Firstly, thank you to Melanie Belmonte, the Femme Filmmakers Festival Delegate, who was a huge part of selecting these films. And boy, was it tough. Finding just 20 short films for the official selection from countless, excellent films was tricky business.
So, as well as those 20 shorts, speed across the 10 days of the online festival, are 23 feature films and a bunch of out of competition shorts. Our plan is, of course, to showcase all of these films – be it with streaming info, reviews, interviews, podcast appearances and discussions, extensive promotional activities etc.
Take at look at what’s on offer, and make sure your diary is clear from 20th to 29th September.
DAY ONE – Friday 20th September
Pulsar (Aurora Fearnley) — Festival Opener – short film out of competition
Ballin’ With No Balls (Emma Kreienberg) — short film Official Selection
Control (Kimmy Gatewood) — short film Official Selection
Little Pyongyang (Roxy Rezvany) — short film Official Selection
Suffragette (Sarah Gavron)
La Pointe-Courte (Agnès Varda)
DAY TWO – Saturday 21st September
Salam (Claire Fowler) — short film Official Selection
Earth • People • Words (Dayna Reggero) — short film Official Selection
Fitting (Emily Avila) — short film out of competition
Paper Trail (Emily Brown) — short film out of competition
Thirteen (Catherine Hardwick)
My Skinny Sister (Sanna Lenken)
Le Bonheur (Agnès Varda)
DAY THREE – Sunday 22nd September
It’s Been Too Long (Amber Schaefer) — short film Official Selection
Family Portrait (Kelly Holmes) — short film Official Selection
Presentation (Danielle Kampf) — short film out of competition
Still Drifting (Lisa Williams) — short film out of competition
Capernaum (Nadine Labaki)
The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda)
DAY FOUR – Monday 23rd September
The Dress You Have On (Courtney Hope Therond) — short film Official Selection
Night Walks (Julie Rodrigue) — short film Official Selection
On My Way (Mary Dauterman) — short film out of competition
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Angela Robinson)
The Rider (Chloé Zhao)
DAY FIVE – Tuesday 24th September
In Full Bloom (Maegan Houang) — short film Official Selection
The Law of Averages (Elizabeth Rose) — short film Official Selection
Trauma on Tape (Danielle Rooker) — short film out of competition
Mary Goes Round (Molly McGlynn)
A Simple Life (Ann Hui)
DAY SIX – Wednesday 25th September
Soledad (Jenn Page) — short film Official Selection
Hyphen (Maria Servellon) — short film Official Selection
Sour (Daniela Sherer) — short film out of competition
On Her Shoulders (Alexandria Bombach)
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers (Angelina Jolie)
DAY SEVEN – Thursday 26th September
EVE (Lola Rose Bond) — short film Official Selection
Thanksgiving (Van B. Nguyen) — short film Official Selection
Back into the Dark (Bea Landers) — short film out of competition
Nancy (Christina Choe)
News From Home (Chantal Akerman)
DAY EIGHT – Friday 27th September
Body World (Kitty Faingold) — short film Official Selection
Once Upon a Line (Alicja Jasina) — short film Official Selection
Somewhere (Mélody Boulissière) — short film Official Selection
Laymun (Catherine Prowse, Hannah Quinn) — short film out of competition
Tigers Are Not Afraid (Issa López)
Revenge (Coralie Fargeat)
DAY NINE – Saturday 28th September
Golf! (Julia Bales) — short film Official Selection
The Morning After (Lauren Minnerath) — short film Official Selection
Comedy School for Girls (Moreen Littrell) — short film out of competition
Attraction (Emily Scaife) — short film out of competition
A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada)
Somersault (Cate Shortland)
Evolution (Lucile Hadžihalilović)
DAY TEN – Sunday 29th September
Locker Room (Greta Nash) — short film out of competition
Opening Night (Margaret Bialis) — short film out of competition
Gold (Cleo Samoles-Little) — short film out of competition
Little Women (Gillian Armstrong)
Edge of Seventeen (Kelly Fremon Craig)
Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)