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Women in Film

Honoring women directors and actresses whose voices and visions shape the landscape of contemporary cinema.

Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, SLIFF Kids, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

25 Cats From Qatar

Film 25 Cats From Qatar Directed by Mye Hoang When the owner of Milwaukee’s Sip and Purr Cat Café, learns of the feral cat crisis in Qatar,…
Shorts Competition, Show-Me Cinema, Women in Film

A Bird in the Field

Film A Bird in the Field Directed by Marielle Morrow When an ornithologist’s funding gets cut, her nurturing of abandoned bird eggs leads to a transformation as her…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

A Good Death

Film A Good Death Directed by Mia Hagerty Nurse Karen Morin helps terminally ill patients acquire life-ending medications as they prepare for their final moments on…
Human Rights, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

A MAN with SOLE: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

Film A MAN with SOLE: The Impact of Kenneth Cole Directed by Dori Berinstein With heart & ’sole’ and unflinching determination, global fashion icon and activist Kenneth Cole has put ‘cause' before…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Women in Film

Ali Eats America

Film Ali Eats America Directed by Greg Morris, Roush Niaghi Ali Allouche, a teenage cancer survivor, braves his way through treatments and chemotherapy with dreams of a culinary…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

All of Us Girls

Film All of Us Girls Directed by Yifeng Wang In a series of late-night conversations, Yifeng breaks the culture of silence surrounding sexual assault by opening up…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Alone in Tehran

Film Alone in Tehran Directed by Amen sahraei A girl in a silenced, nearly abandoned city, with nothing but her phone, she began to record the…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Women in Film

Apollon By Day Athena By Night

Film Apollon By Day Athena By Night Directed by Emine Yildirim RAISED AS AN ORPHAN, DEFNE, A CRANKY NEWBIE PSYCHIC, FINDS HERSELF IN THE ANCIENT TOWN OF SIDE (ANTALYA),…
Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

AT SEE

Film AT SEE Directed by Serena Dykman
A group of blind travelers navigate a commercial cruise ship with their guide dogs.
Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

Barbie Boy

Film Barbie Boy Directed by Remi Gabriel Simon reflects on the day before his sister's wedding, in which Simon and his Abuela prepare for the…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Women in Film

Beautiful evening, beautiful day

Film Beautiful evening, beautiful day Directed by Ivona Juka
Four close friends, Lovro (21), Nenad (20), Stevan (22), and Ivan (20), fought against the Ustashas and Nazis…
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Show-Me Cinema, Women in Film

Bellywash

Film Bellywash Directed by Isabella Josephine Leon Inspired by a true story about an 18th century ornamental hermit and a young girls fantastical perspective on…
Race in America: The Black Experience, Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

Black Longevity

Film Black Longevity Directed by Geneva Peschka Black Longevity follows a remarkable group of Black elders, including a centenarian, as they defy societal expectations by…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Brewer

Film Brewer Directed by Erika Valenciana As four brewers navigate their way through the beer crafting process, BREWER juxtaposes poetic visuals of the brewing…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Women in Film

BUNNYLOVR

Film BUNNYLOVR Directed by Katarina Zhu A drifting Chinese American cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Classroom 4

Film Classroom 4 Directed by Eden Wurmfeld CLASSROOM 4 is the story of an award-winning professor teaching "The History of Crime and Punishment" inside a…
Shorts Competition, Show-Me Cinema, Women in Film

Crossing

Film Crossing Directed by Vicky Chen An aide to Death struggles to help her first soul cross over to the afterlife.
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Daniel Van den Berg is Dead

Film Daniel Van den Berg is Dead Directed by Ali Baharlou Daniel van den Berg is wrongly declared dead in the pension system and no longer receives his pension.…
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

Dears in the Headlights

Film Dears in the Headlights Directed by Julia Jansch Dears in the Headlights isn't about death as an end. It's about death as something to carry, to…
QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

Deuce

Film Deuce Directed by Margot Budzyna Two best friends, Michael & Addie, grapple with a divide they cannot articulate as summer's end brings the…
QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

elle/elle

Film elle/elle Directed by Kelley Kalí After hosting a disastrous dinner party, a long term couple fights for their marriage and identities triggered by…
Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

