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Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Radical Honesty (Bianca Poletti)

With sharp, popping visuals and a pair of witty leads, Radical Honesty is a compelling, spiky watch. It’s also director Bianca Poletti’s commentary on what…

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Day Two of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

I spy with my little eye something beginning with Academy Award winner for Best Director. Wowsers. Day two of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival features…

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Femme Film Fest 2023 Review: Capernaum (Nadine Labaki)

I know we have become a much more refined bunch of film critic snobs over the years. But I take objection to some of the…

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Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Astonishing Little Feet (Maegan Houang)

An astonishing feat! Astonishing Little Feet is a perfectly formed period short, set in a cramped New York apartment in the 1830s. Here, a young…

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Femme Film Fest 2023 Review: Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)

Finally joining the prominent ranks of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, comes the live action feature film about the one and only Wonder Woman….

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Day One of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023

Looks like we made it. The 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival has arrived. Better late than never. And a more low-key affair in 2023. But it…

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8th Femme Filmmakers Festival – Full Line-Up Revealed

There’s no excusing the much more low-key event this year as the Femme Filmmakers Festival enters it’s 8th year. This very writer is humble enough…

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Welcome to Day Four of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Hello there Day Four, we have been expecting you. Two French-Canadian short films join the fray today as well as a certain Angelina Jolie-directed film…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: All This Panic (Jenny Gage)

Now, I’m no teenage girl. Never have been. But stories on film about adolescent girls is a fairly common thread. And a soaring trend, the…

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Welcome to Day Three of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Knock knock. Who’s there? Date. Date who? No, no, no, it’s Day Three not Day Two. Some very vivid images for your eyes today covering…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Moxie (Amy Poehler)

While feminism has grown over the decades, a newer concept being fully realized and defined is girl power. The adolescent experience for girls can be…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Stray (Elizabeth Lo)

Back in 2020 (remember that momentous year?), ample praise was been put upon the governing bodies in Turkey by their own residents. The country’s largest…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Chute // Strangers (Nora Longatti)

Instantly striking with low level shock, this film opens with a scene which immediately asks important questions. You wonder who the girl is and what…

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Welcome to Day Two of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

You’ve probably already figured out we’re running a little behind with the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It wouldn’t be a film festival without some chaos…

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