AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID BEST PERFORMANCE: ENGLISH LESSONS performers BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST BEST MUSIC: THE RIVER Theme of night: Resiliance Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family SUNSET GLORY,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2019 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival (Los Angeles)
Category: Short Films
AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID, 40min., USA, Documentary Directed by Almudena Toral & Andrea Patiño Contreras 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… Continue reading AMERICA FIRST: THE LEGACY OF AN IMMIGRATION RAID Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
Tony McClean Nepal Trust Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
TONY MCCLEAN NEPAL TRUST, 8min., Documentary Directed by Hayley Thom Tony McClean’s life was tragically cut short when he died in the canyoning disaster at Mangatepopo, New Zealand on 15 April 2008. Later, the details of an ambitious vision for helping the people of Nepal was found on his laptop. We follow Tony’s sister, Hannah, as… Continue reading Tony McClean Nepal Trust Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
The River Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
THE RIVER, 10min, USA, Drama/Family Directed by Julie Lipson A young piano student with a difficult life makes a meaningful connection with the mother of one of her peers. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Sunset Glory Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
SUNSET GLORY, 9min., USA, Drama/Family Directed by Jingyi Wang Reese is trapped in a seemingly peaceful and quiet room but trying to tell an incredible horrendous story again and again. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Nina Saiza Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
NINA SAIZA, 6min., USA, Drama/Family Directed by Yangfang (Frances) Chen Rachel March, a 12 year old girl, suspects that her piano teacher, Nina Saiza, has had an affair with her father. Things become more complicated after she finds out that her piano teacher actually has a wedding ring… CLICK HERE – and see full info and more… Continue reading Nina Saiza Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
English Lessons Short Film, Audience Feedback LA Female Festival
ENGLISH LESSONS, 16min., USA, Drama/Family Directed by Yimin Gu An American woman haunted by the past has to overcome her trauma to save her 8-year-old Chinese student from the student’s abusive father CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Director Biography – Teresa Lavina (BAD FRUIT)
Teresa Lavina trained as an Stanislavski actor in Bilbao Spain from 1992. She moved to Ireland to continue her acting training in 1997, she trained in the Focus Theatre in Dublin with Deirdre O’Connell and for 3 years full time in Bull Alley. She has trained the Meisner Technique both in London and Dublin with… Continue reading Director Biography – Teresa Lavina (BAD FRUIT)
Short Film: BAD FRUIT, 11min., Ireland, Documentary
This is a film about the Tuam babies in Ireland. 796 babies were thrown in a septic tank, no proper burials, no prayers, no respect. The nuns have not yet apologised for their actions. This film is a testimony told by the survivors of Tuam mother and baby home, their experience and stories. I am… Continue reading Short Film: BAD FRUIT, 11min., Ireland, Documentary
Short Film: BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD, 12min., France, Drama
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… Project Links Website News & Reviews “Découvrez la crème du cinéma indépendant, distinguée au… Continue reading Short Film: BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD, 12min., France, Drama
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