HIGHLIGHTS: October 2023 Female Film Festival Showcase

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Feature Film: KILL DOLLY KILL
Best Short Film: HOW DO YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?
Best Performances: LIKE GOING TO A HARDWARD STORE FOR BREAD
Best Direction: INVITED
Best Cinematography: THE WEDDING EVE
Best Sound & Music: LETTER TO ONESELF

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

LIKE GOING TO A HARDWARD STORE FOR BREAD, 10min., USA
Directed by Roque Nonini
New York City-based filmmaker Roque Nonini and downtown theater artist Kim Katzberg collaborate in Like Going to a Hardware Store for Bread, a darkly comic DIY film, developed, shot and set in Brooklyn, New York. In spirit, the piece is the punk band that Kim wasn’t brave enough to be in at thirteen-years-old because she was too busy pleasing boys.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

HOW DO YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC?, 13min., USA
Directed by Shyamala Moorty
She just wants to sing country and western on stage, but it’s not easy for a South Asian-American in the deep south where every audience is a hostile one. “How Do You Fall Out of Love with County Music” is a humorous and moving short film about cultural alienation and the possibilities for human connection through music. Set on stage in a honky-tonk bar, Amy Singh courageously bares her soul to the audience and reveals deep truths about racism and belonging in our country today.

https://shyamalamoorty.com/how-do-you-fall-out-of-love-with-country-music/
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WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

THE WEDDING EVE, 5min. China
Directed by Xinyao Wu
On the eve of the wedding, the girl decided to get away.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

INVITED, 10min., USA
Directed by Claire Epstein
When Eleanor invites Mark into her apartment for a drink after their first date, she has to quickly decide if the bad feeling in the pit of her stomach is about him, or if the abusive relationship she just left has made her paranoid.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

LETTER TO ONESELF, 3min., USA
Directed by Silvia A Malagrino
“Letter to oneself” is a poetic meditation on the coming and going of thoughts and the passage of time. It is inspired by the music “Lettre à soi même” by French composer Roland Dyens and its interpretation by guitarist Norbert Neunzling.

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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