GYRL, 7min, USA, Drama Directed by Anaiis Cisco A portrait of a pre-teen African American girl struggling with an abusive father. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
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.
ENTRANCE NO EXIT Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Nov. 2019 Female Film Festival
ENTRANCE NO EXIT, 8min., UK, Comedy/Drama Directed by Jo Southwell An OCD tennis player on a long haul flight to Australia. Mid flight she needs the loo. Simple. Right ? Wrong ! CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Female Festival Winning TV PILOT Screenplay: WALK OF SHAME, by Anna Bielkheden
Walk of Shame is a raw drama series about three female roommates in LA struggling to navigate the road to success and personal identity, smack in the middle of a booming social media era and a pending quarter life crisis. Over the course of ten episodes, we follow the complicated lives and relationships of a… Continue reading Female Festival Winning TV PILOT Screenplay: WALK OF SHAME, by Anna Bielkheden
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles)
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)
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!