AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID BEST PERFORMANCE: ENGLISH LESSONS performers BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST BEST MUSIC: THE RIVER Theme of night: Resiliance Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family SUNSET GLORY,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles)
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.
AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary Directed by Almudena Toral & Andrea Patiño Contreras It’s been a decade since Postville, a small town in Iowa, suffered the largest immigration raid at a worksite in U.S. history: 389 immigrants were arrested in the biggest kosher meatpacking plant in the country. As Donald… Continue reading AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
Tony McClean Nepal Trust Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary Directed by Hayley Thom Tony McClean’s life was tragically cut short when he died in the canyoning disaster at Mangatepopo, New Zealand on 15 April 2008. Later, the details of an ambitious vision for helping the people of Nepal was found on his laptop. We follow Tony’s sister, Hannah, as… Continue reading Tony McClean Nepal Trust Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
The River Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
THE RIVER, 10min, USA, Drama/Family Directed by Julie Lipson A young piano student with a difficult life makes a meaningful connection with the mother of one of her peers. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Sunset Glory Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family Directed by Jingyi Wang Reese is trapped in a seemingly peaceful and quiet room but trying to tell an incredible horrendous story again and again. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Nina Saiza Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family Directed by Yangfang (Frances) Chen Rachel March, a 12 year old girl, suspects that her piano teacher, Nina Saiza, has had an affair with her father. Things become more complicated after she finds out that her piano teacher actually has a wedding ring… CLICK HERE – and see full info and more… Continue reading Nina Saiza Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
English Lessons Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
ENGLISH LESSONS, 16min., USA, Drama/Family Directed by Yimin Gu An American woman haunted by the past has to overcome her trauma to save her 8-year-old Chinese student from the student’s abusive father CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Female Festival TV Pilot Best Scene Reading: MRS. MD, by Mary Kate Allen
They say becoming a doctor is a hero’s journey, but they never say anything about the hero’s significant other. Let’s change that. CAST LIST: NARRATION – JULIE C. SHEPPARD Jenna – 10- DIANA FRANZ Henry – 10 – THOMAS FOURMIER — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne… Continue reading Female Festival TV Pilot Best Scene Reading: MRS. MD, by Mary Kate Allen
Director Biography – Teresa Lavina (BAD FRUIT)
Teresa Lavina trained as an Stanislavski actor in Bilbao Spain from 1992. She moved to Ireland to continue her acting training in 1997, she trained in the Focus Theatre in Dublin with Deirdre O’Connell and for 3 years full time in Bull Alley. She has trained the Meisner Technique both in London and Dublin with… Continue reading Director Biography – Teresa Lavina (BAD FRUIT)
Short Film: BAD FRUIT, 11min., Ireland, Documentary
This is a film about the Tuam babies in Ireland. 796 babies were thrown in a septic tank, no proper burials, no prayers, no respect. The nuns have not yet apologised for their actions. This film is a testimony told by the survivors of Tuam mother and baby home, their experience and stories. I am… Continue reading Short Film: BAD FRUIT, 11min., Ireland, Documentary