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NFF Review: ‘Women In Film’ Strand

By: Emily Maskell 12th Nov 202012th Nov 2020

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Reviews of the short films in Norwich Film Festival’s ‘Women In Film’ strand which shows an array of female-directed shorts.

Lady Bird, dressed in a pink prom dress and her friend Julie, dressed in yellow pyjamas, sit on a couch hand in hand

F**k Men! Women Who Want More

When love isn’t enough. Looking at women in film who say F**k Men! and choose independence over the safe arms of their leading men.

A girl in a black swimsuit lays on her back in a swimming pool.

How ‘It Follows’ (2014) Re-Imagines the Final Girl

By: Jenni Holtz 8th Jul 202010th Jul 2020

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In the nearly thirty years since the term was coined, Final Girls have appeared in many iterations, some pushing boundaries and some in line with the traditional trope. David Robert Mitchell’s film It Follows (2014) directly confronts the problems with the Final Girl while maintaining some elements of the trope, playing a role in crafting a new, modern version of the Final Girl.