Tag: Film Festival
Festival de Cannes Review: Monster (Hirokazu Kore-eda)
Monster is the latest film from renowned Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose previous prolific work includes films such as Broker and Shoplifters, which had their…
Animation and Canadian Short Films Win Spread of Awards at 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Films from H264 Distribution (winner of the Special Contribution prize) were heavy in numbers but it was Sacrebleu Productions (last year’s recipient of the Special…
FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Bergman Island (Mia Hansen-Løve)
For an artist, whether you create on the shoulders of giants or in their shadow is all a matter of perspective. In Bergman Island, married…
Welcome to Day Ten of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Day Ten of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival signifies the last leg of this amazing race. Those ten days have flew by. And no doubt…
FemmeFilmFest7 Director Roundtable: Dayna Reggero, Olivia Martin-McGuire, Cansu Boğuşlu, Lynn Tomlinson Talk Exclusively to Robin Write
Being the only male in a ‘room’ full of women is an intimidating wonder at the best of times, but when they are as talented…
Welcome to Day Nine of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
It’s my festival I can cry if I want to, cry if I want to. Not quite at the final curtain, but we have landed…
Welcome to Day Eight of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Well it’s been a long week. Yet somehow it zoomed by. Which reminds me, do look out for the Femme Filmmakers Festival Director Roundtable we…
Welcome to Day Seven of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
I’m fairly certain there are no films made by God or Bergman in today line-ups so don’t be fooled by the feature film titles on…
Welcome to Day Six of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
There is an echo of the beginning and the end of things with the short films on display as we hurtle into Day Six of…
Welcome to Day Five of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival
As we approach the half time whistle, expect some bombardment of activity as we look to recap and promote further what has gone so far….
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…
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…
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…
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…