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Posted on January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

Featured Female Filmmakers – Part 35

It's 2021 and our 35th featured filmmaker on the blog! Jessica Redish's comedy short film The Last Croissant garnered enough interest to spawn filmic sequel Airway, a second short comedy about flying which also boasts a 98% female crew.

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020

Sit Back, Relax, and Stand Up for Women in Comedy

All Joking Aside! Women Are Funny Too. 2 Years ago I shared an article on this blog to support the crowdfunding campaign for Animal Mother Films production All Joking Aside. Directed by Shannon Kohli and Produced by Jon Ornoy the film has since gone into production with it's 50/50 gender split crew and come out …

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Posted on July 18, 2020July 19, 2020

Featured Female Filmmakers – Part 32

Using Web Series To Tell Unique Stories Web series and independent filmmaking have often gone hand in hand. As an extremely freeing and creative platform Web Series are made in all kinds of styles, formats and tell a range of different stories that sometimes wouldn't work as well as short films or features. This weeks …

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Posted on February 17, 2020

Birds of Prey: And The Fantabulous Harley Quinn Through A Female Gaze

So we all know the abomination that was Suicide Squad, and I think we can all agree that despite the very VERY male gaze that was cast upon her the entire 2 hour and 17 minute run time, Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn was the best thing about it. So when I heard that Margot was …

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Posted on July 5, 2019July 4, 2019

Feature Female Filmmakers – Part 18

Life loves to throw challenges our way and these often make the best stories. All you need for proof of this is the sheer amount of films with the line 'based on a true story' after the opening credits. It can be easy to forget that art, particularly film, acts as a reflection of the …

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Posted on June 14, 2019June 12, 2019

Booksmart @Sydney Film Festival

Have you ever laughed so hard that your insides hurt? Well if not I would recommend going to see Booksmart directed by Olivia Wilde. This coming-of-age comedy has just the right amount of weird and relatable, it connects to a place of real life whilst also taking you off on a cinematic adventure with plenty …

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Posted on June 11, 2018

The Breaker Upperers @Sydney Film Festival

I've never been to the Sydney Film Festival before. Whether it was timing, or funds, or simply forgetting that it was on. I've made all the excuses in the past. This year though I made it a mission of mine to attend, and not only just attend but make a point of seeing female directed …

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Posted on February 23, 2018December 7, 2019

Featured Female Filmmakers – Part 3

In the day and age of the internet no one can really hide behind the excuse that there was nowhere to publish their work, that they had no money to pay for advertising, that the world of distribution was closed off. When it comes to creating and sharing work in the 21st century it has become …

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