Posted in Independent Review Short

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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Posted in Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast 62: The Rise of Independent Cinema

In this week’s podcast we flesh out some of the most important corners of cinema. Independent film. Host Bianca is joined by Robin, Doug, Joel,…

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Posted in Awards Season

Winners of the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards

With the last leg of this gruelling awards season finally upon us, Film Independent announced their Spirit Award winners. Big winner If Beale Street Could…

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Posted in Interview Review

Ashley Tabatabai Talks Big Business with his new Short Film, The Interview

“Trust me” is the first phrase we hear from our off-screen protagonist, Joseph, played by writer and producer, Ashley Tabatabai. Entirely set in a small,…

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Posted in Review

Review: Bennett's Song

If you define a film as a story recorded onto a camera and shown onto a screen, then I guess Bennett’s Song would qualify. However,…

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Posted in Festival Review

Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Ekaj

Originally published July 23rd 2018 Ekaj deals with hard material and stark revelations. One of its most powerful scenes comes towards the movie’s close, as…

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Posted in Interview

Exclusive Interview: Michael Ferrell Writer & Director of Laura Gets a Cat

If you read my previous review of Indie comedy, Laura Gets a Cat, you would know just how much I enjoyed it. When offered the…

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Posted in Horror Review

Indie Review: Malady (2015)

Hurt people, hurt people. I’m not sure where I first heard that phrase, but it came to mind repeatedly as I was watching Jack James’…

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Posted in Events Festival Interview

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…

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Filmotomy Exclusive Interview: Alex Barrett

We were very lucky to get the opportunity to speak to independent filmmaker Alex Barrett about his latest film, London Symphony. The film is a…

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Posted in Festival

Calling All Independent Film Heroes: Raindance Wants YOU to Contribute to Their IndieGoGo Campaign!

There’s a magical time of year when lovers of independent cinema converge on Leicester Square in London to enjoy the best the world has to…

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Review: Bill Duke's 'Created Equal'

It was Thomas Jefferson that said: “[that] all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among…

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Posted in Horror

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…

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Posted in Interview

Interview: Filmmaker Richard T. Wilson

I spoke to filmmaker Richard T. Wilson about his filmic influences, both as an audience member and behind the camera, before breaking bread over his…

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