Jasmin Tenucci August Sky Filmotomy
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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…

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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…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Ramsey
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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…

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Cansu Boğuşlu Down From the Clouds Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: We speak to ‘Down From the Clouds’ Director Cansu Boğuşlu

Let me just say first of all without any bias that the short film submitted by Cansu Boğuşlu to this year’s Femme Filmmakers Festival is…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Hart
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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…

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FemmeFilmFest7 Review Laundry Day Rose E Knopper
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Laundry Day (Rose E Knopper)

Current, moving and relevant, Laundry Day gently opens a conversation which a lot of people are likely to want and/or need to have in our…

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Two Eggs, Scrambled Melissa Dimetres
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Two Eggs, Scrambled (Melissa Dimetres)

The tinkle of a piano and the tedium plastered across our heroine’s face goes a long way to tell us something about the state of…

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Fanmi Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers Carmine Pierre-Dufour
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Fanmi (Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Carmine Pierre-Dufour)

Fanmi is a quietly devastating film, revolving around a recognisable mother-daughter relationship. As the daughter, Martine endures the trappings of her own mind, and an…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Shiva
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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…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Alice
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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….

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Giulia Achenza The Mirror Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: The Mirror (Giulia Achenza)

From the opening second of this less-than-three-minute short film I recognised the music playing over the already eye-catching images as deftly similar to that of…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Jolie
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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…

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Luna Moon Zoe Pelchat Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Lune / Moon (Zoé Pelchat)

Joanie Martel gives a beautiful and nuanced performance as Babz, a “lonely but endearing ex convict” in Zoe Pelchat’s Lune. When we meet Babz, she’s…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy Aida
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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…

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