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Women’s voices at London Korean Film Festival 2018

Guest Blogger24 October 2018

The London Korean Film Festival 2018 team introduces this year’s focus on women directors, including the Women's Voices strand...

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Empowered by numbers

Ania Ostrowska28 February 2018

Our film editor Ania Ostrowska summarises the latest report on the numbers of women directors and cinematographers in British film industry...

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How to be a feminist porn director

Laura Elias Casas30 July 2017

Laura Elias Casas interviews two women porn industry figures about where, how and why feminism fits in...

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No man’s land belongs to women

Becky Kukla11 June 2017

Becky Kukla enjoys Wonder Woman so much that she cannot wait to see more superhero films directed by women ...

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Femininity, sexuality and technicolour magic

Becky Kukla17 May 2017

Becky Kukla thinks that The Love Witch’s kitsch and technicolour style and insightful view of sexuality, feminism and gender in our world today make the film an instant classic...

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This film is hmmm…

Holly Millar29 June 2015

Holly Millar sees potential in the story at the heart of agnès b.’s debut feature but is disappointed with how it was executed...

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SERET 2015 Festival preview: Self Made

Agata Ostrowska30 May 2015

Agata Ostrowska enjoys the eeriness of Shira Geffen's new film, to be screened during the upcoming London Israeli Film and Television Festival (11-21 June) ...

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When a vampire wears a chador

Corrina Antrobus18 May 2015

Corrina Antrobus relishes Ana Lily Amirpour's self-described "Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western" A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night ...

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Girls, falling

Sophie Blaney-Parslow3 May 2015

Sophie Blaney-Parslow remains under the spell of The Falling, debut film feature by British director Carol Morley ...

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Desiree Akhavan: it matters which stories we tell

Sophie Mayer28 February 2015

Desiree Akhavan talks to Sophie Mayer about studying with Ira Sachs, getting real about onscreen sex and why we need more selfish female protagonists ...

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Don’t be afraid of Vagina Wolf

Agata Ostrowska12 January 2015

Agata Ostrowska is impressed with Anna Margarita Albelo's debut feature about creative adventures of "Bridget Jones' older lesbian sister" ...

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Ada & After: Women do science [fiction]: 20-23 November 2014

Guest Blogger12 November 2014

This is a guest post by Selina Robertson. Selina is a freelance film programmer and writer, curating queer film programmes in the UK and at international film f...

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London Film Festival preview

Ania Ostrowska10 October 2014

BFI London Film Festival opened on Wednesday and I am offering you a very subjective preview by Sophie Mayer, who is is currently writing Political Animals: The...

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Girlhoods, Margaritas and Björk: watching women at the London Film Festival

Sophie Mayer10 October 2014

With a record-breaking number of female directors represented at this year's festival, Sophie Mayer offers a feministly subjective 'What to see' guide ...

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Changing the world, one feminist filmmaker on Wikipedia at a time

Ania Ostrowska1 August 2014

WARNING: this post includes numerous links to Wikipedia pages with feminist film content Have you ever looked up your favourite film online and found... abso...

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New review: Celluloid ceiling

Ania Ostrowska3 July 2014

Celluloid Ceiling: Women Film Directors Breaking Through, edited by Gabrielle Kelly and Cheryl Robson, is the latest title in the Women and the Arts series from...

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Under and through the celluloid ceiling

Sophie Mayer3 July 2014

Sophie Mayer finds recent collection of essays on women's cinema a mixed bag but a powerful tool nevertheless ...

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New review: Sandcastle

Ania Ostrowska3 December 2013

Marta Owczarek, who has been contributing to our music reviews section recently, watched Sandcastle during recent London International Film Festival and review...

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