Tag: film festivals
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
FemmeFilmFest Review: A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada)
Behind A Silent Voice’s immaculate, gorgeous animation, is direction so strong, so careful, and so well constructed, that it asserts Naoko Yamada as one of…
FemmeFilmFest Day Nine brings some light relief
The penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival is upon us. And with it we dip into a little bit of comedy – let’s face…
FemmeFilmFest Animation: Once Upon a Line from Alicja Jasina
We take everyday sounds for granted, the little hums and taps, the sips and steps, how the outside world of traffic and people seeps into…
FemmeFilmFest Animation: Ailleurs (Somewhere) from Mélody Boulissière
The metallic music and crisp sound design of Mélody Boulissière’s brilliant animated short, Ailleurs (Somewhere), are just two of the swaying components that make this…
FemmeFilmFest Review: Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat
Having tip-toed on the verge of being exploitative in its graphical depiction of sexual assault versus actually being empowering, the rape-and-revenge genre has been a…
Filmotomy Podcast 88: With Special Guest, Coralie Fargeat, Director of Revenge
Filmotomy’s third Podcast during the Femme Filmmakers Festival is a bloody special one. Pun intended. Robin Write is the lucky blighter joined not only by…
FemmeFilmFest Review: Capernaum, Nadine Labaki
With its award-winning streak and Oscar nominations Capernaum is a film that evidently a hit with critics and cinema goers alike with something bold to…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #39: Watch Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid Now on Shudder
Many of the film lovers of the universe didn’t perhaps even know you were anticipating this wonder. After a terrific theatrical run, an ever increasing…
