Short Film
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Father Like Son Interview: Anna Kuelken
"I wanted to show that it's not easy to be a farmer. You gotta work really hard. It's a different life and I really admire my parents for it."
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The Pregnant Ground Interview: Haolu Wang
“I like to present complex, bold and unconventional women characters as they are, without much explanation, and let the audience simply react to them.”
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Reelworld Film Festival 2019 Interview: Tonya Williams
“We also have a hand in creating a new and more realistic vision on what being a woman is (and it’s not about being pretty arm candy for men to ogle). We need more female characters that are smart — not pretty and smart, but just plain old smart.”
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Volcano Interview: Karen Moore
“The idea came from personal experience — both with romantic relationships and friendships. I’ve been both women in the film and it’s a sort of exploration of those different people that exist within us.”
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Fauve Interview: Maria Gracia Turgeon
“For years, the brilliance of female filmmakers has been overlooked or stifled. Let us give women from the past and now their due so that young filmmakers can easily name five female filmmakers when asked which filmmaker they admire.”
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7A Interview: Kayla Lorette
“In my work, I want to create space for myself and other women to feel they can explore complicated emotions and play nuanced and strange characters. I never want to feel restricted in my impulses. I never want to shy away from the darker parts of my mind. Perhaps that’s an obvious thing to say, but being a woman makes that feel political.”
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A Woman’s Block Interview: Rebeccah Love
“A part of me feels that we are collectively experiencing a loneliness epidemic. I am curious to find out how cinema alleviates the pain of this loneliness.”
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Jessica Jessica Interview: Jasper Savage
“I feel so odd to have to justify the idea that women deserve to be treated equally with equal opportunity. To not have to continuously feel like you are only on this planet for the enjoyment of the straight male.”
