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The Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, which takes it’s name from the title of a young adult horror fiction novel written by Lois Duncan, is returning May 4th – 7th for its fifth edition. The four day festival will be held in Tasmania’s capital city of Hobart, and will include screenings, conferences, workshops, exhibitions and a number of year round “satellite events”. The festival specifically showcases the work of women directors, as well as exploring female perspectives within the realm of genre film. It has also become an important resource in Australia for genre film, and takes great pride in its involvement with the Women in Horror movement. Festival Director Briony Kidd expressed just how relevant of such a festival is in this day and age, when she said, “Events like this are needed more than ever, with women’s rights under threat around the world. Women are angry, and they have a lot to say. Genre filmmaking is
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The Stranger With My Face International Film Festival, which takes it’s name from the title of a young adult horror fiction novel written by Lois Duncan, is returning May 4th – 7th for its fifth edition. The four day festival will be held in Tasmania’s capital city of Hobart, and will include screenings, conferences, workshops, exhibitions and a number of year round “satellite events”. The festival specifically showcases the work of women directors, as well as exploring female perspectives within the realm of genre film. It has also become an important resource in Australia for genre film, and takes great pride in its involvement with the Women in Horror movement. Festival Director Briony Kidd expressed just how relevant of such a festival is in this day and age, when she said, “Events like this are needed more than ever, with women’s rights under threat around the world. Women are angry, and they have a lot to say. Genre filmmaking is
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