Girl in the Hallway
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FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Girl in the Hallway director Valerie Barnhart blows our mind with her first Animation

Valerie Barnhart’s Girl in the Hallway may have a short runtime, but the film is brimming with a stunning artistic vision that marks every frame….

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Daphne Lazou
Posted in Cinematography Festival Interview

FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Daphne Lazou, Director of Photography on ‘Diane Keaton’

Set entirely in one apartment, Georgia Michailidi’s short film ‘Diane Keaton‘ is shot by Daphne Lazou, the film’s Director of Photography. For the 5th Femme…

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Diane
Posted in Festival Interview Short

FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Georgia Michailidi and her short film ‘Diane Keaton’

Filmotomy got the opportunity to speak to the write, producer and director of the short film, Diane Keaton, part of the Showcase Selection at the…

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Marie Antoinette
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FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)

Growing up in the shadow of a father who crafted some of the most influential and talked about films of the 20th century, would likely…

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The Pregnant Ground
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FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Haolu Wang’s The Pregnant Ground

Pregnancy and birth are often not discussed in society, other than for the expected highlight reel: pregnancy announcement, gender reveal, baby name announcement, etc, etc,…

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Margarita Siotou
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FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: ‘Diane Keaton’ lead actress Margarita Siotou

Blessed with an array of interview opportunities for Georgia Michailidi’s short film ‘Diane Keaton‘ for the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival, the lead actress Margarita Siotou…

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Diane
Posted in Review Short

FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Diane Keaton (Georgia Michailidi)

Diane Keaton is a film about the anti-romanticism of being a muse. Of the impracticality of being sung or written about and the muse lacking…

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Old Enough
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FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Old Enough (Marisa Silver)

Our teenage years are essentially made up of mimicry. We leave the nest of our parents, flocking together, or perhaps to another, taken under the…

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Meagan Adele Lopez
Posted in Festival Interview Women

FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: Meagan Adele Lopez on that ‘Raging Cult’

I honestly didn’t expect to rekindle a teenage crush or crave expensive coffee from Montmartre when I sat down to talk to Meagan Adele Lopez…

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Haolu Wang
Posted in Festival Interview Women

FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: ‘The Pregnant Ground’ director Haolu Wang

One of 20 short films in the Competition Selection of the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival is The Pregnant Ground from Haolu Wang. We had the…

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Shelter in Place
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FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Shelter in Place (Kelsie Moore)

Salt Lake City, Utah looks to be a beautiful place, at least from what can be seen from the windows of a church. That is…

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Luana Di Pasquale
Posted in Festival Interview Women

FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: ‘Keep Mum’ director Luana Di Pasquale

What do you know about Luana Di Pasquale? Well, she is, handily for the involvement with the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival, a writer and director…

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But I'm a Cheerleader
Posted in Festival LGBT Review

FemmeFilmFest20 Review: But I’m a Cheerleader (Jamie Babbit)

20 years ago, the world looked very different, especially in regard to LGBTQ+ rights. 11 months before But I’m a Cheerleader premiered at the Toronto…

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Suchana Saha
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FemmeFilmFest20 Interview: ‘Find me Mother’ animation filmmaker Suchana Saha

We are delighted to have filmmaker Suchana Saha talk to us about not just one but two films in the Competition Selection of the 5th…

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