Espina

Film Espina Directed by Daniel Poler Bitter after losing his job, Venezuelan expat Jonathan recruits a down-on-her-luck actress and a cynical playboy to aid…
Animation, Fine Arts Spotlight, Race in America: The Black Experience, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Exhibition

Film Exhibition Directed by Tea' Vincent Exhibition follows an artist going through his first death, the loss of passion. Critics scrutinize the artist, suffocating…
Race in America: The Black Experience, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Shorts, Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

EXODUS

Film EXODUS Directed by Nimco Sheikhaden EXODUS is a character-driven, cinematic portrait of life after incarceration. The film follows two women, Trinity Copeland and…
Race in America: The Black Experience, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

Exodus

Film Exodus Directed by Bob Miller A college and a village elder evacuate thousands to their homeland during the height of Sudan's current civil…
Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Firewall

Film Firewall Directed by Bita Ghassemi Ani, an Iranian-American girl in Texas longs for her father, lost and unreachable due to an internet firewall…
Human Rights, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Race in America: The Black Experience, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

For Venida, For Kalief

Film For Venida, For Kalief Directed by Sisa Bueno FOR VENIDA, FOR KALIEF debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder- an African-American teenager…
American Indie Spotlight, New Filmmakers Forum, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

Forge

Film Forge Directed by Jing Ai Ng In Miami, siblings Raymond and Coco Zhang’s art forgery ring flourishes when they encounter a disgraced millionaire in…
Asian Focus, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Women in Film

Gingerbread for her dad

Film Gingerbread for her dad Directed by Alina Mustafina Three generations of women from one family travel from Kazakhstan to Poland to find the grave of the…
American Indie Spotlight, Women in Film

Hello Beautiful

Film Hello Beautiful Directed by Ziad H Hamzeh When world-renowned model Willow is diagnosed with breast cancer, her life of beauty and success collapses overnight. Stripped…
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Highway To The Moon

Film Highway To The Moon Directed by Letitia Wright Highway to the Moon is a coming-of-age fantasy drama that unravels the mysterious aftermath of young boys whose...
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Hilda O. vs. The State of New York

Film Hilda O. vs. The State of New York Directed by Alison Cornyn, Heather Greer "Hilda O. vs. The State of New York" follows 81-year-old Hilda Onley between deposition and court judgment as…
Asian Focus, QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Holy Curse

Film Holy Curse Directed by Snigdha Kapoor During a visit to India, 11-year-old Radha battles with family members who believe that an ancestral curse is…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Women in Film

Holy Electricity

Film Holy Electricity Directed by Tato Kotetishvili
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

I Do Without You

Film I Do Without You Directed by Vivian Miranda Newly engaged and totally friendless, Amelia decides to ask her high school ex-best friend to be her maid…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Idle Warriors

Film Idle Warriors Directed by Molly Stark-Ragsdale After a citizen enforcement law passed in 2018, a posse of environmental bounty hunters now roam the streets…
Fine Arts Spotlight, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Women in Film

In Hell With Ivo

Film In Hell With Ivo Directed by Kristina Nikolova Bulgarian queer artist Ivo Dimchev captivates audiences worldwide with his electrifying art shows, which blend singing and songwriting,…
American Indie Spotlight, Fine Arts Spotlight, Women in Film

In Transit

Film In Transit Directed by Jaclyn Bethany When a complacent young bartender living in small-town Maine agrees to model for a existentially floundering painter on…
Race in America: The Black Experience, Shorts Competition, Show-Me Cinema, Women in Film

INTRUDER

Film INTRUDER Directed by Camille Casmier A young white man in Brooklyn grows suspicious of his black downstairs neighbor after letting her use his…
Fine Arts Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Kusi Smiles

Film Kusi Smiles Directed by Sisa Quispe https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30744556/
Human Rights, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Women in Film

Land of Canaan

Film Land of Canaan Directed by Maggie Lemere Land of Canaan depicts the evolving and nurturing relationship between farming families and thousands-of-year-old olive trees in the…
Human Rights, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

Land With No Rider

Film Land With No Rider Directed by Tamar Lando In a remote corner of Southwestern New Mexico, the last cowboys eke out a fragile survival between industrial…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, SLIFF Kids, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

LOOKING UP

Film LOOKING UP Directed by Elena Neuman LOOKING UP tells the inspiring story of Eitan Armon, a young man battling progressive blindness who refuses to…
Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Women in Film

