Female Filmmaker Tag Archive

Art & Fashion, Music Video, Premiere

A Woman Experiences the Fullness of Existence Across Time in Anna Guseva’s Dance Film ‘Tem Po Ra Ry’

Anna Guseva outlines why 35mm film was the appropriate shooting format for her time-spanning dance short/music video traversing Dom Radio's rich history.

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Live Action, Premiere

Two Women Ruminate on the Essence of Life and the Paths They Took in Samantha Soules’ Introspective ‘Birdwatching’

Samantha Soule opens up about the necessity of harnessing nature as an essential third character in her ethereal story of a woman trying to find her way.

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Live Action, Premiere

The Loss of a Pregnancy Leads a Bride-To-Be Down an Impulsive Road Towards Healing in Rachel Sweeney’s ‘Fish Bowl’

Rachel Sweeney shares why she wanted to use comedy to normalise the rarely discussed complex emotions around miscarriage in her gallows humour short.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Reluctant Witch Comes to Realise Her Own Potential in Lauren Pringle’s Atmospheric Movement Film ‘Witch-Hunt’

Lauren Pringle explains how she drew from the rich history of witches and environmental uncertainty for her dance short about a lonely outcast coming of age.

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Live Action, Premiere

Sophie King Flips the Script on the Morning After Pill in Contraception Comedy ‘Does Your Condom Make You Fat?’

DN talks to Sophie King about blending humour and social commentary in her subversive gender disparity comedy short about a world where men can get pregnant.

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Live Action, Premiere

An Overworked Game Developer’s Multiple Personalities Revive a Deeply Buried Memory in Guen Murroni’s ‘As for Me’

Guen Murroni reveals her subtle approach to authentic character portrayal and the blending of past and present in her dissociative identity disorder drama.

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Animation, Music Video

Balázs Simon & Cátia Abreu’s ‘Wake Up Pass Out’ Finds a Zoned Out Nightclubber Encountering a Grotesque Monster

Balázs Simon & Cátia Abreu unpack the practical and digital tools that gave birth to the Cronenbergian monster in their creepy Sad Night Dynamite promo.

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Live Action, Premiere

Amelia Sears’ ‘Three’ Dives Into the Psyche of a New Mother Fervently Grappling With Her Identity

Amelia Sears explains how she captured the difficulty of redefining your sense of self in the destabilising wake of becoming a mother for the first time.

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Live Action, Premiere

Kat Mills Martin Deconstructs the Regressive Notion of the Obedient Mother in Comedy Drama ‘Celeste in Spring’

Kat Mills Martin unveils the methodology behind the restrained shooting style of her subversive pregnancy drama about a woman's desire for a one-night stand.

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Live Action

Hazel Mckibbin Scrutinises Intricate Gendered Power Dynamics In Her Subtextual Drama ‘She Always Wins’

Hazel McKibbin talks about building an intricate dance of dominance, deference and self-diminishment between lovers and family in her charged drama short.

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Live Action, Premiere

An Enigmatic Dominatrix Upends a Couple’s Stagnant Relationship in Carlen May-Mann’s ‘Romance Package For Two’

Carlen May-Mann reveals the techniques she used to train a voyeuristic gaze on her alluring motel guest who quickly disrupts a couple's monotonous life.

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Live Action, Premiere

A Desperate Romantic Is Prescribed a Love-Cynical Rebound in Julie Magnaudet’s Conceptual Rom-Com ‘Broken Hearts’

Julie Magnaudet breaks down the colourful, warm and subversive visual language of her conceit-driven romantic comedy about a women seeking love life help.

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