Film Categories: Work by Women

  • U

    Facts on farts. An intimate introduction to the fine art of the fart. Starts and departs with a fart, with great music from rears to ears.

  • Don’t You Worry, It Will Probably Pass

    “Are you there? A girl who is attracted to both boys and girls?” “Don’t You Worry, It Will Probably Pass” is an unencumbered look at three girls who responded to this ad in an internet chat room. This was the same classified ad the filmmaker, Cecilia Neant-Falk, had placed in a magazine some 15 years earlier when she too was a lonely and confused teenager. Using the internet this time, she begins her exploration of the coming out experience for a new generation of queer girls. From the overwhelming response to her ad, she found three young women, My, Natalie…

  • Children’s Voice, The

    “The Children’s Voice” is an hour-long 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 30-minute version is also available.

  • Las Amigas Bonitas

    A girl escapes from her own private hell to the grocery store. Selected screenings & awards: Bettye Nowlin Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, Cinematexas International Film Festival, 2002; Mix Festival NYC; Frameline; San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Outfest; Slamdance; Berlin Lesbian Film Festival; London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Invisible Hand, The

    A dazzling confluence of stop-motion chalk drawings illustrate this story about greed, gambling, bankruptcy and confession. The cast of characters includes Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco), Kenneth Lay (Enron), Jeffrey Skilling (Enron), Andrew Fastow (Enron), Bernard Ebbers (Worldcom), Sam Waksal (ImClone) and Martha Stewart (ImClone), among others. Selected screenings & awards: Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour, 2004; Best Short Documentary, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Montana, USA, 2005; MadCat Women’s International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2005

  • 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.