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52 Weeks = 52 Female Directed Films & Tv Shows So normally at this point in the year I would talk about the Top 10 female directed films I saw released in 2020. Unfortunately with the little something called Coronavirus cinemas shut down and I barely even saw any new releases before becoming a hermit …
Dark, Poignant, Funny and Full of Style; I Promise You'll Be Blown Away Emerald Fennell's feature film debut Promising Young Woman is a tantalizingly dark yet comedic delve into the victim blaming culture of female sexual abuse. Staring Carey Mulligan as Cassie, a woman in her 30's that can't let go of the events of …
For the longest time the term horror film was synonymous to women being tormented by x threat for 90mins through an intensified predatory male gaze. So I thought I would walk through some of the key ways the genre is shifting for the better under the female gaze.
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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Revisiting The Work Of Tamara Hansen Back in 2018 we featured the lovely Tamara Hansen and the music video she directed for artist Brielle Von Hugel (READ HERE). Now in 2020 she is back with an original short film that she wrote and directed; Windows To Nowhere. After a bit of a run around with …
Back In Isolation With Nothing To Watch? For those currently living in Australia you would be aware of the second wave of COVID-19 currently hitting hardest in Victoria. I'm not about to get political in regards to mask-wearing and people flouting restrictions, but hopefully the next part of our curated list of female directed content …
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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 …
An anthology series turned feature film Force of Habit combines the work of 6 female directors and 6 different stories of women going about their everyday lives openly revealing the often hidden world of female sexual abuse, the male gaze, and power dynamics within society.
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.
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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