HIGHLIGHTS: December 2023 Female Film Festival Showcase

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Feature Film: TREASURE OF THE CARIBBEAN
Best Short Film: PANTO
Best Direction: THIS PROMISE
Best Cinematography: SAMQWAN: WATER
Best Student Film: BLAUPAUSE
Best Performances: LOOSEN UP: THE SHORT

TREASURE OF THE CARIBBEAN, 51min., USA
Directed by Ana Salceda
In 2013, a Guatemalan fisherman made a stunning discovery: a massive, uncharted coral reef, seemingly untouched by the bleaching that has decimated other reefs across the Caribbean. To protect what may be a rare “super reef,” scientists partner with local fishers to chronicle its riches and fight for its conservation.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/
https://www.facebook.com/PBSNature
https://twitter.com/PBSNature
https://www.instagram.com/pbsnature/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

LOOSEN UP: THE SHORT, 8min., USA
Directed by Maddy Murphy, Evan Macedo
18 year old Charlie is eager to get to college where she can finally escape her overbearing parents and put her obsession with self-pleasure to rest using a more socially accepted pleasure. Unfortunately, it’s there that she discovers sex isn’t quite as easy as it looks. Feeling more like a freak than ever before, Charlie must come to terms with an unexpected diagnosis: vaginismus.

https://instagram.com/loosenupofficial?igshid=NTdIMDg3MTY=

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

THIS PROMISE, 14min., Ireland
Directed by Naoimh Ni Luanaigh
This Promise highlights multiple issues faced by homeless women in Ireland, but primarily tells a story of resilience and hope. Cheryl is homeless, battling to access her young daughter and losing autonomy in her life. A chance encounter with another homeless woman gives her the strength to keep fighting.

https://www.thispromisefilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ThisPromiseFilm
https://www.instagram.com/thispromise_film/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

PANTO, 14min,. Ireland
Directed by Kate Stanley Brennan
After a wild opening night, an actress races to the theatre late for an important performance. As she prepares to go onstage, she tries to piece together the happening from the previous night.

https://facebook.com/deadlyfilmsdublin
https://instagram.com/deadlyfilms_dublin

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

BLAUPAUSE, 17min,. Germany
Directed by Philomena Petzenhammer
Blaupause is a shortfilm approaching Postpartal Depression. A young mother is not finding herself in the expected happiness of motherhood but instead is affected by obsessions, self-doubts and inner emptiness. She feels lonelier than ever before. Instead of feeling joy, she keeps asking herself: Why am I not able to love my daughter?

https://www.instagram.com/blaupause_film

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

SAMQWAN: WATER, 19min., Canada
Directed by Pamela Palmater
This is a short documentary about the current threats to our water systems from the extractive industry that is exacerbated by politicians and law enforcement.

https://www.pampalmater.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pampalmatermedia
https://www.twitter.com/Pam_Palmater
https://www.instagram.com/pam_palmater

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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