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Woman director wins Mofilm mobile film festival

Feb 23, 2009 | No Comments | ByRachel Millward

mofilm-newBEV partners with Mofilm, the world’s biggest global mobile short film festival (say that with your mouth full!)

English As A Second Language ended up wow-ing the judges, andwinning director Joceleyn Stamat was awarded a brand new Chevrolet Cruze car by Wayne Brannon the COO of Chevrolet Europe in the middle of the ceremony, hosted by Kevin Spacey.

How glam is that?!

And in case you needed any more evidence that women are excelling at the forefront of technological change in film, check out our Innovation Strand and see what wonders lie within…

‘Goddesses’ hits where ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ misses…

Feb 23, 2009 | 4 Comments | ByTamsyn Dent

Hit by Slumdog Millionaire fever? Tamsyn Dent suggests you come watch a deeper and more realistic portrayal of women in India in Leena Manimekalai’s award winning documentary Goddesses.

staff-photos-022India is everywhere at the moment! Even pre-last night’s Oscars smash, you could barely turn on your television or open the newspaper without seeing something about Danny Boyle’s wild card hit of the awards season, Slumdog Millionaire. Like it for its feel good factor and rags to riches storyline or loath it because of the negative image of the slum inhabitants of Mumbai, you can’t deny that this is a visually stunning film and through it Bollywood, and more importantly, India is seeping into the mainstream.docs_godesses_boat

But what about the women in the film? To me the women lose out, the love interest is unconvincing and never fully explained and the only other strong female character is the stereotypical traditional mother.

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