DTLA FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS:
WONDER WOMEN
Female filmmakers directing female lead actors. Women rule the world. Women rule cinema.
Total Running Time 96 minutes / 8 films
LAPS
USA | Narrative | 2016 | 6 min.
Director: Charlotte Wells
Additional Credits: Writer: Charlotte Wells, Producer: Joy Jorgensen, Cinematographer: Gregory Oke
On a routine morning, a woman on a crowded New York City subway is sexually assaulted in plain sight.
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Charlotte Wells
charlie@filmclub.co.uk
HOLD ON (HOUVAST)
Netherlands | Narrative | 2016 | 22 min.
Director: Charlotte Scott-Wilson
Additional Credits: Writers: Marielot van der Slikke, Charlotte Scott-Wilson, Producer: Trent, Cinematographer: Lennart Verstegen
During an important concert one of the strings of Kyra’s cello comes lose. She gets a panic attack and gets stage fright for the first time. Kyra tries everything to loose the panic attacks and be able to play again in front of an audience.
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Wouter Jansen
info@someshorts.com
FERTILE MYRTLE
USA | Narrative | 2017 | 4 min.
Director: Julie Orser
Additional Credits: Animator: Julie Orser, Production Assistant: Araceli Figueroa
One woman's absurdist struggle through the uncertain and frustrating path of infertility told in cutout animation.
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Julie Orser
j@julieorser.com
(OUT)CASTE
USA | Narrative | 2016 | 21 min.
Director: Shilpi Shikha Agrawal
Additional Credits: Writer: Shilpi Shikha Agrawal, Producer: Elena Aksenova, Cinematographer: Shilpi Shikha Agrawal
When a manual scavenger cannot continue her work, her 11-year-old daughter picks up where the mother left off.
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Shilpi Shikha Agrawal
s@shilpiagrawal.com
LUCIA, BEFORE AND AFTER
USA | Narrative | 2016 | 12 min.
Director: Anu Valia
Additional Credits: Writer: Anu Valia, Producer: Gabrielle Nadig, Cinematographer: Charlotte Hornsby
After traveling hundreds of miles, a woman must wait another twenty-four hours before she can get an abortion.
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Anu Valia
anuvalia@gmail.com
DONT F WITH ME
Australia | Narrative | 2016 | 11 min.
Director: Fiona Percival
Additional Credits: Writer: Gemma Pannell, Producer: Cathy Beitz
This film was made with over 1000 teenage girls via Facebook who shared stories about sexual assault.
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Fiona Percival
fiona@yopunky.com
LETTING GO
Sweden | Narrative | 2016 | 4 min.
Director: Nathalie Alvarez
Additional Credits: Writer: Nathalie Alvarez, Producer: Nathalie Alvarez
Sanna is forced to take care of her little brother when their mother is emotionally unavailable.
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Nathalie Alvarez
info@nathaliealvarez.com
BEAUTIFUL FIGURE (SZEP ALAK)
Hungary | Narrative | 2016 | 16 min.
Director: Hajni Kis
Additional Credits: Writers: Hajni Kis, Dániel Daoud, Producer: Miklós Bosnyák, Cinematographer: Ákos Nyoszoli
A high-school cleaning lady falls in love with one of the female students in the school. Her love is impossible from the beginning, but she still decides to show her feelings.
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Gábor Osváth
gosvath@gmail.com
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