Núria Abad is a producer, director and scriptwriter of documentaries and television programs in collaboration with several production companies in the Balearic Islands and Catalonia, as well as a specialist in the planning and execution communication strategies. She has been the director and/or scriptwriter of the documentaries “Dorothea and the Myotragus”, “La batlessa” and “Centroamericando”;… Continue reading Director Biography – Núria Abad, Marta Hierro (DOROTHEA AND THE MYOTRAGUS)
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.
Feature Film: DOROTHEA AND THE MYOTRAGUS, 60min,. Spain, Documentary/Animation
In 1909, a young British woman boards a ship towards Mallorca, following the path of some mysterious bones found in a cave. For two years, she climbs, crawls and explores every cavity in the rocks of Mallorca, Eivissa and Menorca, narrating her experience in her diaries. The first of those diaries ended up in flames… Continue reading Feature Film: DOROTHEA AND THE MYOTRAGUS, 60min,. Spain, Documentary/Animation
Director Biography – Roshi Givechi (MY FAMILY TREES)
Roshi Givechi comes to filmmaking by way of design. As a third culture kid, the fact that she moved around a lot grew her instinct to observe, see patterns and decipher similarities and differences between people. Understanding what motivates people to behave in certain ways has inspired her work in design innovation over 20 years.… Continue reading Director Biography – Roshi Givechi (MY FAMILY TREES)
Short Film: MY FAMILY TREES, 18min., Documentary
My Family Trees is a bittersweet tale about a man from Iran who took unconventional measures to stitch his family back together in Kansas…one single tree at a time. It’s a short documentary that spotlights the ways love, duty, and inexplicable hope make us uniquely human, and beautifully resilient.
Director Biography – Aastha Verma (THE LAST RIGHTS)
Aastha Verma is an award-winning Director and Producer based in Los Angeles, with roots from India and the Middle East. Because of this multi-cultural background, she surrounds herself with stories that are built on ground reality and is a keen storyteller with female protagonists. Her vision is to bring out hidden realities of any given… Continue reading Director Biography – Aastha Verma (THE LAST RIGHTS)
Short Film: THE LAST RIGHTS, 17min., India, Drama/Family
A young Indian woman challenges her society’s patriarchal traditions in order to give her deceased grandmother her last rites. Project Links Facebook Instagram News & Reviews “Los Angeles Filmmaker in Varanasi”Times of Indiahttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/los-angeles-filmmaker-comes-to-varanasi-to-shoot-short-film/articleshow/69250666.cms “Right for the last rights to an Indian woman”Yugmarghttps://www.yugmarg.com/epaper/?dt=2020/01/25&p=4 “Karnal girl debuts in Bollywood”The Tribunehttps://www.tribuneindia.com/news/karnal-girl-debuts-in-bollywood-30800 “The Last Rights shakes society”Jagranhttps://www.jagran.com/haryana/panipat-the-last-rights-shaken-society-and-now-world-will-see-film-of-haryanas-daughter-jagran-special-20704644.html?fbclid=IwAR3C0hurEPnjHdbS14bvjcUEHpTTc1rYiVoNR4H0LOlSbypZCWuR-Bdp3W4 “How filmmaker… Continue reading Short Film: THE LAST RIGHTS, 17min., India, Drama/Family
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: February 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: TAKE AND RUN Best Performances: THE NEXT STOP, Best Cinematography: THE LIGHT THIEF Best Production Design: BAKED POTATO NIGHT Best Sound & Music: THE CHANGE PROJECT Theme of night: Community NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: February 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene TV Script Reading: Mad Hadley, by Jodi I Lustig
After a clash with a client goes viral, a lawyer infamous for defending despicable men volunteers at a women’s legal aid clinic run by her uber-feminist mother, hoping to turn over a new leaf without tearing down the whole family tree. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard Mad: Hannah Ehman Kailey: Kyana Teresa
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene TV Script Reading: Bedford Arms, by Clea Montville-Wood
After her father’s death and Margo, an evil step-mother by all accounts, stops helping Willa pay for school escaping to Greenwich Village is Willa’s only option. Though she doesn’t know anyone except her aunt, Willa soon finds a sense of home at Bedford Arms, a place filled with eccentric and strange inhabitants. But Willa is… Continue reading FEMALE Festival 1st Scene TV Script Reading: Bedford Arms, by Clea Montville-Wood
Director Biography – Maria Brendle (TAKE AND RUN)
Maria Brendle is an award-winning director and scriptwriter based in Zurich, Switzerland. She received her bachelor’s degree in film from the Zurich University of the Arts and her master’s degree in cognitive neuroscience (aon) from the Academy of Neurosciense Cologne. Maria graduated the renowned Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich. She works with a focus on women issues. http://www.maria-brendle.de… Continue reading Director Biography – Maria Brendle (TAKE AND RUN)
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