# I'm not a Feminist, but… > Watch out: if you insist on saying "I'm not a Feminist, but…", then you may well find yourself pushing the old man over the edge or behind the sofa, as the case may be. This is the Markdown rendering of [https://marjutrimminen.com/films/im-not-a-feminist-but/](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/im-not-a-feminist-but/), generated from the page itself. It carries the same words in the same order, with every image reduced to its description. The short map for machines is at [https://marjutrimminen.com/llms.txt](https://marjutrimminen.com/llms.txt). This page in Finnish is at [https://marjutrimminen.com/fi/lyhytelokuvat/im-not-a-feminist-but/](https://marjutrimminen.com/fi/lyhytelokuvat/im-not-a-feminist-but/). # I'm not a Feminist, but… 1986 · Short film · 35mm · 7 minutes Adapted from the cartoons and drawings of Christine Roche Video: [I'm not a Feminist, but… on Vimeo](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1030829914?dnt=1&byline=0&portrait=0&title=0) ![Still from I'm not a Feminist, but… A woman in a blue polka-dot dress reading a letter in an armchair, a man's legs on the floor beside her](https://marjutrimminen.com/images/not-feminist/im-not-a-feminist-but-1986-woman-reading-letter-armchair.jpg) Watch out: if you insist on saying "I'm not a Feminist, but…", then you may well find yourself pushing the old man over the edge or behind the sofa, as the case may be. > Rimminen's feminism has a playful and ironic element to it; her films show just how possible it is to combine critical cinema and entertainment. > > – Ulrich Wegenast, Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart retrospective, April 1998 - 🥈 **Special Jury Prize**, 1986 [Cinanima International Animation Festival](https://cinanima.pt/en/), Portugal Credits - Animation: Marjut Rimminen - Additional animation: Jeff Goldner, Spud Houston - Tracing: Gail Pearce, Christine Dawe, Russel Murch, Christine Roche - Painting: Debra Thaine, Denise Hambry, Stoney Parsons, Chris Rayment, Tessa Sheridan - Rostrum camera: Cartoon Camera Co, Wolff Productions, Begonia Tamarit - Editing and sound: Charlotte Evans - Voices: Glynis Brooks, David Tate, Anita West - Music: Composed and performed by Dick Heckstall-Smith and Dave Moore. Sung by Lorna Rowe and Tracy King. - Director: Marjut Rimminen - Producer: Dick Arnall - Production: A Marjut Rimminen Animation production in association with Channel Four Television ## Writing about the work - **I'm not a Feminist, but…, [Some Protection](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/some-protection/), [The Stain](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/the-stain/)**: Jayne Pilling (ed.), [Women and Animation: A Compendium](https://books.google.com/books?id=8IKGAAAAIAAJ&q=Rimminen) 1992, British Film Institute. A three-page profile (pages 37 to 40) on the making of I'm not a Feminist, but… with Christine Roche, on Some Protection, and on The Stain, of which Pilling writes: "it's rare to meet someone who's seen The Stain who hasn't been, quite simply, knocked out by it"; plus a filmography entry. The source of several quotations on this site - **I'm not a Feminist, but…, [Some Protection](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/some-protection/)**: Roger Noake, [Animation Techniques: Planning and Producing Animation with Today's Technologies](https://books.google.com/books?id=bpYQAQAAMAAJ&q=Rimminen) 1988: stills from I'm not a Feminist, but… opposite Christine Roche's drawings, with a note on how Rimminen simplified them for animation (pages 22 to 23), and Some Protection as the example in the chapter on sound and image (48 to 49) - **I'm not a Feminist, but…, Blind Justice**: Doris V. Sutherland, [Women in British Animation: A Short Introduction](https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/07/women-british-animation-short-introduction/) 2016, Women Write About Comics: Rimminen and Roche as the talents behind the film and as contributors to the series - [Urpo and Turpo](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/urpo-and-turpo/) - [Trip to Eternity](https://marjutrimminen.com/films/trip-to-eternity/) ## Get in touch For festival and screening enquiries, teaching, masterclasses, or correspondence: [marjut.rimminen@gmail.com](mailto:marjut.rimminen@gmail.com)