Women Filmmakers

Women at the helm.


Unfinished Business

A male stripper is hired for an unusual gig by some business women.

In competition for Best Midnight Short Read More

Running Time: 7


Virago

In the village of Virago, where no man has lived long enough to see his fortieth birthday, Tõnu is about to turn forty.

In competition for Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes Read More

Running Time: 16


Visible

15-year-old YouTuber activist Jo longs to be a name in social media. He is discovered by Astrid, a commercial photographer. At a photo shoot they both cross a line, longing for exposure.

In competition for Best LGBT+ Short and the Young Cineastes Award Read More

Running Time: 14


The Visit

After six months, Elahe is finally allowed to visit her husband, a political prisoner. Elaheh and her little daughter Tara have one single day to prepare for this important meeting.

In competition for the Best of the Festival Award Read More

Running Time: 14


Volcano

Hannah and Jess meet up at a tiki bar, seeing each other for the first time since Hannah’s romantic Mexico trip. Hannah has a lot to say about it, except what really happened.

In competition for Best International Short Read More

Running Time: 11


Waffle

Kerry is at a sleepover with the socially awkward, mysteriously orphaned heiress Katie. Kerry learns the hard way that Katie always gets what she wants.

In competition for Best Midnight Short Read More

Running Time: 11


Wally Wenda

A woman sailing solo across the Atlantic finds herself on the brink of starvation and must use her wits to figure out her next meal.

In competition for Best U.S. Short Read More

Running Time: 5


Wanted: Strong Woman

Nadege lacks the confidence to get what she wants from life... until the day she discovers a new passion that awakens the beast inside her.

In competition for Best International Short Read More

Running Time: 15


The Water Will Carry Us

An elegy to the countryside, an aging carpenter carries a hand-made mirror over and across the hills and streams of Zhejiang in search of a lost client.

In competition for Best International Short Read More

Running Time: 30


Welcome Strangers

Every night at 6pm, detained immigrants are legally released from a for-profit ICE facility onto unfriendly, industrial streets near Denver, Colorado. The men and women, most of them asylum-seekers, have little idea where they are and have nothing more than the clothes on their backs. Sarah Jackson, a young woman, searches the... Read More

Running Time: 21


What Did You Dream?

It’s the summer school holidays in 1990 South Africa, and 11-year-old Boipelo is back at her grandmother Koko’s four-roomed house in the Pretoria township, Atteridgeville. It’s a point of uncertainty for a country on the brink of democracy, but also for Boipelo, who will be attending a multiracial school soon. In competition... Read More

Running Time: 20


What We Were

Standing in the middle of a living room, Holger feels like a stranger in a house that used to be his home. Together with his ex-wife Sigrid and their daughters Silvi and Lara, he finds himself staring at Poldi, the freshly deceased family rabbit. The two girls decide that Poldi deserves a proper funeral, and, for the sake of... Read More

Running Time: 13


When Birds Fly Low

Since the disappearance of her father, eleven-year-old Elf has taken care of her little brother Jonas. Meanwhile, their mother withdraws more and more often upstairs in the house. As time passes, Elf crawls into her own world, where, peering over the water, she continues to yearn for her father. In competition for Best Student... Read More

Running Time: 13


Why Slugs Have No Legs

Slugs have a hard time keeping up with the pace of life in the city of insects. When a financial crisis hits, the industrious bees only see one solution.

In competition for Best Animated Short Read More

Running Time: 11


A Woman

A young, modern mother struggles to find her place in Baku, Azerbaijan, a place simultaneously Muslim and secular, progressive as it is traditional, and, like her, at a crossroads of seeming contradictions. Navigating the trappings of both conventional and modern female roles, she straddles the space between choice and... Read More

Running Time: 13



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