Chute Strangers Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Chute // Strangers (Nora Longatti)

Instantly striking with low level shock, this film opens with a scene which immediately asks important questions. You wonder who the girl is and what…

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Welcome to Day Two of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

You’ve probably already figured out we’re running a little behind with the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It wouldn’t be a film festival without some chaos…

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Laura Jean Hocking Hot Singles FemmeFilmFest Filmotomy i
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FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Laura Jean Hocking Talks to Filmotomy About Her Short Film ‘Hot Singles’

Laura Jean Hocking‘s short film, Hot Singles, is not exactly what you think it is when you look at the title. But then, it kind…

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FemmeFilmFest7 J’ai Le Cafard Bint Werdan Maysaa Almumin
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FemmeFilmFest7 Review: J’ai Le Cafard // Bint Werdan (Maysaa Almumin)

One wonders how far you have to say, loneliness is a bitch and I’m numbed by the mundane office life, before your eventual companionship with…

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Welcome to Day One of the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

You know the song where it goes something like: Woke up this morning feeling fine, there’s something special on my mind? And no, I didn’t…

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Meet the 9 Illustrious Members of the Competition Jury for the 7th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Selecting films for an event like our Femme Filmmakers Festival requires a good eye for the craft as well as an enthusiasm that more than…

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Indie Focus: Behind Closed Doors (Kaitlyn Boxall)

Ginger Paradise Productions, a project from independent filmmaker Kaitlyn Boxall, is best known for their tribute videos. This year, the young filmmaker has been working…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Enough (Anna Mantzaris)

Who hasn’t had a moment where they’ve had enough? Animator Anna Mantzaris follows that premise to humorous and empathetic effect in the short Enough. Within…

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Winners Announced for 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival – Roll of Honour

It goes without saying that there has been an abundance of talent across the board from all the submissions to our festival this year, and…

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The Tent FemmeFilmFest21 Filmotomy
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FemmeFilmFest21Review: The Tent (Rebecca Figenschau)

This 17-minute Norwegian short starts off by introducing quite the usual dysfunctional family, in which the parents attempt to organise the ideal camping trip in…

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Hysterical Girl (Kate Novack)
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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Hysterical Girl (Kate Novack)

That opening news report-esque splatter of the remarkable Hysterical Girl kicks open the door of urgency and relevance . The 13 minute short film ends…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Hide and Seek / Ghazaal filmmaker Ragini Bhasin

The super talented young filmmaker Ragini Bhasin recently spoke to Robin Write of Filmotomy about two of her acclaimed short films Ghazaal and Hide and…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Pacífico Oscuro (Camila Beltrán)

Colombia is Black. Mainstream Latin American media entities have been forever self-plagued by a public acknowledgement issue in platforming Afro-Latino life. So it is remarkable…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Makr (Hana Kazim)

When Dubai-based screenwriter and director Hana Kazim was studying business in college, she took a film class that introduced her to The Godfather (1972). Seeing…

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