Tag: Film Festival
FemmeFilmFest21Review: The Black Veil (A.J. Al-Thani)
A.J. Al-Thani’s The Black Veil is an astonishing and empowering short film which the world needs now more than ever. With the on-going political troubles…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Whole (Suchana Saha)
Whole is a minute long animation which manages to say what it needs to within a restricted runtime. The beauty and simplicity of Whole is…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Awake (Katherine DuBois)
What does it look like to grieve? That is what Katherine DuBois explores in her short film, Awake. Through the under-15 minute journey, we see an…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day One
With submissions in, details prepared and the wait over, it’s time to officially begin the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival! We have an abundance of phenomenal…
Mad God – Edinburgh International Film Festival Review
I didn’t know what to expect when I sat down to watch Mad God, the new animated feature from Phil Tibbet. Whose special effects work…
Martyrs Lane – Edinburgh International Film Festival Review
Martyrs Lane is a gripping new horror film that captivates and mystifies consistently. Atmospheric, puzzling, and ultimately tragic, there is a delicacy to its craft…
Absolute Denial – Edinburgh International Film Festival Review
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness”. These are the words echoed throughout Ryan Braund’s ambitious and visually captivating new feature…
74th Locarno Official Selection
The 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival announces its 2021 lineup, with 12 films in its Piazza Grande selection, and 17 competing in the…
Festival de Cannes Review: Clara Sola (Nathalie Álvarez Mesén)
Clara Sola is the debut feature of the Costa Rican-Swedish director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén. It was screened in the Quinzaine de Réalisateur section and is…
Say Hello to the Competition Jury of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival
I’ve heard folk say that watching films is easy. And rating them, well, that’s the cinemagoers favourite pastime these days. So for this specially selected…
‘Titane’, ‘A Hero’, ‘Annette’ among Festival de Cannes Winners 74th Edition
Here we are then. In mid-July, with the closing ceremony of the 74th Cannes Film Festival. Check out the 2021 winners as the prizes which…
Festival de Cannes Review: Jane par Charlotte (Charlotte Gainsbourg)
When Jaques Rivette made Love On the Ground in 1984 he said that one of the best reasons for making films is being able to…
Full Line-up of Feature and Short Films Announced for the 2021 Femme Filmmakers Festival
After hours and hours of watching, re-watching, head-scratching, laughter, wonder, sorrow – all manner of emotions – we have finally arrived a the 6th Femme…
Festival de Cannes Review: Cow (Andrea Arnold)
This may be a personal issue, but there’s something about Andrea Arnold‘s brand of wallowing realism that never quite brings a point to its misery….
