HIGHLIGHTS: July 2023 Female Film Festival Showcase

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: WOMEN AT CONSERVANCY
Best Short Film: I HATE MIRRORS
Best Performances: HUNGER
Best Direction: AFSANA
Best Sound & Music: THE HEX
Best Cinematography: A WOMAN’S FACE

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

AFSANA, 10min., UK
Directed by Hakiem Waleed Ahmed, Freya Page
Afsana silently battles the doubts and fears of a new life as she prepares for her wedding day.

https://www.instagram.com/afsanafilm/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

A WOMAN’S FACE, 8min., UK
Directed by Susan Lynch
A woman’s face. A short film about the aftermath of suicide on a man’s bereaved wife. The story begin when Anna’s husband’s body is retrieved from a canal. Anna walks out on her young children and retraces the steps of her dead husband.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

THE HEX, 3min., USA
Directed by Chephrena Mbouombouo
After finding out her boyfriend was unfaithful, Samara Nerium performs a hex spell that goes a little too well.

https://www.chephrena.com/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

HUNGER, 9min., UK
Directed by Gillian Berrie
Hunger is a road movie, about a bickering couple who go looking for a place to eat.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

I HATE MIRRORS, 5min., USA
Directed by Savanah Mears
A narrative short film on the effects of negative self-perception. Mirrors don’t have to be a source of self-hatred, rather, they should be a reminder of one’s value, worth, and the inner beauty beyond what the mirror reflects back at us.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

WOMEN AT CONSERVANCY, 51min., Brazil, Documentary
Directed by João Marcos Rosa, Paulina Chamorro
From the treetops of the Amazon to the desert valleys of the Caatinga, researchers stand out for their commitment and the success of their projects aimed at conserving endangered species of Brazilian fauna. In a world of physical, logistical and political challenges, researchers continue to take the lead in study programs in the most remote parts of Brazil.

https://www.instagram.com/mulheresnaconservacao/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

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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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