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Animation and Canadian Short Films Win Spread of Awards at 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Films from H264 Distribution (winner of the Special Contribution prize) were heavy in numbers but it was Sacrebleu Productions (last year’s recipient of the Special…

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Mia Hansen-Løve Bergman Island Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve)

For an artist, whether you create on the shoulders of giants or in their shadow is all a matter of perspective. In Bergman Island, married…

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JC Farris Assembly Line of Broken Hearts Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: An Extensive Chat With ‘Assembly Line of Broken Hearts’ Creator JC Farris

Picking the brains of someone like filmmaker JC Farris is pretty much like opening a Pandora’s box of creative infection. Her latest short film, Assembly…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Girl
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Welcome to Day Ten of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Day Ten of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival signifies the last leg of this amazing race. Those ten days have flew by. And no doubt…

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Kati Egely When It Comes From the Earth
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Animator Katalin Egely Returns to the Fest to Talk About ‘When It Comes From the Earth’

It’s fair to say that Hungarian born animator, Katalin Egely, is like part of the furniture at the Femme Filmmakers Festival. This year marks her…

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Jasmin Tenucci August Sky Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Céu de Agosto // August Sky (Jasmin Tenucci)

Many great films confound and delight, but barely convey their message in two hours. So how has director Jasmin Tenucci managed to make August Sky…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Ramsey
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Welcome to Day Nine of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

It’s my festival I can cry if I want to, cry if I want to. Not quite at the final curtain, but we have landed…

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Cansu Boğuşlu Down From the Clouds Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: We speak to ‘Down From the Clouds’ Director Cansu Boğuşlu

Let me just say first of all without any bias that the short film submitted by Cansu Boğuşlu to this year’s Femme Filmmakers Festival is…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Former Directing Prize Winner Sophie B Jacques Returns to Talk About Cemetery

What an honour it was having Sophie B Jacques return to the Femme Filmmakers Festival after a few years since the brilliant Foyer, which won…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Hart
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Welcome to Day Eight of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Well it’s been a long week. Yet somehow it zoomed by. Which reminds me, do look out for the Femme Filmmakers Festival Director Roundtable we…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review Laundry Day Rose E Knopper
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Laundry Day (Rose E Knopper)

Current, moving and relevant, Laundry Day gently opens a conversation which a lot of people are likely to want and/or need to have in our…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Yes God
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Welcome to Day Seven of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

I’m fairly certain there are no films made by God or Bergman in today line-ups so don’t be fooled by the feature film titles on…

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Dayna Reggero Planet Prescription Filmotomy.
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Planet Prescription Creator Dayna Reggero Speaks to Filmotomy

Dayna Reggero is a passionate and infectious soul. Her documentaries and projects outside of film show a genuine concern for the human beings and the…

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Two Eggs, Scrambled Melissa Dimetres
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Two Eggs, Scrambled (Melissa Dimetres)

The tinkle of a piano and the tedium plastered across our heroine’s face goes a long way to tell us something about the state of…

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