I spoke to Maegan Houang, the filmmaker behind the gorgeous, moving short film, In Full Bloom. The film was in competition at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival, where Houang was honoured with the Maya Deren Short Film Innovation Prize. ***** Robin Write: When did your love for film begin? What was it that inspired you? […]
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In case you missed the Roll of Honor for the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival on Sunday you can watch the winners via the Vimeo videos below. Thanks to the official jury (Jasmine, Aurora, Nico, Maria, Sonia, Miriam, Lala, Caitlin, Niall, Catherine, Billie) for getting in the thick of it. There was a brilliant variation of
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In the short film The Morning After, a gay interracial Brooklyn couple copes with life the day after the 2016 Presidential election. Directed by Lauren Minnerath, it’s a short story about how each person in a relationship handles huge life changes. In this case, that change is the reality that Donald Trump has become president.
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With the Femme Filmmakers Festival for 2019 now closing its doors, here are four of the films out of competition that are still totally worth checking out. ‘Fitting’ by Emily Avila Due to the sheer amount of short films being made, it’s more than difficult to stand out. The story you’re telling, whether it’s 1
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This is the second installment in a series of articles dedicated to championing films that have seen little love since their release. I would like to provide a little context before I talk about The Edge of Seventeen. This is obviously a great movie and I do believe everyone should watch it. Though I do
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Lady Bird (2017) is a coming-of-age film that was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. Directed and written by Greta Gerwig, this film stars Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Beanie Feldstein and Timothée Chalamet. Christine (Ronan), also known as Lady Bird, is a 17-year-old who is applying to colleges outside of Sacramento, and this film
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As online events go, without having to chase for tickets or wait forever in long queues or figure out where and when you are going to eat, the Femme Filmmakers Festival has sure kept me on my bleeding, cracked toes. Thanks of course to all those who contributed in some way or other – and
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On the penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, the Filmotomy Podcast goes on a round of Golf with the Julia Bales, the director of the short film, Golf! Robin Write is the host as the two discuss Bales’ career so far and the status of being a woman filmmaker. Have a listen, watch Bales’
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Paved with an unusual coating of serenity and mystery, Lucile Hadžihalilović‘s extraordinary Evolution is in a league of its own. I managed to grab the film director for a while to throw some questions at her. —– Robin Write: So we’re going to talk about the film you made, Evolution, a little bit. Obviously filmmaking
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Behind A Silent Voice’s immaculate, gorgeous animation, is direction so strong, so careful, and so well constructed, that it asserts Naoko Yamada as one of the great storytellers in modern animation. Yamada has an interesting obsession with using feet, perhaps the least expressive part of the body, to tell the emotional story. She does it
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