Kate Fillums

She/her. I live a long way from a cinema.

[Kate Fillums @FillumsFillums]

#MIFF2024 stats of the 60 features I saw: Bechdel pass 63% (way down from 85%), female directors 45% (down from 48%), First Nations (FN) 3% (up from 2%), LGBTQI+ 18% (up from 9%). My average score 3.72 (down from 3.77). Overall feeling - not much queer joy, feminist or FN voices

[Kate Fillums @FillumsFillums]

My faves from #MIFF2024
1. Green Border
2. The Outrun
3. The Girl with the Needle
4. The Story of Souleymane
5. I Shall Not Hate
6. The Damned
7. My Favourite Cake
8. Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros
9. My Old Ass
10. Dying
Thanks to @NotASexyVampire and @HereIsThePlace9 😘

[Kate Fillums @FillumsFillums]

Of 54 films, 85% passed the Bechdel Test (down from 86% in 2022) and 48% were directed by women (same as last year). My stats for films about indigenous people and LGBTQI+ people and culture were way down (almost negligible).

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Finally all my reviews for #MIFF2023 are scheduled.
1. FOUR DAUGHTERS
2. MONSTER
3. FREMONT
4. MAY DECEMBER
5. ITS ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL
6. PAST LIVES
7. SHOWING UP
8. DRIFT
9. BIRDEATER
10. THEATER CAMP

Highly commended
INSHALLAH A BOY
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL
AMA GLORIA

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If the sound at the Comedy Theatre had been better, I would have heard all of the witty dialogue of the gorgeous THEATER CAMP. It’s going to need a rewatch. @MIFFofficial #miff2023

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@tomfoolishness When The The’s This is the Day began to play it felt anachronistic and then I remembered it was an 80s film.

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ÁMA GLORIA really won me over. A stand out performance by 6yo Louise Mauroy-Panzani. #MIFF2023

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And now Herb Alpert! Loving it.

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Kudos to whoever has programmed the music at The Capitol. Bert Kaempfert and now the Rocky theme. @MIFFofficial

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@filmcarewMIFF I was also a bit taken with Kirill Serebrennikov’s silent dance moves.

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My first goat! I just had to go to Cameroon with LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM. #goatwatch #MIFF2023

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I miss the @MIFFofficial twitter/gram wall!

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TIME BOMB Y2K makes me want to watch Strange Days again. #MIFF2023

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BLUE JEAN would have been a more interesting, inspiring and topical story if it had been told from the point of view of Viv. #MIFF2023

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BLACKBERRY and TIME BOMB Y2K are of an ilk. Enjoyable and surprisingly sobering romps where we can feel smug with the wisdom of hindsight. And both have Steve Jobs pre turtleneck. #MIFF2023

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ROOM 999: Sigh. I wish they’d given Soda Jerk a spot. #MIFF2023

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DEEP SEA: Like every Ghibli film shoved into a kaleidoscope with the saturation turned up to 11. It doesn’t take a breath. #MIFF2023

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Review: Franklin (2022) - A remarkable exploration of everything from grief to non-violent protest, framed by the push in the 80s to stop the damming of two wild Tasmanian rivers. #MIFF2022 https://t.co/N7a1k9uJq7

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Review: The Lost City of Melbourne (2022) - A gentle love letter to Melbourne. Watch it in one of the iconic cinemas it celebrates. #MIFF2022 https://t.co/uSYEd9XAtq

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Review: Oldboy (2003) - Come for the hallway fight scene but close your eyes for the torture. https://t.co/dKUxOStj2d