HIGHLIGHTS: October 2022 Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Film: BARWON MANSION
Best Student Film: FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Best Performances: THE WRONG GUY

Best Direction: BLOOD BUDDIES
Best Cinematography: DAY AFTER
BEst Sound & Music: TENUTO

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

BARWON MANSION, 12min,. Australia, Drama

Directed by Mia de Rauch
Claire has found the strength to leave her unsafe environment and now needs a home that will take her through her journey of trauma. Barwon Mansion is that place. A place that calls to the people who need it’s protection most – for as long as they need to be safe within it’s walls. “Barwon Mansion” is a short film that follows the story of Claire as she recovers from her emotionally scarring relationship at the house of care.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

TENUTO, 12min,. USA, Drama/Music Video

Directed by Meg Halski
A musician and her husband, away for the weekend, collide with pioneering plans of another.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

BLOOD BUDDIES, 12min., Canada, Drama

Directed by Suzanne Marie Moreau
A friend in need is a friend indeed – or are they? Two best childhood friends go to their first summer camp together – and it tears them apart.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

THE WRONG GUY, 7min,. USA, Romance

Directed by Meisha Lee
Theo is an ordinary guy who’s interested in a co-worker named Sarah. He dreams of being “cool enough” to score a date with her one day.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

DAYS AFTER, 2min., USA, Drama

Directed by Jui-Ting (Rita) Tsao
The story of “Days After” is about a girl coming back to visit her fiancé as a ghost after dying in a car accident before moving on to the afterlife.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING, 9min., USA, Drama/Family

Directed by Rylee Rosenquist
The everywoman story of a girl’s first time putting a tampon in.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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