Each film is the best of the best of FEMALE Directed Short films from around the world in the last year.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Film: NORTH NODE
Best Direction: Music Drive Friday – “C’est La Vie” (That’s life)
Best Performances: Blood is Thicker
Best Twist Film: Izzy
Best Cinematography: Love & War
Best Suspense Film: IHostage
Best Micro-Short: Mismatch
Best Sound & Music: Pirate Jenny
Best Story: Lucky Alien
SEE THE LINEUP OF FILMS:
LUCKY ALIEN, 15min., USA
Directed by Jasmin Please Haugstuen
“Lucky Alien” is a gripping short film that explores one woman’s fight for love and dignity against the merciless bureaucracy of immigration, shedding light on the dark corners of a broken system. This social drama with a sprinkle of dark humor will evoke feelings and moments of intense suspense, witnessing uncomfortable but real situations that happen everyday on these country borders. With it’s fast-paced dialogue and seemingly endless levels of hell, the cast of characters in this world of limbo will make you laugh and cry, and hopefully inspire conversation and actions for change. – BASED ON A TRUE STORY
PIRATE JENNY, 5min., Italy
Directed by Elisabetta De Luca, Alessandro Freschi
A hotel maid has a very particular story to tell us…
Inspired by the ballad from The Threepenny Opera, by Bertolt Brecht – 1928.
MISMATCH, 3min., USA
Directed by Luna Lee
A seemingly ordinary matchstick, repeatedly dismissed and denied recognition as a military veteran, slowly ignites with emotion—until it finally flames up, revealing the true weight of the micro aggressions it endured.
https://www.instagram.com/lunaleeart
IHOSTAGE, 14min., Australia
Directed by Rosemary Reid
Abducted from her idyllic paradise and drugged, Ranger Jane Winter must escape her bonds or risk being caught in a predator’s unforgiving web forever.
Love & War, 15min., USA
Directed by Amy Johnston
Kalie and Connor, two lonely assassins, form an unlikely bond when they meet on an online dating app and find themselves on the run from the hitmen and women hired to kill them both.
IZZY, 5min., Netherlands
Directed by Yfke van Berckelaer
Izzy is constantly stuck in the same cycle: mocked, dismissed, ignored, forgotten. But a touch of red glitter? Now that’s a game-changer!
https://www.instagram.com/makewayfilm/
BLOOD IS THICKER, 14min., USA
Directed by Melissa Skirboll
Two sisters living in the same city but completely different worlds reconnect over a meal. A mother suffering dementia pulls them back home but before they can return the trauma of their past must be addressed.
Music Drive Friday – “C’est La Vie” (That’s life), 5min., Canada
Directed by Violetta Cheredniuk
In the streets of Toronto, Max and Darina enjoy a perfect date, unaware that danger is lurking. A mysterious man follows them, and soon, the mafia closes in – after Max and his money. Can he escape and stay with Darina, or will the past catch up to him? A mix of love, humor, suspense, and high-stakes drama.
https://violettacherry.com/
https://www.instagram.com/violetta_cheredniuk/
North Node, 12min., Canada
Directed by Tatjana Green, Nicole VanStone
This is a story about reviving an old way of living, breathing and being. Before the elders in our lifetime leave us, there are great stories, applicable methods of life and cycles we can learn from. Wisdom can only come from knowledge and experience – the faster our society swipes past and disregards process and patience in learning these things will make us more disconnected from the land and our truth. Going back to roots, resilience in pursuing a way of life that aligns with the land and ourselves.
https://www.instagram.com/greentat/
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