Mirror Stacy Femme Filmmakers Festival
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Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Mirror Stacy (Arabella Sharkey)

Films about mental health issues can be difficult to plot successfully. Either they come off as too easily resolved, trivializing the experiences of those suffering…

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Coralie Fargeat The Substance Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy
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Day One of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Friday 20 September The Substance (Coralie Fargeat) feature film library On general release today, 20th September. Priscilla (Sofia Coppola) feature film library Head over to…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2024 Filmotomy
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Read the Official Program Guide for the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Program time! The countdown is over! It’s today! Oh my. The 9th edition of the Femme Filmmakers Festival has hurtled through its prepping stages with…

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Hot Seat Anna Kerrigan Filmotomy
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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…

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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…

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Circuit Delia Hess Filmotomy Femme Film Fest
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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…

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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…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Knock the House Down 2020
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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…

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Radical Honesty Bianca Poletti Filmotomy Femme Film Fest
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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…

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Astonishing Little Feet Filmotomy Femme Filmmakers Festival
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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…

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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…

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JC Farris Assembly Line of Broken Hearts Filmotomy
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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…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Girl
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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…

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Kati Egely When It Comes From the Earth
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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…

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