Short Films :: Women-Produced

Women produced short film projects.

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  • Wahala Be Like Bicycle - Disaster Date

    Deola finally gets to go on a date with the man she’s been chatting with since the lockdown. Little does she know that she’s in for a night of her life.

  • Islandtrification

    Islandtrification documents the journey of Kānaka Maoli families resisting predatory gentrification on Maui, Hawaii, which has a deep history of displacing locals due to economic development-agribusiness and remains the prime spot for the world elite to build their multimillion-dollar estates.

  • Do It For Grandma

    After her cousin turns a routine bank visit into a robbery to pay for their grandmother's funeral, a goody two shoes must find a way to hide the cash and keep them both out of prison.

  • Desaparecida

    A young woman lives a quiet life,with a new romance at hand, until she finds her own image on a missing person poster.

  • A Token of the Heart

    Determined to prove her morality, a kind-hearted and conflicted woman must fight to escape the extortion of her assignments as a contract killer.
    A Token of the Heart is intended to show an exaggerated situation of a very real contemplation that people face every day: the choice of prioritizing t...

  • Nice To Meet You

    Two strangers form an unexpected connection that leads them on a journey of self-discovery and ultimately reshapes the course of their lives forever.

  • Wild Birds

    “Wild Birds” takes a poetic approach in raising awareness to some of the main issues concerning Latinx communities: home, forced immigration, and “belonging”. It takes place in Highlandtown (and its surrounding neighborhoods), known to be one of the most culturally rich areas in Baltimore that pr...

  • Running Star

    Afraid that her success and freedom may have all been an illusion, a young woman, endlessly repeating the same enslaved history of her ancestors, finally breaks away.

    A cautionary tale of self and societal oppression and the cyclical/intergenerational trauma of our past and present. It’s “Goldil...

  • Split Ends

    Rosa is an exhausted mother of a newborn baby and an owner of a village hairdressing salon. One day, a beautiful young widow Ines returns to the village and asks for a job in the salon. The return of Ines stirs the village, and also Rosa's baby who cannot stop crying. Rosa is spiraling into the p...

  • The Source 1996

    A saturation diver discovers an old sea chest at the bottom of the underwater oil rig in the southern Caribbean Sea and carries the chest away with her. To her surprise, the chest brings unforeseeable trouble for her manager on the ship.

  • Love Is A Losing Game

    Ramona, a somber spirit, has her (after)world rocked when she falls for a living man.

  • Mitja Lluna I L'estel

    "Mitja Lluna i l'Estel" captivates through a handcrafted short film, blending Al-Andalus' symbolism. Using 2D pencil animations, it unfolds in Granada's Alhambra. A young woman's initiatory journey unfolds against a backdrop of migrating storks, desert scents, and Andalusian winds. Souls and star...

  • Cara Romero: Following The Light

    A documentary on contemporary fine art photographer Cara Romero. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography...

  • The DragonFly Tale

    1964. Hereford, Texas. June Bug Brown is determined to save his family, by killing his father. Based on true events, it is the story of human courage that dwells within us all.

  • Lilian

    Lilian Bader, a mixed-race war veteran of Barbadian-English descent, had enlisted into the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1941 as an instrument repairer, and rose to the rank of Corporal. The story begins in Bournemouth 1960, where Lilian enrols as a mature student. During her studies into...

  • This Much

    Laura is grappling with a divorce, moving into a new apartment, and raising her young daughter, Avery. When she accidentally leaves Avery’s favorite stuffed bunny on top of the car one morning, Laura struggles to tell the truth. She fears, more than anything, letting her daughter down. However, s...

  • Home Soon

    Set at the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, a weary mother's fears and desires for her mentally distressed son’s future hang in the balance while awaiting his arrival home. HOME SOON examines a family’s collective, and unprocessed trauma, which is often eclipsed by police violence.

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  • How to Hack Birth Control

    ‘How to Hack Birth Control’ is a 3-segment pilot of the satire series 'How to Hack' by Sassy Mohen. The pilot focuses on how to navigate and take charge in today’s contraception universe. Told through the sharp wit and perky charm of the narrator Ruth (Xanthe Paige), Birth Control takes a run at ...

  • Sheila

    In this experimental short documentary, a dancer SHEILA ROHAN, blows out a candle and finds herself in a magical world of memory, dance and presence. Featuring Sheila Rohan, one of the founding members of Dance Theater of Harlem.

  • Just Love Stories: The Do Over

    Ashlyn Sanders has a powerful story of love and transformation shared in this short documentary. Therapist, Iresha Picot makes her directorial debut with this story exploring the transformation from childhood trauma to renewal and community responsibility. The Do Over tells the story of friendshi...

  • Just Love Stories: Queens Rule Together

    This short film explores what love and community look like through the vehicle of cycling and how one woman went from quarantine to QRT, Queens Rule Together, a Philly based global cycling community whose mission is to promote a healthy fun lifestyle while being fully committed to bringing divers...

  • Tell Me

    Bennie promised to keep his mouth shut, but his secrecy is wreaking havoc in his current relationship. Desperate to make things work, Bennie pursues therapy which may be his toughest obstacle yet. As his past trauma begins to warp his reality and threaten his future, Bennie is faced with the mos...

  • The Present

    "The present" tells the story of Pillar Vitória, an actress who is preparing to perform Hecuba, the greek character from Euripede's classic tragedy, in an international production, but the project is suddenly canceled. She will need to pull herself together.