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FemFilmFans Presents
September 7, 2020
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Have you heard of Filmlöwin? Better yet, do you follow their social media and read their film reviews? We sure hope so, because Filmlöwin and FemFilmFans have similar aims: to promote and bring visibility to the work of womxn in film. Even if you don't speak German, that's no problem! We'll share some information with you in English - like the fabulous FilmLöwinKino film series. The first part of which kicks off on Thursday, September 10 in Berlin at the City Kino Wedding! Join the audience for a screening of the queer-feminist film RAFIKI, followed by a post-film discussion with special guests sookee and Tarik Tesfu.
Click on the button to find out more about the queer-feminist film series (with various screenings from Sept 10 - Nov 26)! |
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August 12, 2020
For Women in Film Wednesday, we'd like to share Christina's interview with cinematographer, burlesque dancer and general bad ass Marie Ilene!
Back in April we reviewed the documentary Bombshells and Dollies (see below or click the link to read it) and had the pleasure of speaking with Marie. She shared with us highlights from her career in film, her connection to the rockabilly-pin up scene, her views on body positivity and feminism, discussed her burlesque dancing, and much more. Click on the button above to read the interview. We think you're in for a real treat! |
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August 4, 2020
Image courtesy of Tricoast Entertainment
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Were you a Britney Spears fan? Or were you more into Lindsay Lohan? What about Junie Spoons? Never heard of her? Well, we think you should. Junie Spoons is a child pop star who fulfills all the Britney-Lindsay-and-co. clichés - the sex tape, the drugs and alcohol, the fall from grace, the days in court - but in a way you've never seen it before.
Nicole Brending's scathing feminist mockumentary might be obscene, but so is the way we continue to treat women. Oops, we did it again? Not good enough. The misogynistic eradication of female subjectivity in American pop culture is one of the many ways women have historically been chewed up and spit out for the pleasure, obsession and bewilderment of all. Brending shows the folly in this in a film that definitely won't leave you cold. Click on the button above to read Christina's review of Dollhouse. |
July 29, 2020
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Today FemFilmFans would like to present you with the next installment of gues contributor Sabrina Vetter's detailed look at Frankfurt female filmmaker and avant-garde artist Ella Bergmann-Michel, this time as part of our Women in Film series.
Check out Sabrina's profile of Bergmann-Michel by clicking on the button above! |
© Ella Bergmann Michel, Heinrich Brocksieper, Renate Green / Montage: Markus Heltschl 2019 / Courtesy: Utz Brocksieper, Sünke Michel, Manfred Metzner
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May 22, 2020
Ella Bergmann-Michel (Zeughaus Kino/DHM)
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The Frankfurt-based artist and activist Ella Bergmann-Michel shot five documentary films from 1931-1933. The rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, however, forced her to cut her experimental filmmaking career short. This meant that her last film - about the 1932 elections - was nothing more than a fragment.
Guest contributor Sabrina Vetter, also based in the Frankfurt area, has written a detailed look at Bergmann-Michel's body of films. Click on the button above to read the article! |
April 29, 2020
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Bombshells and Dollies is a must-see documentary for those who want to watch an empowering, body positive story about women, told (mostly) by women!
Join us for a trip to Las Vegas with a modern take on 50s style and culture. The clothes! The hair! The make-up! The music! The empowered, bad ass pinups expressing their style and their bodies as they see fit! Click on the film poster to read Christina’s review of the story of 12 pinups at one of the coolest inner and outer beauty contests in the world! Also featuring insights from cinematographer Marie Ilene. |
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