Longtime best friends struggle to hold onto their connection when one of them has a baby and the other can’t stop acting like one. CAST LIST: Narrator: Geoff Mays YOUNG PAIGE/PAIGE: Hannah Ehman YOUNG DARCY/DARCY: Kyana Teresa YOUNG ACTRESS – Julie Sheppard ——-
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 1st Scene Reading: Chasing Susanna, by Jennifer Giacalone
It’s hard enough trying to capture the art thief that ruined your career and your marriage; it’s even harder trying to do it with your ex. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard Floor: Kyana Teresa Meijer: Sean Ballantyne WILT: Steve Rizzo ——-
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: December 2021 Feature Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
WINNER of BEST Feature Documentary for 2021 Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video: DROWNING IN SILENCE, 86min., USA, DocumentaryDirected by Chezik TsunodaAfter unexpectedly losing her son, a mother searches for answers and discovers the silent epidemic of drowning. She embarks on a transformative journey of grief channeled into purpose to stop this preventable tragedy from happening… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: December 2021 Feature Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: December 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
Showcase of the best SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: THE POOL Best Direction: SNORRIE (MUSTACHIO) Best Cinematography: GIORGIO Best Performances: FUCKBOY Best Sound & Music: THE GOING Theme of night: Life Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: THE POOL, 13min., USA, Drama/Family SNORRIE (MUSTACHIO), 12min., Netherlands, Comedy STAND UP, SPEAK… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: December 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
Female Festival SHORT Screenplay: DATE NIGHT, by Rebecca Hickey
When an elderly gentleman takes his wife of fifty years on a first date, he learns memories are sometimes forgotten, but love never is. CAST LIST: Narrator: Bill Poulin CLAIRE: Kyana Teresa EVELYN: Hannah Ehman MARTIN: Shawn Devlin
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: November 2021 Feature Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
Showcase of the winner feature film! MEDUSA, 86min., France, DramaDirected by Sophie Levy Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video: Romane and Clemence are between 25 and 30 years old, they are sisters and live together. Romane has to look after Clemence, who is disabled since they had a car accident, when teenagers. Romane was not hurt,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: November 2021 Feature Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
1st Scene FEMALE Film Festival Script Reading: Burn Pattern, by Laura M. Kemp
When past trauma jeopardizes the life of a Seattle firefighter, she returns to her home town to find her quest for healing entangled with her pursuit of a local arsonist. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard – Maya: Val Cole Cole: Steve Rizzo ——-
Short Film: GIORGIO, 8min., Italy, Drama/Experimental
Giorgio is a teenager who is discovering his inner nature. Getting off the carousel of his childhood, he faces the world that awaits him: there are people more or less capable of understanding him, both ready to offer a hand or reject him, as if he were wrong or inadequate.Strong of his will, he goes… Continue reading Short Film: GIORGIO, 8min., Italy, Drama/Experimental
Director BIO: Mairin O’Hagan (THE GOING)
Director Mairin O’Hagan grew up between parents in the west coast of Scotland and Warwickshire. After an English degree and drama school, she now lives in London where she works as a writer and filmmaker. She set up a company, ‘Barefaced Greek,’ and learnt the process of filmmaking through producing shorts based on ancient Greek… Continue reading Director BIO: Mairin O’Hagan (THE GOING)
Short Film: THE GOING, 11min., UK, Drama
“Why do you make me leave the houseAnd think for a breath it is you I see”The Going, Thomas Hardy It’s been 6 months since Leila died. So why does it feel like she’s still here? Memories of Emma’s wife are heaped all over the house: handwritten notes in her favourite book, her scent on… Continue reading Short Film: THE GOING, 11min., UK, Drama