A Blog Supporting Female Filmmakers
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.
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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If you were not severely in awe of the amount of films at this years Sydney Film Festival than my hat goes off to you. I managed to squeeze in 8 all up, which was an abysmal 3% of the 250+ films on show over the week and a half of consistent screenings. But despite …
What came first human values or religion? It's this chicken and the egg question that Penny Lane's documentary Hail Satan? aims to unpack, focusing on the lack of separation of church and state that has become incredibly evident within American politics. The film follows a campaign from The Satanic Temple to have a statue of …
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 …
We often forget that some of the greatest stories in cinema come from real life. The things we do as humans, the lives we lead, the experiences we have, and memories we collect are the basis for the things we turn into film, and by extension art. In When Tomatoes Met Wagner director Marianna Economou …
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Corruption, comedy, and caviar. Nadja, a Russian living in Vienna, is a translator for boorish billionaire oligarch, Igor. When Igor impulsively resolves to build an ostentatious villa on the Danube Canal, he sets out to bribe local officials into redeveloping the area. Meanwhile Nadja, her girlfriend, and her hipster nanny plot to dob them in …
Iceland is a stunning country with awe inspiring landscapes but they still are affected by a lot of the worlds struggles. In today's media landscape the concept of immigration fear is prevalent, particularly in Australia. In Iceland this issue has only recently bubbled to the surface and as such Ásthildur Kjartansdóttir's feature film debut, The …
When you think of the zombie apocalypse genre images of rotting corpses lumbering their way through empty streets in a mindless search for brains are probably what you'd picture first along with titles like 28 Days Later, The Walking Dead, or World War Z. Well Endzeit, the second feature from filmmaker Carolina Hellsgard, takes this …
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