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 – Nicole Berger (HOLES)

Originally posted on FEEDBACK Female Film Festival:
Nicole Berger is one of television’s most versatile and sought after choreographers. In 2006, while on set as a principle dancer in Julie Taymor’s ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, she was mentored by acclaimed cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel on the how to’s of capturing dance on Film. credits: DEADWOOD, The GOOD…

Director Biography – Yalan Hu (DOLL IT UP)

Originally posted on FEEDBACK Female Film Festival:
Yalan Hu hails from Wuhan, China, the birthplace of the Xinhai Revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty. The only child of a traditional intellectual family, she fulfilled the family’s expectation of being an A student through her school years, while finding escape from the crushing sameness of…

Director Biography – Marina Ziolkowski (BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD)

Originally posted on FEEDBACK Female Film Festival:
Fille et petite-fille de scénaristes américains, Marina Ziolkowski apprend très tôt à raconter des histoires puis étudie pendant cinq ans dans les meilleures écoles d’art dramatique de Paris. Elle réalise des vidéos expérimentales et fait partie de la sélection EROIN 2014 dédiée aux réalisatrices françaises émergentes. Partie vivre…