I can't believe I have featured 20 filmmakers on my blog already! I've shared stories of independent and crowd-funded feature debuts, a bunch of short films, and some truly engaging web series over the last 3 years. These posts are the reason I do what I do and I've still got tonnes more amazing women …
Last week I posted some uplifting quotes from successful filmmakers working in the industry in order to boost your motivation to get started on a film project. But what's the point of making a film that nobody will see? Film festivals are a great way to get your work out there not only for audience …
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When it comes to learning about the history of film you will find a severe lack of women in the picture. I can attest to this as someone who studied film at university. From the technology's inception, to experimentation with the medium, all the way through to what we consider classic cinema; the films that …
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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 …
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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With the extensive media attention it can be easy to forget that film exists in other forms outside of the big blockbuster Hollywood world of cinema. I wrote an article recently about the Top 10 Indie films directed by women, all of which came from a world outside of a big budget. For many women …
If you are a geek like myself then you will be also be lamenting the fact that many of our beloved franchises are coming to conclusion this year. The Avengers, Game of Thrones and Star Wars are all reaching their momentous conclusions in 2019. For studios, franchises equal one thing and one thing only. MONEY. …
Continue reading "BIG Franchises That Have/Haven’t Hired Women"
It is depressing to see that the 'top 10 greatest Indie films of all time' lists spattered around the internet host a large majority of male directed films. So I decided to make an all-female directed top 10 indie film list to counteract the biased lists you can get everywhere else.
How to make a film has its structure...But what happens when someone come alongs and turns that whole process on its head?
