Tag: Femme Film Fest 2022

Fanmi is a quietly devastating film, revolving around a recognisable mother-daughter relationship. As the daughter, Martine endures the trappings of her own mind, and an…

There is an echo of the beginning and the end of things with the short films on display as we hurtle into Day Six of…

“We are fools in love,” Jane Austen famously wrote in her novel Pride and Prejudice. This statement can easily be confirmed by whoever has had…

As we approach the half time whistle, expect some bombardment of activity as we look to recap and promote further what has gone so far….

In a dense forest, a young Cambodian girl coaxes a tarantula from the trees, its furry legs gingerly creeping along the trunk. Does she mean…

From the opening second of this less-than-three-minute short film I recognised the music playing over the already eye-catching images as deftly similar to that of…

Hello there Day Four, we have been expecting you. Two French-Canadian short films join the fray today as well as a certain Angelina Jolie-directed film…

Joanie Martel gives a beautiful and nuanced performance as Babz, a “lonely but endearing ex convict” in Zoe Pelchat’s Lune. When we meet Babz, she’s…

Now, I’m no teenage girl. Never have been. But stories on film about adolescent girls is a fairly common thread. And a soaring trend, the…

Knock knock. Who’s there? Date. Date who? No, no, no, it’s Day Three not Day Two. Some very vivid images for your eyes today covering…

While feminism has grown over the decades, a newer concept being fully realized and defined is girl power. The adolescent experience for girls can be…

Heroines lures its audience into a false sense of security, a false sense of comedy perhaps. Anna Khaja’s Regina bursts to life in the first…

Back in 2020 (remember that momentous year?), ample praise was been put upon the governing bodies in Turkey by their own residents. The country’s largest…

Instantly striking with low level shock, this film opens with a scene which immediately asks important questions. You wonder who the girl is and what…