Film Categories: Work by Women

  • UUFO

    “UUFO” consists of six short chapters/stories. Each chapter describes a memory. The film deals with conflicting interpretations of China from the 1960s onwards, contrasting past generations’ stories with my own generation’s interpretations. UUFO stands for Universal Unidentified Flying Object.

  • The Shiva Callers

    When a closeted woman’s girlfriend shows up unexpectedly to her grandfather’s shiva, she must do anything in her power to stop her family from finding out.

  • REBIRTH

    “A dance ritual which turns into recreation of the self.” Transformation is a dance ritual. With every move you are born again. With every little step, you cut the umbilical cord. With every turn, you create a new shell.

  • Sira

    ‘Sira’, in Arabic, literally translated, means biography. Arabs are a people known for their oral tradition. Through excavated footage and narration, Sira examines the displacement of a family, beginning with the event that catapulted their exodus from Kuwait as a result of the Iraqi invasion.

  • End Conversion Therapy

    A survivor of conversion therapy navigates the New York dating scene.

  • Presentation

    Holly, an anxiety-ridden high school sophomore, is faced with the challenge of giving a class presentation. As a result, she considers self medicating with Xanax.

  • Bobbi and Sheelagh

    Bobbi meets a mythological creature whose ancient battle for acceptance helps Bobbi overcome her own fears of being herself – a young lesbian. This animated short has been created in a traditional method with thousands of hand painted cells and pencil crayon backgrounds. Featuring Canadian actor Nisha Ahuja and Irish actor Mel Bradley.

  • America

    An Iranian journalist couple wants to move to America to escape the difficulties of their country. The woman receives her visa but her husband doesn’t. He stays in Iran and watches his wife find success on television and falls into a state of depression.

  • Beat

    Caleb is a dancer. He’s also deaf. Caleb experiences music through feeling—and when he meets Thaddeus, a local musician, he begins to feel a lot. A mutual interest in music (and one another) brings the two young men together. Sometimes, love doesn’t have to be complicated.

  • Five Feminist Minutes

    A compilation of 16 short films on feminist issues made by independent Canadian women filmmakers. Contents: 1. Family secrets / by Lorna Boschman and Kim Blain 2. New shoes / by Ann Marie Fleming 3. Escapades of one particular Mr. Noodle / by Sook-Yin Lee 4. A letter from Violet / by Elaine Pain 5. Too tough / by Marie Annharte Baker 6. No choice / by Christene Browne 7. We’re talking vulva / by Shawna Dempsey and Tracey Traeger 8. Exposure / by Michelle Mohabeer 9. Prowling by night / by Gwendolyn 10. Shaggie / by Janis Cole 11.…