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FilmBath returns with 55% of its features directed by women
Afrika Eye, Cary Grant Comes Home for the Weekend, the Bristol Film Festival . . . we’re certainly blessed with film festivals this November. But there’s one more important one to add to your calendar. Cunningly positioned to snaffle high-profile features that were unveiled at the London Film Festival, FilmBath (formerly the Bath Film Festival) returns to the Georgian City from Nov 1-11 with an enviable selection of regional premieres.
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Highlights include Olivia Colman as the middle-aged Queen Anne in The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer director Yorgos Lanthimos’s Restoration romp, The Favourite; Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Lee Israel’s memoir Can You Every Forgive Me? with Melissa McCarthy as the booze-sodden writer who embarks on a criminal enterprise with Richard E. Grant; frothy feminist biopic Colette, starring Keira Knightley; Terry Gilliam’s much-troubled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote; and irresistible lesbian axe-murderer yarn Lizzie, with Chloe Sevigny in the title role.
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You’ll already have noticed the commendable amount of female talent on display. That’s because back in 2014 the festival generated headlines around the world by addressing gender disparity in film – around 85% of all films are directed by men and 70% of their speaking characters are male – through the instigation of a revolutionary F-rating system.
To bag the F-Rating seal of approval, a film must meet one of three criteria: it has to be directed by a woman, written by a woman, or feature complex female characters who are not rescued by a man.
This proud tradition continues with the 2018 programme. An impressive 55% of the films being shown are directed by women. There’s also an expanded LGBT strand and an uplifting Love Wins selection guaranteed to cheer anyone who’s depressed by recent world events. Visit the FilmBath website for further details. Oh, and book your tickets pronto, as many of these screenings are likely to sell out very quickly.
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