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A Quiet Summer
A 17-year-old girl faces social pressures from her conservative circle while she pursues her first summer romance. Things take a turn for the worst when her care-free cousin arrives in town.
Watch TrailerDirector: Sis Gurdal
12:05 minutes
I Am a Woman
A woman struggles with heartache, truth, acceptance and revenge under the shadow of misogyny.
Director: Sahar Mahmoudi
13:50 minutes
Brown Babies
When an aspiring black writer dies from a medical error while giving birth to twins, her husband must pick up the pieces of their life and fight for justice to avenge his fiancee’s wrongful death.
Watch TrailerDirector: Zaire Davis
16:13 minutes
The Folly of Paris, or, The Original Snub
A darkly comic feminist re-telling of the Greek myth “The Judgement of Paris,” in which a royal wedding guest list perpetrates an unforgivable snub, no one listens to Hera because she’s a woman, and Paris awards a golden apple allegedly to the Goddess he deems most beautiful, but really to whoever offers the most tantalizing bribe. Accompanied by and artfully choreographed to Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, movement the first (I. Poco Sostenuto – Vivace).
Director: Laura Lionetta
12:24 minutes
Behind Closed Doors
Caught in the web of an emotionally manipulative and abusive relationship, a woman grapples with her inner voice as she confronts the echoes of her own turmoil.
Watch TrailerPassword: MENTAL
Director: Bailey Reanne Roman
16:24 minutes
Don’t Fall From Grace
When Grace’s body is puppeteered by a mysterious entity, her Mother is desperate to break her from the trance.
Watch TrailerDirector: Carley Byers
10:52 minutes
Safety State
In the dystopian near future, a gay and a lesbian couple form an unlikely friendship as they flee the midwest for safety in a new State.
Watch TrailerDirector: Jeanette L. Buck
15:37 minutes
Witness
While trying to save her father’s life, a young woman wanders in the difficult dilemma of choosing between fear and conscience.
Watch TrailerDirector: Aida Tebianian
15 minutes