Contributions from Katy Vans | Little White Lies

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.