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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We take everyday sounds for granted, the little hums and taps, the sips and steps, how the outside world of traffic and people seeps into our airspace. It is not often these arbitrary sounds form a vital and absorbing part of a short story. Crucial infact, to transporting you into the created world – even
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The metallic music and crisp sound design of Mélody Boulissière’s brilliant animated short, Ailleurs (Somewhere), are just two of the swaying components that make this so enticing. The animation is so free-flowing at times you can’t keep up. The brush strokes mixed with the images we see daily on the internet make for a kind
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As the Femme Filmmakers Festival hits Day Six, the Filmotomy Podcast showcases one of the short films in competition, Hyphen. Joining Robin Write is the film’s writer and director, Maria Servellon, and the music composer of the film, Monica Lyrae. Discussion revolves around the conception, the making of, and the success of Hyphen. Have a
As short films go, Sour is ultrashort, less than two minutes long. But damn it hurt! Daniela Sherer’s colourful animation presents the day in the life of a man who is not coping without his love. He tells himself to do normal things, and then when he cannot ignore the temptation any longer, he picks
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Firstly, thank you to Melanie Belmonte, the Femme Filmmakers Festival Delegate, who was a huge part of selecting these films. And boy, was it tough. Finding just 20 short films for the official selection from countless, excellent films was tricky business. So, as well as those 20 shorts, speed across the 10 days of the
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Surrealism has always been a major part of cinema since its inception. It is quite a surreal thing to see moving two-dimensional images being projected on-screen when you think about it. Many often brush surrealism off as being pretentious and a waste of time, which is rather naive to do so. Surrealist, avant-garde cinema is
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The short film prizes for the 3rd annual Femme Filmmakers Festival were announced earlier today. Hungarian Kati Egely and Cypriot Myrsini Aristidou took several honors, with Kate Lefoe’s Somersault Pike nabbing both Cinematography and Editing. Egely’s blissful animation Land Without Evil dominated the tech categories, finally winning the grand prize, The Gold Sovereign. Placing 3rd with The
Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day Ten Program, Sunday 16th September Short Film Prizes Online Announcement Online roll of honor prize ceremony. The winners of the 13 categories in the short film competition will be announced live on Twitter and Facebook. The official selection of short films are: Aria (Myrsini Aristidou) Creswick (Natalie Erika James) The Diver
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The Greatest Luxury, Kathryn Ferguson’s vibrant, bold short docu-commercial, or this arty presentation of the fashion biz, or even a surreal promo of sartorial splendor, might not cater to everyone’s taste. But its about as fabulous as you can get in under five minutes. The final official selection short film to be showcased in the Femme
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