A Blog Supporting Female Filmmakers
Keeping secrets from Nonna is like saying no to cannoli, impossible. For this week's feature we are doubling down on fabulous women creators by sharing the comedy web series Welcome To The Family written by and starring Elisa Cristallo and Directed by Angela Pezzano. I asked what attracted them both to the film industry. "I've …
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 …
One of my favourite styles of film making is the Mockumentary. For those that don't know a mockumentary is a narrative story filmed like documentary, often in a comedic or satirical fashion. It involves all the documentary tropes including handheld camera footage, interviews, and even sometimes "archival" documents. For director Jenny Bee it was the …
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 …
This week we wanted to take a moment and share some work from ladies who are directing and making their own projects even though you may not have heard of them yet. These works showcase the talent and capability of up and coming women in the film and television industry and, hopefully, if you give …