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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The Oregon Trail was not a nice hike in the sun. In 19th century America, it was a 3,500 km ordeal across a harsh and barren wilderness. 400,000 pioneers attempted the journey in search of a better life. 4% of them didn’t make it. Some smaller parties would separate from the main wagon train to
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Robin Write speaks to the talented director behind the short film Diagonal, Anne Thorens, part of the Competition Selection at the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival. Listen to the full interview here and check out the film itself. Filmotomy · FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Anne Thorens on Short Film Diagonal
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They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, we strive for the ultimate greatness when it comes to film content. Step forward Mary Pickford and Frances Marion, two wondrous pioneers of the early days of cinema.
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Children of a Lesser God (1986)¸ directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson based on the stage play by Mark Medoff, turned out to be a discreet but successful drama in the 1980s. Translating in five Academy Awards nominations and one Oscar for Marlee Matlin, the first and only deaf actor to receive
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The short film Bird of Paradise (Nos Lions) effectively builds a sense of danger but gets lost in its own sense of mystery. The story revolves around a young woman who leaves the life and family she knows for a furtive wedding with her secret love. Yet not knowing the reasons for their secrecy or
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What does it look like to grieve? That is what Katherine DuBois explores in her short film, Awake. Through the under-15 minute journey, we see an unnamed woman wake up, every day, having to relearn the real truth that her loved one is deceased. The film does not spell out everything for us. It slowly delves
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Originally posted on In Their Own League on September 17th Here are some statistics from the Women and Hollywood survey from 2018 that I would like to bring to your attention: There are approximately 2 male reviewers for every 1 female reviewer. Men comprise 68% and women 32% of all film reviewers. 83% of all
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Film history classes may pound the French New Wave into the heads of cinema students everywhere, but not much is said about the Czech New Wave. Unsurprisingly, this movement was in direct response to the French version and was an attempt to showcase the filmmaking talents emerging in Eastern Europe. These films were made 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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