Love Chaos Kin

Film Love Chaos Kin Directed by Chithra Jeyaram An unexpected pregnancy compels an Indian immigrant mother to help her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White…
Race in America: The Black Experience, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Magan’s Fare

Film Magan’s Fare Directed by Chris Knoblock, Dana White Magan, a ride-share driver, takes Jorani, an older woman with mild dementia, back to her nursing home on…
American Indie Spotlight, New Filmmakers Forum, Show-Me Cinema, Women in Film

Magic Hour

Film Magic Hour Directed by Jacqueline Christy Harriet, a once-promising filmmaker, is stuck in the suburbs of New Jersey. Alienated from her cheating husband and…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

MILK BABY

Film MILK BABY Directed by Kristen Gerweck Diaz When Kei checks into the Dream Baby Maternity Home, she initially has no reason to suspect that anything…
International Spotlight, Women in Film

MOTHER MARA

Film MOTHER MARA Directed by Mirjana Karanovic Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, is heartbroken after her son Nemanja’s untimely death. She becomes emotionally…
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Never Hike Alone

Film Never Hike Alone Directed by Alison Kertz, Beth Gallagher "In her true crime podcast “Never Hike Alone,” Liz investigates and reports on women who have gone missing…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Oceanbone

Film Oceanbone Directed by Lani Cupchoy Stolen ancestors lie in museum vaults, waiting to return home. Oceanbone is a poetic reckoning with history, confronting…
Animation, Fine Arts Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History

Film Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History Directed by Cheri Gaulke Feminist scholar, Susan Rennie, seizes her iPhone and sneaks her queer, octogenarian body into master works of art,…
Shorts, Women in Film

OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage

Film OUTCRY: Alchemists of Rage Directed by Clare Major A short film that follows artist and activist Whitney Bradshaw as she photographs womxn mid-scream during transformational gatherings...
Animation, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Ovary-Acting

Film Ovary-Acting Directed by Ida Melum While stuck at her sister’s baby shower a thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Post Conviction

Film Post Conviction Directed by Margaret Byrne Post Conviction exposes the miscarriage of justice endured by Roosevelt Myles, a man whose fight for exoneration in…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Women in Film

Reading The World

Film Reading The World Directed by Catherine Murphy, Iris de Oliveira Told through the collective memories of students that participated in the “Culture Circles,” learning to read and write,...
Fine Arts Spotlight, International Spotlight, Robert French & French-Language Focus, Women in Film

Real Faces

Film Real Faces Directed by Leni Huyghe An ambitious casting agent, relocates to Brussels after a breakup and forms an unexpected kinship that inspires her…
Human Rights, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

Remaining Native

Film Remaining Native Directed by Paige Bethmann Ku Stevens (17) is the solo runner at his high school with no coach. Living on the Yerington…
Asian Focus, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Restraining Order

Film Restraining Order Directed by Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit Dori issued a restraining order against her violent husband but she didn’t imagine he would find a way...
Animation, Asian Focus, Fine Arts Spotlight, International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

Rocked by the Wind

Film Rocked by the Wind Directed by Hsiao-Shan Huang Yearning to connect with his bandmates and wanting a break from chores, high school senior Shuan headed to…
Shorts Competition, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

Sally, Get the Potatoes

Film Sally, Get the Potatoes Directed by Danicah Waldo A little girl's innocence is shattered when she takes an unexpected ride in her wealthy family's rolling laundry…
Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Stay Out Of The Sun

Film Stay Out Of The Sun Directed by Nidhi Kumar, Vivienne Ayres, Zola Franchi A scrapbook of vignettes featuring individuals’ experiences with colorism, recounting the messages they received about skin tone during…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

Steal This Story, Please!

