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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #44: The Love Light with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion

They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading,…

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FemmeFilmFest21: Children of a Lesser God – Selfishness and Ableism Disguised as Love

Children of a Lesser God (1986)¸ directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson based on the stage play by Mark Medoff, turned out…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day Two

With the Femme Filmmakers Festival day one successfully complete, things are off to a fantastic start! If you missed Friday’s lineup, no worries, there’s an…

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FemmeFilmFest21Review: Booksmart (Olivia Wilde)

Booksmart continues the long tradition of films about two kids the summer after high school, growing over the course of one wild night. It feels…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Bird of Paradise (Mareike Engelhardt)

The short film Bird of Paradise (Nos Lions) effectively builds a sense of danger but gets lost in its own sense of mystery. The story…

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FemmeFilmFest21Review: The Black Veil (A.J. Al-Thani)

A.J. Al-Thani’s The Black Veil is an astonishing and empowering short film which the world needs now more than ever. With the on-going political troubles…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Whole (Suchana Saha)

Whole is a minute long animation which manages to say what it needs to within a restricted runtime. The beauty and simplicity of Whole is…

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FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Awake (Katherine DuBois)

What does it look like to grieve? That is what Katherine DuBois explores in her short film, Awake. Through the under-15 minute journey, we see an…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day One

With submissions in, details prepared and the wait over, it’s time to officially begin the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival! We have an abundance of phenomenal…

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Full Line-up of Feature and Short Films Announced for the 2021 Femme Filmmakers Festival

After hours and hours of watching, re-watching, head-scratching, laughter, wonder, sorrow – all manner of emotions – we have finally arrived a the 6th Femme…

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6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Open For Submissions – and Official Poster Revealed

It seems to be earlier and earlier each and every year that we embark on the Femme Filmmakers Festival in the ultimate preparation for the…

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Berlinale 2021 Review: Beans

78 days long, the 1990 Oka crisis was a protest led by two Mohawk communities in Quebec, when the white government zoned a golf course…

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The Cinematic Power of a Woman Reflected in these Female Film Characters on International Women’s Day

“I like the freedom inherent in being on my own, and I like the growth and learning processes that develop from taking chances … I…

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Film Review: Saint Maud

With agony comes ecstasy, and with holiness comes a darkness. Rose Glass’s Saint Maud is the next big thing in a wave of so-called elevated…

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