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Film playing at the Best of EUROPEAN Cinema FEEDBACK Film Festival. Thursday May 18th. 7pm. Downtown Toronto. Get your FREE Tickets Glittering socialite Laura starts slipping from the daily reality of a weight obsessed rich man’s mistress. While on a fancy dinner with her gluttonous lover she enters a strange…
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.
Ilina Perianova – Director’s BIO. Short Film “EAT ME”
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Film playing at the Best of EUROPEAN Cinema FEEDBACK Film Festival. Thursday May 18th. 7pm. Downtown Toronto. Get your FREE Tickets Ilina Perianova is from Sofia, Bulgaria. She has participated in theatre classes since childhood and afterwards studied theatre acting and directing in France and Bulgaria. In 2016 Ilina became…
Get to know the short film: CARGO, 25min, Netherlands, Documentary/Romance
Film playing at the Best of EUROPEAN Cinema FEEDBACK Film Festival. Thursday May 18th. 7pm. Downtown Toronto. Get your FREE Tickets On a lonely ship, in the middle of the North Sea, fourteen men work together for a month. Day and night they sail around oilrigs to provide them of supplies. In this world of… Continue reading Get to know the short film: CARGO, 25min, Netherlands, Documentary/Romance
Marina Meijer – Director’s BIO of the short film CARGO
Film playing at the Best of EUROPEAN Cinema FEEDBACK Film Festival. Thursday May 18th. 7pm. Downtown Toronto. Get your FREE Tickets See director BIO Biography Marina Meijer (1987) Director Marina Meijer (1987) studied Political Science and Language&Cultural Studies at the Universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht. Meanwhile she followed photography classes at the International Center of… Continue reading Marina Meijer – Director’s BIO of the short film CARGO
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Los Angeles April 2017 Film Festival
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS Best Film: THE NEON STRUGGLE Best Performances: UNCLE ALBERT Best Cinematography: CONFESSION Best Music: The music from THE NEON STRUGGLE WATCH THE AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEOS for each film: CONFESSION, 5min, USA, Horror/Thriller WATCH Audience FEEDBACK THE WHITE ROSE, 5min, USA, Thriller/Film Noir WATCH Audience FEEDBACK HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, 12min, USA, Comedy… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Los Angeles April 2017 Film Festival
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Toronto April 2017 Film Festival
AUDIENCE FESTIVAL AWARDS Best Film: RIGHT HERE OR OVER THERE Best Performances: THE MAN FROM THE SWIM LANE ASIDE Best Cinematography: THE MAN FROM THE SWIM LANE ASIDE Best Music: The music from LE BELLE FOLIE Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos from each film: NOSTOMANIA, 2min, Canada, Experimental WATCH Audience FEEDBACK IN A WARM DARK… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Toronto April 2017 Film Festival
BENDED BONDS Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO: BENDED BONDS, 6min, Belgium, Drama Directed by Julie Janssens Sarah and Jane, two sisters, haven’t spoken to each other for years. The death of their mother forces them to come together to make the arrangements for their legacy. Their painful memories and resentments crawl back to the surface. Director Statement The challenge… Continue reading BENDED BONDS Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
IN A WARM DARK PLACE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO: IN A WARM DARK PLACE, 10min, USA, Drama/Thriller Directed by Sydney Waltz A psychological drama about a mother and her relationship with her newborn son. With the incessant crying of her child and lack of support from her husband, Clarissa is finding that motherhood is not as satisfying as she had hoped.… Continue reading IN A WARM DARK PLACE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
LE BELLE FOLIE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO: LE BELLE FOLIE, 14min, UK, Comedy Directed by Ruth Pickett A comedy about a desperate actress who attempts to make a black-and-white french language film, in order to convince her agent that she’s good enough at french to put her up for an audition. She ropes in her dad, her best friend,… Continue reading LE BELLE FOLIE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
NOSTOMANIA Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival
AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEO: NOSTOMANIA, 2min, Canada, Experimental Directed by Paige K. Boudreau Nostomania [nos-tuh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] is an intense homesickness, or a passion for nostalgia. Director Statement I have always had a fascination with abandoned buildings and urban exploration. NOSTOMANIA is an exploration into why that fascination exists, and how it affects our lives. Film Type:Experimental,… Continue reading NOSTOMANIA Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2017 Female Film Festival