Toujours Katie
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Katie Keener’s Coverage of the Calgary International Film Festival

Before You Know It Before You Know It is the debut feature film from the writing duo of Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock who both…

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Varda by Agnes
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Jeremy Robinson’s Coverage of the Calgary International Film Festival

One Day in The Life of Noah Piugattuk One Day in The Life of Noah Piugattuk begins with a startling opening shot of an arctic morning….

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LFF Review Round-Up as we say Goodbye for Another Year

The Deathless Woman Crimes buried in the shallow graves of the recent past rise to the surface of the poisoned earth, carrying with them the…

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Rehearsal
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LFF Review: Courtney Hope Thérond’s new short film ‘Rehearsal’

Courtney Hope Thérond has routinely proven herself a cunning filmmaker, one who can deliver the rawness of intimate human interaction in a closed space. Her…

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Atlantics
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More Essential London Film Festival Coverage from Paddy Mulholland at Screen on Screen

Since squatting himself somewhere in the basement of Vue to participate in our London Film Festival podcast, Paddy Mulholland, like so many other LFFers down…

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Filmotomy Podcast 90: Live From the London Film Festival

As the London Film Festival land in the thick of it, Filmotomy’s 90th podcast jumps into the event to see what’s shaking. Stuck at home…

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Peanut Butter Falcon
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LFF Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon

“Friends are the family you chose”. Only six words but so much truth behind them. It’s not only applicable for each one of us but…

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The Whistlers
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LFF Review: The Lodge / Tremors / The Whistlers

For me, the biggest surprise of the London Film Festival thus far hasn’t been something I’ve seen on a cinema screen, but something I’ve discovered…

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Synchronic
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LFF Review: Synchronic

They always say that when death comes close, we finally understand what’s important in our lives and what isn’t. However, until that finite moment, we…

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FemmeFilmFest Interview: In Full Bloom director Maegan Houang

I spoke to Maegan Houang, the filmmaker behind the gorgeous, moving short film, In Full Bloom. The film was in competition at the 4th Femme…

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Locker Room
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Four Great Short Films You May Have Missed at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

With the Femme Filmmakers Festival for 2019 now closing its doors, here are four of the films out of competition that are still totally worth…

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Day Ten marks the final chapter of the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

As online events go, without having to chase for tickets or wait forever in long queues or figure out where and when you are going…

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Filmotomy Podcast 89: A spot of Golf with filmmaker Julia Bales

On the penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, the Filmotomy Podcast goes on a round of Golf with the Julia Bales, the director of…

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FemmeFilmFest Interview: Evolution director Lucile Hadžihalilović

Paved with an unusual coating of serenity and mystery, Lucile Hadžihalilović‘s extraordinary Evolution is in a league of its own. I managed to grab the…

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