Contributor Katy Vans

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Sheffield Doc/Fest

What’s the relationship between documentary and democracy?

by Katy Vans

Now more than ever, filmmakers are fighting to give a voice to the disaffected, the poor and the oppressed.
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Women In Film

“Sheboots” aren’t the solution to Hollywood’s gender gap

by Katy Vans

Ghostbusters isn’t the only franchise to be recast with female leads – and that’s not necessarily a victory for equality.
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Women In Film

Do female producers hold the key to gender equality in the film industry?

by Katy Vans

Julie Goldman believes more women should take an active role in the creative process.
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Festivals

Golden Girl – first look review

by Katy Vans

Director Susanna Edwards captures the emotional complexity of a brutal sport in this intimate portrait of ‘the female Rocky’.
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Women In Film

Why it’s time we started seeing more women making ‘male’ movies

by Katy Vans

Directors like Susanna White should be helming major franchises.
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Women In Film

How female directors are staking their claim in horror

by Katy Vans

Karyn Kusama and St Vincent’s Annie Clark are among those contributing to an all-female anthology film.

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