Tag: FemmeFilmFest

The Breadwinner, from Irish director Nora Twomey (I love Song of the Sea), is a rich, vibrant tapestry following the small footsteps of a girl…

Night starts off as a seemingly innocent film, two girls (Rachel Hilson & Genelva Krin) are getting ready for a night out, doing their make-up…

Many consider Walt Disney’s 1937 animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarves to be the first feature length animated film, when in fact it was…

Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Eight Program, Friday 14th September Night (Joosje Duk) *** Film Short Official Selection *** – – – – – Plunge (Kate…

At the great heights of a ten-metre diving platform, diver Mary Holgate, plays a familiar role – one which figuratively we are all aware. Knowing…

Kati Egely’s second short film in competition at the Femme Filmmakers Festival, Alegría / Euphoria, tickles the senses from the outset. An owl hoots, the foot-tapping…

Kedi starts with Barış Manço’s song. This Manço song, which expresses his site to his donkey friend, is actually a symbol of the deterioration of relations…

[vimeo 227369889 w=640 h=360] Patricia Chica’s as-yet-unreleased new short film, Morning After, is a sizzling array of sexual tension. Gorgeously shot from the opening frames,…

Transient light dances through the slits between wooden boards, and the sounds of voices dance with it. Those people are up there in their revelry…

Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Seven Program, Thursday 13th September Somersault Pike (Kate Lefoe) *** Film Short Official Selection *** [vimeo 275360779 w=640 h=360] – –…

Writer-director, Rebecca Thomas, brought more than a handful of her own background to Electrick Children. Her 2012 feature, an eclectic surprise I might add, was…

What happens when the only person who makes you feel alive, is the very person you want dead? Andrea Arnold’s first feature-length film is uncomfortably…

How many accounts or perspectives have we had from a woman about the greatness of Trump’s America? Sure, we’ve heard all the squawking – I…

Creswick is a compelling and haunting horror film, playing on our fears of memory. The film follows a young woman, Sam, who has returned to…