Olivia Martin-McGuire‘s Freedom Swimmers is the extremely moving story of a grandfather’s harrowing telling of the perilous journey he made from mainland China to Hong Kong in the 1970s. It combines his storytelling and journey from the 70s to the recent protest and unrest in Hong Kong during modern times, taking actual footage from the […]
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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 three brisk minutes, Enough strings together various scenes of people reaching the brink: falling asleep in line at the ATM, leaping from a moving car, tossing a cell phone out
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Short films can be a mini class in how to direct, or how not to. In many cases, the beginnings of short films are intriguing, even gripping, only to disappoint with rushed or ambiguous endings. And Then the Bear is a must see for any student or lover of film. It is simply a work
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As part of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Robin Write of Filmotomy and Meagan Adele Lopez from the Competition Selection jury spoke to French filmmaker Agnes Patron the creator of the animated short film And Then The Bear.
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Witty, thought-provoking, and wild, the animated short Normal springs its main character from an existential crisis, only to have his solution backfire. It’s a trippy examination of activism without thinking of consequences blended with a smattering of kaiju, Karl Marx, and French actor Gérard Depardieu. Writer-director Julie Caty (Eden) instantly drops viewers into the off-kilter
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Anyone who is a parent knows that raising a child is quite the DIY project. For some women, conception can be just as challenging, if not impossible. As tragic as this situation is, director Meghann Artes draws inspiration from her own personal struggle to bear children and creates a dazzlingly uplifting narrative in Oh Baby!
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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 it’s greatest strength, as sometimes we don’t need dialogue or narration to explain a film’s purpose as the image is more than enough. Using just a few colours (white, black,
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When the short films were whittled down to the final 20 for the Competition Selection of the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival, it was hard to resist all three submitted by Kelsie Moore. The Australian director is the woman behind three very compelling, timely and varied in subject short documentaries. With The Gray Area, Shelter in
Every year at the Femme Filmmakers Festival we are dazzled by the array of talent that shines through the endless techniques of animated short films. This year was no different of course. One such example of brilliance came in the form of Anita Bruvere‘s extraordinary Home. We were fortunate enough to speak to the Latvian
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Valerie Barnhart’s Girl in the Hallway may have a short runtime, but the film is brimming with a stunning artistic vision that marks every frame. Barnhart’s animation harmonizes with Jamie DeWolf’s narration to create a suspenseful true-crime tale with a deep emotional core— a mesmerizing showcase of talent, creativity, and most importantly, humanity. Barnhart taught
