The dearly departed Agnès Varda, is not dead at all. We can go back and cherry pick from her illustrious filmography any time we please. A similar kind of wishful thinking befalls you when you see her 1985 film, Vagabond. That in spite of her constant passivity and uncouth discourse, the protagonist of the title […]
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The whole world seem virtual now. How do we watch movies together? Have we forgotten? The Femme Filmmakers Festival began on Friday 28th August and ran for 10 days, and has always offered that discourse by default. Now in its 5th year celebrating films made by women, the FemmeFilmFest has always been a purely online
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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
The story of a young girl in a refugee camp struggling with her period, Ghazaal offers a powerful depiction of the lack of basic dignity in such camps. The 14 minute short film follows Ghazaal, as she attempts to get sanitary protection and deal with the pain of cramps, but also tackles general life in
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In Kitty Green’s The Assistant, the slow simmer of impending doom permeates the film. Its 87 minute runtime still manages to pack a whole lot of quandaries, both for our protagonist and for the audience once they leave the film. The film has so much to sift through, and it proves there are no easy answers. THE
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The low rumble of an audience is accompanied by the crash of water, where a young woman is painstakingly poised, unreachable. Her young admirer waits in the stands, captivated by her presence as Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi roars over the speakers, cheered on by the splashing of synchronized swimmers. This is the opening of
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Sunday 6th September 2020. The 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival comes to a close later this evening. Earlier, the Roll of Honour was announced for the 20 short films in the Competition Selection, in 15 award categories. Three films won a trio of prizes each. Nora Kirkpatrick’s Long Time Listener, First Time Caller won the grand
Previously working on Booksmart, which marked her directorial debut and received Golden Globes and Bafta nominations in 2019, Olivia Wilde claimed her status as one of the most influential actresses and filmmakers of the past decade. With this in mind, she decided to dive even further into the world of cinema, by directing a short
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Nora Kirkpatrick’s Long Time Listener, First Time Caller is a jewel of a film that like any precious stone, never fails to impress no matter how much you look at it. Despite its budget, it’s magical realism in the strongest and most spell-binding tradition. The film asks eternal questions of love and mortality, and has
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Margot Douglas joins the Femme Filmmakers Festival fray to chime on four of the short films featured in this year’s Competition Selection. Home (Anita Bruvere) How many people have called the same place home? This is one of the questions raised in Anita Bruvere’s stop motion animation Home, which delicately presents the true story of
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