Jan Jalenak grew up In Memphis, TN and started out in NYC as an actor and playwright. As a writer, her plays have been seen in NY in theaters including Greenwich Street Theatre, Studio theatre Playwrights Horizons, The Actors Studio, Naked Angels, the Robert Moss Theater, and the Gene Frankel Theatre, among others. Jan is… Continue reading Director BIO: Jan Jalenak (YOU CAN KISS ME)
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Short Film: YOU CAN KISS ME, 19min., USA, Drama/Romance
Penelope’s search for the kind of love that’s missing in her life leads her to a motel room with another woman – only to be confronted by the realities of her marriage. Project Links Website
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
Showcase of the best SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: BROKEN LAYERS Best Cinematography: EXPECTATIONS Best Direction: LOVE LETTER Best Sound & Music: A FISH STORY Theme of night: Life Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: EXPECTATIONS, 6min,. USA, Drama BROKEN LAYERS, 25min., USA, Drama A FISH STORY, 11min,. USA, Fantasy… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: October 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: September 2021 Feature Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
Showcase of the winner Feature Film from the FEMALE FEEDBACK Film Festival. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Video: A loving couple The Older and The Guy spend their time away from the world. Sudden arrival of The Younger and then of The Older’s Ex-Boyfriend breaks the idyllic country life picture. Each character has own plans for… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: September 2021 Feature Female FEEDBACK Film Festival
FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: A Bit Much, by Stacy Dymalski
After being told her whole life she’s “a bit much,” an outspoken middle-aged woman has an existential crisis when a first date asks her, “Do you want red or white wine?” Unsure how to answer, she retreats to the restroom in embarrassment, where both sides of her psyche recount her past to help her determine… Continue reading FEMALE Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: A Bit Much, by Stacy Dymalski
SHORT FILM TRAILER: STOP MOTION: THE MAKING OF, 2min., UK, Animation/Comedy
STOP MOTION: THE MAKING OF, 2min., UK, Animation/Comedy Directed by Kessiah Arthur A glimpse at behind the scenes of the making of stop motion animations with Steve The Test Dummy, and the moments that didn’t quite go to plan
SHORT FILM TRAILER: BABY GRIEF, 4min., USA, Drama
BABY GRIEF, 4min., USA, Drama Directed by Tatyana Yassukovich Facing the loss of their baby two women and are forced to reconcile with each other as they find different ways of coping with their grief.
Short Film: EXPECTATIONS, 6min,. USA, Drama
An unhappily married woman struggles to cope as she realizes her life is not what she expected it to be.
Short Film: BROKEN LAYERS, 25min., USA, Drama
A humanist portrayal of the Iraq war and its aftermath as experienced by Rosa, a half-Latina, half-Arab U.S. Marine.
Short Film: A FISH STORY, 11min,. USA, Fantasy
A fable steeped in magical realism about the objectification of women. In a remote Italian island, an immigrant fisherman finds himself out of luck; he makes a pact with the Madonna, and his prayers are answered in a most unusual way.