Oh boy, this wasn’t at all what I was expecting. I nearly skipped out of it because it was on at 10:15am on the 14th day of the festival and I really could’ve used a sleep in.
Continue readingTêtes Brûlées (2025)
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1000 Women in Horror (2025)
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Well, it’s a no brainer that I would love this. Bring together horror films and women kicking ass and Australian film critic, writer and legend Alex Heller-Nicholas and you’ve got a winner.
Continue readingCutting Through Rocks (2025)
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This is one of those deeply upsetting documentaries where you are watching the viciousness and callousness when patriarchy is challenged play out in a rural Iranian village.
Continue readingApril (აპრილი)(2024)
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This was one of my most interesting MIFF experiences this year. It had the hallmarks of the kind of film I like – Georgian (Scary Mother and My Happy Family are two Georgian films I loved), about feminist issues (access to abortion for low-income women) and reviews called it “tense, ominous, and viscerally captivating.”
Continue readingLate Shift (Heldin)(2025)
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This is the second film I have watched in the past week that is an intense and understated drama about the experiences of nurses in hospitals.
Continue readingHarvest (2024)
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This is such an interesting film by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier), and something that I appreciated more after hearing her talk in a Q&A afterwards.
Continue readingThe Librarians (2025)
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I found this documentary deeply upsetting. I never thought there would be a situation where librarians would be the frontline warriors for human rights.
Continue readingCareless (2025)
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This documentary by Sue Thomson, who made Under Cover and The Coming Back Out Ball Movie, completes a loose trilogy that looks at ageing in Australia.
Continue readingLeft-Handed Girl (左撇子女孩)(2025)
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This is a beautifully frenetic family drama that makes us feel the misogyny and pride that underpins Taiwanese family culture.
Continue readingLesbian Space Princess (2024)
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I can’t believe I almost skipped this film! It was such a delight from beginning to end.
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