Category: Short
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: R3D@CTED (Georgia Wood)
R3D@CTED is a short horror film directed by Georgia Wood. It premiered on Halloween of last year at the Liverpool Arts Bar. Marketed under the…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Stick Bug (Wylie Anderson)
Indie Film goers are conditioned to watching awkward, tension-filled romance stories no context or clue as to where the plot is going. But Stick Bug…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: The High Road (Cheyenne Christie)
Cheyenne Christie’s The High Road (2025) is an intimate and honest short film that explores the complicated relationship between an estranged mother and daughter. Their journey on the…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: The Shadow (Kyran Townley)
The Shadow, as its title suggests, is a very mysterious film. We begin with a woman being stalked by a looming figure on dark streets,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Come Lucciole (Giulia Badalassi)
Come Lucciole (As Fireflies), Giulia Badalassi’s 2026 short film, is a moving meditation on grief, memory, and the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Set on…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Cautivas (Itxaso Díaz)
Cautivas (2024) is an honest, powerful documentary that puts a human face to the harsh realities of El Salvador’s total abortion ban. The film follows…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Bristol One City (Aditi Ganesh, Peri Hammond)
For those who may not be familiar, Bristol is a city in the South West of England that is home to an incredibly diverse culture,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: En mille pétales (Louise Bongartz)
In En mille pétales (2023), Louise Bongartz crafts a poignant and visually rich exploration of love, memory, and erosion within a relationship. Rather than relying on dialogue-heavy…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: The Call Centre (Louisa Connolly-Burnham)
At its core, Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s The Call Centre is a film that goes out of its way to be provocative. And it acknowledges that. This…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Sister Wives (Louisa Connolly-Burnham)
Louisa Connolly Burnham’s 2024 short Sister Wives opens with a long close up panning shot of lead Kaidence’s tightly plaited hair. The camera slowly follows…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Issabella Orlando on her Poetic Documentary Topos
Speaking to director Issabella Orlando, Filmotomy got the chance to discuss her entry to the Festival, Topos. This poetic documentary is awash with heritage, history…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Fifty-Four Days (Cat White, Phoebe Torrance)
Fifty-Four Days is a short film co-directed by Phoebe Torrance and Cat White (who also wrote the script). Coincidentally, this is the second film in…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Badger (Martha Crow)
Badger presents us with a seemingly innocuous situation that quickly morphs into something extremely uncomfortable. While waiting for a wildlife expert to come and remove an injured…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Happy Snaps (Tyro Heath)
Happy Snaps is a short submitted by Tyro Heath, funded by the BFI network. The film follows two young boys, Gabriel (Osian Pirotte) and Sami…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Fleeting (Louisa Connolly-Burnham)
Fleeting is the short film directed by award-winning Louisa Connolly-Burnham. It is a moving short on the tension surrounding the Repeal the Eighth movement in…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Profile and Opinion: Paradise Blue (Roxana Stroe)
Profile Roxana has studied Film Directing at the National University of Theatre and Cinema “I.L. Caragiale” in Bucharest. Her short movies have participated in numerous…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Magpie (Erin Curran, Megan McDonagh)
Magpie, a 13-minute short film directed by Erin Curran and Megan McDonagh, crafts a poignant narrative, that beautifully captures the bittersweet intricacies of familial love…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: My Sister is Dead (Nimra Munawar)
The idea of two sisters arguing, despite one of them being dead, should hold a lot of promise. However, the opportunity is somewhat lost in My…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Profile and Opinion: No Strings (Molly Lipson)
Profile Molly Lipson is a writer, editor and filmmaker from London, UK. She has had her work published in The New York Times, Rolling Stone,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Profile and Opinion: A Bed of Foxgloves (Holly Joyce)
Profile A born creative, Holly Joyce has worked for twenty years as an actor, script consultant, theatre director, producer, and performance coach. After being asked…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Profile and Opinion: 2K5 (Nicole Pott)
Profile Nicole is a BAFTA long listed filmmaker and has been directing for over ten years, building up a portfolio of bold, strong films including…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Profile and Opinion: Scarlet Silence (Zen Nguyen)
Profile As a Vietnamese female director with a passion for art and psychology, “Scarlet Silence” represents the culmination of my creative vision. This film explores…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Nice Package (Fran St Clair)
Nice Package, a whimsical short film written and directed by Fran St Clair, is a delightful romp through the world of romantic comedies. Cleverly distilled…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Francie (Zoe Ellender)
Motherhood is an oft-explored topic in filmmaking. But Zoe Ellender manages to secure her place in this category with a worthy and distinct voice. Francie is an…







































