Tag: film festivals
FemmeFilmFest – ‘The Rider’: Gorgeous Heartbreak through a Singular Cowboy
Films have long existed in the coastal majority. They explore places, people, and stories that are recycled, repackaged, and sold as shiny and new. These…
FemmeFilmFest Review: The Law of Averages written and directed by Elizabeth Rose
A death in the family is a somber affair. Relatives rally around the deceased, often saying prayers, lighting candles, and wearing black in mourning. In…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Makes it to Day Five
Maegan, Molly, Danielle, Ann, Elizabeth. Those names are what a director sounds like. Just a handful of the ever-increasing female filmmakers, that happen to grace…
FemmeFilmFest: Filmmaker Courtney Hope Thérond talks to Filmotomy about The Dress You Have On
Relationship can be tough at the best of times. We learn about each other, not necessarily getting to decide which aspects of the other person…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Day Four: What to Expect Today and a Playlist of What You Might Have Missed
That’s right. As Day Four of the Femme Filmmakers Festival arrives, I thought it would be a good time to not only tell you what…
FemmeFilmFest Interview: Actress Krista Jensen on the Comedy Short It’s Been Too Long
It took me a while to figure out the romantic leads in It’s Been Too Long, Krista Jensen and David Ebert, are married in real…
FemmeFilmFest Interview: Family Portrait Director Kelly Holmes on Being a Filmmaker, Period Pieces, and Collaboration
It might be fair to say that the detailed period setting of the short film, Family Portrait, may well be the most extensive and cinematic…
FemmeFilmFest Review: Official Selection – Earth • People • Words (Dayna Reggero)
Documentaries have long been an opportunity for filmmakers to make a statement, using real people’s stories combined with pointed interviews. The medium has been used…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Day Three Already?
Welcome to Day Three of the 2019 Femme Filmmakers Festival. So what are you watching today? What have you watched so far? As always, plenty…
FemmeFilmFest Interview: Claire Fowler Talks to Filmotomy about her Wondrous Short Film ‘Salam’
As there is a review to follow during the Femme Filmmakers Festival, I am not going to delve too deeply in how first-rate the beautiful…
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #38: Thirteen (2003) by Catherine Hardwicke at FemmeFilmFest
Catherine Hardwicke made one the most emotive, honest motion pictures in 2003 with Thirteen. The screenplay was co-written with 14 year-old Nikki Reed, who plays…
FemmeFilmFest Interview: Dayna Reggero on her poetic journey with ‘Earth • People • Words’
One of 20 films in competition at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival is Earth • People • Words, a documentary short drawing it’s inspiration from…
FemmeFilmFest Day Two is Better Late Than Never
Due to some unforeseen technical difficulties yesterday, Day Two of the Femme Filmmakers Festival is running behind. That’s not to say you are missing out…
FemmeFilmFest Interview: Kimmy Gatewood Speaks to Filmotomy on Creating ‘Control’
Suicide is not the first subject matter than springs to mind when you think of a comedy film, but director Kimmy Gatewood doesn’t shy away…
