Tag: short film
Femme Film fest 23 Classic Short Weekend: Hot Seat (Anna Kerrigan)
2nd FEMME FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL (2017) How awkward is it to not be one of the cool kids invited to a teen house party? Ask Andrea…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: My Condolences To Your Future Lovers (Jessica Dowse)
Stacey and Vicky are young lovers having a squabble in the car, or is it a breakup? Director Jessica Dowse has written a crackling strong…
Femme Film Fest 23 Showcase Selection: Circuit (Delia Hess)
Animated short films are a charming cinematic universe all of their own and Circuit makes a worthy entry into their league. At first blush, it…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: A Nice Little Film About a Nice Little Death (Julia Mendoza Friedman)
One person’s clutter is another’s treasured memories. When we die, what do we leave behind for those we love and will they see them as…
Day Three of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
Diversity is a word we use a lot when we want to curate a selection of truly worthwhile films, both feature and short length. Films…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Radical Honesty (Bianca Poletti)
With sharp, popping visuals and a pair of witty leads, Radical Honesty is a compelling, spiky watch. It’s also director Bianca Poletti’s commentary on what happens at the bleeding edge of modern relationships. The short picks apart naïve ideals by practically testing them using two horny people. And what happens is super awkward. Poletti skewers late Millennial jargon, particularly the conceit of hook ups without consequence. And pretences fall away in six short minutes. Originally conceived by screenwriter and star Allison Goldfarb as a discussion between a…
Femme Film Fest 23 Competition Selection: Astonishing Little Feet (Maegan Houang)
An astonishing feat! Astonishing Little Feet is a perfectly formed period short, set in a cramped New York apartment in the 1830s. Here, a young…
Day One of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
Looks like we made it. The 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival has arrived. Better late than never. And a more low-key affair in 2023. But it…
FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: An Extensive Chat With ‘Assembly Line of Broken Hearts’ Creator JC Farris
Picking the brains of someone like filmmaker JC Farris is pretty much like opening a Pandora’s box of creative infection. Her latest short film, Assembly…
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 Interview: Animator Katalin Egely Returns to the Fest to Talk About ‘When It Comes From the Earth’
It’s fair to say that Hungarian born animator, Katalin Egely, is like part of the furniture at the Femme Filmmakers Festival. This year marks her…
FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Céu de Agosto // August Sky (Jasmin Tenucci)
Many great films confound and delight, but barely convey their message in two hours. So how has director Jasmin Tenucci managed to make August Sky…
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…
