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FemmeFilmFest Interview: In Full Bloom director Maegan Houang

I spoke to Maegan Houang, the filmmaker behind the gorgeous, moving short film, In Full Bloom. The film was in competition at the 4th Femme…

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Little Pyongyang and Dignan the Dog among winners at FemmeFilmFest 2019 Roll of Honor

In case you missed the Roll of Honor for the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival on Sunday you can watch the winners via the Vimeo videos…

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FemmeFilmFest Review: Lauren Minnerath’s The Morning After

In the short film The Morning After, a gay interracial Brooklyn couple copes with life the day after the 2016 Presidential election. Directed by Lauren…

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Locker Room
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Four Great Short Films You May Have Missed at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

With the Femme Filmmakers Festival for 2019 now closing its doors, here are four of the films out of competition that are still totally worth…

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FemmeFilmFest Review: The Edge of Seventeen

This is the second installment in a series of articles dedicated to championing films that have seen little love since their release. I would like…

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FemmeFilmFest Review: Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig

Lady Bird (2017) is a coming-of-age film that was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. Directed and written by Greta Gerwig, this film stars…

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Day Ten marks the final chapter of the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

As online events go, without having to chase for tickets or wait forever in long queues or figure out where and when you are going…

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Posted in Festival Podcast Women

Filmotomy Podcast 89: A spot of Golf with filmmaker Julia Bales

On the penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, the Filmotomy Podcast goes on a round of Golf with the Julia Bales, the director of…

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FemmeFilmFest Interview: Evolution director Lucile Hadžihalilović

Paved with an unusual coating of serenity and mystery, Lucile Hadžihalilović‘s extraordinary Evolution is in a league of its own. I managed to grab the…

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A Silent Voice Naoko Yamada
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FemmeFilmFest Review: A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada)

Behind A Silent Voice’s immaculate, gorgeous animation, is direction so strong, so careful, and so well constructed, that it asserts Naoko Yamada as one of…

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FemmeFilmFest Day Nine brings some light relief

The penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival is upon us. And with it we dip into a little bit of comedy – let’s face…

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Once Upon a Line
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FemmeFilmFest Animation: Once Upon a Line from Alicja Jasina

We take everyday sounds for granted, the little hums and taps, the sips and steps, how the outside world of traffic and people seeps into…

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Ailleurs
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FemmeFilmFest Animation: Ailleurs (Somewhere) from Mélody Boulissière

The metallic music and crisp sound design of Mélody Boulissière’s brilliant animated short, Ailleurs (Somewhere), are just two of the swaying components that make this…

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Revenge
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FemmeFilmFest Review: Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat

Having tip-toed on the verge of being exploitative in its graphical depiction of sexual assault versus actually being empowering, the rape-and-revenge genre has been a…

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