey Jean-Baptiste’s short film, Gone Youth, the…
