Tag: Femme Filmmakers Festival
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…