Short Films #52FilmsByWomen #DirectedByWomen – In Progress
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Recently completing the #52FilmsByWomen challenge I'm embarking on another year.
This time as a further challenge to myself I will watch short films worldwide to fulfill my interest in this area.
Recently completing the #52FilmsByWomen challenge I'm embarking on another year.
This time as a further challenge to myself I will watch short films worldwide to fulfill my interest in this area.
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- DirectorShelly LaumanStarsMaeve DermodySam ParsonsonJoshua BrennanA woman walks alone to the train station. As she descends the stairs to the underground platform she smiles at a young man, he smiles back. With the smallest of gestures, the woman becomes caught in a subtle and sinister game.
- DirectorMirrah FoulkesStarsMaya StangeSara WestA woman walking her dog in the bush has a disturbing encounter with a young girl.
- DirectorDakota FanningStarsEve HewsonMalika SamuelYadira Guevara-PripAn apartment as a witness to someone's personal history, the kind of universal space in which we all find ourselves as we evolve into adulthood. An apartment as protagonist of the latest chapter of Miu Miu Women's Tales.
- DirectorRachael Belle MyersStarsJoe DavidsonDominic Di PaoloDominic di PauloTwo mates discuss the hardships of their lives over a bad cup of coffee, oblivious to the beauty and sadness surrounding them.
- DirectorKate TrefryStarsMaika MonroeJoe KeeryEvan MillerHow To Be Alone follows Lucy, as she struggles to survive an increasingly bizarre and horrifying night. Lucy most secret fears begin to manifest and attack her, she must fight for control of her mind, and ultimately her life.
- DirectorSara WestStarsJordan CowanOscar Redding
- DirectorJennifer KentStarsSusan PriorLuke Ikimis-HealeyTrash VaudevilleA mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
- DirectorCourtney HoffmanStarsLaura DernGarret DillahuntAlia ShawkatA group of women band together as they go to war against a pack of men who have done them wrong at every turn.
- DirectorElaine ConstantineStarsReese WitherspoonBenedict CumberbatchLaura DernThe 18 most prominent actors of 2014 pair up in a series of intimate encounters.
- DirectorDel Kathryn BartonStarsCate BlanchettArella PlaterAlex RussellA mother embodies a female redback spider, which eats its mate after sex.
- DirectorClaire McCarthyStarsMia WasikowskaDavid RobertsRhondda FindletonRobert tries to rekindle a relationship with his teenage daughters Emma and Zoe on their last holiday together before the divorce. He slowly begins to realize that not only has he lost access to all that he loves, but Emma, his youngest, maybe affected in a personal and destructive way.
- DirectorJovanka VuckovicStarsSkyler WexlerDarren BeatonRuby BeatonA darkly poetic fable that begins with a little girl drawing figures of people with chalk on the cement of a playground. She takes notice of an unusual crack in the pavement that is seeping a mysterious black fluid, which she follows to an ominous building. Inside, she encounters several bizarre phenomena, including walls that bleed black and tentacles that emerge from the ceiling to touch her. She then witnesses the birth of five terrifying supernatural beings that threaten the existence of her world.
- DirectorKinga BurzaStarsLuke Allen-GaleBen ChamberlainElla PurnellSet in contemporary London CANDY follows the story of Joe, a teenage suburban boy, who meets and instantly falls in love with a seemingly innocent young girl from his home town who now lives in London. As their impromptu encounter continues, Joe realizes her situation is much darker then he could have imagined. CANDY explores themes of love, addiction and the responsibilities linked to a loss of innocence as it follows Joe's journey and examines what lengths he is willing to go to rescue CANDY.
- DirectorLyndsay SarahStarsMikaela Binns-RorkeTaylor WieseLauren LofbergThe story follows Penny, a troubled runaway, who is picked up hitchhiking by a group of friends on a camping trip. But after trekking deep into the forest, Penny soon realises this group is not seeking the ideal camping spot after all, but something much more sinister. Now it's an epic fight for survival, as Penny pulls out all punches to be the last one standing.
- DirectorBen HowlingYolanda RamkeStarsAndy RodoredaAlison GallagherRuth VennStranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect his infant daughter.
- DirectorLogan GeorgeCeline HeldStarsVanessa WascheLogan GeorgeCharlotte ArnouxFueled by coke, a desperate couple attempts to capitalize on an unlikely opportunity.
- DirectorAoife McArdleStarsEmily LameyJosh ThompsonJay AndrewsSet on the streets of early 1980s Northern Ireland, the film is built around themes of emotional abandon and the uncertainty of romantic relationships. It follows two teenagers, one Catholic and the other Protestant, who fall in love amidst ongoing violence and the film's emotional core is centered around 'Every Breaking Wave' and 'The Troubles,' two tracks from Songs of Innocence.
- DirectorGiada ColagrandeStarsMaya SansaAnnie HartErika Spring ForsterIn this dark tale of an esoteric ritual, a woman enters a shadowy laboratory where three witches attend a bubbling cauldron, surrounded by hanging skeletons of dresses. She is disrobed, led to a bath, laid in the water and her finger pricked to draw blood. The witches circle, chanting in strange tongues. As the smoke clears, we see the woman has made the ultimate sacrifice, transforming herself into the object of her desire.
- DirectorHeidi Lee DouglasStarsMarigold PazarLeith AlexanderPeter HealyA forest protester gets bitten by a devil and transforms into a monster.
- DirectorJill GevargizianStarsNajarra TownsendJennifer PlasAngela DupuieClaire is a lonely hairstylist with an unnerving desire to escape her disappointing reality. When her final client of the evening arrives with the request to look perfect, Claire has plans of her own.
- DirectorVictoria Wharfe McIntyreStarsMark Coles SmithDean KyrwoodAlexis LaneWhen Miro returns home at the end of World War II he finds his land taken, his people gone, his daughter stolen and his service record treated with contempt, but the battlefield has taught him how to fight and he sets out to reunite his family waging his own form of justice.
- DirectorSo Yong KimStarsUrdur BergsdottirGuðlaug María BjarnadóttirSigrid Fanney Daregard"Mom's stable, asleep. Drive safe. Xoxo Dad." Soon after Elizabeth receives a text message, she finds out her mother isn't the only one lost in sleep. Elizabeth's car has broken down and it's freezing cold, with no signs of life nearby. She just has to wait, patiently.
- DirectorCarrie BrownsteinStarsLaura HarrierNatasha LyonneMahershala AliA young woman wishes for her idol to become her mother, her wish comes true and she shortly regrets her wish.
- DirectorNina BuxtonStarsBethany WhitmoreJoshua Charles DaweMayah FredesA teenage girl on her way home encounters a man who wants her attention.
- DirectorKate HudsonStarsVirginia MadsenDakota FanningKristen StewartWhen Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first car, an Olds Cutlass Supreme.