When a rebellious teenager is caught in the world of smugglers for draft dodgers in late 1960s Los Angeles, she has to decide between her family and her moral conscious. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Scorpio: Sean Ballantyne Gary: Shawn Devlin
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.
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: The Inside Fight, by Bernita Walker, Niki Frazier-Curry
Sasha, a rising star athlete with Olympic dreams, sees her future derailed after a brutal assault in college leaves invisible wounds that never fully heal. Years later, the pressures of work, marriage, and motherhood ignite a storm inside her that she can no longer control. As her manic episodes intensify, Sasha finds herself colliding with… Continue reading FEMALE Festival Best Scene: The Inside Fight, by Bernita Walker, Niki Frazier-Curry
BODY IMAGE Poem: Shadow Body, by Lawrence Bridges
Performed by Val Cole —–
WINNER: April 2026 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival
A showcase of the best Female Films from around the world today! AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS (from FEEDBACK Film Festival): Best Short Film: LEAVE IN THE WIND Best Direction: A BREAK Best Story: LET’S GO A BREAK, 30min., USA Directed by Jill Corvelli A Break is a symbolistic narrative film. We all have multiple parts that… Continue reading WINNER: April 2026 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival
EPIC Poem: The Last Winter of the Ghost Road, by Lonna Blodgett
Performed by Val Cole —- POEM: The death winter came and was deep With white on the purple mountain The Tiwahe’ ‘Standing Rock People’ Begged for warm fires from Iktinie the Sun Spirit Our mouths were hungry and bodies were weak Iya’ the Snow Monster had taken us farther to the south To follow Capa… Continue reading EPIC Poem: The Last Winter of the Ghost Road, by Lonna Blodgett
FEMALE Festival SHORT Story: Managing Great Expectations, by Tanis OConnor
Performed by Val Cole —– Submit your short story to the festival; https://femalefilmfestival.com/female-writers-short-story-festival/
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: Skinned, by Carlos Perez
A young director uses the cast of his horror film as bait to help him capture a pair of serial killers who murdered his parents; however, things go awry when the female lead in the film learns of his plan and decides neither she or the rest of the cast will be used for his… Continue reading FEMALE Festival 1st Scene: Skinned, by Carlos Perez
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: MATHEMATICAL MERMAID, by Sandra Fox-Sohner, Maria Kaur Bedi
For centuries, mathematicians chased an elusive dream: one formula that explains the mystery of Saturn’s rings, rotating celestial spheres, and spinning tops. The puzzle was known as The Mathematical Mermaid. Many men tried and failed. Then, one extraordinary mind defied tradition and dared to solve it. CAST LIST: Narrator: Sean Ballantyne Anuita: Hannah Ehman Sonia:… Continue reading FEMALE Festival Best Scene: MATHEMATICAL MERMAID, by Sandra Fox-Sohner, Maria Kaur Bedi
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: On the Corner of Eden and Grace, by Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus
Between the moon walk and Woodstock, a 17 year old aspiring photographer struggles to save her boyfriend from slipping into heroin addiction without destroying herself. CAST LIST: Narrator: Shawn Devlin Boone: Shawn Ballantyne Rosie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
FEMALE Festival Best Scene: Desert Belles, by Candace Egan
After the death of her father and the loss of her racing partner, a veteran off-road driver enters an all-women desert rally with an unlikely teammate. CAST LIST: Narrator: Shawn Devlin Otto: Sean Ballantyne Geri: Hannah Ehman