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Women In Film

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Women In Film

Why the future is not female in science fiction cinema

by Katie Goh

Films like Blade Run­ner 2049 project male fan­tasies by plac­ing women in roles of domes­tic servitude.
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Women In Film

The film collective exploring the intersection between feminism and horror

by Matt Turner

The Finals Girls show­cas­es excit­ing female voic­es in genre cinema.
Cartoon characters of two girls in a library, one reading a book titled "Madame Ovary" and the other reading "Vampire Boyfriend" with bookshelves in the background.
Festivals

Meet the exciting young directors behind animation’s female revolution

by Alex King

Greece’s Ani­ma Syros fes­ti­val pro­vid­ed a plat­form for a bright new gen­er­a­tion of women animators.
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Women In Film

Nova magazine is making its return in a new film

by Natalie Wardle

The cult fem­i­nist title cap­tured the rad­i­cal spir­it of women’s lib­er­a­tion the 1960s and ​’70s.
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Long Read

Hard Corps: Women in power and the politics of taking action

by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

More and more movies are fea­tur­ing female char­ac­ters with strength, agency and a dri­ve to take action. What took them so damn long?
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Women In Film

Drew Barrymore is joining the female horror revolution

by Sofie Steenhaut

The all-female Black Rose Anthol­o­gy is a nec­es­sary cat­a­lyst for achiev­ing gen­der equal­i­ty in the genre.
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Women In Film

Hollywood mustn’t let Patty Jenkins become the exception that proves the rule

by Emily Bray

The Won­der Woman direc­tor has ful­ly earned her shot at a sequel, but for now her suc­cess sto­ry remains an anomaly.
Four young women, one lying on a bed, the others standing around her, in an indoor setting.
Women In Film

Juno at 10 – how have reproductive rights changed on screen?

by Mina Moriarty

A decade on from its fes­ti­val pre­mière, we explore the cul­tur­al impact of this fem­i­nist cult classic.
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Festivals

How feminist programming is forging a progressive future for women in cinema

by Christina Newland

At Bristol’s Cin­e­ma Redis­cov­ered, female-dri­ven sto­ries came to the fore in thrilling fashion.
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Women In Film

Why the future of genre cinema is female

by Justine Smith

At the 2017 Fan­ta­sia Film Fes­ti­val, women direc­tors once again took cen­tre stage.