Film Steal This Story, Please! Directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin Undeterred by armed soldiers, smooth-talking politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Stitches

Film Stitches Directed by Victoria Frings While recovering from an episode of self-harm, Ava decides to sew a dress from scratch. Her sister, Gillian,…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Strike Night

Film Strike Night Directed by Sam Sowerby Three bowling alley employees struggling during their last shift of summer when they find themselves trapped in with…
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

The blue bench

Film The blue bench Directed by Judith Hidalgo Five years after their breakup, Eric and Lisa reunite on the blue bench, where old promises and new…
Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Race in America: The Immigrant Experience, Women in Film

The Gas Station Attendant

Film The Gas Station Attendant Directed by Karla Murthy As a young boy, H. N. Shantha Murthy ran away from home to escape the extreme poverty of…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

The Halfway Between All This

Film The Halfway Between All This Directed by Alison Cornyn, Heather Greer "The Halfway Between All This" is a conversation and a meditation on the role of images and trauma…
Shorts Competition, Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

The Last Jews Of Guantanamo

Film The Last Jews Of Guantanamo Directed by Yael Bridge There are a little over 200,000 people who live in Guantanamo, roughly 50 of whom are Jewish. In…
International Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

The Pearl Comb

Film The Pearl Comb Directed by Ali Cook In 1893, an endearing Cornish fisherman’s wife captures the attention of the medical profession as the first person…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Robert French & French-Language Focus, SLIFF Kids, Spanish-Language Focus, Spotlight On Inspiration, Women in Film

The Ramba Effect

Film The Ramba Effect Directed by Claire Sandberg Guided by compassionate experts and a devoted team of volunteers, Ramba, an Asian elephant who endured 50 years…
International Spotlight, Show-Me Cinema, Spanish-Language Focus, Women in Film

The Star I Lost

Film The Star I Lost Directed by Luz Orlando Brennan The great actress Norma Reyes agreed to play all kinds of roles throughout her life except that of…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Show-Me Cinema, Women in Film

The Threads That Bind: St. Louis Women’s Quilting, Culture & Hope

Film The Threads That Bind: St. Louis Women’s Quilting, Culture & Hope Directed by Paulette Sankofa The Threads That Bind brings together eleven women of diverse cultural backgrounds from across St. Louis—African American, Cherokee,…
Human Rights, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Women in Film

The Travelers

Film The Travelers Directed by David Bingong On the border between Morocco and Spain, we wait impatiently for the "boza" - to cross to Europe.…
American Indie Spotlight, New Filmmakers Forum, Women in Film

The War Between

Film The War Between Directed by Deborah Correa Set in the Arizona Territory during the early days of the Civil War, The War Between is a…
Fine Arts Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

They Call Me The Tattoo Witch

Film They Call Me The Tattoo Witch Directed by Lindsay Nyman In Hanoi, Vietnam, tattoo artist Tran Ngoc specializes in the rare and challenging art of tattooing over scars.…
Shorts Competition, Women in Film

This Blows

Film This Blows Directed by Talia Smith An 11-year-old girl’s misunderstanding of a "blow job” sets her babysitter on a chaotic mission to save her…
Fine Arts Spotlight, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Tiger

Film Tiger Directed by Loren Waters “Tiger” highlights an Indigenous award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist and elder, Dana Tiger, her family, and the resurgence of…
American Indie Spotlight, Women in Film

Tow

Film Tow Directed by Stephanie Laing Tow charts the true story of Amanda Ogle, a homeless Seattle woman who fought her way out of…
Asian Focus, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, SLIFF Kids, Women in Film

Turtle Walker

Film Turtle Walker Directed by Taira Malaney In the late 1970s, Satish Bhaskar embarked on an epic journey along India's coastline and the spectacular Andaman…
International Spotlight, Robert French & French-Language Focus, Shorts Competition, Women in Film

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Film Two People Exchanging Saliva Directed by Alexandre Singh, Natalie Musteata In a society where kissing is punishable by death and people pay for things with slaps to the…
Race in America: The Black Experience, Women in Film

Undercard

Film Undercard Directed by Tamika Miller When CHERYL “NO MERCY” STEWART, a two-time former boxing champion and recovering alcoholic attempts to reconnect with the...
Environmental Focus, Women in Film

CLIMATE SUMMIT II – Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong

Film CLIMATE SUMMIT II – Unless Something Goes Terribly Wrong Directed by Alex Wolf Lewis, Kaitlyn Schwalje As America’s aging wastewater systems begin to fail, one plant and its motley crew of unlikely heroes do…
American Indie Spotlight, Women in Film

YOUNG KING

Film YOUNG KING Directed by Bryant T Griffin Diondre Howell, a war veteran with undiagnosed PTSD, finds solace with Fatimah, a young woman in the process…