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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Laura Moss’ Fry Day

It is the night of Ted Bundy’s execution, and an entrepreneurial teenager decides to make a quick buck selling Polaroids of those attending. These are…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Awakenings (Penny Marshall)

Based upon the memoir of the same name by neurologist Oliver Sacks, Awakenings (1990) revisits the summer of ‘69 – when Sacks explored ways in which…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Mrs. Poucheau director Amanda Lago talks to Filmotomy

Here at Filmotomy, we have been aware of the short film, Mrs. Poucheau, by Amanda Lago, for a good few months. We saw it back…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Mrs. Poucheau

First published March 21st 2018 At some point in our lives, we will inevitably experience the loss of a loved one. It’s a sad and…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Four Program, Monday 10th September

Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Four Program, Monday 10th September Any queries about the streams, like availability, please contact us right away. Fry Day (Laura Moss)…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Monsoon Wedding – Mira Nair

Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding blends wonderful Indian tradition into a modern story of family, love, and the test of values. It introduces cultural backgrounds into…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Julia Ducournau's Raw

Justine (Garance Marillier ) is a first-year veterinary student. Her elder sister (Ella Rump) is studying the same course at the university. Justine was raised…

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Filmotomy Podcast Episode 42: Special Guest – Aria Director Myrsini Aristidou

Another special guest for Podcast 42. This time the female writer-director of the brilliant short film, Aria, in competition at the Femme Filmmakers Festival, Myrsini…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Lisa E Williams Talks the Collaboration Between Music and Filmmaking

“I wanted to make a short film /documentary about where our stories come from, the real ones, the ones that make us who we are…”…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Pea Pod

Pea Pod is a hilarious short which is amazing in the fact that the film’s cast and crew was made up of 100% women with…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Three Program, Sunday 9th September

Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Three Program, Sunday 9th September – – – – – Aria (Myrsini Aristidou) *** Film Short Official Selection *** [vimeo 247459218…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Houda Benyamina’s Divines

I remember my wife so happened to be fed up of the coming-of-age movies when we sat down to watch this one. Or else she…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Eliza Hittman’s Beach Rats

In Beach Rats, Eliza Hittman’s second feature film, the idea of sexual identity is explored through the main character Frankie (played by Harris Dickinson). Frankie…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Ekaj

Originally published July 23rd 2018 Ekaj deals with hard material and stark revelations. One of its most powerful scenes comes towards the movie’s close, as…

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