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Directed by Kurdwin Ayub Little is known about “hyena fisher”. Where did she go to school, when did she take the B or A driving license? Was a teacher training program interrupted, why does she sing with a German accent in the style of the local artist Gustav?…
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 – Kurdwin Ayub (Hyäne Fischer – Im Rausch der Zeit)
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Kurdwin Ayub was born in Iraq in 1990. Currently, she works as a director, screenwriter, and video and performance artist in Vienna, Austria. Studies in Painting and Animation with Christian Ludwig Attersee and Judith Eisler at the University for Applied Arts Vienna from 2008 to 2013. Since 2011,…
Short Film: HOLES, 7min., USA, Experimental/Dance
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A young couple juggles infidelity, hot donut holes and chance encounters amid their dissolving relationship. Music by the iconic rock band THE POLICE, serves as inner dialogue for the two main characters. Heaviness is the hole in Hannah’s life as she tries to hold on to Daurin, who…
Director Biography – Nicole Berger (HOLES)
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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…
Short Film: DOLL IT UP, 6min., USA, Comedy/Satire
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Feeling his marriage with Natalie, a sex doll he has been with for three years, has grown stale, Gunther decides to purchase a new doll, Dorri, that he adores and esteems as “true love.” However, the honeymoon period is always ephemeral. When he finds out his new wife…
Director Biography – Yalan Hu (DOLL IT UP)
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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…
Short Film: MI MADRE, MY FATHER, 16min., Canada, Drama/Family
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Reared by an abusive, pill-popping mother and an absentee father, six-year-old Valentina must fend for herself. The only adults who seem to watch out for her are Robert and Benjamin, the couple across the hall. Valentina does what she can to craft the illusion of normalcy, but Robert…
Director Biography – Michelle Morgan (MI MADRE, MY FATHER)
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Michelle Morgan has grown up on film sets. As a teenager she worked with her older sister, television and commercial director Wendy Morgan, as an assistant, wardrobe stylist and performer. Over the 11 seasons she has starred on Heartland (CBC), Michelle has shadowed numerous directors such as Bruce…
Short Film: BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD, 12min., France, Drama
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Alice is 23 but feels like 97. She looks in perfect health from the outside but her whole body is hurting from the inside. Nobody seems to understand or acknowledge her pain. She is lost and alone. Until she meets Gina… Project Links Website News & Reviews “Découvrez…
Director Biography – Marina Ziolkowski (BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD)
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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…
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