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Revealed: Jury Members for the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

A day before the exciting line-up for the 2019 Femme Filmmakers Festival (it’s quite the list I can tell you), we can now reveal the…

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TIFF 2019 Line Up

The Toronto International Film Festival line up has recently been announced and it’s looking like a pretty stellar collection of films. This year’s festival will…

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Venice Film Festival 2019 Line Up

Next month sees the start of the 76th annual Venice Film Festival which will run from 29th August to 7th September. The line up has…

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Jury
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Do You Want To Be a Jury Member for the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019?

I wonder, have you ever wanted to do jury service? Well, there is no courtroom per se here. This opportunity is for Filmotomy’s 4th annual…

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Filmotomy Podcast 75: Film Festival Survival Guide

Filmotomy Podcast 75 might as well be a milestone. This is a crackingly insightful episode as a trio of femme fatales share their film festival…

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A Glimpse at the EIFF 2019 Talent Line-Up

Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) a few days ago announced a mouth-watering line-up ahead of tonight’s Opening Night Gala. “The chance for our audiences who…

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Rafiki
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Cleveland International Film Festival Review: Rafiki

Rafiki is an absolute success. It premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival—notably as the first Kenyan film to ever be screened there—then subsequently vied…

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Poster Revealed for the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2019

On the 15th April 2019, the Cannes Film Festival announced their brand new poster for the upcoming event, with none other than Agnès Varda in…

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Sibyl
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Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Sibyl

SIBYL Justine TRIET — FRANCE, BELGIUM — 100 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Sibyl (Virginie Efira), a psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. Her latest patient…

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It Must Be Heaven
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Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – It Must Be Heaven

IT MUST BE HEAVEN Elia SULEIMAN — FRANCE — 97 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Elia Suleiman escapes from Palestine in the search of an alternative…

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The Traitor
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Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Il Traditore / The Traitor

IL TRADITORE / THE TRAITOR Marco BELLOCCHIO — ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY, BRAZIL — 145 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Marco Bellocchio’s Il Traditor follows Tommaso Buscetta the so called…

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Mektoub - My Love Intermezzo
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Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo

MEKTOUB, MY LOVE: INTERMEZZO Abdellatif Kechiche — France — 240 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Sequel to Mektoub My Love: Canto Uno, sees a bunch of…

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Roubaix, Une Lumiere
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Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Roubaix, une lumière / Oh Mercy!

ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIÈRE / OH MERCY! Arnaud DESPLECHIN — FRANCE — 119 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Based on a true story and the 2008 TV…

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Matthias et Maxime
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Festival de Cannes Official Competition Prospectus – Matthias et Maxime

MATTHIAS ET MAXIME Xavier DOLAN — CANADA — 119 minutes IN A NUTSHELL Matthias (Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas) and Maxime (played by the young director himself,…

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