HIGHLIGHTS: April 2024 FEMALE Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: THE COMPLAINT
Best Direction: INTERNAL
Best Story: FLOWERS
Best Documentary: A PEARL IN THE OCEAN
Best Student Film: MY ROCKSTAR

See info for each film:

MY ROCKSTAR, 13min,. USA
Directed by Stephanie Williams, Graham Nothrup
“My Rockstar” is a compelling and emotional short film that follows the journey of Amanda (aka “Eva” of the band Eva Under Fire”), a determined young Latina woman who dreams of becoming a rockstar while navigating the challenges of her father’s opiate addiction. The story delves into the complexities of familial relationships, self-discovery, and the power of resilience. The film aims to evoke strong emotional responses from the audience while conveying a powerful message about the profound impact of addiction on familial relationships. It explores themes of hope, resilience, and the pursuit of dreams, leaving viewers inspired and moved by Amanda’s journey.

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A PEARL IN THE OCEAN, 13min,. USA
Directed by Vasundhara Jadhav
A documentary about Tushar Roy, a confident 19-year old, homosexual boy who likes to belly dance.

https://www.instagram.com/vasundhara_jadhav

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FLOWERS, 4min,. USA
Directed by Yijia Sun
Flowers are brought home by a man who attempts to transform them into his desired appearance.

https://www.instagram.com/cherinocean

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INTERNAL, 10min., USA
Directed by Winter Tomisato
When a young woman’s ailing mother makes a personal request, she is forced to wrangle her fractured internal monologues that threaten to destroy both her identity and her relationship.

https://sneezusproductions.wixsite.com/internalshort
https://www.instagram.com/internalshortfilm/

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THE COMPLAINT, 11min., UK
Directed by Maria Trevis
Hardworking mum, Katy, is frustrated with the institution responsible for her future career and is determined to take her formal complaint to the top, to the Complaints Officer. Through a bizarre and archaic turn of events, the world she knows unravels around her, causing her to question her reality.

https://baronessstudios.weebly.com

Watch NOW – the audience feedback video.

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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