The 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival may sadly be over and done with for the year, but not to worry — here at Filmotomy, we have compiled all the content from the festival and have it all in one convenient post… right here! Take a look and you’ll find reviews of this year’s submissions, links to […]
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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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Among the very few things that Christianity and horror have in common is that both are built on the crushed bones of women. Christianity, with its insistence on women’s bodies as the site of both the miracle of birth and original sin, relies on the subjugation of women, envisioning all its holiest figures as male
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It goes without saying that there has been an abundance of talent across the board from all the submissions to our festival this year, and our wonderful jury has had the challenge of voting and deciding on their picks for each category. Here are the long awaited and well deserved results and respectable winners of
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Filmotomy were honoured to be in the presence of the woman behind and in front of the camera on the film Lingua Franca – Isabel Sandoval. Joining the filmmaker are Robin Write and Sarah Williams for FemmeFilmFest21.
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This 17-minute Norwegian short starts off by introducing quite the usual dysfunctional family, in which the parents attempt to organise the ideal camping trip in order to bring them closer to their children. By working together in setting up the tent, they hope to strengthen their bond and reconnect emotionally, despite their eldest daughter seeming
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That opening news report-esque splatter of the remarkable Hysterical Girl kicks open the door of urgency and relevance . The 13 minute short film ends on a punch too, a glorious but ponderous one. Pretty much everything in between – not a second wasted – is candid, paramount and unforgettable. Hysterical Girl has the female
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Well folks, this is it! We’ve reached the final day of our 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It’s been a wild ride in our celebration of amazing films and the talented women who made them. If you’d like a final recap of our entire fest lineup, you can find that here. Here at Filmotomy we’d like
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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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