AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: HIGHER GROUND Best Cinematography: OVER THE SKY Best Performances: SINGLE Best Sound & Music: MONSTER Best Direction: A SPARK OF LIFE Theme of night: Alone in conflict. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: HIGHER… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: May 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
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.
Short Film: A SPARK OF LIFE, 6min., France, Drama
Based on a true storyA mother and her son who saw their life turned upside down. The forest full of symbol is an invitation to reconnect to life despite the drama. Project Links Facebook Instagram
Short Film: INHALATION, 4min., Egypt, Drama
Female doctor suffered in covid 19 from her neighbors who wants her to leave her apartment, because they are afraid from corona virus. Project Links Website Project Type:Short Runtime:4 minutes 10 seconds Completion Date:February 13, 2021 Country of Origin:Egypt Country of Filming:Canada Language:Arabic Shooting Format:Digital Film Color:Color
Short Film: SINGLE, 8min., Italy, Drama
A woman comes home alone on New Year’s Eve.
Director Biography – Agnes Maska (THE DRY SALVAGES)
Indonesian-born director/producer Agnes Maska began her training as a ballet dancer. She currently resides and works in Los Angeles.
Short Film: THE DRY SALVAGES, 5min., USA, Dance
An experimental dance film that blurs the grace of reality and explores the sense of connection and disconnection. Project Links Website Project Type:Experimental, Short Runtime:5 minutes 23 seconds Completion Date:December 12, 2020 Country of Origin:United States Country of Filming:United States Language:English Shooting Format:Digital Aspect Ratio:16:9 Film Color:Color
Director Biography – Kirsten Brass (MONSTER)
Kirsten Brass is an emerging filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario. She is currently completing her BFA in Film Studies at Ryerson University. She was awarded the Jack Kuper Film Award in 2020 for demonstrating creative potential and ingenuity in film production and writing for film. Kirsten’s films are often full of magical elements or creatures of… Continue reading Director Biography – Kirsten Brass (MONSTER)
Short Film: MONSTER, 11min., Canada, Thriller/Family
Ally must use her wits and her bravery to escape from a monster that wants to eat her. Project Type:Short, Student Genres:Children’s/Family, Horror, Fantasy Runtime:11 minutes 20 seconds Completion Date:January 30, 2021 Production Budget:4,000 USD Country of Origin:Canada Country of Filming:Canada Language:English Shooting Format:Digital Aspect Ratio:1.85:1 Film Color:Color
Director Biography – Pauline Pelsy-Johann (OVER THE SKY)
Born in the countryside in France (Seine-et-Marne region), she grew intermittently between Paris and an island in Brittany. Her parents are actors, theater directors and writer.Productions (selection) After the experience of many short student films, she signed her first film produced at the age of twenty-two years old, “The Renaissance or the intermediate life… Continue reading Director Biography – Pauline Pelsy-Johann (OVER THE SKY)
Short Film: OVER THE SKY, 20min., France, Drama/Family
Alice, a nine-year-old girl who lives in the countryside, faces the breakdown of her parents when the father leaves home. The brutality of the grownups world destabilizes Alice’s poetic imagination and her carelessness made up of playing in nature with her friend Leo. In reaction, she decides to become independent and to live by herself… Continue reading Short Film: OVER THE SKY, 20min., France, Drama/Family
