CLOSING DAY Friday 16th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: Mustang   Femme Filmmaker: Deniz Gamze Ergüven The five sisters majestically depicted in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang reside in a truly beautiful coastal town, but their current lifestyles appear to be that of oppression and claustrophobia, told where not to go and what not to do, […]

DAY NINE Thursday 15th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: Beyond the Lights Femme Filmmaker: Gina Prince-Bythewood Beyond the Lights was the other half of the Gugu Mbatha-Raw breakthrough combo of 2014 (the other being Belle, also directed by a woman). Gina Prince-Bythewood’s romantic drama also features Minnie Driver, Nate Parker, and Danny Glover (who also

DAY EIGHT Wednesday 14th September 2016 (all-day event) NOTE: Due to streaming ending in the UK of the scheduled film It Felt Like Love directed by Eliza Hittman, then the Femme Filmmakers Festival viewing will have to be substituted – unless of course you can find a legitimate stream yourselves. The film is still available

DAY SIX Sunday 11th September 2016 (all-day event)   Film: What Happened, Miss Simone?   Femme Filmmaker: Liz Garbus The title What Happened, Miss Simone? was a question asked by Maya Angelou, and documentary film-maker Liz Garbus strives to perhaps answer this, but also shine some light on the illustrious singer and cultural icon. The

DAY FIVE Saturday 10th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn   Femme Filmmaker: Liv Corfixen Danish film-maker Nicolas Winding Refn is married to Liv Corfixen, a woman who is certainly not afraid to pick up a camera and direct her own narrative. In this frustratingly short documentary, Corfixen candidly

DAY FOUR Friday 9th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: We Need To Talk About Kevin Femme Filmmaker: Lynne Ramsay Bringing Lionel Shriver’s novel to the screen took some time for director Lynne Ramsay to get made, a psychological drama echoing the despairs of motherhood. We Need To Talk About Kevin focuses on the troubled, off-the-wall

DAY THREE Sunday 4th September 2016 (all-day event) Film: Middle of Nowhere Femme Filmmaker: Ava DuVernay A hit at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Directing award for Ava DuVernay, who also wrote and produced, Middle of Nowhere features a stand-out performance from Emayatzy Corinealdi whose promising life is tainted when her

DAY TWO Saturday 3rd September 2016 (all-day event)   Film: Girlhood   Femme Filmmaker: Céline Sciamma Bande de filles from French translates to group of girls, whereas it’s English title Girlhood may suggest something slightly different. Both interpretations, that these teenage girls form a tough cliche, and that there is a penetrating friendship, ring true

OPENING NIGHT Friday 2nd September 2016 (all-day event)   Film: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night   Femme Filmmaker: Ana Lily Amirpour In the open darkness a girl walks home alone at night, attired in stripes and cloak. But there is a bite to this girl, not just an isolation, but a thirst for more, much