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.

BODY IMAGE Poetry Reading: A Bent Time of Day, by Dov Frank

Performed by Val Cole POEM: They look like an accidental bird, Wings making grey angles Their thoughts move in rings around their ears And scrape against the sharp jaw lines, Movement horizontally, body stretching across only to snap back into embodiedness. Seeing them, I noticed how our spines crack open at dawn And spill the… Continue reading BODY IMAGE Poetry Reading: A Bent Time of Day, by Dov Frank

FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Reading: The Stained Glass Window, by Kristin Francoeur

Lily Brannan, a very successful writer who lives in Boston, finds out that her hated great-aunt is dead. When the will is read, Lily is shocked that beside the expected inheritance, she also now owns a mysterious house in Vermont. Planning to go see it, then put it on the market, Lily visits the property… Continue reading FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Reading: The Stained Glass Window, by Kristin Francoeur

WINNER: February 2026 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival

A showcase of the best Female Films from around the world today! AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: FRIDAY NIGHT FLOP Best Story: DESERTION Best Performances: LONG ISLAND SOUTH SHORE Best Human Interest Film: ROOTLESS Best Student Film: WILD GOOSE Best Documentary: THE SUPPORT SAKE TOUR Best Direction: PETRIFIED Best Experimental: WHERE IS WIND STRANDED… Continue reading WINNER: February 2026 FEMALE Filmmakers Festival

WINNERS: Feb. 2026 Toronto FEMALE Feedback Festival

A showcase of the best Female Films from around the world today! AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: FILM AIN Best Story: FENCE Best Performances: WET SPECIMEN Best Direction: THE HOPSCOTCH Best Micro-Short Film: HAND IN HAND HAND IN HAND, 2min., Turkey Directed by Melihat Özdoğan Ağgül People who left their countries due to the… Continue reading WINNERS: Feb. 2026 Toronto FEMALE Feedback Festival