Category: Festival Audience Feedback

Short Film: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary

It’s been a decade since Postville, a small town in Iowa, suffered the largest immigration raid at a worksite in U.S. history: 389 immigrants were arrested in the biggest kosher meatpacking plant in the country. As Donald Trump revives some aspects of George W. Bush’s immigration enforcement policies, the Postville experience sheds light on the… Continue reading Short Film: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary

Director Biography – Yimin Gu (ENGLISH LESSONS)

Yimin Gu is an aspiring filmmaker pursuing an MFA degree at Loyola Marymount University. Born in Shanghai, studied in Hong Kong, and now based in LA, Yimin Gu is a young female director passionate about cultural communication and women’s narratives. She has a firm belief that we share common humanity, even though it comes in… Continue reading Director Biography – Yimin Gu (ENGLISH LESSONS)

Short Film: SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family

Reese is trapped in a seemingly peaceful and quiet room but trying to tell an incredible horrendous story again and again. Film Type: Short, Student Genres: Drama, Family Runtime: 9 minutes 1 second Completion Date: October 27, 2017 Production Budget: 2,000 USD Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Film Language: English… Continue reading Short Film: SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family

Short Film: THE RIVER, 10min, USA, Drama/Family

A young piano student with a difficult life makes a meaningful connection with the mother of one of her peers.\ News & Reviews “IFC MIDNIGHT BUYS US RIGHTS TO SURVIVAL THRILLER RUST CREEK” Variety https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ifc-midnight-rust- Film Type: Short Runtime: 10 minutes Completion Date: September 8, 2018 Production Budget: 3,500 USD Country of Origin: United States… Continue reading Short Film: THE RIVER, 10min, USA, Drama/Family

HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: August 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Toronto)

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: MI MADRE, MY FATHER BEST PERFORMANCES: MI MADRE, MY FATHER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: HOLES BEST MUSIC: HYANE FISCHER Them of night: Non-Conformity NOTE: All 9 films presented received multiple votes for BEST FILM of the night. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: SELFIE, 16min., USA, Drama/Family KOYUN, 4min., Turkey, Animation/Experimental HYANE FISCHER,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: August 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Toronto)

BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Female Festival August 2019

BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD, 12min., France, Drama Directed by Marina Ziolkowski Alice is 23 but feels like 97. She looks in perfect health from the outside but her whole body is hurting from the inside. Nobody seems to understand or acknowledge her pain. She is lost and alone. Until she meets Gina… CLICK HERE – and… Continue reading BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Female Festival August 2019

MI MADRE, MY FATHER Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Female Festival August 2019

MI MADRE, MY FATHER, 16min., Canada, Drama/Family Directed by Michelle Morgan Reared by an abusive, pill-popping mother and an absentee father, six-year-old Valentina must fend for herself. The only adults who seem to watch out for her are Robert and Benjamin, the couple across the hall. Valentina does what she can to craft the illusion of… Continue reading MI MADRE, MY FATHER Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Female Festival August 2019