Film Categories: Work about Women

  • One Small Step

    Set in South Carolina on the eve of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon walk, “One Small Step” is a dramatic comedy about a rambunctious 8-year-old tomboy, Ernestine “Teen” Miller. Taught by her parents that she can be anything she wants to be, Teen learns that there is one exception to this rule when she announces to her mother that she is determined to “marry” the neighbour girl. Told from the point of view of an extremely creative and self -confident young girl, the film is a visual mixture of Teen’s real family interactions juxtaposed against her fanciful daydream life. Teen’s…

  • Snailfingers

    On her immigration flight to Canada, Lailey, a young Iranian woman, encounters Snailfingers, an ancient aboriginal water-spirit. When Lailey and Snailfingers make contact, their stories become intertwined and unfold simultaneously. The drama chronicles a slice from the lives of Lailey and her sister Parvaneh, attending ESL school. Here Lailey meets Claire, the teacher’s assistant, a disillusioned lesbian of colour who represents the Sapphic voice. The secular lives of the three women are juxtaposed with Snailfingers’ spiritual existence. A poetic narrative presents glimpses of Snailfingers as she embarks on a healing quest. Several montages featuring water as the quintessential Yin element…

  • POM

    This documentary is the story (saga) of whiskey-swilling, chain-smoking Joanna, who tries out for the University of Texas pom pom squad. In her words, “I don’t want to stand on the sidelines doing nothing, I want to stand on the sidelines doing something!” This funny video explores the relationship between gender and performance.

  • Rude Girls & Green Bananas

    A black comedy about the trials and tribulations of party-going through the eyes of a woman remembering a traumatic childhood birthday party. Seven-year-old Brenda, longing to be cool and popular, shows up at Camilla Brown’s 8th birthday party. She is greeted by ridicule and taunting, not only at the hands of the other children, but also Mrs. Brown, Camilla’s mom. A twist in the story may lead the viewer to wonder whether the fear of parties we have as children ever really ends. Do we all still have a seven-year-old lurking inside us?

  • Sparklehorse

    With “Sparklehorse”, Gariné Torossian returns to the collage style of filmmaking explored in her earlier films, “Visions,” “Girl From Moush,” and “Drowning In Flames.” “Sparklehorse” subtly conveys, with characteristic poetry, the ways in which people communicate with and value each other in a world of spiralling meditation. The film is divided into three distinct sections: “Happy Man,” “Good Morning Spider” and “Hundreds of Sparrows.” “Happy Man” suggests a friendship conducted always at a distance – all of the images are presented using formal distancing techniques such as colour, collage and printing. At the same time the soundtrack combines a “repressed”…

  • Rape

    A painful story of a follow-up interview with a rape victim, Anita. In an effort to get to the truth, the police officer, Detective Voss, has the difficult task of asking probing questions about an event Anita would much prefer to forget. No less disturbing than the questions he asks is the truth that is finally revealed.

  • TRANSIT: Adventures of a Boy in the Big City

    A young Berliner reflects on how the radical changes to Berlin’s architecture and flow influences the emergence of his transgenderism. Ati walks through the city and shows the locations and spaces which help shape his daily life. Cruising in the Tiergarten, going shopping for suits or hardware, getting ready to dance foxtrot in Cafe Fatale, Berlin’s “queer carousel,” on Sunday night. A portrait of a thoughtful boy confronting the incompletion of both his body and his city.

  • Hair Pie

    A tale of sweet revenge between two bake-off buckaroos.

  • Breakfast with Gus

    A cat’s eye view of Gus’ attempt to get attention, and, most importantly, breakfast, from his busy humans. Eventually Gus does what any self respecting cat would do and takes matters into his own paws.

  • Baking with Butch, Episode 1

    “Seduce Her with Dessert” Guest Chef Lex Vaughn talks with Host Nina Levitt about how to pick up ladies with her specialty “Poached Pears on Puff Pastry.” What starts out as a suave preparation begins to deteriorate as Lex gets more excited — with hilarious results!