A teenage kid who wants to be a superhero finds out about her superpower one day, and encounters a crime scene. Film Type: Short, Student Runtime: 4 minutes 58 seconds Completion Date: June 1, 2018 Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Film Language: English Shooting Format: Digital Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Film… Continue reading Short Film: SWIFT, 5min., USA, Action/Comedy
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 – Cristina Grosan (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Cristina is a 30 year old Romanian-Hungarian visual artist splitting her time between writing/directing her own fiction films and passionately designing for different clients around Europe, with a focus on branding. Cristina has just finished her new fiction short “Work in Progress”, while her previous film “Holiday at the Seaside” which has toured the world… Continue reading Director Biography – Cristina Grosan (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Short Film: Work In Progress (Átalakítás folyamatban), 20min., Hungary, Comedy/Romance
logline: Everyone here wants a new pair of boobs or a new butt. What is it you hate about yourself? short synopsis (300 characters) 65 years old and very tired MIMI enters a low-budget beauty clinic with a face-lift voucher got from her husband. She checks in and a whole new world opens up: older,… Continue reading Short Film: Work In Progress (Átalakítás folyamatban), 20min., Hungary, Comedy/Romance
Director Biography – Hayley Thom (TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST)
True woman of the world, multi-disciplined director Hayley Thom has seen her fair share of the globe. She’s traversed the humanitarian and corporate sectors, from spanning New Zealand’s length to shooting in Buenos Aires, Shanghai, India, Nepal, South Africa and Bangladesh. Hayley is passionate about being able to tell stories on behalf of those who… Continue reading Director Biography – Hayley Thom (TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST)
Short Film: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary
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 she heads back to Nepal 10 years later to… Continue reading Short Film: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary
Short Film: NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family
Rachel March, a 12 years old girl, suspects that her piano teacher, Nina Saiza, has an affair with her father. Things become more complicated after she finds out that her piano teacher actually has a wedding ring… Film Type: Short, Student Runtime: 6 minutes 8 seconds Completion Date: October 13, 2018 Production Budget: 800 USD… Continue reading Short Film: NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family
Director Biography – Almudena Toral, Andrea Patiño Contreras (America First: The legacy of an immigration raid)
Almudena Toral is a Spanish visual journalist and filmmaker currently based in Miami. She heads the feature video team at Univision News Digital. Her work has also been published by The New York Times, TIME, The Guardian, AlJazeera, VICE, Huffington Post, Marie Claire, Canal+ and other outlets. Prior to joining Univision, she taught video storytelling… Continue reading Director Biography – Almudena Toral, Andrea Patiño Contreras (America First: The legacy of an immigration raid)
Short Film: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary
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 Trump revives some aspects of George W. Bush’s immigration enforcement policies, the Postville experience sheds light on the… Continue reading Short Film: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary
Director Biography – Yimin Gu (ENGLISH LESSONS)
Yimin Gu is an aspiring filmmaker pursuing an MFA degree at Loyola Marymount University. Born in Shanghai, studied in Hong Kong, and now based in LA, Yimin Gu is a young female director passionate about cultural communication and women’s narratives. She has a firm belief that we share common humanity, even though it comes in… Continue reading Director Biography – Yimin Gu (ENGLISH LESSONS)
Short Film: SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family
Reese is trapped in a seemingly peaceful and quiet room but trying to tell an incredible horrendous story again and again. Film Type: Short, Student Genres: Drama, Family Runtime: 9 minutes 1 second Completion Date: October 27, 2017 Production Budget: 2,000 USD Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Film Language: English… Continue reading Short Film: SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family