Tag: short films
Let's Dance: Review of Jean Claude Billmaier's Nulla
According to historical records, in 1518 there was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, in the Holy Roman Empire. Where approximately…
Play Violet For Me- Review
The archetypal figure of the double is cinema’s most often used trope to communicate notions of the uncanny. By definition, the double resembles the familiar…
Exclusive Interview: Kevin McDonagh, director of The Birmingham Film Festival
We here at Filmotomy were lucky to get a chance to speak to Kevin McDonagh, the director the Birmingham Film Festival and as you now…
Short Film Review: Not(e) for a Dreamer
Whilst watching Not(e) for a Dreamer I was reminded of a certain quote, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “ Youth comes but once in a lifetime.” Indeed…
Short Film Review: E.M.U: Emotional Motor Unit
What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to feel alive? And how do our own emotions affect our creative process? These are…
Paul Thomas Anderson’s Two Shorts: A Way to Express and Experiment
Like many of his fellow generation X directors, Paul Thomas Anderson kick-started his career making short films. Despite attending film school at New York University,…
Watch Horror Short 'The Disappearance of Willie Bingham'
In recent years the amount of psychological horror and minimal science fiction films is increasing, and this ongoing change is definitely a good one. “The…
Anna Kerrigan And Minhal Baig Dominate Roll Of Honor At Femme Filmmakers Festival
Well, the four other members of the jury and I debated over the eight short films in the ten categories as described in the prior…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Roll Of Honor
To close this magnificent #FemmeFilmFest I have assembled a small jury of film-lovers to honor a select few of these outstanding new short films. There…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day Ten Program
Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Ten Program — Sunday 10th September 2017 And there we have it. The final day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day Nine Program
Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Nine Program — Saturday 9th September 2017 Well here we are at the penultimate of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, and…
Watch: Rachel Israel’s Short Film Keep the Change
A representation of reality with which too few of us are familiar, Rachel Israel’s Keep the Change is a beautiful, earnest depiction of blossoming love….
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day Eight Program
Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Eight Program — Friday 8th September 2017 Day Eight of the Femme Filmmakers Festival sees the first day of the…
Billimarie Robinson Talks Filmmaking, Box-Heads, And Being Multiracial
There’s an earnest, smart filmmaking brain in the young head of Billimarie Robinson, whose diverse short films over the years have perhaps allowed her to…
