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
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.
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)
Short Film: TAKE AND RUN, 38min., Switzeland, 38min., Drama
Sezim (19) wants to fulfil her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she gets kidnapped by a group of young men and taken to the hinterland. There she’s forced to marry a stranger. If she refuses the marriage, she is threatened with social stigmatization and exclusion. Torn between her desire for freedom and… Continue reading Short Film: TAKE AND RUN, 38min., Switzeland, 38min., Drama
Director Biography – Eva Daoud (THE LIGHT THIEF)
Director Statement The idea of “The Light Thief” first came to life in the year 2012 while I was attending the Berlin Film Festival. It was snowing and I was walking back to my hotel after an evening screening. On the way there, some elements of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” started playing in my mind and… Continue reading Director Biography – Eva Daoud (THE LIGHT THIEF)
Short Film: THE LIGHT THIEF, 19min., Spain, Fantasy Drama
When the essence of Love is snatched from someone and locked away in a vessel with no name , what happens to those persons and how do they change? How can the broken hearted souls break that curse and recover from their pain? Can they regain their spark by overcoming dark supernatural forces?
Short Film: TOURISTS, 11min., Israel, Drama
Yael and Omer meet Omer’s good friend from Italy, Paulo. They enter a party and inside they experience a night they will never forget. Love, passion, trust, alcohol, drugs, techno, and euphoria. Director Biography – Sharon Israeli
Director Biography – Janice Derosier (THE NEXT STOP)
My name is Janice Derosier and I’m an aspiring Haitian-American filmmaker! I’m currently a senior at the University of Central Florida majoring in Film with a minor in Creative writing. I have been writing stories since I was 11 years old. Last year I made my first short film dealing with a dark subject matter… Continue reading Director Biography – Janice Derosier (THE NEXT STOP)
