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: GEORGE FLOYD: IT HAPPENED HERE, 6min., USA, Documentary

George Floyd cried out for help, begged for his life. A cry for help is a cry for humanity to be restored. In the midst of the uprising in Minneapolis, we captured raw thoughts and authentic truths from residents who live in the neighborhood where George Floyd took his final breath. Project Links  Website

Director Biography – Tonia Kempler (LEORA)

Tonia Kempler lives in New York, though her roots run deep in a rural south still steeped in the occult traditions of the Gullah Geechee and the animism of the Cherokees. Surrounded and empowered by the lore and practices of these supernatural cultures, Tonia leans toward macabre worlds with isolated, damaged, and yet intensely capable… Continue reading Director Biography – Tonia Kempler (LEORA)

Short Film: LEORA, 10min., USA, Horror

Things turn deadly, when a woman attempts to help a lost, mute child and her companion — a disquieting doll who appears to harbor protection schemes of her own. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter

Director Biography – Clare-Louise English (MY DARLING CHRISTOPHER)

Clare-Louise is a deaf actor and theatre-maker who lost her hearing as a teenager. Daughter of the late TV and film actor, Arthur English, Clare-Louise trained at RADA on the MA Theatre Lab course and is Co-Founder of Hot Coals Productions, alongside Jo Sargeant.For the last 8 years Hot Coals have been making Deaf and… Continue reading Director Biography – Clare-Louise English (MY DARLING CHRISTOPHER)

Short Film: MY DARLING CHRISTOPHER, 9min., UK, War/Drama

MY DARLING CHRISTOPHER tells the true story of Clive who contracted Meningitis and lost both his sight and his hearing during the outbreak of the Second World War. Clive is now 15 years old and attending Goring School, having been evacuated from Margate School for the Deaf.Clive’s father, away serving in the Navy, receives a… Continue reading Short Film: MY DARLING CHRISTOPHER, 9min., UK, War/Drama

Director Biography – Charlotte Cristin (BODY AND SOUL)

Charlotte Cristin was born in Geneva in 1993. After graduating as a screenwriter at the Ecole de Cinéma de Genève, she will enter the INSAS in 2015. She is particularly interested in questions of female sexualities and construction of various identities.

Short Film: BODY AND SOUL, 20min., Belgium, Drama

Lucie is a shy young girl, reluctant to talk about sexuality. When she finds herself forced to reveal her virginity at a friends’ party, rumours start to spread and she decides to do everything it takes to solve this “problem”. Even if it means turning away from herself to be like everyone else.

Director Biography – Brittany Delgaty (THE COLD)

Brittany grew up in the small city of Niagara Falls where she graduated high school with a high-skills major in Videography and Photography. From there, she moved to Ottawa and completed the Graphic Design Program at Algonquin College. She quickly found herself again behind the camera and is now a creative director with a video… Continue reading Director Biography – Brittany Delgaty (THE COLD)

Short Film: THE COLD (IOWÍSTO), 8min., Canada, Drama

The Cold, translated to Iowísto in Mohawk, written by Jesse Menard features a young Indigeouns family living in Northern Ontario with a few of their friends who have taken refuge at their farmhouse in efforts to escape the virus spreading fast in the city. A traditional tea recipe in the family passed down to Machk,… Continue reading Short Film: THE COLD (IOWÍSTO), 8min., Canada, Drama