Engaging themes of love and betrayal, hope, belonging and place, Glad You’re Here documents my nineteen–year journey through building a family life, seeing it suffer the damage of mental illness, grief and separation, and then rebuilding with empathy. A story about an extreme moment of crisis has turned into a documentary that deals not just… Continue reading Short Film: GLAD YOU’RE HERE, 10min., Canada, Documentary
Author: 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.
Director Biography – Xinwen Zhang (NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER)
Bachelor of Arts, graduated from the Bachelor of Film Department of Beijing Film Academy. Director’s work: “Just Meet You”, “Men and Men”, “New Year’s Eve”, “Vientiane Spring”, “Unmarried Mother”, “Singer”, “Planting Love”, “Making Dish for Love”, “Unconsciously Love You” . Filmed the first domestic 260-episode networked drama “Goddess’ Office”. Cantonese and Mandarin were broadcast on… Continue reading Director Biography – Xinwen Zhang (NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER)
Short Film: NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER, 22min., China, Thriller/Fantasy
未来世界里，人畜地位颠倒，人为其食，绝望与希望交替，看看颠倒过来的世界我们的处境与命运。 Human treatment of livestock is only food to be eaten. No matter what animals feel, they will have emotions, emotions, and desires for the world, from birth to death without any freedom. Nowadays, the appetite of the society is greater than the demand for nutrition. Every time the human race passes the festival,… Continue reading Short Film: NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER, 22min., China, Thriller/Fantasy
Father of the Bride (1991) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
George Banks was very excited about his daughter Annie returning home from studying in Europe. When she announces she fell in love in Rome, got engaged and now getting married to Brian MacKenzie his melt down begins! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ via Father of the Bride (1991) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
Bringing Up Baby (1938) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
David Huxley a palaeontologist was attempting to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, but standing in his way was annoying heiress Susan Vance and her pet, a leopard named Baby! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ via Bringing Up Baby (1938) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
Secrets & Lies (1996) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
Hortense Cumberbatch is a successful black middle class woman who had been adopted as a child, the death of her adoptive mother caused her to trace her family history. She wasn’t expecting her birth mother to be a working class white woman! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ via Secrets & Lies (1996) Review — Let’s Go To The Movies
In Review: Irresistible — filmmixtape
Like the reanimation of ghosts past, the year leadup to an election cycle always guarantees a cinematic product and a shrugging response by audiences. Studios program glib or grim political musings that no one asked for, the best of which might have been the eyerolling self-seriousness of failed prestige play The Ides of March. Remember […]… Continue reading In Review: Irresistible — filmmixtape
Why Do Women Have to *Literally* Spill Their Guts to Be Funny? — RAZZ
You can watch Bridesmaids for free on BoB. Bridesmaids has taken on a special cultural significance since its release in 2011. Hailed as “terrifically funny, smart and tender”, the film, under Paul Feig’s directing and Judd Apatow’s producing, remains a frank display of women behaving badly. Yet it is precisely this ‘behaving badly’ that remains […]… Continue reading Why Do Women Have to *Literally* Spill Their Guts to Be Funny? — RAZZ
The Hours Might be Different, But How Much Has Truly Changed Since Nine to Five? — RAZZ
Nine to Five is available to watch for free on BoB. Whether you watch it for the comedy, the kick-ass female cast, or simply because of Dolly Parton’s classic hit song, there is no doubt that Nine to Five still appeals to us today. Especially on the back of its recent run as a Broadway […]… Continue reading The Hours Might be Different, But How Much Has Truly Changed Since Nine to Five? — RAZZ
What’s in a word? — Concentrated Randomness
In 1937, Charles Addams drew his first entry for The New Yorker of the characters that would eventually come to be known as “The Addams Family” to the general populace. A couple of decades later, a chance sighting in a bookstore of a collection of these great cartoon works of art sparked the idea of… Continue reading What’s in a word? — Concentrated Randomness
