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A Perfectly Normal Family is the story of 11 year old Emma who's perfectly "normal" family is turned upside down when her father comes out as transgender. The film was based on debut feature director Malou Reymann's real life experiences with her own father as a child and seeks to tell a personal story of a family navigating this change together.
Sydney Film Festival Kicks Off Virtually Back again for its 67th year the Sydney Film Festival has truly embraced their 5050by2020 pledge with 75% of the 33 films directed by women. We also have the Europe! Voices of Women program back again for 2020 and whilst unfortunately I don't get the opportunity to interview the …
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My Experience Thus Far Being Nudged Into Freelance I thought I was one of the lucky ones. Still working as a full time production assistant for a TVC company that was still running shoots and pumping out content during one of the worlds worst economic downturns and pandemics. Despite a sense of uneasiness I had …
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I hope you have been enjoying some of the films from this lists part 1 and part 2. I would love to hear which ones you've seen and which ones you'd recommend in the comments below. I have been amazed to see just how much I hadn't even seen on the Netflix home page. Whilst …
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This weeks featured filmmaker, Kalpana Kumar, also has a passion for raising awareness about social issues. Her film Laskhmi - Untold Truths was shot entirely in India and seeks to open eyes to the sexual assault and abuse of women within Indian society, specifically the cases that don't necessarily make it to the news.
We've curated all female directed Netflix content so you don't have to. There are 5511 titles in the Australian Netflix library (as of April 9 2020). That's more content than you could probably watch in your entire life. But how much of it was directed by a woman? How much of this content focuses on …
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I think it's safe to say that no one truly predicted the impact that coronavirus would have on our daily lives. The biggest area that I could see effected by all of this was the arts.
I've had an epiphany this week. I'm sick of being an assistant. I went to a pitching event the other weekend where in response to the age old introductory question 'what do you do?' I said I was a production assistant and "aspiring" director. The reply was something I had heard before when introducing myself …
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 …
Continue reading "Birds of Prey: And The Fantabulous Harley Quinn Through A Female Gaze"
Greta Gerwig's Second Foray as Director is a Modern Take On A Classic Tale Little Women is a magical journey into the world of Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name. Feeling like a modern romance film rather than the stuffy period piece it could very easily have been. Gerwig's writing and direction makes …
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