Tag: Femme Film Fest 2024
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve)
First loves can be sweet and fleeting, or intense and tumultuous. Goodbye First Love, the 2011 third feature from director Mia Hansen-Løve, lands in the…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Ghazaal (Ragini Bhasin)
Wherever we live in this world, or wherever we have been, seldom few of us can share our experiences of being a thirteen year-old girl…
Day Nine of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Saturday 28 September Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve) feature film library Head over to JustWatch to see all the streaming availability based on your country….
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Control (Alison Becker, Kimmy Gatewood)
In Kimmy Gatewood‘s masterful short film Control, the protagonist’s immaculate attention to detail is a truly admirable strength as well as a sign of her…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Confessions (Stephanie Kaznocha)
Once you understand the tone of Stephanie Kaznocha‘s Confessions, you’ll soon realize how much fun a pair of old ladies can be. And when they…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Ninnoc (Niki Padidar)
Ninnoc’s pensive, sombre stare might be a burdened distraction from those big blue beautiful eyes. The echoes of children in the school halls is deliberately…
Day Eight of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Friday 27 September Polisse (Maïwenn) feature film library Head over to JustWatch to see all the streaming availability based on your country. She Dies Tomorrow…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: On Her Shoulders (Alexandria Bombach)
Meet Nadia Murad, a Sinjar refugee, who has more scars than we can imagine during a lifetime – let alone on the shoulders of a…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Give It To Me (Courtney Hope Therond)
One pleasure of watching and reviewing the work of burgeoning female filmmakers is the juxtaposition you feel in how sexual relationships are portrayed in their…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Happy for You (Courtney Hope Therond)
What drives people to find success in their careers can be traced to many factors. Sometimes it’s as simple as seeking a loved one’s approval….
Femme Filmmakers Festival Spotlight on Alice Guy-Blaché: The Very First
In 2018, a documentary premiered at the Cannes Film Festival titled Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché. Director Pamela B. Green told the…
Day Seven of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Thursday 26 September On Her Shoulders (Alexandria Bombach) feature film library Head over to JustWatch to see all the streaming availability based on your country….
Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Lizard (Emily Gularte)
While many filmmakers choose to romanticize childhood in their work, it takes an adept hand to craft a story that draws out the suffering and…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review – The Perfect Candidate (Haifaa al-Mansour)
Haifaa al-Mansour is one of the most significant figures in cinema in Saudi Arabia. She is praised and vilified for her films which encourage discussion…
