Women Filmmakers

Women at the helm.


Soukoon

While her marital life decays, Mariam worries she might be pregnant.

In competition for the Best of the Festival Award and Best Student International Short Read More

Running Time: 14


Souvenir

A father and daughter take an extraordinary journey through their memories.

In competition for Best Animated Short Read More

Running Time: 14


So What if the Goats Die

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow in order to get food and save his cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.

In competition for Best International Short Read More

Running Time: 24


Space Clouds

How do you keep someone's memory alive after they die? A mother and son try to figure it out together, taking a circuitous journey through archival photos, collage, and uneaten avocado.

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Running Time: 9


The Spark

Maya is an apprentice in a welding workshop. She likes her boss, maybe a little too much. The day she gets hurt, she keeps quiet to preserve the business. But when she discovers that she is being manipulated, Maya decides to take justice into her own hands.

In competition for the Best of the Festival Award and Best LGBT+ Short Read More

Running Time: 23


The Speech

May 2003, Beijing, China. The SARS outbreak is real. The city is closed. Most students have been sent home. Inside a private boarding school, three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world.

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Running Time: 25


Stallions

A young Palestinian horse breeder named Abdel Naser Musleh and his family navigate the difficulties of raising champion Arabian horses in the West Bank—where access to vets and training facilities always seems to be a checkpoint away.

In competition for the Local Jury Award Read More

Running Time: 30


The Starr Sisters

Patte and Randa Starr are fun experts. After overcoming a dark past, these sisters are committed to living out the childhood they never had.

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Running Time: 15


Starry Night

With her future hanging in the balance, Cara has a choice to make – abandon her sisters, and pursue her dream in London? Or sacrifice herself, so that one day they too might stand a chance?

In competition for Best Student International Short Read More

Running Time: 14


Status Pending

With immigration law under attack, five first-generation immigration lawyers (who call themselves “The Tribe”) strive to help immigrants obtain safety and status in the United States.

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Running Time: 26


Still Working

In an abandoned factory destined to be demolished, the routine of Pavel, the caretaker, is disturbed by the arrival of a young engineer who discovers an unusual electric activity, a running turbine. Pavel will be faced with the imminent disappearance of the factory and the end of his universe… WINNER: Best Student International... Read More

Running Time: 17


Still Wylde

Gertie and her on again/off again boyfriend, Sam, are changed forever when they decide to become a family after a surprise pregnancy.

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

Running Time: 12


Stuff

When there is a break-in in her home, interior buyer Helen is in shock. Many of her possessions with which she had dear relationships are taken from her. She soon discovers she has lost a part of herself that is not easy to replace.

In competition for Best International Short Read More

Running Time: 13


Such a Beautiful Town

Morning. Woman wakes up, goes to the window and, to her surprise, notices her boyfriend kissing another woman on the street. Disoriented, she runs out of the apartment to confront him, but the man is not there anymore. In order to find him, she embarks on a lonely journey throughout the city, which with each subsequent street... Read More

Running Time: 8


Sundays at the Triple Nickel

On Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill, Harlem, Marjorie Eliot is making sure her apartment building’s iconic jazz legacy lives on. Marjorie and her son have been hosting jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for the past 26 years, a pursuit of overcoming grief through music.

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Running Time: 13



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