The 11th annual Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) begins today, Wednesday, June 19th, with a robust line-up of live-action features, international documentaries and a Late Night Thrills & Chills Program.
In Festival Founder and Executive Director Leslie Ann Coles’ words,“This year we showcase a stellar line-up of films produced in Turkey, Australia, Germany, Poland, India, Spain, United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Denmark, New Zealand, Iran, Ethiopia, Japan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South Korea, from across the United States of America, and from our own great Nation, Canada.” There is certainly so much to see!
The feature length documentaries selected to screen at the festival include:
ICH LIEBE DICH (Emine Emel Balci) – 11AM, Thursday, June 20th
WHAT’S ART GOT TO DO WITH IT? (Isabel Fryszberg) – 4PM, Thursday, June 20th
RETURN TO REICHENBACH (Maureen Kelleher) – 1:30PM, Friday, June 21st
FINDING HILLYWOOD (Leah Warshawski) – 12PM, Sunday, June 23rd
LIVING ALONG THE FENCE LINE (Lina Hoshino &a Gwyn Kirk) – 4PM, Sunday, June 23rd
In addition to the interesting documentary lineup, FeFF is offering filmgoers one of their most exciting rosters of live-action feature films, including:
MARGARITA (Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert) – 8PM, Thursday, June 20th
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| Still from MARGARITA |
RANDOM ACTS OF ROMANCE (Katrin Bowen) – 8PM, Friday, June 21st
A SOFT SCENT OF CINNAMON / UN SUAVE OLOR A CANELA (Giovanna Ribes) – 1:30PM, Saturday, June 22nd
THE PLAYBACK SINGER (Suju Vijayan) – 6PM, Saturday, June 22nd
Beginning at 9pm on Saturday, June 22nd, FeFF will present its Late Night Thrills & Chills program. With a selection of some of the most original and dark short films to be produced over the past year, this is a program not to be missed. The line-up includes:
THE STOLEN (Karen Lam)
ABYSS (Darian Brenner)
THE UNDERCARD (Sarah Downey)
PROWLER (Dawn Deason)
PLAY DOLL (Donna Messinger)
What is great about FeFF is that all weekday-daytime screenings, including those in the Aboriginal Program, will be Pay What You Can. There are more films being showcased at this year’s festival, so visit femaleeyefilmfestival.com for full listings.
All film screenings and the Script Reading Series will take place at the Carlton Cinema, The Holiday Inn Downtown Centre, next to the cinema, will host all Panel Discussions, Best In the Biz Tributes and Closing Award ceremonies. Script Readings and Panels, FREE. Film screenings, $8 at the door or available online.
