Originally posted on FEEDBACK Female Film Festival:
Zena Abdelbaky My film was featured and won best movie in this great, supportive, and uplifting festival. The constant communication and feedback makes one feel recognized and valued. Sadly I could not attend the screenings, but the festival recorded audience’s reactions to my film as well as send…
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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 Testimonial – September 19 2018
Zena Abdelbaky My film was featured and won best movie in this great, supportive, and uplifting festival. The constant communication and feedback makes one feel recognized and valued. Sadly I could not attend the screenings, but the festival recorded audience’s reactions to my film as well as send me a podcast of people reviewing films… Continue reading Female Festival Testimonial – September 19 2018
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: September 2018 Film Festival (Toronto)
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: ALL THAT REMAINS BEST UNDER 5 MINUTE FILM: 128 BEST PERFORMANCES: DNA OF WILD BEASTS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: GREY BEST MUSIC: NOVAA – MELODY OF NEED Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: WHALES, 20min, USA, Drama DNA OF WILD BEASTS, 18min., France, Drama/Comedy ALL THAT REMAINS, 4min., Egypt, Drama/Experimental CUBICLE, 3min., USA,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: September 2018 Film Festival (Toronto)
WHALES Short Film.- Audience FEEDBACK Video from the Sept. 2018 Female Festival
WHALES, 20min, USA, Drama Directed by Nora Jaenicke Margot and her estranged sister Louise spend a week at their recently deceased mother’s house on an Italian Island. There are mysterious circumstances surrounding Louise being sent away at a very young age, which make it difficult for Margot to remember…Separated by the passing of time and different upbringings… Continue reading WHALES Short Film.- Audience FEEDBACK Video from the Sept. 2018 Female Festival
DNA OF WILD BEASTS Short Film.- Audience FEEDBACK Video from the Sept. 2018 Female Festival
DNA OF WILD BEASTS, 18min., France, Drama/Comedy Directed by Delphine Montaigne Along her team, the “36′, Lea, commander of operation, faces the true face of the news, filled with blood crimes, and is one the top on the French police force. Protected and connected by their invisible bonds weaknesses and solidarity is in their DNA CLICK… Continue reading DNA OF WILD BEASTS Short Film.- Audience FEEDBACK Video from the Sept. 2018 Female Festival
ALL THAT REMAINS Short Film.- Audience FEEDBACK Video from the Sept. 2018 Female Festival
ALL THAT REMAINS, 4min., Egypt, Drama/Experimental Directed by Zena AbdelBaky The art of saying what’s on your mind without saying it. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Female Best Scene: LOOKING FOR RUTH by Celeste Helminski
A successful single business woman in her early 40’s discovers important life lessons through a reconnection with an old friend. CAST LIST: Denny – 4 – Allen Michael Brunet Narration – Hartley O. Gyamfi April – 14 – Georgia Grant Mrs. Wallace – 11 – Regan Brown ****** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting… Continue reading Female Best Scene: LOOKING FOR RUTH by Celeste Helminski
SCI-FI Best Scene Reading of Xightfall by Julian Blondell
Originally posted on Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDAYfVP_5cc XIGHTFALL is a Futuristic Intelligence Agency that protects the universe from all species. When suspicious events transpire throughout the agency, Eli, a young black Xightfall Officer, takes matters into his own hands to uncover the true intentions of the Xightfall Program. CAST LIST: Clarice –…
SCI-FI Best Scene: MAJOR TOM AND THE ALIEN GIRL by Mirka Kettunen
Originally posted on Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GvKLFm7qaw This is a short romcom sci-fi about Tom Major. He keeps waiting ‘the Mothership’ to come pick him up. In order to survive life on Earth he sees his life through the eyes of the his alias – the astronaut Major Tom. Apparently he’s not…
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: May 2018 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Festival
Originally posted on Fantasy/Sci-Fi FILM & WRITING FESTIVAL:
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: TRUMPETS IN THE SKY BEST PERFORMANCES: THE SUPER RECOGNIZER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: METTA VIA BEST MUSIC: AFTER WE LEFT OUR HOMES Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: THE FLOWER GATE, 15min., Israel, Fantasy RENDEZ-VOUS, 2min., Canada, Fantasy PHARMA LAB TRAINING VIDEO: 1, 9min.,…