Film Categories: Work about Women

  • Coolie Gyal

    In this coming-out story, an honest and sincere letter is read from a daughter to her parents. A familial montage is incorporated with a heartfelt narrative filled with the expectations and anxieties of a young woman.

  • Children’s Voice, The (short version)

    “The Children’s Voice” is 30-minute documentary about an innovative children’s theatre that celebrates the heroic efforts of abused children and child witnesses of wife assault, to break the cycle of violence in their young lives. The courageous troupe of children, aged 9-12, banded together to collectively write and perform a play “TELL IT-Speak Your Peace on Violence,” based on their life stories and concerns. The film captures the children’s process of growth and empowerment that culminates with excerpts from their triumphant live performance for school groups and the general public. A 60-minute version also available.

  • original message

    Travelling home by train, Petra reflects on a long-distance relationship with a woman she loves. Through the text of her lover’s email messages, the entire course of a relationship is revealed. Italian, French and Spanish sub-titled versions available.

  • Listen

    A daughter’s “coming out” to her mother falls on deaf ears. Sometimes people just don’t want to listen. Awards: Best Canadian Female Short Award & Audience Choice Award for Best Short, Inside Out Festival, Toronto, 2004; Best Short Film for the 2005 Brussels Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; First Prize Animation, Planet Out Short Movie Awards 2005 Also available on QUEERS ON THE VERGE.

  • Manifesto for Love

    An old pop song. A public declaration. The glimpse of someone caught for a moment in the sunlight. The risking of everything in an unavoidable adventure. How do we know the meaning of love? “Manifesto for Love” is an experiment in shape, music, vision and words to try to find a new expression of love.

  • Daddy-O

    A father sounds off about his love for fishing, fatherhood and his gay daughter on a weekend fishing trip together.

  • Drama

    What are friends NOT for? A stunning, self-delusional fairweather friend reveals her best intentions, but destructive consequences, while housesitting for a week.

  • Pain

    A woman speaks of her painful discovery of and subsequent survival from breast cancer in the 1970s, and celebrates over 25 years of life after her mastectomy.

  • Life’s a Butch!

    A tried-and-true femme poses as a butch to win the femme or her dreams, but in a butch-femme world things are seldom as they seem. While her plan succeeds, the tables get turned.

  • Wet Dress

    An aloof and stunning butch is haunted by images of her dream femme one hot, steamy West Hollywood summer.