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Alice, a nine-year-old girl who lives in the countryside, faces the breakdown of her parents when the father leaves home. The brutality of the grownups world destabilizes Alice’s poetic imagination and her carelessness made up of playing in nature with her friend Leo. In reaction, she decides to become independent and to live by herself… Continue reading Short Film: OVER THE SKY, 20min., France, Drama/Family

Ania Smolenskaia is an award-winning editor and film-maker. She began her career in news in 2007. After several years of producing and editing news reports and documentaries for an independent online news service in Toronto, Canada, and Washington, D.C., she moved to London, where she soon joined WING, a creative agency specialising in content creation… Continue reading Director Biography – Ania Smolenskaia (HIGHER GROUND)

When the gorgeous Ben invites Hannah on holiday after just four dates, she thinks she’s hit the jackpot – until she gets her period on the flight over. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: JEN, 28 Best Performances: THE HIDEAWAY Best Cinematography: WHEN I BECOME WHO I AM Best Sound & Music: MR. SEEK Best Direction: 4X4 Theme of night: Starting over after trauma. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS, WINNERS & VIDEOS: April 2021 Female FEEDBACK Film Festival

Lexie Addison, a cold case detective with a history of psychosis, works with her hallucinations (whom she casts as the great detectives of literature) to help the local PD find a serial killer in the community. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet Lexie: Kyana Teresa Sherlock: Geoff Mays Miss Marple: Julie Sheppard Nancy: Allison Kampf… Continue reading Female Festival BEST SCENE Reading: THE HALOPERIDOL FILES, by

In the aftermath of a racially charged murder in the pre-civil rights South, young, white, and morose Willa Mae reckons with the role she played at the center of the trial. Meanwhile the twin brother of the victim is determined to get the truth, something he may only get from Willa. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth… Continue reading Female Festival WINNING SHORT Screenplay: BURN WITH ME, by Simone Warrick

In a world where heroes and villains are genetically identified at birth, a desperate superhero father will do anything to protect his young daughter tagged as a future villain, even if it means turning into the world’s greatest nemesis. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet Skinny Triplet: Steve Rizzo Kinetic: Andy Camp

Stephanie helps an unemployed hearing impaired friend return to family safely. Later Stephanie finds out that when her friend returned home, she committed suicide. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard Emma: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Stephanie: Hannah Ehman Man: Andy Camp Emma’s Mother: Allison Kampf

Liza has a budding career at a pharmaceutical company. Her twin sister, Jess, talks to a bottle of tequila and dates a guy who tells dead-baby jokes. When Liza mysteriously disappears, Jess gets a crash course in the family business – espionage. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison The Narrator: Geoff Mays – The Spy: Andy Kamp… Continue reading FEMALE Festival TV 1st Scene Screenplay: Sweet Valley Spy

A lower-class, Adderall-addicted student from an Ivy League university becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when her ex-friend is found dead. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet Chief Robinson: Sean Ballantyne Male Detective: Andy Camp Detective Cady: Julie Sheppard Leah: Hannah Ehman —–