Red Road won the Jury Award at Cannes in 2006. Directed by Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey), this is a tense and paranoid psychological thriller that keeps audiences scrutinising their screens and looking for answers. Jackie (Kate Dickie) is a Closed Circuit Television operator monitoring one of the most deprived areas in the UK, […]… Continue reading Festival de Cannes Review: Red Road (2006) — Filmotomy
Author: femalefilmfestival
The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes.
Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival.
This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way.
When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival.
A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.
Festival de Cannes: Portrait of Lady on Fire (2019) — Filmotomy
I was certainly not a stranger to Céline Sciamma’s work after watching the captivating Girlhood (Bande des Filles). And as such her latest film Portrait of a Lady on Fire was towards the top of my list of films to watch during the London Film Festival. I was still not sufficiently prepared for such a… Continue reading Festival de Cannes: Portrait of Lady on Fire (2019) — Filmotomy
Exclusive Interview with Emily Ting, Director of “Go Back to China” — In Their Own League
As, you can see from the movie, communication between us is a big issue. There’s so many things I wanted to say to my father but I couldn’t, so I wrote a movie about it. He watched the movie, understood where I was coming from and he accepted that. He needed time to process it… Continue reading Exclusive Interview with Emily Ting, Director of “Go Back to China” — In Their Own League
Female Festival Testimonial – June 2 2020
Nesli Erten I have never screened my short animated film in the country I live, Turkey. I have never seen how an audience reacts, nor was I privy to feedback apart from my friends and family. The Los Angeles FEEDBACK Female Film Festival gave me my first glimpse into a theatre where my work was… Continue reading Female Festival Testimonial – June 2 2020
Female Festival Testimonial – June 1 2020
Oakhill Productions Great festival, sadly we couldn’t attend but the feedback received is so beneficial to us. A Film Freeway Preferred Festival: The FEEDBACK Female Film Festival (FFFF) was created for women filmmakers and screenwriters. The goal is to showcased the best of female talent in film & TV from around the world. Film Festival… Continue reading Female Festival Testimonial – June 1 2020
New York, New York (1977) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
Jimmy Doyle is a saxophonist on VJ Day he meets young lounge singer Francine Evans and they start a very rocky relationship and try and balance having a career in old New York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ via New York, New York (1977) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
A League of Their Own (1992) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
Two sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller join the first ever professional baseball league and must fight against the struggles to make it successful. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ via A League of Their Own (1992) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
Monday Memories: A Whisper — Big Sky Buckeye
Hearing a far, distant whisper Delicately spoken Soothing words Speaking in a special voice Familiar sounding Decades ago Whispering over and over again Barely audible Peacefully said Taking one on a journey Distant city Tranquil feeling Listening for the whisper again Silence now Returning when? […] via Monday Memories: A Whisper — Big Sky Buckeye
Agatha Christie Quotes — Big Sky Buckeye
Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong. The young people think the old people are fools–but the old people know the young people are fools. via Agatha Christie Quotes — Big Sky Buckeye
Vance Havner Quote — Big Sky Buckeye
Life is a series of choices between the bad, the good, and the best. Everything depends on how we choose. From 2 Corinthians 5:6-9: “So we are always confident; even though we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord—for we walk by faith, not by sight. […]… Continue reading Vance Havner Quote — Big Sky Buckeye